Do you agree with what harvard language professor says are the difficulties in Spanish?

Before we are ready to learn a new language, we often hear people around us complain that speaking a new language is difficult. This can also affect people who decide to learn it, thinking they will be too challenged to start, and thus missing out on opportunities.


So Spanish is also a difficult language to learn?


"It's often very difficult to become proficient in any language." Juan Godoy, a professor of Spanish at Harvard University.


So, for those of us who are native Chinese speakers or have some English background, what exactly makes learning Spanish a little bit more complicated?


First of all, for those who want to learn Spanish, Spanish pronunciation is much easier than English.


There are only five phonemes in Spanish, corresponding to five vowels: /a/, /e/, / I /, /o/, and /u/.


English, however, has 14 to 21 vowel phonemes, depending on the local dialect.


But there is a rr trill in Spanish that is difficult for non-native speakers, but you should know that it is not only difficult for us foreigners, but also for some native Spanish speakers. This does not affect our daily communication and we have spanish learning game.


So, relax!


For Spanish learners, the difficulty is mainly in grammar. Again, compare Spanish with English. Most linguists agree that the former is more complex than the latter.


For those of you who have some English background, the difficulty of Spanish grammar is that it has a much more complex verb system than English.


In Spanish conjugation, the verb changes depending on who is the subject.


This is unlike English, which has the same verbs except for the third person singular.


To take a simple chestnut, the word "love" in Spanish (the conjugation of the verb amor) is "amo" for me, "amas" for you, "ama" for him.


But in English (the conjugation of the verb love) : I love is love, you love or love, he loves is so loves that the verb hardly changes.


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