ENGLISH Vs Spanish differences - A Beginners Guide

    ENGLISH Vs Spanish differences - A Beginners Guide

English is a Germanic language while Spanish is a Romance one. Therefore, there are lots differences between these two languages in their grammar structures and the pronunciation of the words. For Spanish speakers, it seems like the English sentences are inverted because of the position of the adjectives.

First, they're derived from two different language family trees. English is technically a Germanic language with lots of Latin thrown in, because it was developed in a social climate where the Germanic/Anglo people ended up with Roman occupants of England for some time.Because of that, English tends to have more of a hierarchy of words where many of our basic and more conversational words sound Germanic - "home", "water", "life"... and many of our more academic words sound much more Latin - "domicile", "aqua", "vitality".

Secondly, Spanish is MUCH more phonetic. Except in the case of loanwords (words that come from other languages), Spanish's pronunciation remains very uniform and the language goes out of its way to make pronunciation easy for people. In English, there are so many rules and so many exceptions to rules about pronunciation that it can be difficult if you're not hearing someone speak the words.

Thirdly, would probably be that the verbs in Spanish are quite a bit different and have multiple conjugations that depend on the subject or subjects. The adjectives agree with number and gender. The verbs change based on tenses and moods that sometimes don't show up clearly in English.

ENGLISH Vs Spanish

Excusez-moi.

Excuse me. (formal)

Excuse-moi.

Excuse me. (informal)

Je m'excuse.

Excuse me. (to apologize)

Salut!

Hi

Comment?

How?

Comment vas-tu?

How's it going? (informal)

Comment allez-vous?

How's it going? (formal)

Combien?

How much, how many?

Quel âge avez-vous?

How old are you?

Je ne sais pas.

I don't know.

Je sais.

I know.

Ça va.

I'm okay.

Je suis désolé.

I am sorry.

C'est bien.

It's fine.

C'est bon.

It's good.

Pas de problème.

No problem.

Bien sûr.

For sure.

S'il te plaît.

Please. (informal)

S'il vous plaît.

Please. (formal)

Où sont les toilettes?

Where are the toilettes?