I'm fluent in English and have taken Spanish for 6 years and i'm interested in taking another language.

Question

I am really interested in taking French. Is French a difficult language to learn? Is it difficult to master the French accent, or will I always speak French with an English accent?

Answer 1

French is a splendid choice - as it is understood and spoken in most European countries where English is still hardly known !
Since you already know Spanish, it will be quite easy to learn French - as they both have a lot in common.
...As far as accent goes, you are the best judge : Does your spoken Spanish reek of an English accent ? Then, your French might too.
But if your Spanish sounds like the 'real thing', it means that you do have an ear for phonetic accents - and can easily learn to converse with a good French accent, if you make up your mind to...
Best of Luck, friend.

Answer 2

It depends on where you live and what you're using it for. I'm Canadian and therefore have been learning French since I was practically in diapers. The pronunciation can be difficult and it can be discouraging as you are learning it especially since your previous language is Spanish which is easy to acquire (difficult to master). You will probably have a strong accent in French because the sounds are very different.

Answer 3

Im french and its actually a good idea to learn it.

The grammar and syntax are EXTREMELY complex.

there is tons of exceptions and specifications and even a fluent french may have lots of difficulties with the syntax if he didnt pay enough attention during high school. I learned english much more later than french and I think I do less syntax faults than in french.

You will always have an english accent when speaking french, just like Harper. There is french pronounciation that dont exist in english. à , û , é , è , ê , ô ,

French is a beautiful language and I wish you good luck learning it.

To kelly.... mexicans speak spanish and he already know it and asians speak over 50 differents language. I see no point in learning japanese or mandarin if you dont plan to go live there.

Answer 4

With your experience in Spanish and fluency in English, French shouldn't be too hard to tackle. There are many similar words and the grammar in a lot like Spanish grammar. As for the accent, it just takes practice. If you were able to master the Spanish accent, you probably will be able to do the same with French. The best method is to listen to as much native french as possible and maybe even spend time there. Good luck with your studies!!

Answer 5

I would recommend French or Italian. The grammar is not too difficult (except exceptions). The accent can be worked on.

Good Luck

Answer 6

French is not difficult, but as any other language, you need to practice speaking it. Try also Italian. I can be easier since you already have knowledge of Spanish.

Answer 7

I have tried learning "conversational French".
It is difficult to learn written French!!! The spelling is tooo difficult for me!!!! It's easy to master the accent. And very easy to learn it!!!
It fun if you inject humor while you learn and love what you are learning!!! TRY it!!!

Answer 8

I'd take signal language, I understand a little bit little bit of Australian signal language. Knowing signal language is truthfully sort of cool, plus plenty of men and women within the US (wherein I'm guessing you are from) understand Spanish understanding ASL could you place you aside plus you do not must fear approximately grammar procedures.

Answer 9

i wouldn't do french it is very difficult and besides the only ones over running us are the mexicans and the asians. so learn one of those before long everywhere you turn you're going to hear it

Answer 10

Luckily for you, you tackled the hardest one first. Stay within the romance languages and you should be fine.