My sons are being forced to learn this language and it angers me to no end. There in NOTHING in my history that would compel me to want to learn spanish have my children learn it.
Romance languages take some study. Once you get the hang of it, its easy... the lexical similarity among Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian makes for mutual intelligibility as they are all descended from the Vulgar Latin of the late Roman Empire that evolved into a number of regional dialects.
“My sons are being forced to learn this language and it angers me to no end.”
Went to Prep School in the early 60s. All Freshmen had to take Latin. I hated it! After that year, we had our choice of Spanish, German, or French. I guess you take Spanish if you want to have business discussions with your gardener. I think my old school now also offers Mandarin.
English: She opened the window in the morning.
Latin:Aperiens fenestram, mane.
Portuguese: Ela abriu a janela de manhã.
Spanish: Abrió la ventana de la mañana.
French: Elle ouvrit la fenêtre le matin.
Italian: Ha aperto la finestra al mattino.
Romanian: Ea a deschis fereastra dimineata.
>My sons are being forced to learn this language and it angers me to no end. <
Growing up in canada, learning French was part of the curriculum and part of our heritage. If someone forced me to learn a language which has no bearing on my life except for political-correctness and due to someone’s liberal white-guilt, I would move away from that district.