How hard is it to learn French?

[Turkish]

No, I am not moving to France Thinking of Canada maybe... did anyone learn French as a grownup?

The Boss

 

[bradruth]

It's probably easier if you put some actual work into it. I didn't, so I only speak French "raremont."

 

[ElFenix]

i need to learn more spanish

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

As with all foreign languages, start with the expletives, it tends to be easier.

 

[geno]

oui oui

 

[Colt45]

The only french i know is the stuff on packaging here

well. i can understand some simple phrases i guess. written is better though.

where would you want to go? if it's not quebec, you don't need it.
even in quebec.. everything is still labeled in english and french, and i think you'd be hard pressed to find someone that doesnt know at least basic english. I guess if you want to learn, get a french girlfriend in quebec. girlfriends seem to teach language the best

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: bradruth
It's probably easier if you put some actual work into it. I didn't, so I only speak French "raremont."

ha me too, after 10 years of it!

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: bradruth
It's probably easier if you put some actual work into it. I didn't, so I only speak French "raremont."

ha me too, after 10 years of it!

:thumbsup:

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

Originally posted by: ming2020
As with all foreign languages, start with the expletives, it tends to be easier.

Bufangu or whatever the italian curse is that they use in the godfather/sopranos

I know spanglish

 

[JulesMaximus]

It's fvcking impossible.

 

[MegaWorks]

I'm happy that the Quebec gov't here in Canada forces students to learn French, thanks to them I speak it fluently.

 

[Fenixgoon]

tres simple! too bad i there isn't anything for the accents

anyway, french is pretty easy to learn. once you learn the pronouns, accents, and a few verbs, things get really easy.

im taking ap french in HS. i pwn

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
I'm happy that the Quebec gov't here in Canada forces students to learn French, thanks to them I speak it fluently.

Check out this dumb sh*t

 

[Injury]

90% of french speaking individuals speak english very well.

However, in many places (Quebec for instance) the people who speak french usually won't speak to you in English unless you at least TRY to talk in French.


I took 5 years of French in school, and although I'm pretty rusty at it now, it's easy to learn vocabulary, but hard to learn forms of verbs and such. They have a different form of verb that is dependant on audience/subject that can be a bit much to tackle on your own.

Whether you are looking to become fluent in French or just looking to be able to understand what is going on, if you are doing it alone memorize as many nouns as you possibly can. Then you may want to consider some French classes at a community college or something to start tackling speech and proper usage of verbs.

 

[Martin]

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[drewdogg808]

almost majored in french....until i got to the upper level classes where everyone is a native speaker and you spend your time analyzing french literature...then i said forget it.

now, i really wish i took spanish instead. much more valuable here.
both spanish and french are fairly similar though, not too difficult to learn, but being fluent in it takes a little work.

 

[MegaWorks]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: MegaWorks
I'm happy that the Quebec gov't here in Canada forces students to learn French, thanks to them I speak it fluently.

Check out this dumb sh*t

LOL! Quebecers wants you to learn French, but some of them don't make the effort to learn English.

Very sad!

 

[Turkish]

well, i am planning on moving there permanently and have no pre-arranged employment, so learning french is my best bet to pass permanent residence test...

 

[zener]

I did. However the french canadian has a 17th country accent quite different from the regular french. It will take you a while to get used to.

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

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russian is different yet. hehe

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I was in bulgaria for a few hours last year.. bastards at the gas station in sofija were taking 20 points on euros :|

 

[oboeguy]

A serious answer here. French is pretty hard, but there are more difficult languages out there. If you know some Spanish or some other Romance language already, then it's not nearly as bad. I learned it easily in school, but it was a third language for me.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: zener
I did. However the french canadian has a 17th country accent quite different from the regular french. It will take you a while to get used to.

You Canadian or American? Asking because I wanna know if you learned it in school in Canada

 

[zener]

I learned french in the regualr french elementary, hs and university system.

 

[zener]

It is not hard to learn french for everyday usage. However to truly appreciate this language is very hard. As an example, up till now there is no passable translation of Madame Bovary in English. By the way I am talking as an american. Hope that satisfy your question.

 

[Turkish]

Originally posted by: zener
It is not hard to learn french for everyday usage. However to truly appreciate this language is very hard. As an example, up till now there is no passable translation of Madame Bovary in English. By the way I am talking as an american. Hope that satisfy your question.

Cool, thanks I don't know why they even ask for French in the permanent residence test as most Canadians hardly speak it themselves (they may know it, but never use it?)