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Genre: Education
Date of upload: May 28, 2019 ^^
Rating : 4.963 (357/38,387 LTDR)
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Native french speaker here, learning spanish is pretty easy since there is so much cognates, but I think it's also because the syntax is soooo similar, except for some little things but they aren't complicated to remember.
However, i did some tutoring for Mexican teens learning french when I was in college and it seems a lot harder for spanish speakers to learn french than for french people to learn spanish. I think it is due to all the graphemes and the silent letters in our words since in spanish they pronounce every letter. It was really really really hard for the students to remember that certain letters are silent at the end of words. Also the pronunciation is soooo different, especially nasal vowels. They are just so alien to non-french speakers in general. and we laughed a lot when I tried to explain to them how to do it! For me it's so natural since it's my first language and I never really have to think about it, but for them it was so difficult! Oh and also the "u" sound. No, it's not an "oo" sound lmao (when english people say "déja-voo, it makes me laugh) but I understand it is a really difficult sound to learn to do!
And the "ch" sound. They say it as "tsh", but we just say "sh" without the t sound in front.
Anyways, spanish is a very pretty language, I wish I could continue learning it!
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As a Portuguese native speaker who have learned Spanish and can speak it fluently, then have learned Italian, and now is currently learning French, I have to say I used to mix up Italian and Spanish much more than with French. I often mix up the French with English though, which is kinda weird, but understandable. However, the previous knowledge of Portuguese, Spanish and Italian definitely help when learning French. I risk saying I took a quite good path. Awesome video! Thanks
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I'm learning Spanish now, and I feel so grateful that I know French. For all Spanish speakers learning French, you'll just have to get over our weird sound systems and then the grammar will not be so bad! I was literally laughing when I started learning the Imperfecto, Futuro, and Condicional - they're very similar to French! El Pretérito made me want to die though, so many irregulars!!!
Cheers to two beautiful languages! I'm very excited for the day I can read Naruda, Borges, and Marquez in the native language ❤❤❤
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