Today, I will attempt to answer the question “Which Is Easier To Learn Between Spanish and English?
I must say that Spanish is easier to learn because the spelling and the sounds of letters are usually consistent. There are also more sounds in English.
In Spanish, you can figure out how a word is pronounced just by reading the word.
You cannot do that in English. That’s why English dictionaries always include the pronunciation next to words.
Let me give you an example in English so that you know what I am talking about.
How do you pronounce the following word in English?
: LEAD
How you pronounce the English word “lead” really depends. It depends on whether you are talking about the verb “lead” that is synonymous with to “guide” or to “influence”? Or are you talking about a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal.
The first “lead” we pronounce as “leed.” And the second “lead” is pronounced “led.
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And can you imagine the difficulty that a non-native English speaker would experience when seeing the word “laugh” written for the first time? And then someone explains to him or her that “laugh” is pronounced “laf.” His or her question will probably be why does the English letter “g” now take on the sound of an “f.” Or a more likely question from a person learning English would be, why not just spell the word “LAF”? Doesn’t that make a lot more sense than spelling the word as “LAUGH.”
A few years ago, a customer sent me an email on this topic, quoting from Wikipedia.org, he said:
“Another brain-wrecking English pronunciation letter grouping is the famous ‘OUGH’
It is by far the group of letters with the most unpredictable pronunciation, having six in North American English and over ten in British English. A few of the more common are:
as in “through” (cf. boo).
as in “thought” (cf. taut).
as in “though” (cf. toe).
as in “cough” (cf. off).
as in “rough” (cf. ruffian).
in “plough” (Commonwealth spelling; cf. plow).
in “hiccough” (now uncommon variant of hiccup; cf. up)”
So that’s my argument. Some of you may not be convinced and still think that it is easier to learn English than Spanish. But I can assure you that Spanish is easier to learn.
