caters Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 There have been 2 languages that always interested me. Those are French and German. I'm wondering which one to do deeper study on. Each one has their pros and cons French Pros -Often considered to be easier than German for English speakers -I love the beauty of the language -I already know some basic words -Rolled R is easy peasy for me Cons -Uvular R is very tricky for me -Knowing when to spell with an accent marking might be hard -No structure to the grammatical gender, so I simply have to memorize which words are masculine and which ones are feminine German Pros -English is a Germanic language -I know a little bit of German -The word for hundred is a cognate in German and English -More structure to grammatical gender than French's literally random grammatical gender Cons -Pronunciation might not be obvious(for example W actually sounds like V) -Compound words can get super long -Often described as being harder to learn than the Romance languages for English speakers -Unusual letters(like for example, the one that looks like a big B? Yeah that actually is pronounced like an S) Which language do you think I should pursue further studies on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xequeo Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Forget about easyness or difficulties! Which country do you want to travel at first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky_English_with_Maria Posted August 23, 2019 Report Share Posted August 23, 2019 If you are choosing a language to learn for fun I think you should focus more on the culture and less on the mechanics of the language. Who do you see yourself wanting to talk with? French speaking people or German? (ok, maybe both, but does one group interest you more?) What kind of books do you see yourself reading? French or German? Where do you see yourself traveling? What videos can you imagine watching on the internet? Videos about French speaking countries' cultures and history, music and interviews or the ones in German? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiserman Posted September 28, 2019 Report Share Posted September 28, 2019 For Canada country, you should definitely learn French. You would be more useful as a bilingual person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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