Le français est-il une des langues les plus difficiles ??
Je me pose une question en parlant avec beaucoup d'étrangers :
Le français est-il vraiment une langue difficile à apprendre ? Difficile de se rendre compte lorsque l'on est natif français.. En comparaison aux autres langues ??
I ask me something, what is the most difficult language to learn ? Is it French ? Asian Languages ? Difficult to answer where you are native from France..
Then I'm waiting for your opinion about that..
Difficultés d'apprentisage des langues
Hi you all!
I'm new to the site, and I'd like to contribute to this topic.
I think I can speak about my own experience. I'm a native of Spanish, then I learnt English and then French. I don't know exactly why but French was more difficult for me than English, (maybe because I was older when I started?:p)
I think the problem with French is not only the verb conjugations, but also concordance in general. For example, I keep forgetting gender in adjectives.
I find English so practical about that!
I don't think the problem is one of similarity. I think if a language is really different to the one you speak, you will pay more attention and it will be easier not to get confused.
I don't know what language is more difficult -I don't know that many languages.
But for sure, English is easy.
une des langues les plus difficiles
my wife did modern Greek
and that is WAY more difficult than French or Spanish (at least my opinion)
¡ it's all Greek to me !
All languages are difficult but...
All languages are difficult.
Spanish and french grammars contains a lot of things and exceptions.
I think that all latin languages are rich in grammar: existence of many tenses (subjonctive, etc...), existence of gender and all the exceptions.
I've been teaching french, and I also had the opportunity to see japonese people try to speak french. And one true fact is that french pronunciation is difficult. Mainly for all the nasal sounds that it has : like UN or AN...
One other fact coming from that is that it makes it difficult to write, as same sounds can be written in different ways. An example : UN and IN or AIN are pronounced exactly the same.
Does it make it one of the most difficult languages ?
Does anyone know ? haha
I hope this post will be help
Vincent - French (hehe)
The complexities of language
Well, I am delighted to read your post, just today...
I really congratulate you on your deep thoughts about the human being and language. Who could deny it? And your conclusion is so simple: since the human being (emotions, attitudes, behaviour) is so complex, his products (language) are complex, too. The products share the features of the "manufacturer".
I really like this conclusion!!
Thanks for sharing it!!
:)