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Originally Posted by ssandra  Be careful to learning Spanish and French at the same time. For some reason they are just not compatible.
I speak Spanish as a third language, relatively fluent, but I am having great trouble learning French. As soon as I know a few sentences, I get them mixed up when I speak spanish.
It is not just me who is saying that, plenty of other people who speak one first and than learn the other have told me the same thing.
It is not impossible, but I would start with 1 and only than start with the other. |
I found learning Norwegian pushed German out of my head, and now if I ever try to speak German, Norwegian comes out instead (mind you that was a long time ago too so very rusty with both).
I'm beginning to find Arabic sitting in the same space in my head as French interestingly enough. There are some loan words (not sure whether its French loaned from Arabic or vice versa) so maybe that's why. Similar to the OP, I studied French at school for 7 years and while I could at some point pick up a book (eg Reine Margot by Dumas) and read it reasonably well, I couldn't speak it (again an ability long lost in the mists of time)