07-18-2010, 07:25 AM
Ehm... Turkey... you pointed out yourself what I wanted to say. French is, logically, "easier" to learn because it IS (along with Spanish, Portuguese-which was invented by a drunk spanish tard-, Italian, Romanian, Catalan and MUCH many others) a romance language, which means that all of these are derivated from Latin. According to what I understood from this post, since you just need a quick & easier-faster to learn language because you don't have quite a lot of time (trust me, after you are past 7 years old it takes time to really learn a foreign language), I'd say go for French. Its pronunciation is pretty cool imo (hence why it's called the language of love) and you can use it in a wide range of countries unless Latin, which isn't itself spoken anymore.
NOW, I'd suggest you to add Latin as a secondary to do task, because, as you just mentioned before, it's the base of many of the most spoken languages, so once you learn it you can easily learn any romance language. I studied English & French at univesity for nearly 1 semester -most precisely foreign languages degree-, and we had a brief introduction to languages history, so I most likely know why I'm advising you such
NOW, I'd suggest you to add Latin as a secondary to do task, because, as you just mentioned before, it's the base of many of the most spoken languages, so once you learn it you can easily learn any romance language. I studied English & French at univesity for nearly 1 semester -most precisely foreign languages degree-, and we had a brief introduction to languages history, so I most likely know why I'm advising you such