Alright, I'm stuck.
I really want to learn Spanish, and yes I know there are differences and such with accents and verbs but does anybody have a personal story with the languages and differences? I plan to visit Spain and other spanish speaking countries like Argentina, Brazil, etc, but have friends who speak Latin American Spanish. From your experiences, which do you think would be better for someone who wants to visit Spain and other spanish speaking countries but lives around Latin American speakers?

(I have a friend who said they'd teach me the differences in Latin American spanish if I choose the Spain version. Would that be a good choice in your opinion?)

My wife and I have been wanting to teach our daughter Italian and spanish. I am originally from Italy but my family moved to America when I was 7 years old. My wife has lived here in America all her life and she is part Italian on her dad's side and part Cuban on her mom's side. Because culture is so important to us we want to teach our daughter to speak Italian and Spanish. She is only 2 years old right now. Is that a good age for her to start learning? And does anyone have any ideas how we can teach her these languages?

My friend and i passed the web based interview and we scheduled a phone one.i have no problem cause i know both languages perfectly, but my friend hardly speaks any english, he knows a little and is freaking out about the phone interview because he doesnt know how to speek that much english. Please tell me if this is gonna affect his chances of being fully accepted because i wud love for both of us to get in at the same time. Thanks God bless u!

I want to know which languages would the most beneficial & easiest besides those that I already know. Thanks.

I'm applying online to Best Buy right now. It asks if I speak any other languages. I have taken 2 years of Spanish and can communicate fairly well ( I understand it better than speaking), but should I put that on my application? Will it help me get the job? And if it does will I be thrown out to help every Spanish speaking person?

There are a lot of cognates in the ways the consonants and vowels are pronounced but I do not mean these two languages are similar because they're not. Spanish isn't Japanese and Japanese isn't Spanish. They're totally unrelated and have different spelling and grammar rules but the vowels only make the non-difference. So if I can speak Japanese and learn to speak Spanish with a Japanese accent, will I still be heard? And when I say heard, I mean understood.

Is it because the Spanish demanded that the Native Americans speak the Spanish language? Or was the language voluntarily adopted?
I know that the Europeans "implanted" their languages, but I wasn't sure whether or not the natives were allowed to speak their own languages. None of the history books that I have come across have mentioned anything of the sort.

Why do I have to pay to learn how to speak Spanish? When someone that speaks Spanish can learn English for free? Most job want some one that can speak both languages

After i finish Italian, i would like to learn another language, out of interest and because it would look good on my resume. I now speak Dutch, German, English, French, Latin and Italian and i'd like to learn Spanish next. But they gave 2 options, European or Latin-American.

What are the big differences? Are they real big? Will i be able to understand the one if i speak the other and will other people? Which would you choose and why?
Sorry i forgot to say i know Japanese too. But i'm really not interested in Chinese or Arab. As i said i also learn languages out of interest, for the cultures and books and really, for me, Europe's renaissance and that literature are my interest. I learned Japanese when i still did martial arts such as jui-jitsu.

Hello i am looking to brush up on my Spanish, i know probably about as much as someone whos had a year or so of Spanish in school. Except my Spanish knowledge is in Latin American Spanish. Ive shown some latino friends some of the books that my Nephews brought home from school and they were almost shaking their heads at this material because the Spanish that the Spanish speak is different from that of Latin american countries, i suppose the same way that English in England is different then English here in the States. So this peeked my interest in brushing up on my own Spanish and helping my nephews learn some Spanish that would have real use in America. Ive looked at Rosetta stone from the library and it seems good but it teaches just words mostly from what i saw (egg, horse, boat etc). I looked at something called Fluenz i think and that taught more useful phrases and how to put sentences together. But those are 0+ and i dont think you could even resell them once you get a grasp of what they offer. But is there anything else? Ive seen a couple of books on the subject but most look like they teach what i call Spanish Spanish, and not Latin American Spanish. Are there any good programs, CDs, or Books that would help someone learn Latin American Spanish? Or at least get a good foundation? Your help is appreciated, thanks!
From every latin american student ive ever spoken to in school when i was there, there is spanish spanish and then there is Spanish for the other countries in Latin America. Which has there own terms, accents, indigenous differences and more. So the difference in languages should be obvious considering the history the Latin American people have had with Spain. Or did you not know that Dart?

I am encouraging my children to learn spanish because so many jobs now require you to speak both!
How do you feel should the US continue to have 2 languages? Canada does and other countries....
IT costs alot to teach the spanish kids entering the public school system english and alot of schools dont offer the english kids spanish! but it keeps them from getting jobs.
If Mcdonalds can hire a bilingual teen over one that speaks only english you know who will get hired.

Which language is easier to learn? Latin American spanish or Farsi (Persian)? Also are the two languages distinguished and unique enough to learn at the same time/

I want to learn Korean.My first language is Spanish since i'm Mexican (does that make it easier to learn?) Oh yeah, doesn't it make you mad if people are like do you know how to speak Mexican? I'm like grr, its Spanish not Mexican. Does that happen with other languages too? or is it just Spanish?

In some businesses I've been to in the United States that advertise themselves as having bilingual staff, I've noticed that most of the workers are Mexicans who yes, speak Spanish very well, but their English is horrible. I'm not trying to make fun of them for their English, but seriously, it seems like bilingual these days means "Spanish required, English optional". I myself speak Spanish way better than some of these people speak English, and yet I doubt I would ever be taken seriously trying to get a bilingual job in California because they can always just go hire a Mexican who speaks Spanish better than me, but who speaks English far worse than me. I just can't understand why there is so much emphasis on Spanish skills but almost none on English. And as a side question, why does it seem like the majority of Chicanos I've met are so arrogant about knowing both languages from birth? I even had one insisting that I'm not a true bilingual because I didn't learn Spanish from birth.
Not one of you understood my question. My question is why do EMPLOYERS care so much about Spanish proficiency but almost nothing about their English proficiency. My question had nothing to do with immigrants refusing to learn English. My question is, why is it that someone who speaks Spanish at a 100% level but English at only a 25% level is hired over someone who speaks English at a 100% level and Spanish at a 75% level. It seems like to be considered "bilingual" you really just have to speak Spanish only, as long as you can get by in English you're bilingual, but if you speak English natively, you have to speak Spanish very well or else you're not bilingual. That was my question: why when it comes to being judged as a bilingual or not, native English speakers have to speak Spanish a lot better than native Spanish speakers have to speak English.

Some of my family taught themselves how to speak Spanish. (One of them was in the war and ended up learning about 3 other languages). My best friend is from Argentina and speaks Spanish fluently. I don't want to ask them...Is there anything for free online that will teach me the whole language? Is there anything I can buy for a low price? I'm thirteen if that has anything to do with it. Thank you so much!

There are so many other people that speak other languages here, and the language of America is english. It seems as if most others learn or try to learn the language.

You get Mexicans who've been in the US for several generations, do they still speak Spanish? Many are in Mexico. People like Robert Rodriguez and Eva Longoria have roots in the US for ages, do they still speak Spanish??

Why do Mexicans not lose their language, while all the Germans, Irish, Italians etc cannot speak those languages in the US?

i am learning the language they speak in argentina so i need to know how they speak,some pople say they speak kinda ittalian ,german,spanish but i dont know those languages so if u guys have any site to help me or any places or books thx!!!!!
stop go away bethany! I KNOW PROPER ENGLISH EVEN TAGALOG!

Why do we treat spanish-speaking people as an ethnic group when there are dozens of other languages that dont get equal treatment..

Should all people who speak German be an ethnic group or all people who speak Japanese be an ethnic group?
Danny, so a black person of Nigerian decent is considered ethnic german if they speak German.

i speak spanish at home everyday and english at school and with friends. people say it'll be difficult to learn two languages at the same time but with my background in spanish i think italian should be fairly simple to learn. french would probably be the greater challenge for me. am i in over my head or is this a conquerable feat?

Well, like I said, I already speak two languages and I think I want to learn another one. Maybe italian or Japanese or somthing.

But would there be any benifits in learning a third language?

Since I have never learned another language, how am I suppose to begin and keep going..Do I start Grammar or Vocab? Or both at the same time.

I have took someones advice. Once I am finished with Spanish...I will learn other languages that are related.

I have decided to either learn to speak spanish fluently or learn American sign language. I can't do both so I have to choose one. Does anyone know if one is more marketable than the other. My goal from learning one of these languages is to make myself more marketable career wise.

I read a lot of anti-immigrant chatter here, but I notice that more and more Americans are using the same tonal "sentence end rise" typical of Mexican street Spanish. Calling it "Valley-speak" may fool some people, but discerning polyglots can spot it immediately. It is particularly prevalent in young people and I've detected it on both coasts. The only other instance of this type of intonation occurs in certain Irish populations, but that variation is developed locally, without outside influence..

Is this one a precursor of things to come, ese?
Chukie411 & others:
I'm sure it is not intentional. In that sense language is organic and it evolves.
The intonation I refer to is when the end of a sentence is said in a higher tone than the beginning. It's one of the characteristis of California "Valley talk." You can also hear it in 90% of teen movies.
Be the way, Spanish & English are 2 of my favorite languages, so I'm OK regardless of the outcome.
Christopher: It can't make sense if you don't read it. I'm referring to intonation, not particular phrases of vocabulary.
And you're asking ME to use English?? Hee Hee.
Rosebuds & whatdoiknow:
I never said I disapprove of the change. I'm fine with it.

In public, everyone should always speak in AMERICAN.

Immigrants should only speak other languages at home.

The ONE and ONLY exception to this rule is in restaurants oriented towards certain food types, such as waiters in a Mexican restaurant speaking to each other in Spanish, or in an Oriental Chinese Buffet having the waiters talk to each other in Chinese.
Why sympathize with the red coats? English is not the same.

Is it at all like the US where tons of languages are spoken

I'm going to be in the IB program starting next year, and need 4 years of the same language. I know that more people speak Spanish, but what about in Europe? I'm not very interested in going to South America. I plan on going to Europe to countries like Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands...western countries. Which of the two languages is more used there?

I have the choice to learn between Spanish (Spanish) and Spanish (Latin American). What is the difference between the two languages? I know that Latin American means the southern countries in South America (e.g. Argentina, Brazil) but whats the diference between the LANGUAGES.

Thanks.

have decided to either learn to speak spanish fluently or learn American sign language. I can't do both so I have to choose one. Does anyone know if one is more marketable than the other. My goal from learning one of these languages is to make myself more marketable career wise.

Is a person with an MBA with an international emphasis and the ability to speak English, Japanese, Spanish, and Chinese and knowledge of the cultures that speak those languages very valuable in today's economy? How about in the next 5 years or so hypothetically?

I have been taking Spanish all 4 years of high school and am currently in Spanish 5. I thought that when I got to this level I would be able to speak the language really well, but honestly I can only speak really basic spanish. I really want to improve but it is so hard for me to speak because I start to stumble on words and it's like I can't think fast enough.
I really want to improve but I just don't think languages are my thing. Any ideas?

My 29-year old sister was basically chewed out by a complete stranger for not knowing how to speak Spanish--right here in America! We are about and 1/8 Mexican and an 1/8 Ecuadorian (with the other 75% being Danish, Dutch, French, Irish, Italian, and Scottish mixed in)--should we also be able to speak those 4 languages--along with the Irish and Scottish accents?

I speak 5 languages, but I am an Undocumented Immigrant.
What can I do to get a degree?

This is an stereotype that really bothers me ... I speak spanish and some other languages; When somebody ask me if I'm from Mexico... I get really pissed
Hey Dude... not only in mexico people speak spanish, almost all southamerica but Brasil speak spanish, the you have Spain, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, etc...
And yeah... I can tell when people is from the south, east, west, canada, Australia or England..

I want to talk to in english but all he does is just speak spanish. What can i do to get him to change languages?