I am an Art History major and my advisor strongly suggested learning a European language. I have decided on French since French culture is a big part of the Arts….is it very difficult to learn (pronunciation wise, etc?)
French is as easy or as difficult to learn as any second language would be. You can’t judge by me, because I’ve been speaking French since I first learned to speak. However, when I studied Spanish, I found it easy to learn because it had many of the same types of grammatical and verb "problems" as French, things that don’t exist in English such as agreement of adjectives or placement of words in a sentence.
#1 by Happy Feet on August 7th, 2009
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Hi Sher !
Bonjour, non le Francais n’est pas plus difficile a apprendre qu’une autre langue, le tout depend comment tu t’applique a l’apprendre et la pratique de celle-ci..
Hi, French is not more difficult to learn as an other language, all depending how seriously you will learn it and practice it…
Happy to help you
Happy Feet
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#2 by King Jabar K on August 7th, 2009
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It is super hard
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#3 by Sweetness and Light on August 7th, 2009
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If you are a native English speaker, I’m sure the pronounciation is very difficult.
Also be prepared for the grammar which is more complicated than English.
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Native Portuguese speaker.
#4 by urglurglugrl on August 7th, 2009
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well i’ve taken french chinese and german and french is my favorite out of all of them. its pretty easy, easier than german and for me (most people will disagree) easier than chinese
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#5 by midnightchase68 on August 7th, 2009
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French is far easier than english. English is the hardest language to learn, so any other language is going to be easier. I took french in school for 8 years and it wasn’t too difficult.
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#6 by Marguerite on August 7th, 2009
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French is not difficult to learn at all. The grammar makes sense. I learned it decades ago, still remember how to compose a sentence, but have sorely lost the vocabulary.
Pronunciation comes in time. It’s the most beautiful sounding of all languages in my opinion.
Again, it is not difficult to learn. Go for it. You’ll do fine.
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#7 by utopie on August 7th, 2009
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It’s fairly easy but the pronunciation can be tough (i.e. the ‘"u" sound for Enlish speakers can be a nightmare) and French grammar is one of the most complex in the world (different tenses and moods such as conditional, past conditional, subjonctive "futur antérieur"… Hell there are even some tenses that I don’t know) but when you start learning French grammar is fairly easy.
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I’m French and I teach French (beginner and intermediate) in Canada
#8 by Lori Seaborn on August 7th, 2009
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There are many different kinds of french including the franchophone
a person who can speak it very well
It can be difficult if one hasn’t grown up with that language first
My limited
bonjour hello
comment allez vous how are you
au reviour good bye
rouge red
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If you are want to learn french
I did a few phrases above
surround yourself with french speaking people
watch the news in french both on the radio and television
also refer to
http://www.dictionary.com
do afew sentences from English to french
the reverse from french to english
If you are in politics they speak alot of french
in parliament
French in Canada is the official language.
#9 by Elaine P on August 7th, 2009
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French is as easy or as difficult to learn as any second language would be. You can’t judge by me, because I’ve been speaking French since I first learned to speak. However, when I studied Spanish, I found it easy to learn because it had many of the same types of grammatical and verb "problems" as French, things that don’t exist in English such as agreement of adjectives or placement of words in a sentence.
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