{"id":1223,"date":"2018-06-12T16:53:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/?p=1223"},"modified":"2021-12-30T07:27:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T07:27:45","slug":"learning-french-is-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lingo-apps.com\/zh-hans\/learning-french-is-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Why Learning French is Easier than You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Have you heard that French is hard to learn? Genders, Conjugations, Pronunciation \u2026. all sounds complicated? I am a Japanese who know English and leaned French from zero. From my experience, learning French is not as difficult as we imagine.<\/p>\n

Here are 5 reasons why we don\u2019t need to have fears to learn French at all.<\/p>\n

1. Plenty of same vocabulary with English<\/h3>\n

French and English share plenty of vocabulary. If you know English, it\u2019s a big advantage to start learning French.\u00a0<\/span>Sometimes, when you don\u2019t know how to say in French, say it in English with french pronunciation works!<\/p>\n

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2. Grammar is not very different from English<\/h3>\n

French is a Romance language and English is a Germanic language. So there are some different concepts in grammar. However, it is not that different compared to many other languages like Japanese, Korean, Turkish, etc. So if you know English, you already know the basic. If you know other Romance languages like Spanish, Portuguese or Italian, it will be even easier to learn French.<\/p>\n

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3. Conjugations are simple in spoken French<\/h3>\n

You think that you need to memorise all 6 varieties of conjugations for each verb and it make you headache? It is true that there are 6 forms in written French, however, many verbs are pronounced exactly the same for 4 forms (first person singular, second person singular, third person singular, and third person plural) despite written forms are different.<\/p>\n

Moreover, \u201cNous\u201d is usually replaced to \u201cOn\u201d which is the third person singular form, so only the second person plural form become different pronunciation in the end!<\/p>\n

Example: present form of the verb <parler> (speak)<\/span>
\nJe parle
\nTu parle
\nIl parle
\nNous parlons \u2014>On parle
\nVous parlez
\nIls parlent<\/p>\n

*\u201cparle\u201d and \u201cparlent\u201d are pronounced the same<\/p>\n

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4. Pronunciation follow the rule<\/h3>\n

While there are many rules to memorize to pronounce correctly, it follows the rule most of the time.\u00a0<\/span>
\nDo you know that English pronunciation has too many exception and it is not consistent at all?\u00a0<\/span>For example, why can\u2019t you pronounce \u201cthrough\u201d like you do in the word \u201cenough, rough, tough\u201d, or why do you sometimes pronounce \u201cread\u201d as \u201cred\u201d?
\nSo for French, once you learned the rule, it\u2019s easy to read in correct pronunciation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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5. Tons of study material<\/h3>\n

France is the country of arts and rich in culture. There are a lot of movies, books, magazines, music and it\u2019s easy to find them. Just pick up any materials interesting to you. You can learn and enjoy at the same time.<\/p>\n

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Do you feel less scary to learn French now? Of course, it takes effort to learn any languages, but don\u2019t give up to learn a language just because it seems hard. It may not be as difficult as you imagine.<\/p>\n

Lastly, try our app LingoCards<\/a> to make your learning easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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