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[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dutch and German are way easier for English speakers to learn than Spanish.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's very surprising to hear that; both languages are unintelligible to me whereas you can understand about a third of Spanish without knowing how to speak it.

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That might be from cultural reasons more than linguistic ones. Especially if you live in the US especially the Southwest.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I bet it's the accents of English and Spanish that we speak in North America since they both stress consonants and the vowels are recognizable to each other; European Spanish is also difficult to understand.