I am living in Toronto, Canada. Should I try to learn Canadian French or French French?
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You don't need to know French, tell those frogs to learn english.
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If you plan to work in the USA, Central America, or South America - SPANISH should be your second language.   For a Larger world picture, choose FRENCH, GERMAN.   If you want to work in the middle east - Choose ARABIC.  If your interests are in Asia chyoose JAPANESE or one ofg the CHINESE languages (probably Mandarin or Tiawanese over Cantonese)
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i went to a school with complete french immersion, and i am now fluent in french. this brings up my recommendation: i think that a great way to learn french is by listening and having conversations. there are many softwares that do this, and you can have your choice, you may want to contact the national foundation of french materials, ie. books, tapes, dvds, etc... you have gotta be determined, but it will be worth it because you will be happy to learn french, its a great language. \n\none last thing- don't try teaching yourself from books, you won't. you might learn some vocabulary, but everything else including speaking will be messed up. hope that helped!!!
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take french as its scoring but it will require hard work from your side. if u're willing to put in work, then u should opt for french
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The 'Alliance Francaise' has a good reputation around the world. I'm French and I know many people who have learned Franch with this organisation: they were satisfied and their French is very good indeed!\nStill, the quickest method to learn a language is to spent a few months in the country.
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Well I lived in hong kong for a month and people there speak cantonese for their daily life, but almost all the people speak mandarin because its mandatory in most of the schools to learn it so its better if you learn mandarin, cantonese is harder.\nAs for french, its my 3rd language and I gotta tell you once you know spanish, french is a piece of cake , so go for french I say , french is also wide spoken, once you learn it I'll say go for mandarin.
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I like it. It sounds cool. And yes it is easier than french!
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Hi! I also live in Quebec, in a francophone city and French is my first language. First of all, as someone pointed, reading the dictionary won't help you learn the language. Have you considered taking private lessons? It really helps when someone only has to focus on your difficulties to make you progress. Watching television in French is also a good thing, though it might be frustrating not to understand what people say, at least you hear some French. From time to time, watch a movie in English subtitled in French, or the other way around. even a french movie with French subtitles is a good way to lear, you get to hear AND see! Look for language schools and conversation groups in the phone book. Oh, reading the paper could also be good. Eventually, you'll be able to recognized the most frequently used words.\nDo you live near Montreal? Quebec city?\nGo see web sites from universities around you, most of them have programs in French as a Second Language. Like http://www.fep.umontreal.ca/langues/eng/coursfrint.html\nAnd you can always try to look for the basics online!\nGood luck!
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Looks like a word is missing.\n\nCity? Toronto.\n\nProvince? Ontario.
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Qu'est-ce que c'est <<Bari-Kob>>? \nIl n'y a pas des problemes de repondre au milieu de la nuit... tout le monde a des heures de se coucher differentes! Je suis au Canada aussi, mais je suis en Ontario; je parle l'anglais. \n\n(Yes, I know there might be some grammar mistakes, and some accents missing...)
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Depends on what you like...if you like fresh air, clean water, the beauties of mother nature, the freedoms of being Canadian..Canada is what I would choose..but I am Canadian...Still everything I have seen...it seems the rest of the world can't come close to the lifestyle in Canada.
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It's totally yur choice. if u think u want 2 learn german then go ahead. My advice is 2 learn both languages as both will prove to be useful.
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Quebec French is more nasal, French French is spoken somehow more in the front of the mouth. The rhythm is different, possibly choppier in Quebec, more up-and-down in France.\n\nSome vocabulary is different--the French often use English words, sometimes in a way that English speakers themselves don't. "Baskets" for running shoes comes to mind--in Quebec they're "souliers de course" or "souliers du gym"--as someone said Quebec expressions are often translations from English. I think though, that more often than have another word as that person said, the French just use the English word "le parking" (F) vs. "stationnement" (QC); "le weekend" (F) vs. "la fin du semaine" (QC); "le foot" (F) vs. "le soccer" (QC)  (okay that's an English word, but a much less basic one than "foot").\n\nFrench Canadians are much more likely/quicker to use the informal you "tu" rather than the formal "vous".\n\nAt the end of a statement, to request confirmation, French people will say "quoi?" but Quebec people will say "non?" \n\nThere's this odd "tu" that Quebec people add to questions. I haven't quite figured it out.\n\n"C'est-tu la rue Ste. Catherine?"  (Is this (tu) Ste Catherine Street?)
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well French is not my mother tongue and I learned it in my twenties. I feel in English and that is why it means more to me as I can understnd every nuance. I will go so far though to say that sometimes something will be said or sung in French that just touches my soul.
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hi,\ni would advise buy dvds or cds from shops. because u never know what u r downloading. u can choose from a wide range if u go to a shop or a boookshop. i used to buy tapes and cds to learn french.\n\naccent can be improved by speaking and listening to people with your desired accent. if u talk to your freind who has a wierd accent, u might get his accent. watch news in tv, english progrrames are good. try speaking to yourself, or a trustworthy friend. i know how hard it is!
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No.\nFrench is actually one of the easiest languages to learn for an English speaker. The pronounciation is the really hard bit, you will have to listen a lot, may be get advice from a competent native speaker, but persistent practice makes perfect, not only in French.
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The language that's easier is dependant on what your native language is. If your native language is English, French will be easier than German by a little bit. And French is also one of the more popular "official" languages used in international relations and business. In addition, many important international papers are published in English and French. Lastly, many graduate programs (depending on the field, of course) demand that you have at least a reading knowledge of French (of course, some demand German. Some demand both, or neither...)\n\nSo I'd recommend French. \n\nSomeone here mentioned that German is similar to Polish. It is not.