<p>How hard is it to learn, say, French, after you've mastered English and Spanish? Do you think that because one has already studied the structure, etc. of a Romance/Latin language, and has already dealt w/ the trials of language learning (and are a verbally-talented student, and always have been), that they could learn rather quickly? How much quicker? Can you tell me about your experience?</p>
<p>This is why I think I could do it in like, a third of the time: French and Spanish are very much alike
The major difference is pronunciation, and a few grammar changes. Vocab is very much alike.. given that I speak English, which has many French cognates, and Spanish, which has alotttttt of French cognates (sometimes, when I compare French and Spanish sentences, it's almost like the same language, w/ different spelling)... eg, the Spanish la naci</p>
<p>Heck, try it. Like languages, you'll do fine. I take Japanese and French at my school, and it's very easy. If you already know Spanish, you could probably do independent study French 1 (maybe even 2) and test into French 3.</p>
<p>I speak both spanish and english fluently, and I decided that I would study french last year. Knowing spanish has helped A LOT. If I'm having difficulties comprehending something stylistic in french (as far as grammar goes) then I can fall back on my knowledge of spanish to clear it up.</p>
<p>I took french I last year, skipped french two and am now finishing up French III. Next year I'm skipping French IV and going straight into AP.</p>