What are your reasons to learn a new language?

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

...what would be your reason for trying to learn a new language?

So I can communicate my needs to the nurses in my LTC facility in Mexico.

 

[tuixiu]

Spanish is definitely easier than French to learn. French does not stress syllables the way English and Spanish do, plus words are deliberately elided together, so separating a spoken French sentence into words takes a lot of practice.

Plus Spanish (and Italian) are relatively easy for English speakers to sound out after learning just a pronunciation rules, whereas French throws so many combinations where you are ignoring silent consonants dépêcher, vous dépêchez, je dépêchais, elle dépêchait etc.