La structure de la langue Française

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This thread is for anybody who wants to learn Français but I agree with my prediction of this thread being monopolized by me in the end haha. I have reason to learn this language so I'll post little by little on a random basis.

I've just found out that this language is insane. I'm getting very depressed.

le / la les l'

le héros, la hauteur(height)
le) l'univers, l'homme(man,human)
la) l'université(university), l'heure(hour)
les Alpes

au = à(to) + le, du = de(on) + le
aux = à + les, des = de + les

Nous allons au cinéma. -->We go to the cinema.
II parle aux enfants. --> He talks to the+s enfants.

la table du salon
les feuilles(leaves) des arbres(trees)

good luck!

LOL I'm so doomed I know. I am about to give up already.
What's your native language awkward facepalm?

i was only kidding with u Drawyer! =). u know i love u. i am terrible at languages myself. my english is very limited and i only know a few german words,..etc.
don't give up plz , i posted the gif cuz i probably wanted attention because im weird like that and mad.

my native language? it's a secret ;P

That gif made me only LOOOL!! Yeah, don't worry I won't give up. I'll do little by little. I'm thinking 2years or longer.
I felt only thankful for you. luv ya too =)

Why do you want to learn French?

French is not that bad. What is very rewarding when you are more into it, is the Cartesian part of the French language: The word order is pretty strict, stricter than in English even, and the vocabulary is smaller than in most other languages. It is only the latin part of the English language without the celtic-germanic part, which makes it very unified in its wordbits. Rhetorics is also quite foreseeable.

If you feel at loss with French, just google "Mark Twain, German", he has written a nice article about how impossible a language German is for foreigners: 3 articles with fewer chances to conclude from the noun which article it might have, plus changes of the noun s endings (plus the adjectives that go with them) not only with the articles and the plural but also according to which position the noun has in the sentence (4 declinations, in old French you will find 2 declinations, and in modern none). With 4 declination you can also move around the parts of a sentence more easily, which does not make things easier for foreign learners, just more rules to learn. Plus this bad habit of putting the main verb at the end of the sentence, if it is a subordinate clause or if you use a Perfect Tense, and to be able to close such sentences after 2 or 3 ideas that come across your mind. Something which might be good for free association, but not that good for foreigners to follow your train of thought. A syntax different from the one you are used to is one of the most hardest things to learn. German has also more irregular verbs, presyllabales to a verb-root that often change the meaning completely, long words which can be made out of several nouns and the possibilty to make up new words easily.

^ Thank you very much for the useful information, Evam.
You know the hardest part of learning foreign languages lies in the beginning process. After several months of understanding of the grammatical concepts, I'm sure this language will give me the simplest joy of writing my own thoughts in French, which is all I want right now.
It could be better news to know that French is not the worst language to learn only if I had no interests in learning German haha.. I shall think about German again lol.

Oh, hi, Earthling!!
The reason I want to learn French is I'm just curious about the language itself. That's all. No practical reason no job related reason. If you know me you would understand that curiosity is enough for me to pursue it.

(I'm doing this thing my own way, in a similar way to understanding English, which wouldn't work for others..sorry about that)

the - le(l') / la(l'), les
a[c] - un / une, des(de)
some[uc] - du la(de l') / de la(de l'), des(de)
(le, la, du, de la + vowel/h --> l', l', de l', de l')

this(that) - ce(cet) / cette, ces

Adjectif

un homme fort / une femme forte
un homme français / une femme française

jeune(young), aimable, rouge, etc. --> _e : has the same form in both genders.

un grand homme
des grands hommes

antre
B - beau(belle), joli(jolie)
A - nouveau(nouvelle), jeune, vieux(vieille)
N - premier(première), deuxième, troisième...
G - bon(bonne), mauvais(mauvaise)
S - petit(petite), grand(grande), gros(grosse)

mon ami

Its easy when you're taught it since birth.

^^Long time no see! glad to see you again,DailyPoutine!!
By the way, did you say your story?? like, French's easy for you as you're taught it since birth?

Indeed

(A Portuguese was surprised
Upon seeing that, at a tender age,
All children in France
Could speak French.

"A devilish art it is",
He said, twisting his moustache,
"That, to speak frog,
A fidalgo in Portugal
Grows old and does it badly,
And here a lad speaks it.")