Lord Frieza
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If you got Chinese down, I can't imagine French would be that hard for you. They aren't similar, but Chinese is a pretty complex and hard to learn language I think.
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Emmanuel Macron refuses any renegociations of the Paris accord
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If you got Chinese down, I can't imagine French would be that hard for you. They aren't similar, but Chinese is a pretty complex and hard to learn language I think.
Learning French is easier than Chinese if you already know English since they're both Indo-European and English takes a huge amount from French.
Mostly because of the glamorized pop-culture "lessons" we get about WWII - the French surrendered, which is all they've ever done. Also, we Americans were 100% the good guys.
How About No
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You made an excellent choice, France
If you managed to learn chinese, French wouldn't be too hard.
May the Force be with you > Que la Force soit avec toi. You see, same structure !
That's all you need to know !
That's actually a bad example. It's a bit harder than this 
You Are Viewtiful
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I did Duolingo, which took about 8 months, and then I read a couple of kids books and started reading the news in French, and I can understand the news perfectly (I understood every word in the article in the OP). I still suck at reading regular books, but I'm learning. It took about a year and a half to get to this level.
Morrigan Stark
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Easier than Chinese I'm sure. But that might be my biased, eurocentric (and uh, francophone) self speaking. Maybe about the same as learning German?
Nah, not this. I say this as a native French speaker. French has more complicated sentence structures, arbitrary gendered nouns, and tons of grammatical exceptions compared to English. Its pronunciation is generally more consistent though.
Wow, that's impressive, I guess Duolingo does work pretty well!
Yeah. Even more annoying is that people forget WHY the French did not want to fight another war on their home turf: WWI devastated them.
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Poltergust
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France did good electing this guy.
Fine Ham Abounds
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German structure will be more familiar. French isn't too bad, and it'd make Spanish easier to learn afterwards. Probably.
French is much harder than english
(my first language was french, and learning english was a piece of cake compared to that)
also I like this Macron dude. Hes not giving a shit about Trump at all
GoldenEye 007
Member
To be fair, wouldn't a salary cut be accompanied by guaranteed healthcare, basic services, etc?
I do wonder if they have a need for middle management university administrators for admissions..... :/
Edit: Oh I generally hear that English is very difficult to learn due to our arcane rules and exceptions. News to me that French is more difficult.
CitizenCope
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Fuck the USA!
I'm from the USA. Send help!
That's why I'm always angry and heartbroken when I hear or read shit like "french are cowards" etc. Almost everybody died in WWI.
Lord Frieza
Member
I wish there was more teaching opportunities for less experienced ESL teachers in Europe.
I'd love to be able to use my Master's degree somewhere and do some research again. Having an Environmental Science/Chemistry degree during the Trump presidency has been (putting it mildly) a horrific experience and it hasn't even been 6 months yet.
I'm not really sure I'd count myself among the best or the brightest though, especially since I haven't done any real professional work in my field in years. Ce la vi. I'll stay here and wish for the sanctions and the price increases, a lot of people aren't going to care until they see immediate and personal ramifications.
I'm not really sure I'd count myself among the best or the brightest though, especially since I haven't done any real professional work in my field in years. Ce la vi. I'll stay here and wish for the sanctions and the price increases, a lot of people aren't going to care until they see immediate and personal ramifications.
Lord Frieza
Member
Call for help
Poltergust
Member
Can you imagine how a President Le Pen would act in this situation?
The stuff of nightmares.
The stuff of nightmares.
Yeah, unfortunately this is common. My friend is a French PhD cancer researcher at MD Anderson and as much as he loves his home country, he can't move back because he would literally make a small fraction of money in France compared to America. He's just working here and saving up to retire wealthy in France. I would also take a pay cut to go there, which is hard to justify because I have good benefits here and I have to pay my student loans.
Macron is inviting scientists and engineers but many are making over $100,000/year in the USA, sometimes with lower taxes compared to France. France should put their money where their mouth is and offer competitive relocation and subsidy benefits to STEM career professionals if they're m serious about attracting them there long-term.
Buba Big Guns
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Fuck that. Canada has dibs on American brain drain
Godzilla's Left Toe
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One of the leaders of the free World along with Angela Merkel.
KeyBladerXIII
Member
I'd love to check out France, but I'm not in the fields they're looking for, and I suck at languages.
France was basically America's first friend, right? Good on you Macron.
France was basically America's first friend, right? Good on you Macron.
MetalGearZed
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i know this has already been quoted a ton but, wow!!!!
I know a good deal of Spanish so the duolingo app French which i just started is rather intuitive but god damn is it pronounced in ways that are baffling to me. Maybe I can just write everything down to have convos lol
Costa Kid
Member
It really isn't.
GoldenEye 007
Member
Yeah I already addressed that.
You can't be serious.
Crimson-Death
Member
I don't know much about Macron, but after everything in last weeks, France restored a bit of faith in humanity for me, especially this guy.
Makes me happy I studied French for 4 years and kept up a bit. This guy is the real alpha, not TinyHands Trump. We need a light in the darkness of stupidity.
Host Samurai
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Fucking Stud. Viva La France
Can you imagine if Le Penn won?
Can you imagine if Le Penn won?
Why do I suddenly feel more French than American right now?. Macron is also outdoing Comrade Orange on being a strong man. Calling out Putin to his face, the handshake, and now this.
Its so refreshing to see one of our allies actively giving Trump the middle finger instead of trying to be polite as possible for the sake of appearances.
He hasn't earned the rest of the world's respect and he's a fucking danger to it.
More of this please from other nations. Let him know he's not wanted and they're going to call his bullshit exactly as they see it.
He hasn't earned the rest of the world's respect and he's a fucking danger to it.
More of this please from other nations. Let him know he's not wanted and they're going to call his bullshit exactly as they see it.
GoldenEye 007
Member
I've already addressed this.
Wow, this is some hot fire right here! Snap! *thumbs up*
The environment should not be a partisan issue.
TheTylerDurden
Member
The current president of the US really does not deserve the title of 'leader of the free world'.
This title is just automatically handed to every new US president - but at what point is that title truly lost?
And having the biggest military shouldn't get this title handed to you either. It has to be more about vision, direction and example.
Trump is undoing the US standing in the world that has been earned over many decades.
This title is just automatically handed to every new US president - but at what point is that title truly lost?
And having the biggest military shouldn't get this title handed to you either. It has to be more about vision, direction and example.
Trump is undoing the US standing in the world that has been earned over many decades.
fredrancour
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Native English speakers in America are frequently told by non-natives that our language has too many cryptic exceptions and that many other languages are easier with more consistent rules. You've never encountered this belief before?
Only republicans have succeeded in making global warming this partisan. Countries with functional government rarely shun science as liberal propoganda
More_Badass
Member
Damn, you're right. I didn't even think of that. That makes this all even better. France was there to help the founders and colonists, and they're here now
Hell yeah. My Canadian passport is coming in the next few weeks! Best decision to made in my life to come here.
Also got out before shit hit the fan. I'm a climate change scientist haha.
I'm an engaged citizen, but I speak none of the French, and I probably have no real trade skills that French needs. I'm sorry, Macron
I am french and you will always be welcome in my country <3
They were also one of the first people to come out and say they had our backs after 9/11.
They like us a lot, they just wish our leadership wasn't such a colossal fuck up. And hence we have common ground.