Source: Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pronounce
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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you're good.
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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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Yes! I’ve made that comment a lot; French is easier to learn than English because you only need to learn how to pronounce syllables, while in English you have to learn every single word. It’s insane.
Lol. Spoken and written French are so different they’re basically two different languages…
French is still pretty consistent once you know the syllables. If you give me a word I don't know, I'll still be able to pronounce it correctly. You can't expect that with English.
Loic Suberville's YouTube shorts on French vs English (and sometimes Spanish) are pretty entertaining to show that they're all difficult as a non-primary language. :)