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Old August 16, 2013, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Awaken View Post
I would think simple English would be the easiest. Easier conjugation of verbs, no gender, etc... However, English is VERY nuanced with tons of words that all mean similar things with slight tweaks.

I personally find Spanish easier than French, so I would vote Spanish as the 2nd. I actually found Italian to not be too bad either, but still found Spanish as the easiest of the 3, but I was biased since French and Italian came later in life.
Spanish has less complicated grammar than Italian.
Spanish for just one example has only two contractions
al and del. a+el=al, de+el=del.

Now look at all the contractions in Italian.

il lo l' la i gli le

a
at, to al allo all' alla ai agli alle

da
from, by dal dallo dall' dalla dai dagli dalle

di
of del dello dell' della dei degli delle

in in nel nello nell' nella nei negli nelle

su
on sul sullo sull' sulla sui sugli sulle

con with col collo coll' colla coi cogli colle

Note: The only contractions for con that are still used nowadays are col and coi. But even these contractions are optional.








Last edited by Villa; August 16, 2013 at 09:53 PM.