Is there an easy way to learn a language? I know it sounds lazy but I need to learn in a hurry & its hard.?

Question

I'm learning French as I'm moving there in the very near future! I'm really just looking for tips!

Answer 1

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LEARN FRENCH
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The best method is total immersion! , but short of that, you can come close:

---Take a class to learn the basics & culture for a good foundation. Letters of the alphabet, dipthpongs, other sounds and pronunciation, syllable emphasis, and other things are different than we are used to in English. Verbs are conjugated into different tenses, and there are quite a few that don't really follow rules, so you must memorize them for proper usage. Grammar is also different and words can be masculine or feminine. Learning these things as a base for your French study will help you to learn, speak and understand at a much quicker pace.
---Study with other like-minded students on a fast track

---Find a student or someone in France seeking to learn English so that you can help each other in your native languages; you will learn those nuances you won't get anywhere else. I've seen people in the YAHOO! language groups and answers categories looking for someone to correspond with

---Get audio CD's to listen to in your car so you can listen and learn whenever you are riding; you can learn by repetitive speaking and listening, and also from translating from what you hear to from English-->French and French-->English

---Look on the internet; the are plenty of free resouces to learn french that would be very helpful to you

---Get French books to read or French books with crosswords and other word games to make it fun

---Speak, write, learn, and listen to French at every opportunity
---Keep a Language journal or Personal dictionary where you can write down culture notes and new words, phrases, and "slang" that you may come across and you want to remember and use later.

--Try to mimic what you hear in speaking (comprehension) with the primary intent of understanding. When you speak at first concentrate on being understood by the other party. You will then define and develop a smoother dialect with the help of the native French speakers you will no doubt meet.

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J'espère que tu jouiras la langue Française autant que je le jouis. Le français est une langue jolie et utile apprendre. Assurez-vous que vous faites les études, vous vous exercez, vous écoutez, vous comprenez et être sûrs que tu parles le français chaque fois que vous avez la chance et vous l'apprendrez très vite!
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Answer 2

Well, one thing about language it uses the same words over and over again; while some words seem never to get spoken at all. So, a person, especially one in a hurry, doesn't need to learn every French word that was ever spoken... just those she is likely to hear spoken next. That is not a whole lot of words and within the realm of learning within a year or two.
A good primer should start out with a few polite expressions and standard greetings. And, these you want to be sure and pronounce correctly. You should in fact take some time with this as a good accent can stand you in a nice light when speaking a language that you don't know. And, you don't want to suffer the mistake of learning a useless vocabulary of sounds that no one understands.
If you have money to spend on such a venture, you could get a program or help from someone with one that shows you the pattern of speech and allows you to imitate it on the computer. This is usually a shock to the system that one has developed in learning to speak English. Speaking French correctly should almost make you sick. Usually this takes years to prefect and the illness is like that you find divers get on returning to the surface too quickly. Then there is the trouble of once you get it right that it is hard to switch back. If people start asking you where you are from then you know that you are on the right track.
OK then what words would you learn? You want the basic words; but, usually these are sorted out for you already in the language you are learning.
You need the personal pronouns; sometimes in a foreign language there can be more than one or two sets of these -- polite and familiar and sometimes too polite or exceedingly polite. So, you want to know where you stand with these and then perfect the ones that you will be using the most. You need to know them with the verbs you will be using with them as well. And, the French have thought of this also and set it as a rule. You need to know all these little secrets that every Frenchman knows. So your primer should include an overview of French grammar and then a selection of things that you absolutely must know for your speech to be understood. And, you might as well use this sort of thing for your pronounciation practice.
As we all know sex is a big thing in France and so it is with a word and its gender. You must know the word and its gender and which articles go with it. There is nothing that betrays you as quickly as a novice as not knowing the correct article to apply. Then there is the question of adjectives and their agreement. So, I suggest that you know your basic grammar.
You should know the "question words" such as when, where, what and why. You should be able to ask questions such as "where is the toilet?"
Hey, I am starting to speak French already.
Then there are a thousand and one things that the French do with their hands and faces and little noises that are there to aid in expression but which haven't the status of words. I think if your pronounciation is good these things will come to your naturally.

Answer 3

There is no easy way. But best way is to try EVERY method that you can.

Go to an evening class. This will give you the basics and is a good place to ask questions when you get stuck.

The BBC has some great language courses online on their bbc.co.uk/languages website. They are interactive, with games and videos.

You can buy software for your computer which actualy listens to you repeat words and gives you marks out of 10 for pronunciation.

You should buy a good quality phrase book and learn as many phrases as you can. These will be useful and as your vocabulary increase you will be able to interchange words to create your own phrases.

Buy a good quality French/ English dictionary.

Visit France as many times as you can before you move and try out your new phrases in shops and markets.

Don't be afraid to make mistakes: This is crucial to learning a new language. If you are scared of making mistakes you will never learn. They will usually help you more if you try.

And when you get to France you must meet French people and interact with French people as much as possible and you will soon be speaking with ease.

Answer 4

Well, I really do not think there's a quick and easy way. I've been studying English since I was 11 and I still do not think my English is perfect. I also study Arabic. I understand some, but speaking is the hard part.
It would be helpful if you learn a few words every day. Start with simple sentences and learn simple structure and decode the meaning. A Word is always remembered more easily if you learn it's meaning from context - that is, if you see or hear it in a phrase or a sentence. Naked words by themselves are hard to memorize.
So, first, enrich your vocabulary and then start learning grammar. And Practice. Do a little every single day.
Good Luck.

Answer 5

go to BestBuy or one of those places and get the teach yourself a language CD. You will not be 100% fluent or anything but it will teach you the basics and conversational things (like wheres the bathroom- very important!!) Plus, get some French music or movies and just keep them on in the backround of your house while you clean, or in the car. The proven best way to learn is to submerge yourself into the language. Also, click on the bottom of Yahoo Answers France and just attemp to ask/ answer some questions for embarrasment-free practice. [e-mail] if you need any help!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

well, French has a diff structure than English, as it's a Latin base language, maybe that will take extra time but if you're moving, there's no better way to learn a lang, than live it! Once you're there you'll see how easy will turn to you to learn being with a French community

Answer 8

Study, study, study, then a bit more study.
How did people do it way back when ? I have heard that John Dee, alchemist and spymaster, (amongst other things) had a trick for learning languages, but he never told anyone. He spoke French in France, German in Germany and Russian in Russia...Italian..etc..etc... was it just the fact that he was hugely intelligent or did he really devise some technique ?
Ooops, more question than answer..sorry !

Answer 9

The french can speak English, when they choose to. But the best way is get a dictionary, Listen when you go. And, it will all come naturally in about a year or so. If you need to dig deep into the structor of the language....go to a night class.

Answer 10

Going to France is the best way to learn French.
learn what you can, and dont worry, you'll pick up a lot more very quickly once you're there.