ENGLISH 101? Wonder why English language is so hard to learn?

Answer 1

My mother's an immigrant and learned English and French (German is her native tongue) and said English was by far the hardest because every single rule has myriad exceptions. Most other languages stay pretty faithful to their rules. Another thing she said made it so hard as opposed to other languages was the appearance of "silent letters." In German, for instance, you could pronounce almost any word just by reading it phonetically, whether you speak German or not.

Answer 2

It is a mish-mash of various other languages, with inconsistent rules and weird pronunciations. It is incredibly difficult to learn as a second language. Sorry. If it wasn't so already so widely understood, it would never take off.

Answer 3

and samdrian gave a perfect example why proper english is hard to learn... we pluralise wierd, spell wierd, say wierd things... "cat got your tongue?"
i think it is probably only second to japanese because you mispronounce in japanese and you could be saying something completely different than what you want.
with most americans at least not speaking proper english, it is a little bit easier with grammar, but there are more and more odd sayings "ragging on someone" and the whole of ebonics for example. and the odd phrases is probably the hardest thing to understand because sometimes it's hard to tell what they are trying to tell you.

Answer 4

i don't think it hard to learn, it just require some efforts and concentrations. i believe you could do and learn whatever just as long you put your mind to it.

Answer 5

not really