Which Is Easier to Learn Spanish or English?

Let's talk about which is easier to learn Spanish or English. Today, you will also learn how to say "lock the door in Spanish" as opposed to how to say "close the door" in Spanish. Over the last few weeks I have been overwhelmed with emails from my subscribers with messages similar to the following:

"Patrick, in your last email you gave us the 'argument' why native Spanish speakers say that English is easier to learn than Spanish, and then you said that you always insist and tell Spanish speakers that Spanish is easier to learn than English. And you promised that in your next email that you would give us your side of the argument and give your reasons why you insist that Spanish is easier to learn. It has now been several weeks and you still haven't explained why Spanish is easier to learn than English."

Well my response has been delayed for the following reason. I am constantly being reminded how many different ways the Spanish language has to say words or phrases where we only have one or two ways to say the same word or phrase in English.

Here's an example...

I also only know of one way to say the command in English "lock the door." I mean "lock the door" as opposed to just "close the door." But I know at least four different ways to give the command "lock the door!" in Spanish.

a. Ponle seguro a la puerta.

b. Colócale seguro...

c. Échale seguro...

d. Cierra la puerta con llave.

The last one literally means "close the door with key."

Since there are familiar and formal commands in Spanish, I can easily think of four more ways to tell someone to "lock the door."

e. Póngale seguro a la puerta.

f. Colóquele seguro a la puerta.

g. Echele seguro a la puerta.

h. Cierre la puerta con llave.

And if I think about the fact that Spanish also has third person singular and plural commands, I guess that's four more ways that I can say "lock the door" in Spanish:

i. Pónganle seguro a la puerta.

j. Colóquenle seguro...

k. Échenle seguro...

l. Cierren la puerta con llave.

So that's 12 different ways to give the command "lock the door" in Latin American Spanish.

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