Which language should I learn, Spanish or French?
December 22nd, 2009 | 
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Ludoviko Cosimo asked:
I am enrolling into a high school, and it is required for us to learn a foreign language. It offers Spanish and French. I don’t know which one to pick. I am a native Spanish speaker and I know how to speak and read it fluently, but this is not the case in writing. I know a little bit in writing. I have no knowledge in French, other than it sounds nice. Which one should I pick?
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I am enrolling into a high school, and it is required for us to learn a foreign language. It offers Spanish and French. I don’t know which one to pick. I am a native Spanish speaker and I know how to speak and read it fluently, but this is not the case in writing. I know a little bit in writing. I have no knowledge in French, other than it sounds nice. Which one should I pick?
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Spanish its a lot easier than French
spanish more fun n easy.
French….language of L-O-V-E!
Chose French!!!! I did it when I went to high school, it’s really fun. You can learn writing later on, try something new!!!!!
take french it is a beautiful language…plus you get to eat french food. PLUS if u do really well and are “fluent” but senior year, you can tell colleges your MULTilingual, not just bilingual, and they’ll think ur a superstar…honestly.
i think spanish because everyone speaks spanish now not french
If you’re looking for an easy grade, go with the Spanish. If you want to challenge yourself and expand your horizons a little bit, go with the French. It might depend also on where you live and if you might want to use your language ability in your profession. In either case, Buena suerte!!
I would say french! I still go to school and have been in French for 9 years! I could help you with anything, But Spanish and French are kinda the same thing, Its your decision, not ours
BUT I STILL GO WITH FRENCH !!
French. You can always take a Spanish class for native speakers in College.
that depends on where you live! If you live in an area where there are more French speaking people, or plan to travel where they are, I would say take French! If you live in an area where there are tons of Spanish speaking, I’d say take Spanish.
Either one will look great on your resume for college and a job, however one will be more useful than the other depending on where you live.
Or – you could take Spanish so that you know it well in writing, and then switch to French later on in high school.
personally I like spanish, its easy and more useful (unless you plan on living in france)…also seeing as you already know some spanish then it should be an easy A for you
Spanish is the obvious choice. You can improve your spanish, even master the writing. And then, if you want yet to learn another language, pick French. It´ll be easier if you know well spanish grammar, and you´ll find many similarities and analogies between both languages (and with english too).
Spanish. It’s more spoken than french.
spanish, it is more common and it would be better to polish up on the writing
I would go with Spanish, so that you can master it. If you were at the starting point in each, I’d give a different answer, but in your case, go ahead and master the written word, then if you’re still interested in French, take it after you’ve mastered Spanish.
Spanish and French are both great languages to learn… any language is, It would be nice to learn a new language. And maybe if you read more spanish books, it might help with writing? If you take Spanish, then your skills will be “perfect” and then you can learn another language (writing/speaking). But if you take French you wont be so great in writing in Spanish and it might take a while to know how to speak and write French. Either way, you gain something.
spanish
its more important than french, talking about bussiness
Im a spanish native speaker also. Well i already speak spanish and my mama has made sure that i can write it as well since she’s strict like that. Dont worry though, many parents worry that their kids learn english before they know spanish. I’d say it’s all up to you. If you want to enforce what you know and become better in spanish so you’re able to communicate properly in written and verbal form i’d say Spanish.
I’m also taking french because i want to move to Quebec, Canada and they speak french there. French and Spanish are similar because they’re both derived from latin. However the phonetic sound is what throws most of us spanish speakers off. It does sound nice but after a while you become a bit tired of it since the sound rarely changes like spanish sounds do. But if you want to work for a company who has a lot of french customers, plan to visit a french speaking country (les pais francaphone) or have a french gf then go for it.
I’d say learn both and find out which one you like. Plus if you put down both languages in your college application it looks MEGA cool. Because i was a spanish speaker i took Spanish 4 & 5. But i took 2 years of french. Yeah, colleges like that.
Definitely take French. Despite what people say, it’s not a difficult language to learn. True, not every letter is pronounced, but neither is every letter in English. And the rules of French pronunciation shouldn’t throw you off too much.
And again, despite what people think, French is useful, even if you’re not planning on going to/living in France. After English, it is the language with the highest number of students. It is taught in every country of the world, so you’ll therefore likely have a chance no matter where you go to speak French.
If you’re going to Europe, consider not only France, but Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, parts of Italy and Monaco. Romania and Spain also have a decently-sized Francophone minority.
If you’re going to the Caribbean, try countries like Haiti, where a Creole is spoken. There are also the beautiful Sugar Islands, which are French Overseas Departments.
As for Africa, I can’t even begin to list all 25 African countries that speak French.
Asia: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, very small portions of India.
South America: French Guiana
North America: Quebec & New Brunswick, it is also the second most spoken language in three U.S. states. Keep in mind that Canada is our biggest trade partner.
In addition, there are still four locations in the world (such as Jersey in the English Channel) that speak Norman, which is a predecessor of the French language. Though it sounds like French poorly pronounced, Norman is actually easier to understand than many Creoles.
And did you know that Mexico and the USA have the highest number of alliances françaises (French Alliances [centers for spreading the French language]) in the world?
French is also used as an administrative language of many international organizations such as the European Union and the United Nations (in fact, in the United Nations, there are six official languages — of these, only French and English are working languages).
In fact, taking in many factors such as political influence, countries in which it is spoken, number of speakers, number of learners, and other factors, French is ranked as the number two most important language in the world, following English and ABOVE Spanish.
Consider the following list of international jobs distributed by the U.S. State Department in 2007: 125 required or preferred French, 31 Spanish, 25 a UN language (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish), 10, Portuguese, 7 Arabic, 4 Russian, and 2 German.
France is one of the world’s leaders in nuclear power (did you know that after Russia and the U.S., they actually have the largest nuclear arsenal), in medicine, in manufacturing, and in business!! French is definitely more important in business than Spanish for the American people. The U.S. exported more to French speaking countries than any other language. They also have 15,000 troops deployed all around the world (such as in Afghanistan, the Balkans and the Ivory Coast) where they are working to keep the peace.
And French is so pretty! Its unique history makes for a beautiful and entrancing language whose pronunciation is so mysterious that you can’t help but swoon when you hear it spoken well.
Besides … you already know Spanish . . . You can learn how to write it using a dictionary in your spare time. Meanwhile, you waste time in class learning how to tell time in Spanish…
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