Posts Tagged ‘Romance languages’
Jun
Jun
These Romance languages are all just Vulgar Latin!
One of the ways polyglots become polyglots is by using the tools they’ve already learned in one language to help with the next. Sometimes those tools are more than just learning techniques. Sometimes, when studying a second language in a language family that is already known, the entire previous experience can be mapped onto the…
Aug
Aug
Impressions of Catalan
A few weeks ago, I wrote a basic introduction to Catalan, having never heard it spoken before. Now, after spending a week immersed in it, I have a few new impressions.
As I mentioned before, it’s common to think of Catalan as a dialect of Spanish. In fact, I’ve though that myself. But I can…
Dec
Dec
Italian and Spanish compared
When I began my year of learning Italian, I was already a speaker of Spanish. And as both Spanish and Italian are descended from Vulgar Latin, they have a lot in common.
At times, having familiarity with Spanish was somewhat of an advantage, and at other times, it’s actually a disadvantage. But a lot of…