The difficult English pronunciation.
Spanish and English syntax differ the most in colloquial speak. In slightly more complex essays, it is surprising to find how the arrange of syntagmas is rather very similar in both languages. In consequence, Spanish speakers don't have to work excessively hard for having a good command of the English language in its written form, at least in relationship with many other tongues. There are a few different conventions in the words you may use for expressing something, of course, but definitively it is not difficult to get used to this fact - specially if you read a lot.
However, the rhythm, the speed, the stress of syllables and the pronunciation of consonants and vowels differ so much from the Spanish ones. Spanish is spoken in a flatter and faster way. We don't use such a high rate of consonants per syllable. Each syllable doesn't contain as much information as it would in English indeed. Often you can omit many of them, but to be understood as well.
I am working very hard for studying the English phonetics. I am not having a good time because I tend to fallback to the sounds that are the most familiar for me. Hopefully, it will not take to long to get accustomed to it.
What about you? What is the most difficult thing you have find in your target language?
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The difficult English pronunciation.
Spanish and English syntax differ the most in colloquial speech. In slightly more complex essays, it is surprising to find how the arrange of syntax is rather very similar in both languages. Consequently, Spanish speakers don't have to work excessively hard to have a good command of the English language in its written form, at least in relationship with many other tongues. There are a few different conventions in the words you may use for expressing something, of course, but it is definitely not difficult to get used to this fact - especially if you read a lot.However, the rhythm, the speed, the stress of syllables and the pronunciation of consonants and vowels differ so much from the Spanish ones. Spanish is spoken in a flatter and faster way. We don't use such a high rate of consonants per syllable. Each syllable doesn't contain as much information as it would in English indeed. Often you can omit many of them in Spanish, but you can still be understood as well.
I am working very hard at studying the English phonetics. I am not having a easy time because I tend to fall back into using the sounds that are the most familiar for me. Hopefully, it will not take too long to get accustomed to it.
What about you? What is the most difficult thing you have found in your target language?
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My target language is Spanish, and one of the most difficult things I'm finding is how to use transitional words for sentences (see this link in English for lists of those words in English: https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/style/transitions/). Your writing is pretty good! The only thing I noticed was a pattern with adverbs (often words ending in -ly).
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Practice makes it perfect.
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Spanish and French come from Latin, so their vocabulary and grammar are pretty much alike. I'm able to understand almost everything from a French text, although I've never learned it. It is not the same with the pronunciation, though. Spanish was influenced by the Basque language's phonetics, so it's slightly different.
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But I think that French is little more complex!
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