The invention of the printing press and of the dictionary at a time of great language change has been problematic for English spelling.
Why do you feel English is better than French? I think English has most of the problems of French and then a whole bunch of its own, but I’m interested in your perspective.
I wouldn’t say better, just easier to learn the basics.
For instance, it is a mostly incomplete language from a conjugation standpoint. While I love the communication power romance languages have in verbal conjugation, they do present an obstacle for learning.
Plural is also quite easy in English, as are basic adverbs.
If only English had consistent pronunciation rules like German, it would be a near prefect lingua franca.
In confused by you saying that french verb conjugation is all three of: mostly incomplete, powerful and hard to learn. Did you mean inconsistent rather than incomplete?
Oh, is was taking about English. Sorry it wasn’t clear.
German is quite hard grammatically, with its dative case and inconsistent use of genders for non gendered things. It’s got some phonemes that are quite hard for adult learners too. The one thing it’s got going for a lingua franca is the consistent pronunciation rules.
Don’t know anything about Sanskrit. Sounds interesting.
The invention of the printing press and of the dictionary at a time of great language change has been problematic for English spelling.
Why do you feel English is better than French? I think English has most of the problems of French and then a whole bunch of its own, but I’m interested in your perspective.
I wouldn’t say better, just easier to learn the basics.
For instance, it is a mostly incomplete language from a conjugation standpoint. While I love the communication power romance languages have in verbal conjugation, they do present an obstacle for learning.
Plural is also quite easy in English, as are basic adverbs.
If only English had consistent pronunciation rules like German, it would be a near prefect lingua franca.
In confused by you saying that french verb conjugation is all three of: mostly incomplete, powerful and hard to learn. Did you mean inconsistent rather than incomplete?
Would German make a better lingua franca?
I’m told sanskrit is pretty logical.
Oh, is was taking about English. Sorry it wasn’t clear.
German is quite hard grammatically, with its dative case and inconsistent use of genders for non gendered things. It’s got some phonemes that are quite hard for adult learners too. The one thing it’s got going for a lingua franca is the consistent pronunciation rules.
Don’t know anything about Sanskrit. Sounds interesting.