Spanish vs. French
Monday July 28, 2003
Which language is more useful, Spanish or French? The question is prompting a lively discussion in our forum. Here's one viewpoint, the one I agree with: "Why do people have to take away from one language to promote the other? Both have long linguistic histories and can expose learners to fascinating and beautiful cultures. Both languages are spoken throughout the world." Join the discussion...
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I believe that Spanish is a more useful language to those who want to travel cheep. Or in other words, most places where Spanish is spoken are third world countries where vacations are cheaper than they would be in most French speaking areas.
walk up to the average person on the street and ask them to name 3 spanish speaking countries and 3 french speaking countries most likely they will know at least 2 spanish speaking ones and only 1 french one
spanish is more useful and eaiser
John i dont wanna seem rude but what are you talking about dude? French is spoken in French, Quebec and troughout Africa, where you can travel cheap and unfortunately they are third world countries. Spanish is Spoken in Spain, Mexico, USA (as the second non-official language) and across South America. 400 million native speakers (spanish). 200 million native speakers (french). Its up to you. But do not state things that are actually untrue.
Je crois que le français est un petit plus difficile qu’espagnol, mais français est beaucoup plus utile à travers le monde. C’est une des langues des Nations unies, avec espagnol. Vous a fait sait que tous documents écrits majeurs écrits par les dirigeants mondiaux sont écrits dans cette langue du pays nationaux et français parce que français est percise
Spanish is WAY better, french is for pansies. Do you REALLY want to imitate the french? Though, i guess it’d be easier than learning spanish, i’m pretty sure the only phrases that the french know are, “i surrender”, and “You win”.
Just kidding, no one kill me.
Well here in Ireland- i’ve decided to take up both French and Spanish. I think their fairly similiar- due to both been a form of the old Latin language. For instance there are a lot of similarities such as Verd in French is Verde in Spanish, and Blanc in French is Blanco in Spanish- and plenty more examples. Funnily though- I think the Spanish word for black is negro lol. Also in terms of importance of each langauge- that simply depends on what part of the world you live in- in Western Europe only Spain speaks Spanish but French is spoken in France, Belgium, Swizterland- and nearby in Algeria and Africa- whereas in North America it probably makes more sense to study Espanol- given that only Quebec and New Orleans speak Spanish. But anyways there both very beautiful latin languages- unlike the monotonous boring English langauge
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Hey guys!
This blog is about Spanish vs. French.
Not about war of your’s!
Anyway…
If you live in the States, you should learn Spanish (2nd official lang.)
…but if you live in Europe, or decidet to live in Eu., so you should study French.
Por favor,el Español(Castellano),es muchísimo más dificil que el Frances,asi qué jean,sé nota qué no sabes Español,me gustaría verte hablando Español hay muchos verbos,y las conjugaciones hasta a algunos de aquí se les hacen difíciles.Y luego están los acentos ya qué sin ellos no puedes saber escribir…A mi personalmente no me gusta nada el Francés.Pues eso…
David says:
unlike the monotonous boring English language
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Guess David has never read Shakespeare. Poor man. Your ignorance is breathtaking.
There are way more countries out there that speak french, or have it as a second language. Canada, most of the countries in Europe, some in Asia, Africa, and many island countries. If you want to travel to those areas, it is best to know French. But its even better to learn both
mark that was so funny you made me crack up thanks.
The second largest French speaking city is little Montreal? Is this really a world language or do we just pretend that it is?
If you are planning to live in America, you will find more place to use Spanish (19 nations in the Americas + 40 Million in the US; French is only spoken by 6 Million in Canada (mostly in Quebec); educated Haitians; and other 500 thousand on some caribeean isles & Cayenne (FG). French is widely used in Africa and in some European nations (France; Belgium & Switzerland).
I think that Spanish is more of a language than French because spanish is becoming the 2nd language.Everywhere you go there is spanish people.EVEYWHERE!!!I think people that take french can’t go to as many places besides france and canada.Spansih you can go really anywhere are people will speak it.SPANISH #1!!!!!!!!
You are all very uneducated, you have to appriciate each language and culture for what it is. Personaly I am exploring russian and korean two very interesting languages from a linguistic pt of view, and very challenging compared to what I call “easier” languages that people who don’t love languages usually study, and please educate yourself before saying absurd statements
I feel that french is a better language chocie, because it may hold true that there are more spanish speakers, but french will hold a higher demand in the future. Think about it. If more and more Americans learn the Spanish language, then the French language will become in higher demand. For example. If your looking for a job say sometime in the future, if more people choose the Spanish language over the French, then the Spanish translators will not be needed as often once a job in that area is forfilled. While in the meantime you are going to have french people who obeously don’t speak English and so Americans will need french translators. So as you can see, the french language would be more useful, because people who speak it will be more difficult to find, and thus French is a better language to learn. France is also a better country in my mind. It has everything from excellent fast food to large cities like Paris and the effill tower. Spain also has activities but they don’t even come close to the fun you’ll have in France. In conclusion, French is a easier and faster language to learn than Spanish and will be usefull in the future.
We are talking about the importance of two foreign languages, yet many of you can not seem to master simple, English grammar and spelling. Please, if you want your opinion to have credibility, spell check!
Spanish can be a really useful language in the U.S., but French is one of the three supposed “diplomatic languages” of the world(the other two being Chinese and English. Plus, Obama said that everyone in the U.S. should know French, lol.
I agree with Cody ^ – ^
Korean is extremely fun to learn and Japanese. I was checking out Chinese too. I agree that Spanish would be a lot more useful in the USA but I take don’t have interest in Spanish and I take French because it’s funner and I actually WANT to learn it. I think if you enjoy learning a language and don’t push yourself just because you feel you HAVE to learn it, you should learn what you want. Try studying more than one language and if you have no interest in that culture try another. It’s really fun to learn about other’s culture and learn even just a few phrases =)
Even if you only know how to say thank you and please in Korean and you go to Korea, just attempting the language makes them feel very flattered ^ – ^
French really is a more useful language globally. French is an official or official 2nd language in 33 countries, second only to English (45 countries). In the US Spanish would be more beneficial, but then you have to realize that the Spanish market it kinda saturated if you’re wanting to try and get a heads up on a job. If you wish to do international business or, at least work in the field, French would be a wiser choice.
And, whoever said that English is a simple language really doesn’t know what they are talking about. English is one of the most difficult languages to learn properly if it is not a native language.
Hi everybody! I am Spanish and I love my language. But I am also a philologist and I love languages in general. Both Spanish and French are very important and useful languages. When you think about useful, do you only think on tourism? Dear John, Costa Rica is a Spanish-speaking country and famous for its selective and expensive tourism. French is an official language in Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal… and (I don’t know the prices from the US) really cheap countries to visit (and really nice as well). The fact that both France and Spain are historically relevant countries makes their languages more than interesting. Wanna read Cervantes or Dumas? Wanna work in Paris or Barcelona (you will need Catalan as well, haha)? I mean, we Spanish don’t like French much due to historical crashes but French is a really sophisticated and interesting language. Dear Nuria: are u Spanish? You say Spanish is more difficult than French? Sorry but I have to disagree. Conjugation exist also in French, whose phonetic system contains some more vowels than the Spanish one. They are both romance languages and they are both difficult if you are an English-speaking person, but with determination, I learn Japanese which has nothing to do with Latin. See ya. Besos!
Heily:
You have no idea what are you talking about. More fun in France than in Spain? Are you in your sense? Have you ever been in France where only in Paris you can find some entertainment? (a lot in fact) What about Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or Seville? MUCH more fun and thing to do than in France (with the exception of Paris, of course) And what about the islands? Mallorca, Ibiza, the Canary Islands? Have you ever been in the Costa del Sol? I will say it again: YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!! You should travel a little bit before start talking nonsenses!!
Spanish, besides being one of the most beautiful languages, it is according to experts, the most flexible and richest of all romance languages.