what language is better and easier to learn, french or german?
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i speak 3 languages and german is easy to learn than french as french seems to have some weird pronounciations that sound as if u r going to snot or so
498921
If you're worried about the difficulty then choose German, it is a much easier language based on its roots and the fact that it is also a Germanic language like English, but it depends really on your interests, and your career goals.
96540
LEO is exquisite for English/German and German/English.\n\nhttp://dict.leo.org/?lang=en&lp=ende\n\nThere is a great forum as well where you can start a query in case of a translation problem or want to discuss any other - cultural or linguistic - issue. It's really fun!\nhttp://dict.leo.org/cgi-bin/dict/forum.cgi?lang=en&lp=ende
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Hmmm I can speak of french as I'm french. It's said to be a quite hard language and it really is, lots of exceptions in grammar, many problems of tenses. Well it's also known as a beautiful language and maybe it comes from the fact it's difficult.\nSpanish is close to french I think complexity is quite the same or slightly easier (I've learned it for 3 years). It's a nice language that sounds good, like there's sun in their language :)\nChinese is much more simple regarding tenses and grammar (my girlfriend is chinese) but one very hard thing is they have sounds we don't, they make difference between two sounds just from the tone where we don't really hear any difference, I think it's a question of habit. Of course the writing is also harder, there's a way to write with normal letters too...\n\nRegarding usefulness I think chinese is a language that will be interesting in the few next years as China is opening more, french can be interesting too and I think french can provide a better population coverage than spanish if you choose between those two...\n\nSo good luck in your learning and I hope I provided interesting inofmrations to guide you in your choice :)
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It depends on what your native language is.  If you speak english, the easiest languages to learn are going to be french, spanish or italian.  That's because all of these languages derived from latin so they have form, structure, and even many words in common (or notably similar).  However, if your native language was vietnamese it would probably be easier for you to learn chinese than italian.
359331
the difference lies in the fact that the people of Quebec speak in a more lacked slang like way of speaking french rather then french "french" which is more formal in the that it is spoken. But if you were to learn french "french' it would not be hard to adjust to the way of speaking that we have. It is almost like going to britian if you are english.
586415
Depends on what you want to know.  First and foremost you need to brush up on either of the official languages: le français or English
485021
In my opinion, and I hate to admit this because I love Italy and the Italian language, but French is the most beautiful. It flows very smoothly and is pleasing to the ear. Italian, on the other hand, while it is beautiful, is sometimes spoken with some enthusiasm that it oftentimes is loud and not as flowing (the Italians are definitely passionate).
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I study Dutch now and have studied German, which you'd prefer I suppose comes down to your preferences:\n\n1. German grammar is much harder than Dutch grammer, for example the Dutch only have 2 noun genders (De words and Het words) German has 3 or 4! In Dutch very few things change with the gender of the noun, in German almost everything does.\n\n2. German is alot more regular than Dutch, you'll find Dutch (like English) makes lots of rules then cheerfully breaks them, there are hardly any exceptions to rules in German.\n\n3. For English speakers (like me) Dutch is *much* harder to pronounce than German. Sure German has some weird sounds in it, but even Germans think that Dutch is hard to pronounce. I personally still have lots of trouble with the UI sound (like in Tuin, which I always pronounce like the English word Town), and learning how to pronounce CH and G words was a nightmare, especially when they're all mixed up with K sounds:\n\nIk heb een geschiedenisboek gekregen (I've recieved a history book)\n\n4. I know you don't care, but Dutch has far fewer speakers than German and is probably less useful. In theory Germans can understand Dutch and the Dutch German, since the languages in many respects are very similar, however in practise the massive gulf between how the languages are pronounced causes big problems. Also, wghen you go most Dutch speaking places (i.e. Holland, Northern Belgium (Flanders)) you'll find that almost everyone speaks English close to perfectly. The Germans/Austrians/Swiss try hard too, but I think that on balance you'll find less of them who speak English.\n\n5. I didn't get far enough in German to learn if it's the same, but Dutch has got some fantastic expressions in it, which in my opinion make the whole language worthwhile:\n\nVooruit met de geit! - \nLiterally: Forwards with the goat! \nEquivalent to: "Let's do it!"\n\nIk kon z'n bloed wel drinken! - \nLiterally: I could have drunk his blood\nEquivalent to: He made me really angry\n\nPatatje Oorlog -\nLiterally: Little Potato War\nEquivalent to: French fries with mayonnaise, ketchup and satay sauce (just don't go there, it's named after the effect it has on your stomach :) )\n\n6. As a final point, if you do decide to switch to German, you'll have alot of difficulty getting rid of all the Dutch in your head and will frequently accidentally use Dutch words instead of German ones. It took me a month to get the hang of saying Ik instead of Ich...
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Well this is my favorite question to answer! \nI lived in Germany for a year after studying German for 2 years.  Let me tell you when I stepped off the plane it felt like I had studied for about 10 minutes.  After about 3 months I had no problem holding a conversation with someone.  Everyone learns languages differently.  I know people who learned a language fluently in only 3 months, well others take longer.  But 10 years??  Maybe if you never go and live in a German speaking country.  I don't know if it's just the German language, but I have always found that it is easier to write than to speak.  Mind you, I'm also studying Spanish, and after only one year I find it's much easier to speak and learn than German.
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Conceptually the French system puts more emphasis on knowledge of facts, tools and methods, which is great for natural sciences and medicine. The U.S. system emphasizes learning how to express your own opinion and how to implement an idea. I find American students more outspoken and independent, while French have more solid factual basis.\n\nBest education? Combination of both - getting a Bac (a high school equivalent) and maybe Bac +3 (undergraduate) in France and then getting a graduate degree in the U.S.
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I am assuming you are talking about spoken languages and not programming languages.  In that case, Mandarin Chinese is the hardest to learn but the most beneficial.
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When I lived in Germany and was forced to speak German if I wanted any conversation, it was easier than learning French at school as we didn't do much conversation, so I would advise you to get one of these Cd's that you repeat after the teacher or you can get it for the PC where you can see the teacher too. Good luck most English people have difficulty speaking the language and and need a spellchecker/grammar checker in our brains
758712
Well, you do not specify which school. Personally, in high school I learnt English. Later I learnt French in L'Alliance Francaise , and German in the school of languages
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I wish I knew. Trust me it's a lot easier when you learn it in your own language. When I got to high school my foreign language was German. Now I am in Germany as a foreign exchange student and I have to take Spanish here. Not to mention I started school here a month later which put me behind spanish basics.\n\nWell I suggest google and type learn Spanish and see what you find it has helped me out a whole lot. And def. study the vocab words that they give you, or else it can only get harder. As stupid as those articles(la, un, el...etc) are they will help..
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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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You are absolutely right about German - it sounds like you are very angry or something... It's the best language for giving the orders! I like to watch American films with German synchronisation - it is the best! :)))) Japanese also sound aggressive, or they pronounce it like that; "Okatama" (Mommy) gentle word with "K" and "T" as hard letters. Chinese are stretching the words like Bruce Lee in fight, Arabic people are choking themselves out... I like french language, it's soft, it has a certain melody, it is the best for expressing love. Every language is "good" for some situations, but there's none who is good for all. I think Hungarian is the hardest language to understand, when they start to talk, I get dizzy.\nFor years I wonder how does Serbian sound to other people, and it's probably brljrljmljlj because there are so many lj and zh and other. I wanted to ask this question, you thief! :)