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My mother tongue is Chinese and I find that English is the easiest second language to learn. English has more or less the same grammatical structure as Chinese,
by g9yuayon 4y ago
My mother tongue is Chinese and I find that English is the easiest second language to learn. English has more or less the same grammatical structure as Chinese, so I didn't have to learn structures like object -> subject -> verb as in Spanish or reflexive verbs or structures like "Me pleases programming" (Me gusta programar) that means "I like programming", or the sentence structure of topic -> object -> verb with all kinds of particles in Japanese. Yes, English has a few conjugations, but boy that is so much simpler than those in Spanish. And English pronunciation is easy for a Chinese, but boy other European languages are hard, as Chinese does not have alveolar R or double R as in Spanish, and don't even get me started on the pronunciations in French and German.
- iopq 4y agoThe Spanish sentence is exactly like the English sentence "Programming is pleasing to me", it's the same grammar and it exists
- g9yuayon 4y agoThe structure is different, right? "Me gusta algo" does mean something is pleasing to me, but it's not the way how one would think in Chinese or English.
- iopq 4y agoBut the grammar is the same as "something pleases me", no difference at all But there's other verbs, just like in English that you can use like this: Disfruto de pasar tiempo con mi familia. I enjoy spending time with my family