Learn English or Spanish? Which Is Easier? How to Say I'm In Love in Spanish

This record may be of interest to anyone who wants to learn English or Spanish. By the way, today you will also learn how to say "I am in love" in Spanish and how to say "love at first sight" in Spanish. I always get into friendly debates here in Colombia about which language easier to learn: English for Latinos or Spanish for Gringos. Of course, I insist that it is easier for us Gringos to learn Spanish. You may be mental "Gee, Patrick, What a Patriot!"

Learn English or Spanish? Which Is Easier? How to Say I'm In Love in Spanish

Learn English or Spanish? Which Is Easier? How to Say I'm In Love in Spanish

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Learn English or Spanish? Which Is Easier? How to Say I'm In Love in Spanish

Learn English or Spanish? Which Is Easier? How to Say I'm In Love in Spanish

Well, the suspect why I insist that it is easier to learn Spanish is because I precisely believe it. I will tell you why. But first, I want to give you the Latin American side of the argument.

Many native Spanish speakers have told me that it is easier to learn English than Spanish because Spanish has so many more words. I can attest to that. The Spanish language by all means; of course has a lot more words than the English language. I know any English grammarian would strongly disagree with me. But they have probably never lived in a Latin American country.

And I am not just talking about the way that Spanish speakers in one country will use words and phrases which are distinct from the words and phrases that Spanish speakers use in someone else country.

Within the same country you will hear Spanish speakers use distinct words and phrases for the same things. But what I find so surprising is that in the Spanish language there are nouns, verbs and adjectives for words where in English we were only blessed with a noun.

Por ejemplo...

Take the Spanish noun "flecha" which means the English word "arrow." In Spanish, not only is there a noun for this word but there's also a verb: flechar

The Spanish verb "flechar" precisely has two meanings:

1.) to injure with arrows
2.) to cause to fall in love

The second definition obviously originates from the story of Cupid. You know, the mischievous, winged child from Roman mythology who was armed with a bow and some arrows. He's the one who was famous for piercing hearts.

Arguably, you can use "arrow" in English as a verb. But that's not how the word "arrow" is usually used in English.

Now think about this...

There are seven simple tenses or moods in Spanish: presente de indicativo, imperfecto de indicativo, pretérito, futuro, potencial simple, presente de subjunctivo, imperfecto de subjunctivo.

And there are seven blend tenses or moods in Spanish: perfecto de indicativo, pluscuamperfecto de indicativo, pretérito anterior, futuro perfecto, potencial compuesto, perfecto de subjunctivo, and pluscuamperfecto de subjunctivo.

So by having a verb for the word "arrow" (flechar), and since there are seven simple tenses and seven blend tenses in Spanish (a total of 14), the Spanish language already has 14 more words than the English language. And 15 if you include the verb "flechar" itself.

And I am just getting started.

Each verb tense has 6 "person" forms:

1. First person single (yo)
2. Second person single (tú )
3. Third person single (usted, él, ella)
4.first person plural (nosotros);
5. Second personal plural (vosotros)

6. Third person plural (ustedes, ellos, etc.).

So if we multiply the 14 tenses time the 6 "person" forms, Spanish already has 84 words that we do not have in English. I am still warming up.

And let's not forget the varied "imperativo" forms: flecha, no fleches, fleche, flechemos, flechen.

Spanish also has other nouns that we don't have in English. Unlike in English, there is a word in Spanish for a injury that was specifically caused by an arrow: flechazo

The word "flechazo" precisely has a more base meaning in Spanish. "Flechazo" also means "enamoramiento súbito" or "love at first sight."

Since there's a verb "flechar" in Spanish, guess what Spanish also has?

You guessed it. There's also an adjective for this word: flechado. Besides the obvious, having to do with an arrow, "flechado" also means to be in love.

There's precisely a favorite song in Spanish called "Flechado EsToy" (I am in love.) And it gets even more complicated. Not only can you say "flechado esToy," you can also say "estoy flechado" in Spanish.

Other than a Shakespearean play, it would sound precisely strange if person said in English "in love I am." And Besides "flechado estoy" or "estoy flechado," person can say "estoy enamorado" in order to say "I am in love."

So that's the side of the discussion that says that it is easier to learn English than Spanish.

Learn English or Spanish? Which Is Easier? How to Say I'm In Love in Spanish

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