Knowing the 7 things that make French different from English is a powerful weapon for you to use in your learning.
Being fluent in French means you have understood the following.
Naturally you won’t have to learn these all at once 🙂
The idea is to come to each of them one at a time, in a progressive way.
Some of them are naturally easier than others to grasp, and finally master. That’s absolutely normal.
One of these is genders.
I’m not going into too much detail here but French uses different words for ‘the’ and ‘a’.
No need to spend hours and hours on this one – it only matters in very specific sentences.
A good way to deal with genders is to simply identify those situations where it will actually matter – and it where it won’t, so you can get started speaking as soon as possible.
Doing things this way will ensure your progress naturally, without you even realizing.
Another one is verbs.
Yes, this one will take more time. French uses different words for ‘speak’ in ‘I speak’, ‘you speak’, we speak’, etc.
But it’s worth it: it’s the heart and soul of French language – no more, no less.
Understand how verbs work, and you’ve done most of the work. You will see patterns come up, and you’ll be able to progress naturally – again, without you realizing.
Yes this will take time because of the sheer number of verbs you find in any language! I complied all useful verbs (NUMBER) into this free book (le meme que metionné au dessus) to ensure that you won’t waste your time with unnecessary verbs. Verbs like ‘Speak’, yes. Verbs like ‘roll up’ as in ‘roll up our sleeves’ – no, thank you :).
The good news is – this will be a matter of months, certainly not years! (4 months with my method).
As I mentioned before, when you are well equipped and surrounded with well-meaning people, things become simpler, and a few months will be enough – not 10 years learning tables!
I’ll keep this short for now not to make things too long here.
For more information, check out the full article about the 7 things that make French different from English, where I break them down each, one by one.
Download my free ebook: The 3 Pillars of French learning success to get into the right mindset to implement the fundamental differences from English to French.
Share below your biggest frustration when it comes to English/French differences that you can’t seem to get over!
Word order, as in je t’aime? Word order, as in le chat noir?
Past, as in je me suis réveillé?
Spelling, as in é or er?
Let me know!