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I dont understand in spanish10/30/2022 ![]() ![]() The fact that a lot of the words are derived from a Latin foundation (same as Italian, French, Portuguese and Romanian) is the biggest reason for this, especially when people speak one of these languages natively. Over 63% of people said the vocabulary was the easiest part to pick up (as well as idiomatic expressions) … But also came top of the list of things Spanish learners found the easiest. Memorizing vocabulary came fifth in what people found the hardest… In fact, over 80% of people mentioned the subjunctive tense specifically. Grammar rules and grammatical structure came fourth. The mystical uvular trill, or, in non-phonetic speech – being able to roll your R’s. You also told us you struggle to understand different Spanish accents, with over 24% of you mentioning dialects as being one of the things you’ve found the hardest.Ĭan You Guess Which Language Accent Came Third? ![]() When you compare this to the much slower languages of English (6.19 syllables) and Mandarin (5.18 syllables) it’s easy to see how learners of Spanish can struggle to keep up. Japanese beats it to take the title of Fastest Spoken Language (just) with 7.84 syllables per second. Spanish is the second fastest language, with a native speaker saying nearly 7.82 syllables per second. This is actually supported by research conducted by TIME Magazine. The top reason for this was the speed: over 40% of respondents to our survey said that they struggled to understand native speakers in conversation because they were perceived to speak too quickly. Speaking with locals seems to be hard in Spanish compared to the other languages. (For example, did you know over 8% of Spanish vocabulary is Arabic? Cool huh?) It also borrows words from other languages, such as French, Italian and Sardinian.īut it’s not the vocabulary people seem to find the hardest.Īccording to our survey, understanding native speakers was the number one challenge for Spanish students. Over 480 million of these are native Spanish speakers and Spanish is the official language or official co-language of over 20 countries, including Argentina, El Salvador, Venezuela and, of course: Spain.Īs a language, Spanish takes around 75% of its history from Latin, but also maintains influences from Ancient Greek and also Arabic. Spanish is spoken by over 570 million people across the world. Spanish is the hardest language to learn. According to the hundreds of people that took our survey… Spanish isn’t just hard to learn. ![]()
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