Yeah, actually, as a native spanish speaker, it has been really easy for me to speak Japenese for that same reasons. There are only little changes like the r sound, but from them on it is very similar.
Yes and no. Yes, in the sense that both languages are phonetic, which gives them similar pronunciation systems. This phonetic nature allows Spanish speakers to develop a more natural Japanese pronunciation later on, especially compared to English speakers or even other Romance language speakers such as the French or Portuguese, whose languages have quirky phonetic rules. However, even with this advantage, there are still challenging sounds in both languages: Japanese syllables like *jya/jyi/jyu/jye/jyo* and *ya/yu/yo* can be difficult for Spanish speakers, just as the Spanish *r* and *l* sounds can pose challenges for Japanese learners. No, in virtually every other respect. While a few expressions might be written in vaguely similar ways, Japanese allows for far greater flexibility in sentence structure, something Spanish largely lacks. I say this as a native Spanish speaker who has studied Japanese for decades.
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Yeah, actually, as a native spanish speaker, it has been really easy for me to speak Japenese for that same reasons. There are only little changes like the r sound, but from them on it is very similar.
Yes and no. Yes, in the sense that both languages are phonetic, which gives them similar pronunciation systems. This phonetic nature allows Spanish speakers to develop a more natural Japanese pronunciation later on, especially compared to English speakers or even other Romance language speakers such as the French or Portuguese, whose languages have quirky phonetic rules. However, even with this advantage, there are still challenging sounds in both languages: Japanese syllables like *jya/jyi/jyu/jye/jyo* and *ya/yu/yo* can be difficult for Spanish speakers, just as the Spanish *r* and *l* sounds can pose challenges for Japanese learners. No, in virtually every other respect. While a few expressions might be written in vaguely similar ways, Japanese allows for far greater flexibility in sentence structure, something Spanish largely lacks. I say this as a native Spanish speaker who has studied Japanese for decades.
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