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Originally Posted by chryuop
I love that US governement (at your saying) puts Spanish and Italian amongst the easiest languages to learn.
"tiene que ir" (has to go). Who has to go? Me or someone else? Coz it can mean both.
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First, I'd assume that spanish is up there as easy because the word order itself is pretty similar to english. As for italian, I hear it's similar to spanish in some ways, but haven't had any actual significant interaction with the language so I'll trust your judgement.
As for tiene que ir, I would take it to mean that 'he, she or you' have to go based on the context of el, la or usted. I'm actually a little confused about your point there, was 'tiene que ir' being told to you? If that's the case, I can see why the options are what they are.
I understand your contempt (or what I perceive as contempt, anyways) for slang like 'no problemo' and know that problema is a feminine noun. As far as american culture is concerned, though, most people will jokingly '-o' to the end of English words to make fake spanish. I don't really want to get carried away, so I'm not going to explain my own various observations about why people use this fake spanish.