Learn Chinese FAQ--What is easier to learn Italian or Chinese?

Learn Chinese FAQ

Question: What is easier to learn Italian or Chinese?
One of my weak points is grammar. Writing and speaking is my strong point. I want to know which language would be best suitable for me according to those key points.
	2009-11-28 by Jam Simith

Best answer:
The difficulty of learning a language and the time spent on it varies from person to person. It depends on many factors, such as the frequency of classes attended, how much practice you get, and the environment around you for using the language, etc. If you are passionate about learning Chinese or Italian and can participate in professional training courses in a native-speaking environment, you will be able to master them effectively. Personally speaking, I suggest you learn Chinese, because Chinese is becoming more and more popular in the world, and many people are studying it at http://www.echineselearning.com. What is more, you are good at writing and speaking, which are the important points of learning Chinese. 学习一门语言的难度与所要花费的时间是因人而异的，它取决于很多因素，比如您参加课程的频率，您平时练习的多少，您使用语言的环境等等。但是只要您想学，用心学，参加汉语或意大利语课程培训，平时多在说汉语或意大利语的环境中练习，他们就像英语一样，假以时日之后，您一定可以掌握他们。但是我个人建议你学汉语，因为现在汉语越来越流行，并且很多很都在http://www.echineselearning.com 学习，更重要的是，你善于写作和口语，而这正是学习汉语的重点。
	2009-10-28 by limei Huang

Other Answers :
The grammar of a language determines how the conceptual structures are linearized as strings of words in a sentence. English and Chinese, for example, put the subject first, the verb in the middle, and the object at the end for an SVO word order. Irish and Biblical Hebrew are VSO languages that put the verb first. Latin and Japanese are SOV languages that put the verb at the end. The grammar also determines how the units of meaning, called morphemes, are combined to form words. Chinese is an extreme example of an analytic language in which almost all the morphemes can be used as stand-alone words. German is an agglutinative language, which forms compound words like Lebensversicherungsgesellschaftsangestellter (life insurance company employee). Old English was an agglutinative language like German, but as it evolved into modern English, it became almost as analytic as Chinese.
	2009-11-29 by John F. Sowa