<p>I am decent in Spanish. I want to learn a new language. Which would be the easiest to learn: german or french? Which is more useful?</p>
<p>Well since u already know Spanish it would b easier to learn French since they are both Romantic languages and have a lot in common.</p>
<p>I would say French.</p>
<p>I speak spanish and a decent amount of german. I'd say go with german. I sucked at French in school...lol ( thats not a very valid reason, but hey, if you learn german you'll speak the most manly-metal language haha)</p>
<p>i took spanish in high school and then took french. for some reason, it was difficult for spanish to stick in my memory, but for french, i advanced extremely fast. i guess the i couldn't progress in spanish because it was my first romance, but the second romance language just flowed in. i bet italian (which is more similar to french) will be even more easier.</p>
<p>German is very similar to English, but Spanish is very similar French. I have a Mexican friend who can pick a lot of meaning out of a French conversation. I thought it was pretty amazing.</p>
<p>German! It's a very fun and easy language to learn. The Germans are great people and you'd have a lot of fun going to Germany. Most German teachers are exciting and off-beat, and with a smaller program, it'll feel more like a family. German is THE BEST business language, and because of their long paid vacations, you're more likely to encounter a German walking down the street than a Frenchman.</p>
<p>Here's a good overview:
<a href="http://www.vistawide.com/german/why_german.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.vistawide.com/german/why_german.htm</a></p>
<p>More people speak German in the world so I would choose German. Why not learn Chinese?</p>
<p>I think that from your background in Spanish, French should easier (I'm not saying easy), although, Spanish and French pronunciation are very different.</p>
<p>French would be more useful since is a more international language than German, but I'm sure German would be pretty damn useful.</p>
<p>Why not both?</p>
<p>If you want easier, switching between the Romance languages is definitely easier. I took French in high school, and then I'm taking Italian in college. Not only are there a lot of similarities in vocabulary, but also sentence structure and grammar are almost exactly the same. And now that I know a decent amount of both languages, I can do a pretty good job of reading Spanish even though I haven't taken any of it.</p>
<p>French and Spanish are very similar....go with French!!</p>
<p>French and Spanish are similar, but German and English are also similar. I took German and had no problem picking it up (and ended up getting my school's German award, even though of the 8 of us in my AP German class, I was one of two who hadn't taken it before high school, and the other was Dutch)</p>