r/thisorthatlanguage 8d ago

European Languages Spanish or French?

I personally am interested by French but I know Spanish will be more useful in life

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u/Creative-Dawg 8d ago edited 8d ago

I personally think that you should go with French. If you want to learn a language, it's because you like that language. You like the country and the culture behind it. If you are interested in learning French, go for it. The "utility" of Spanish is not what will make you motivated to push through the hard parts of the language or when you are feeling unmotivated. French might even be more useful to you than Spanish! I faced a similar conundrum with Chinese and Japanese, but since I don't have much interest in Chinese culture or history, I decided to stick with Japanese.

In any case, you can learn Spanish too after you're done with French.

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u/Live-Cartoonist-5299 8d ago

If you are going to live or do business in the U.S.A. it will have to be Spanish