[_xJASEY]

Well i still don't know which language to take next year, they only have Spanish or French for freshmen ( idk why -__- ) in the hs i will be attending....

soo who took spanish or french in hs or currently taking it ? how was your experience ? was it fun learning it?


thank you in advance(:

[sara-tart]

personally ive never taken french but this year i took spanish and i must say i found it to be extremely easy, though it could just be because i live 10 minutes away from the mexican border lol

[kfreak]

in grammer, Spanish is easier and French is harder
i only took one year of spanish (beginner xD)
and i say it's pretty easy..
i'm taking french next year though

[Malice_Kaiser]

in grammer, Spanish is easier and French is harder
i only took one year of spanish (beginner xD)
and i say it's pretty easy..
i'm taking french next year though

How do you know if you've never taken any extensive classes in either...?


I don't know much about French, but pronunciation in Spanish is definitely easier. I'm in Spanish 4 now and grammar is hard as all hell, I REALLY regret taking that class. But then again my teacher is absolutely brutal, completely ruthless... Spanish 4 classes from other schools nearby aren't as hard...


I wouldn't choose based on what's easier or harder, they're probably about equal (which is why they're both offered to high school students). I would choose based on what you find more interesting and what you think you're more likely to use.

[justiiine]

FRENCH! cause it's really really complicated and all (;

[Riri]

It should depend on your interest,

A dialect i speak has elements of Spanish in it so i had to learn a few spanish elements, I'd say in terms of pronounciation it may be easier, the accent was easy for me cos its the same as my dialect.

But anyway, I took French for an equivalent of 4-5 years. And i loved it [i've always been intersted in language and french though XD]
it can be frustrating in terms of verbs and their forms but thats about the hardest thing and i didnt start learning that until my 3rd-4th year od French. The accent and pronounciation end up becoming natural after a while and once you understand the concepts its easier to geuss the pronounciation of new words
You'll find its a lot like English, so a lot of it is easy ^^

[thy.]

both french and spanish are similar to each other in ways.
as for me, i took spanish in the 6th and part of 7th grade,
so it was kinda easy for me know since i take french.


it all really depends on you. if you like to take harder
courses, maybe french would be good? in french 1, i learned
about numbers, family members, salutations, etc. etc. which
was fairly easy. in spanish, i remember learning about sports,
numbers, family members, etc. etc. in french 2 (which i'm in
right now) is also easy until you get into the middle of the semester.


but i think it'd be best if you chose a course that you really like (:
or something that all your friends are taking.

[swtaznangel]

French is harder. Words are sometimes difficult to prenounce.

[plipxplop]

french [:
its totally fun!

but yeah, like Riri said,
it should depend on your interest.

because if you're not interested,
then it'll be hard for you and a total waste of time
its like, why take it if you arent gunna enjoy it?
so yeah it depends on which one you prefer xD

[ladolcevita.]

I find both very easy because French is basically the second language of Canada and everyone has to know the basics but to many people (who are slackers btw or possibly just slow people) it's difficult. Spanish is easy too because I'm Filipino and some of the words I use is Spanish and my accent is pretty good. So it depends on what you like better, for me, I don't really care, I'm good at both.

[lalalasupp]

I actually find French to be veryyyy easy

[mizer_unmei]

French is harder, if only because of the spelling. Spanish has more or less a one to one letter sound correlation, but French underwent a pronunciation change a while back, so they don't pronounce a lot of what used to be there, thus a lot of memorization for the words. (not nearly as bad as English though. So be glad you already know that.)

But I think they're both pretty easy and fun. Spanish might be more useful and with Telemundo you'll have more opportunities to practice/learn in every day life.

[lalaleidy]

For me, french is harder to learn than spanish because I am a filipino and some words are similar in Filipino and Spanish.

[romanntic]

yeah, french seems harder to learn.
although I've taken french in 7th grade x)
it's fun though

[tofu plushie]

French is harder me. I have taken both french and spanish and I would definitely say french was much harder for me especially in spelling and grammar. Lots of accents in spelling and many different conjugations for different situations. But, for some french is really easy so what do I know, lol.

[_xJASEY]

ooh thank you guys(:

but yeah im interested in both tho. actually i wanna learn lots of different languages

[Sammystic]

I had french in school for 4 years and then spanish for 2. Learning french is definitely harder than spanish IMO.
Not only the grammar but also reading, pronounciation is different and harder because a lot that is written wont be pronounced.
Still, it will be no waste to learn it.

[x_TaintedLove]

French is going to be hard if you don't know it all, unless you're taking it outside of school.

We don't have Spanish here, because it's Canada - but I know some school's who have it. French isn't bad since they taught it to us in grade one (Grade 4 for normal people). I have a 89% in it, but I guess that's just me. I'd go with Spanish, because it sounds way easier according to other Soompiers. It's hard to be familiar with conjugating, the rules, and such. It's a pain in the ass sometimes. =x

[kuroxkitsuneX3]

I would say Spanish is easier because you pronounce thing exactly as they're spelled lol. The only problem with Spanish is the mass amount of dialects the language has but as long as you learn the basics it's all good. As for French I think the pronunciation is a little harder. I just talked my French taking friend and she says that French is harder lol.

[KCfan_1314]

everybody i know said spanish is the easiest second language that you should take. >< bleh i don't make sense.
But i triedd both for a few years ;D I persoonaallyy think spanish is easier than French (like everyone else)
French >< --- is too complicated for me. Yet i quit both ROFLS.