The hardest language in the world?

I don`t have the slightest fucking clue after reading this thread. I always heard Mandarin would be tops, though. Who knows.

Originally Posted by Devo

Are you kidding me? Just because our language doesn't have super coherent rules about verbs, and god forbid some homonyms doesn't make it hard.

I know foreigners or those with english as a second language (native puerto ricans) who speak english better than American born people who've grown up with it.

I wonder why you`re promoting Puerto Rican`s! Anyhow, my sister spent three years in the United States in the late 80`s and still has better, much better, English than my mother who has lived there 22 years. I don`t necessarily think English is an easy language to learn, but all your example and my example says to me is that some people are just far more adept at learning new languages.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Burp, it only takes lots of practice and intention to defeat the accent. I didn´t start learning English until about three years after starting Spanish, since I was raised in Guatemala first. But I pretty much defeated my accent before getting deported. I wonder if speaking so much Spanish now is going to make it return?

Originally Posted by Tawnee Stoner

I'm also amazed why is english mentioned in this thread. You guys don't use acute accents, which makes english very easy for those who actually use them.

Take these spanish words for example:
Como - I eat
Cómo - How?
Como - Like (comparative)

Solo - Alone
Sólo - Only

Por qué - Why?
Porque - Because

Man, I could go for hours.

Never really thought about those things you pointed out, but very true. It´s so easy when it comes naturally and you never have to give a second thought to what you´re saying.

There's nowhere I can't reach.