Because I don't think I know/remember enough to start at the intermediate level.

 

Oh okay. Well, then you have an even harder situation. It would almost be easier to do beginner French then. That way, you know for a fact you're on the same level as everyone else in the class.

I told you to try out for modeling.

Spanish

 

French is a bitch to learn sometimes... ....like Spanish, but i speak it fluently, aha :smug:

Hi! I'm from Spain and I also speak Catalan (it's a bit similar to French and very similar to Spanish). Spanish is NOT an easy languaje I mean i think it's much more hard to learn spanish than to learn english (and spanish is my mother tonge) I didn't study french when I got the chance because I was silly.... french is not easy neither. But I think it would be better to learn spanish because it's is a good basement to move trough europe and sounth america, and once you know spanish you can really understand italian and quite portugesse. french would be easy too! However, if you love french go to it and learn spanish later. French sound really beautiful and elegant I love it.

However, next year i'm gonna start with germman. it's like the other way round, i feel more interensted in english, german than latin languages.

It would be a lot more beneficial to study Spanish, and I've already had two years of it during high school, so at least I wouldn't basically be starting from scratch. So what do I choose, the one I'm more interested in, or the one that is more useful to know?

 

The answer to me, is face slappingly obvious.

 

French- Useless to you and you have no experience of it.

 

Spanish- Beneficial and you've already been studying it for 2 years.

 

Pick SPANISH

 

(I didn't read any other replies so I don't know what conclusions have been drawn).

 

I guess my opinion is biased on how much I couldn't stand learning French, all those pointless nouns (How can a fucking table have a gender?!), as well as that, no offence to French people, as the language can sound beautiful at times, but some dialects sound like they are constantly coughing up phlegm/having some sort of gag reflex as they speak.

 

I've only dabbled in Catalan (Similar to Spanish) and I definitely prefer it. As well as that, in the past when I've seen jobs for interpreters overseas or over the phone, there have been a lot for Spanish speakers, French doesn't have as much of a demand as the majority of French speakers (Africans) would usually be educated to speak English if they get to the stage when they'd need an interpreter for anything.

Spanish have gender to objects too.

Table is LA MESA... (She)

Depends on where you want to go more. Do you want to travel to French or Spanish speaking countries?

 

I speak both, and honestly, I prefer French.

The answer to me, is face slappingly obvious.

 

French- Useless to you and you have no experience of it.

 

Spanish- Beneficial and you've already been studying it for 2 years.

 

Pick SPANISH

 

(I didn't read any other replies so I don't know what conclusions have been drawn).

 

I guess my opinion is biased on how much I couldn't stand learning French, all those pointless nouns (How can a fucking table have a gender?!), as well as that, no offence to French people, as the language can sound beautiful at times, but some dialects sound like they are constantly coughing up phlegm/having some sort of gag reflex as they speak.

 

I've only dabbled in Catalan (Similar to Spanish) and I definitely prefer it. As well as that, in the past when I've seen jobs for interpreters overseas or over the phone, there have been a lot for Spanish speakers, French doesn't have as much of a demand as the majority of French speakers (Africans) would usually be educated to speak English if they get to the stage when they'd need an interpreter for anything.

 

I may have had 2 years of Spanish but the thing is it will have been two years since I've had any Spanish, and I've forgotten most of it by now anyway. Even between my first year of Spanish and my second year of Spanish, I had forgotten almost everything. I'll have to start at the intermediate level and I don't think I'd do well. At least with French I'd be able to start at the beginning. And it's true that Spanish is beneficial to know, but I kinda doubt I'd actually use it with whatever career I'll have. Really the main reason I want to minor in a foreign language because I've always loved learning languages. That and math were my best subjects in high school.

 

Honestly I just want to do something other than Spanish. EVERYBODY LEARNS SPANISH. I want to do something different. I actually wanted to learn German instead but it's not offered as a minor yet.

I learned both languages in school and in uni and don't regret it. I just wish I was a bit more fluent. :P

It seems that you're already leaning towards French anyway. But one question for me is, how far you can come when you learn French? Because I know that it isn't easy to learn and the grammar is quite different from English. Will you actually be able to speak a bit once you graduate?

Now if you start Spanish at an intermediate level you will probably get much further with that language than you would with French. :thinking:

And I had a long break without learning any Spanish after school too and had to start at an intermediate level in uni. I don't know how good you were, but it didn't take me that long to get used to it again and to remember the things I had learned in school. Maybe it wouldn't be that different for you.

 

And it's true that Spanish is beneficial to know, but I kinda doubt I'd actually use it with whatever career I'll have.

So if you don't think you'll need it for your career, then it shouldn't be too hard to choose. Just take the one you're more comfortable with and that you like more. :P

They both have about the same amount of courses on actually learning the language, and then the rest of it is studying about their cultures. So I'd say it's even, I wouldn't get any further in one than I would in the other. But I'd have to take more hours of French because I'd be starting at the very beginning. :P

I told you to try out for modeling.

So it's about what language you prefer, since you said that you won't need it for your career. If you're willing to put the extra effort into French then go for it. :P

(I'd do both languages, but I'm weird.)

I'd love to do both too actually, but I don't think I have enough time/money for that.