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| 1 Why is French so difficult? |
In this chapter we would like to discuss the difficulties of learning French. This means we shall try to explain why many have the impression that French is difficult, but we shall also try to give hope that it is not impossible to learn French as a foreign language.
Surely the image of Romance countries in general and of France especially is usually positive. We associate savoir vivre, composure, elegance, educational advertising, southern temperament and good food and wine with France. Many also like the language and conceive it as beautiful.
So what then is the difference from Spanish or Italian, which are usually thought to be easier to learn, even though they also are Romance languages. We shall try here to explain that the huge mountain before you is only A sequence of steps towards one goal. And, to understand these steps more easily we shall take a closer look at them.
You will see that French is logical and clearly structured; besides the pronunciation that really needs some practice, things are not bad at all. And, as always in life - if you only get started the worst is already behind you. You will find it interesting and rewarding! Think about it: with only 10 words you can form about 10 sentences. This is already something! No matter the mode, conjugation, sequence of words, position of pronouns and so on - you can already talk to somebody - and you should. Only by practicing the language will you really learn it. Things are as always in life: errors exist to be made, and they do not matter as long as you try your best.
Of course we will explain all the necessary grammar in the following chapters, and give a lot of attention to pronunciation , because it is usually the hardest in French language. Following are some more thoughts about the difficulties of French - as already promised.
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