is french hard?

Question

im thinking about taking french for my freshman year.. is it hard to learn and is there alot of h.w ?

Answer 1

French is no harder or easier than any other foreign language. It all depends on how much effort you put into learning it.

Answer 2

Let me give you a taste of what you're in for...

An excerp from 'Esperanto: A Language for the Global Village' by Sylvan Zaft. This guy knows his French quite well.

The French verbs are so complicated that publishers put out useful books like Christopher Kendris’s Dictionary of 501 French Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses. Kendris devotes one full page to each verb.

The verb “parler” means “to speak, to talk.” Here are some of the forms it takes:

Tense............................ (for first through third persons singular and first through third persons plural)

present indicative.........parle, parles, parle, parlons, parler, parlent

imperfect indicative......parlais, parlais, parlait, parlions, parliez, parlaient

simple past..................parlai, parlas, parla, parlâmes, parlâtes, parlèrent

future........................... parleras, parlera, parlerons, parlerez, parleront

conditional...................... parlerais, parlerait, parlerions, parleriez, parleraient

present subjunctive......parle, parles, parle, parlions, parliez, parlent

imperfect subjunctive...parlasse, parlasses, parlât, parlassions, parlassiez, parlassent

Imperative....................... person singular: parle; first and second persons plural: parlons, parlez

This chart shows a few dozen different forms of parler. Sometimes the same form has a few different uses. For instance parle is used for the first and third persons singular of the present indicative as well as the first and third persons singular of the present subjunctive as well as the second person singular of the imperative.

Some of these forms are rarely used and are mainly found in earlier literature. In addition to these listed forms, there are a number of compound forms, using the auxiliary verb avoir. Many of these are very common.

------------------------------...
End of excerpt.

So, if you're up for that then go for it buddy.
Good luck

Answer 3

I'm a french speaker and french is a beautiful language but not easy to learn. A lot of "exceptions" in grammar rules, verbs past present and futur are not the same and to name a word we don't have "the"; it is "le" ou "la". Good luck if you want to learn.

Answer 4

It'll ask you an effort but just like any other language.
On the other hand, being able to speak another language makes you feel good and enlarges considerably your intellectual horizon.
French could give you much satisfaction.

Ne te décourage pas ! (= Don't lose heart !)

Answer 5

On the contrary it's very soft, and musically romantic in itself. But, of course, its hard to learn for the English-speaking people.

Answer 6

Easy. As for homework, it depends on the teacher.

Answer 7

it depends if u have a nice teacher or not