I need speak english

[Joe Forster/STA]

English is kind of a cleaned up German: no sexes, almost no suffixes. Learning English is simple, no matter what language you knew already; learning German may be difficult, no matter what language you knew already.

I'm told the simplicity of English partially comes from the fact that people in the British Empire, that took over a significant portion of the world, "simplified" the language with their awful grammar and pronounciation.

[Muji-FightR]

Learning German is indeed way harder than learning Spanish (not easy though), there are many Germans that do have huge problems with properly speaking their mother tongue
Sure, there are always stupid people unable to speak in their native language, but in England (oh sorry, Great Britain) it's most likely not as bad at all

That's what I meant, it's harder to really excel in German, Russian, ... than in English...

[Joe Forster/STA]

Some corrections:
- I was talking about non-native English speakers raping the English language to what it is now...
- Not "England" (not only Englishmen but also Scots and Welshmen) but not even "Great Britain" (not only Brits but also Irishmen - at least, at this moment); correctly it is United Kingdom! (Oh, make that -persons, not -men! )

[Luciel]

Originally Posted by Joe Forster/STA

English is kind of a cleaned up German: no sexes, almost no suffixes. Learning English is simple, no matter what language you knew already; learning German may be difficult, no matter what language you knew already.

I don't agree as learning italian was way easier for me than learning english (and i can speak for most spaniards since english is a mandatory class in spanish schools).

Oh and, you forgot Gibraltar, which ain't part of the UK/GB (i think, right?) but it's a big political mess :P

That's what I meant, it's harder to really excel in German, Russian, ... than in English...

Learning french was difficult for me with all the conjugations , but I also didn´t try hard. I can easily understand the french language but can´t speak very well.