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Interesting points. Stephen Send a noteboard - 22/09/2013 12:20:39 AM

View original postCertainly, if you've had an Latin, Italian is much easier. It's closer to Latin. Spanish has too many vowels everywhere - the Latin for "door" is porta, and in Italian it's porta, but in Spanish it's puerta. Also, a lot of sounds mutate in Spanish to harsher-sounding voiced variants, i.e., t > d, c > g, s > z, p > b. So the Latin civitatem (accusative of civitas) becomes ciudad in Spanish.


View original postThe Italian conjugation system also seems less irregular than the Spanish ones, and Italian, because it didn't spread all over Latin America, has far fewer words from completely different language systems (e.g., Xochimilco, queña, llama).


View original postOn the other hand, it is easier to determine the gender of Spanish words and the plural is fairly uniformly created, whereas that is more complex in Italian.


View original postStill, on balance, I think Italian is simpler, more predictable and more uniform.

I was tending toward Italian and I think your points reinforce my initial resolve. Plus Italian would be marginally better for me in a professional sense. Italy has more major electronic engineering companies than Spain and I don't intend to travel or work in South America any time soon.

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NSSP: I'm learning Spanish! Aeryn - 18/09/2013 03:41:12 PM 1510 Views
Good luck in your efforts. Stephen - 18/09/2013 03:52:36 PM 1060 Views
I really want to go to Puerto Rico! Aeryn - 20/09/2013 02:58:46 PM 1130 Views
Good for you! Legolas - 18/09/2013 05:15:23 PM 1046 Views
Re: Good for you! Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:02:13 PM 1195 Views
I was wishing you success. Legolas - 20/09/2013 06:09:20 PM 1011 Views
You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Tom - 18/09/2013 06:58:49 PM 1111 Views
Re: You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:05:35 PM 1114 Views
You will need to learn the subjunctive. Very much so. Tom - 20/09/2013 03:43:53 PM 1078 Views
Re: You will need to learn the subjunctive. Very much so. Aeryn - 23/09/2013 03:21:07 PM 1140 Views
Ah, but a question isn't a statement of uncertainty. It's a request for information. Tom - 23/09/2013 03:59:00 PM 1013 Views
Is Duolingo one of the apps you have downloaded? The Shrike - 19/09/2013 05:23:35 PM 1009 Views
It is quite good in some ways. Legolas - 19/09/2013 06:54:44 PM 1101 Views
Italian is one of those languages I've never wanted to learn. The Shrike - 20/09/2013 12:33:49 PM 1148 Views
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Nope. Not too interested in the literature of the area. Not enough to learn the language The Shrike - 20/09/2013 04:17:46 PM 1028 Views
A quick question. Stephen - 20/09/2013 05:48:18 PM 1030 Views
I think that is a very subjective question. Tom - 20/09/2013 06:36:50 PM 1001 Views
You would like Leopardi's thoughts on the two languages found within his Zibaldone Larry - 21/09/2013 09:11:15 AM 1071 Views
I will have to look in my copy of the Zibaldone on that one. Tom - 22/09/2013 04:26:11 AM 1039 Views
I want to say it's in the late 3000s, early 4000s, but I'm uncertain Larry - 22/09/2013 07:53:07 AM 977 Views
Yeah, I'm not finding it exactly Tom - 26/09/2013 02:22:38 PM 1060 Views
Interesting points. Stephen - 22/09/2013 12:20:39 AM 1003 Views
It's not too high on my priority list either, like I said. Legolas - 20/09/2013 06:17:24 PM 1002 Views
It is... Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:12:11 PM 1112 Views
True The Shrike - 20/09/2013 04:14:32 PM 994 Views
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