For those of you that don’t stalk me consistently, it will be news to you that i’m learning French at Uni as one of my subjects. French as a language has always interested me. It seems sophisticated. And i’ve always wanted to learn another language, because i’m immensely jealous of people that can speak to languages. Especially when you can have a private conversation with people that also speak the other language! I’ve always wanted to do that.

But learning another language is hard, or so i’ve been told. So far we’re just learning the grammar of the language, which is a lot more complicated than it sounds. Every object even has a gender! And you have to remember what it is. It’s all so much to take in at once, especially when you have a 3 hour tutorial.

The pronunciation however, I find easier than the actual spelling, thanks to my awesome technique. An easy way to pronounce words in french correctly (or at least almost), is to put on an extremely stereotypical offensive French accent. I know this sounds stupid, and possibly rude, but it really helps! Because you naturally roll your tongue on certain letters, which you’re supposed to do, but it just makes it seem so much easier!

I also find that when learning French, it will either feel like you’re fluent already and you’re a genius, or that you have to reinvent the wheel just to understand what’s happening. And why you don’t pronounce the bloody endings of words, and why ‘Y’ is pronounced as ‘E-Glrek’. You just can’t win with the French, unless you’re Germany (I’m going to hell for that)

I would recommend French as a language to most people, because it’s interesting, and fun to learn. You may have to put in a lot of hard work, and a fair amount of study (which i’ve terrible at), but in the end it will be worth it. Especially if I still want to do a semester in Paris next year!