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¿Cómo podría haber un idioma más sofisticado que otro? Son inconmensurables por definición.
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Creo que los dos idiomas tienen en común las palabras prestadas del griego. Y ambos tienen palabras prestadas de otros idiomas; y a veces, las mismas. Hay más de seis mil idiomas en el mundo. No creo que haya comparación adecuada para decirse que supera el uno al otro.
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Depende en la person que lo habla. Los dos idiomas son mega-idiomas hablado por todo el mundo. Me parece que el inglés es la la lingua franca actual. Si eso lo hace más sofisticado, entonces el inglés gana. Lo que es cierto es si hablas las dos lenguas igualmente bien eres una persona sofisticada. Hablar inglés y español igualmente bien es muy difícil en mi opinion.
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pero pienso que solo podemos decir que ahora el inglés es más importante que el español para trabajar...mmm por ejemplo en mi país no puedo encontrar un buen trabajo si no hablo inglés incluso si puedo hablar español muy bien o cualquier otro idioma |
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Sin embargo el inglés tiene de 50% o 60% de su vocabulario que viene del latin.
I don't know how true that is (I suspect, not very). I do know that English has robbed every European language for its vocabulary: "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." James D. Nicoll (1990-05-15). The King's English English is, as you say, primarily Germanic in origin, but there's a healthy mix of French, Danish, Celtic, Spanish, and on and on in its vocabulary. English is an invented language. The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary, with 1.5 million entries. There's a reason for that. As for which language is the most sophisticated, or the most superior -- that. to me, is, forgive me, a supremely silly question. |
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I will reply in English because that's the language I'm trying to improve the most in this period. Corrections are very welcome. Undoubtly Spanish, and the other Latin languages, have a more complex grammar: in Spanish every verb has about one hundred different conjugations, while English verbs have only about ten different conjugations. In my opinion, the simplicity of a language it is a good thing: probably, English has become so popular also because its grammar is quite simple.
On the other hand, though, English is much more difficult when it comes to phonetics. In Latin languages, to every letter, or in a few cases to every group of two-three letters (French "eau"), it corresponds a determinate sound; in English there isn't an one-to-one correspondence between letters and sounds, and so you have to learn the pronunciation of each word separately. Surely I speak English worse than I write it. When I was in London last year, though, people understood me fairly well. |
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I had French for 2 years in school but i don't remember anything. I didn't care that much about French at that time. It was very annoying that i couldn't do the French "r", which is odd because all Viennese people can do it. Fortunately, Spanish is very easy regarding the phonetic as you said. The conjugation is a pain, though.
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In some regions in Germany, they roll the "r" like in Spanish, which is the case in Bayern and Nürnberg. In Austria, almost every region does it like the French "r", except Voralberg. I don't know about the Swiss German. The German language has no subjuntivo and less tenses. ![]()
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I see. That's a problem solved in Spanish then.
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The "Konjunktiv" is just as rarely used as the "preterito anterior", only in the written language.
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Hmm... I was thinking about the cases when it's used to talk about something that is not true or certain, to express doubt, to express wishes... all of those are mostly the same in Spanish, but it's an off-topic and I don't know that much German as to make a whole discussion about it.
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Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar
![]() That's interesting... I've always thought that German "r" is the same as French "r". ![]() Fortunately, Spanish is very easy regarding the phonetic as you said. The conjugation is a pain, though. Not much harder than German conjugation though. ![]() Premium, 2/3 de todos los verbos españoles son regulares. Así que si sabes como conjugar tres verbos regulares españoles entonces puedes conjugar todos los verbos regulares españoles. Memorice cómo conjugar: hablar, comer y vivir. Por ejemplo: yo hablo, tu hablas, usted habla, nosotros hablamos, ustedes hablan Por supuesto es él habla, ella habla y ellos y ellas hablan(No es necesario repetir estos) No te preocupes demasiado acerca de vosotros. Ahora, tomemos como ejemplo el verbo regular amar to love. Porque sabes conjugar hablar puedes conjugar amar. yo amo tu amas usted ama nosotros amamos ustedes aman Ahora Premium, haga lo mismo con comer y vivir. Last edited by Villa; February 22, 2013 at 02:17 PM. |
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Lo siento por mis errores.
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Conjuga estos verbos en el presente: ayudar bailar cambiar cantar Last edited by Villa; February 22, 2013 at 02:34 PM. |
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