Re: O membranza, sì cara e fatal...

Leo Caesius wrote:
>     In my experience, it is relatively easy for Spaniard and Portuguese
> students to pick up Italian - but, strangely enough, the reverse is not
> true.
Probably because Italian is more conservative.  That is, in many cases,
learning the Italian is like learning the root form that the Spanish and
Portuguese is derived from, whereas for Italians to understand Spanish
and Portuguese, they must "reverse" the changes.  Granted, that's a bit
of a generalization, but I suspect that it generally holds true.  Much
the same reason that Portuguese-speakers find Spanish easier than
Spanish-speakers find Portuguese.

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