No wonder foreigners have trouble! Read these aloud for best effect.
The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
The soldier had to desert his dessert in the desert.
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
There was a row among oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
A buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
I took the lead and poured the molten lead into the container.
2007-03-11 22:26:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
This is true for English. Its the most toughest language in the whole world.You have lots of creativity and imagination.GOOD WORK.
2007-03-12 02:05:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
i'm a 2nd language speaker of english and that i think of english isn't that easy yet no longer that difficult the two. maybe it rather is because of the fact i began gaining expertise of it when you consider that i replaced right into a touch youngster. the brick partitions in english maybe are = a million. you do no longer pronounce a word merely like the letter sounds interior the english alphabet. properly, think of approximately spanish.. 2. some grammar 3. extensive determination of vocabs each language has its very own problems.
2016-10-01 23:47:03 · answer #2 · answered by esquinaldo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how rich your vocabulary is. If you are a person that reads pretty often your brain will automatically recognize the words according to their context. The same happens with differente languages. English has a very simple grammar. However, it has a lot of irregular verbs, making it very hard to learn. Spanish also has a simple grammar. However, all those tenses make it a little complicated to learn. Spanish has around 22 different tenses and modes as far as I remember, and not even the native speakers know them all.
2007-03-11 22:36:36 · answer #3 · answered by Sergio__ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, English is not the hardest language to learn as there is no such thing as the hardest language, or let's say the difficulty of a language is relative...English maybe the hardest language to learn for you but not for another person. It depends on your native language. If your native language was Dutch, for example, learning English would be easier for you than learning Japanese (we're not talking about the writing system here, it's the structure what I mean). And, at the same time a Turk would find learning English more difficult than learning Japanese as English and Dutch are structurally similar whereas Turkish and Japanese are structurally quite different than English and Dutch.
2007-03-12 05:36:50 · answer #4 · answered by Earthling 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
English is incredibly hard to learn because it is so simple compared to other languages. I am currently learning Spanish and find it so easy once i get my head around the grammar and verb groups that English does not have. If we were all taught proper grammar, we would all be able to learn other languages sooooo much easier.
2007-03-11 22:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by sheridano 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wow, well done!
Nice list!
You demonstrate clearly that English spelling is inconsistent with its pronounciation.
Here's one that annoyed me in school:
I read the book.
So, do I read (as in 'reed') the book?
Or have I read (as in 'red') it?
The context of the sentence, or in this case the story, tells you how certain words are pronounced.
I don't think it means that English is hard to learn, but it does mean that its spelling and pronounciation are two different things.
2007-03-11 22:44:17 · answer #6 · answered by mgerben 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
all that definatly not making the english language is the hardest, it only proves how is english vocabulary is poor (one word = several meanings)!!! And all those tounge twisters has each language!!!
The hardest language in the world is counting serbian, not even chineese!!!
good luck
2007-03-11 23:27:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes english is the hardest to learn if you didn't grow up with it like PH for an F, C can be K or S, GH is silent ect.... its crazy
2007-03-11 22:38:36 · answer #8 · answered by david c 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
English is the easiest language in the world to learn how to speak badly.
2007-03-11 22:47:13 · answer #9 · answered by Sterz 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋
My favs:
I will will Will to victory.
You need an apostrophe after the first "and" and "and" after "the pig."
If it's raining, what is the "it?"
2007-03-11 22:34:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋