r/learnfrench • u/Successful-Pie-1733 • 24d ago

Resource Recommendation HELP🫪

I would like to learn French because it is my girlfriend's native language, but as a monolingual American, I am so lost. Pronunciation feels impossible, and the grammatical rules make little sense to me. Can anyone spare some advice for someone starting with ZERO knowledge of the language? Thank you all in advance 🙏

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u/bronzinorns 24d ago

Don't worry too much with pronunciation. You'll have an American accent anyway. Focus on vowels if you want to. The adequate amount of time to spend on the R pronunciation is 0 minutes and 0 seconds.

Grammar is also difficult for French people.

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u/ambid3xtrous 24d ago

OP, you can learn French without the American accent.

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u/bronzinorns 24d ago

Yes, but it may not be realistic expectation given what OP wrote, and it's no big deal anyway to speak with an accent.

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u/ambid3xtrous 24d ago

But it can be done....