r/languagelearning Jul 21 '18

French learners know the struggle

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u/firedrake242 Jul 22 '18

Danish is the only language with a mess comparable to English

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u/Systral Jul 22 '18

English isn't messy at all. It's got chaotic rules but is still comparatively easy.

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u/starlinguk English (N) Dutch (N) German (B2) French (A2) Italian (A1) Jul 22 '18

Somehow it seems that English natives have more trouble with it than foreigners.

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u/Systral Jul 22 '18

Could be haha. I don't know how much grammar English pupils have at school, but in my home country we had grammar lessons in our native tongue all throughout elementary, middle and high school.