2006-12-10 07:38:49 · 19 answers · asked by area52 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
people that want to correct every error when you are trying to tell them something. I realize that occassionally I will make an error, even now after so many years. But if you are starting out and are just trying to get your point accross, it is not only frustrating, but can kill your confidence!
2006-12-10 07:45:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Learning some aspect of the language, and then being hit with an exception. In a nut shell it means that no language rule can be trusted, and that we are left to learn it by rot.
That's why I went with Esperanto. Once I had learnt a rule, it didn't change and left me to keep learning the vocabulary. As a result my circle of friends has grown by leaps and bounds in as little as three months. I'm going to Germany in a few months and staying with an Esperanto family.
Every language is difficult because it still requires a lot of work, but there are languages out there that are worth the effort and that provide results in a short time.
2006-12-10 08:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by Jagg 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty frustrating when you are a little off with the first thing you say to someone and they stop listening and assume you can't speak their language at all.
Books that dumb things down to the point to where their not even telling you the actual meaning of what your learning to say. Thinking you know how to say something and finding out it's gibberish.
2006-12-10 08:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by oppositefrog 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on what foreign language you study. In German the most frustrating thing to me was the plurals, which it seems are never predictable. In Spanish, the thing that gave me the most trouble at first was indirect object pronouns, of all things. I'm used to those now, though. I'm sure every language has its little quirk that makes it difficult to learn.
2006-12-10 13:04:37 · answer #4 · answered by Kelleinna 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For me the most frustrating part is to see little children speaking the language already, while i am still trying to spell out and pronounce the first stupid words.
2006-12-10 07:46:25 · answer #5 · answered by saehli 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is takes a great amount of patience to learn. Children, I think, have it alot easier when learning different languages. It gets more frustrating as you become an adult because we have so much on our minds.
2006-12-10 07:43:03 · answer #6 · answered by sunny4life 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When people laugh at your accent, and don't think how difficult it is to be speaking in a different language.
When you make a mistake, and others don't correct you, at least in a POLITE way. Personally, I think that's horrible. How can anyone be better without knowing what's wrong?!
And knowing that maybe no one else will ever learn your own language... X3
2006-12-10 08:04:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my own situation, it's the fact that no one in this country (Switzerland) actually speaks standard German, which is of course what is taught.
2006-12-10 10:05:10 · answer #8 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you suck at it for the first 2 or 3 years. Then you get used to it but you still think that you suck.
2006-12-10 07:41:51 · answer #9 · answered by javn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think, SPEAKING, because I'm studing english and speaking is quite frustrating to me.
2006-12-10 07:53:36 · answer #10 · answered by Oswald ☆☆☆☆☆ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋