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Odinochka

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  1. I was surprised, I had learnt French and not Italian or Spanish, but travelling in South America I found I could read and understand Spanish and Italian newspapers reasonably well. I couldn't speak the languages but could understand the printed word. (More so Italian than Spanish.)

     

    That is because they are in the same language family. They share common sentence structure and many words are cognates. The kink in the hose happens with language specific idioms.

     

    On the language front--French, Spanish, and Russian (courtesy of your tax dollars)

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