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Hey everyone. I'm an entrepreneur & marketer from Los Angeles, California. A few years ago I decided to leave the US and ended up moving to Ecuador. I chose Ecuador because my Dad is Ecuadorian (although he never taught me Spanish). Because of that I have family friends in Ecuador, plus I was able to get citizenship by heritage. I'm learning Spanish because I plan to live in South America for the foreseeable future. I want to travel around to many different Spanish-speaking countries. I also want to be good enough to do business in Spanish. I'm looking for people to practice talking with. I have a good understanding of Spanish grammar and a pretty good vocabulary. I think I just need to develop more fluidity and expand my vocabulary into more specialized topics.
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    I think none of them are the hardest. Every language I've seen has aspects that are more difficult and other aspects that are easier.

     

    For example, English has difficult pronunciation. The spelling isn't very phonetic, the rules are inconsistent with tons of exceptions. But the verb conjugation is pretty simple in English. Most verbs only have 4 forms.

     

    On the other hand, Spanish has about 33 different verb conjugations (or 43 if you use the vosotros forms). But in Spanish, the pronunciation is simple and consistent, and everything is spelled phonetically.

     

    It really just depends what you're already familiar with. If you learn a language that is more similar to your native language, it will be easier. If you're taking on something totally unfamiliar, it will be harder.

     

    For example, to go from Spanish to Portuguese is very easy. I imagine it's also fairly easy to go from Mandarin Chinese to Yue or Wu or Hakka Chinese.

     

    So if you're starting as a native English-speaker, it might be more difficult to learn Mandarin than Spanish, simply because Mandarin has less in common with English than Spanish does. But that doesn't mean Mandarin is objectively "harder".

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    May 18, 2015
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    Say-so is a command or order. "It depends on his say-so" means that the person has the decision-making authority. It will only happen if he commands it. Say-so can also be a person's word. For example, the second sentence above is the same as "The police won’t investigate the claim on the word of a known criminal." A criminal is assumed to be untrustworthy, so his word is not reliable.
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    March 19, 2015
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    Dammit is an exclamation. Like if you hurt yourself you would say "Dammit!" Effing is usually used as an adjective. You have to incorporate it into a sentence. Example: "This line is too effing long!"
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    March 16, 2015
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    #1 means you're asking for a comparison or a description. For example, I might respond with "It tastes like apple" or "It tastes sweet." #3 is more like you're asking whether it's good or bad. "It tastes delicious" or "It tastes nasty." #2 is kind of ambiguous. You could respond either of the previous ways. That's why it's not as common to ask "How was the taste?" #4 means something completely different. If someone asked me "How do you taste it?", I would probably respond with "I put my tongue on it..." This is not what you're trying to ask. I would use either #1 or #3, depending on what kind of response you want to ask for.
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    March 16, 2015
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    I like to eat an omelette with onions and bacon inside.

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    March 15, 2015
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    We don't NEED music, it's just really enjoyable!
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    March 15, 2015
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    You would say "He is at the keyboard." Or if he isn't at the keyboard yet you could say, "He is going to the keyboard."
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    March 15, 2015
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    No, both of them imply that he is still watching the movie. The second one is just more specific about how long he has been watching the movie. He doesn't have to watch the movie continuously either. He could watch a little bit, then take a break, then watch some more. That would explain why it's taking him all day to watch a movie! For example, I could say, "I have been reading an interesting book." I'm not LITERALLY reading it right now because I'm talking to you instead. But I AM reading it in the sense that I haven't finished it yet.
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    March 15, 2015
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    That's not how most people would use the word "classless". Classless makes me think of a classless society. (A society lacking class divisions.) Instead you could say, "You have no class."
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    March 15, 2015
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    Can you give an example?
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    March 15, 2015
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