<p>I'm going to register for an online course in a few days, and I can't decide which language I should take. I really like both languages. I think Spanish would be more useful in the U.S., and I really want to travel to parts of South America and Spain. French is a really classy language, and I'd love to go to France one day and be able to communicate with the residents. </p>
<p>Would it be really difficult to take two languages? Which one should I take?</p>
<p>Spanish is more useful as it is spoken in more countreis around the world I guess, but French nets you more girls from my own personal experience.</p>
<p>Spanish is easier. </p>
<p>French is the language I would take though.</p>
<p>Don't take a foreign language online. Foreign languages are about interacting in real time. You just can't learn your first foreign language online. That's completely crazy.</p>
<p>I'd vote for Spanish- it's a more practical language worldwide but especially in the US. I plan on studying it myself once I get a better handle on Chinese. Plus I like the sound of Spanish better than French- but that's just me.</p>
<p>I vote for Spanish as well. It is more widely spoken and will be of more help in the U.S. French is a dying language and probably won't be as useful to you in the future.</p>
<p>Choose Spanish, without a doubt. There is a glut of Spanish learning resources in the US and an enormous demand for those with proficiency in the language. Spanish is also much easier, with a breezy orthography, simple grammar and word conjugation system, and tolerable vocabulary.</p>
<p>I would not suggest taking both at the same time. Besides the fact that it's easier just to focus on one, learning two closely related languages simultaneously might cause you to confuse vocabulary and grammar.</p>
<p>Also, you don't seem serious and passionate about achieving fluency in your target language. French is inherently a more difficult language to learn and will be even more so considering that there are not half as many opportunities to learn French in the United States as there are opportunities to learn Spanish. The French are unforgiving of foreigners' mistakes in their language.</p>
<p>By the way, I have some experience with language learning, and I might be able to give you some tips on how best to use your time. If you're interested, PM me.</p>
<p>Spanish. Learning french might seem 'cool', but it's ultimately pretty darn useless.</p>
<p>^ I agree...French is cool, but there aren't many instances you can utilize it. Spanish is the way to go.</p>
<p>Spanish is more practical, and easier to learn. It's harder to pronounce French words. Of course, French is cool, and I love the culture. I learned French.</p>
<p>Spanish is more useful definately. It provides you access to an amazing array of nations and cultures, plus it's fairly easy to learn. Plus if you want to learn French later on, Spanish will give you a leg up.</p>
<p>Well, my dad lives in Ottawa, Canada, and we visit Quebec a lot, specifically Montreal, and I'd like to be able to communicate with the people and maybe move there one day. </p>
<p>I'm really good with pronunciations. Languages are pretty easy for me. I enjoy it a lot.</p>
<p>"French is a dying language and probably won't be as useful to you in the future."</p>
<p>Um yaaa... Unless you plan on becoming president and nuking the French, they're not going anywhere. </p>
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<p>Lol, you dont hear that too often.</p>
<p>I'd say go with French, but that's just me; I have no interest in learning Spanish. Plus, it sounds to me that French would be more practical in your case (frequent visitor of Quebec).</p>
<p>I'd say 90% of Montrealers are bilingual, you don't have to worry about not being able to communicate with them. However, I'd learn French just so you don't come off as a douche. </p>
<p>Learning French and/or Spanish is also a huge asset for anyone who's looking into developing countries (whether for investment or development projects) as many countries in Africa speak French and Spanish is the first language in most of the Americas.</p>
<p>I'm thinking of learning Modern Greek while still in middle school. Half my family is from Greece, so it'd be nice to communicate with them in their first language. I would've learned it by the time I was five if I lived with my dad. As well as French and Spanish. </p>
<p>I saw a few Greek books at the library today. I didn't have my library card, so I'll have to go back again.</p>
<p>I vote French, because I take French and love it. and well...darn it everyone takes Spanish! be different :]</p>
<p>I say you take Brazilian Portuguese and come down to Southern Brazil :). Portuguese speakers can understand Spanish speakers but Spanish speakers can't understand a Portuguese speaker if that makes any sense. Plus Brazilian sounds cool, sounds like a mix of Spanish with French.</p>
<p>or you could go live in Montreal and study spanish....like that you learn spanish by studying it and french by livin among its speakers...then you can go study abroad to Spain or France and choose a location near the border of the two =P</p>
<p>see that way you'll be trilingual! chido, ¿¿no güey?? c'est un bon ideé non? hehe sorry couldn't resist....uhhh bye, adios, au revoir! =D</p>
<p>oye Rio! eso no es verdad...donde vivo ay muchas personas de brazil y nos podemos entender mutuamente...no importa si uno hable espa</p>
<p>Don’t worry about what language is “more useful”. Follow your heart.</p>
<p>Personally, I’m drawn to French culture a lot more, always have been. Never really wanted to live in Mexico or South America, but I’d definitely consider living in Quebec or Europe, and I’m into all that French stuff, like cheese and wine and movies and stuff. So it was an easy decision for me.</p>
<p>Maybe Spanish is spoken by more people, at least in the Americas (where I currently live) but are those the people/culture you want to spend time with?</p>
<p>If you heart isn’t with it, you’ll never learn it well.</p>