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Quote: from Tavis at 10:07 am on May 9, 2008

English is probably the toughest language to learn, having 27 + tenses (or something)


English is one of the easiest.

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I love Asian and Middle Eastern Languages so those arent on my list.....hmm
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i have to go with sign language!!!!! Cause I have to use it evey day to talk to my older brother!!!

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Quote: from Rikk at 10:17 am on May 9, 2008

Quote: from Tavis at 10:07 am on May 9, 2008

English is probably the toughest language to learn, having 27 + tenses (or something)  

 


English is one of the easiest.

Thats not what all my teachers say.

Sure, it's easy if you know it or a language close to it, but for those who don't, it's very difficult.

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Quote: from Tavis at 7:07 am on May 9, 2008

English is probably the toughest language to learn, having 27 + tenses (or something)

Where do you get that number from? Whatever the number of tenses, English is pitifully easy to conjugate.

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Quote: from Tavis at 7:25 am on May 9, 2008

Sure, it's easy if you know it or a language close to it, but for those who don't, it's very difficult.

Which is not a true statement for every language?

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Quote: from amanitta at 6:35 am on May 9, 2008

well, what is the most difficult in ur opinion, in my opinion: arabic or chinese :

defo agree!

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Have a look at http://www.wisegeek.com/which-are-the-most-difficult-languages-to-learn.htm

Both Arabic and Chinese are compartively easy to learn for different reasons. As far as overall learning time required, Arabic may take longer, as Chinese is meant to be quite simple once the basic characters are mastered.

The article included above discusses a few other languages too.


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Written Chinese, to learn enough of the characters definitely has to be a task.

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English definitely is not one of the hardest languages, it's relatively simple compared to a lot of languages. Old English was relatively complex. I'd say Finnish is probably one of the most complex and hard to learn, Icelandic is up there with Finnish too.

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Quote: from Jettie12 at 5:08 am on May 10, 2008

Written Chinese, to learn enough of the characters definitely has to be a task.

ANYWAY,i'll learn it next year !

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Whichever language is hardest for each person. No language is specifically the hardest since the ability to learn any given language depends upon the person. Some people have a natural inclination to complicated grammar patterns while others have a great memory when it comes to Chinese/Japanese characters.

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