Post #2820618

2026-05-25 00:09 UTC

@poupou24_@peculiar.florist Your written English is quite good. The grammar isn’t quite right but I have no trouble understanding you. The meaning comes through clearly. 💜 Which is a lot more than I can say for my French. I’m learning but I still only know a little. I can read some and I can write a little but it’s exhausting to write more than a sentence or two. @oldladyplays@wargamers.social

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@poupou24_@peculiar.florist 2026-05-25 00:41

@faithisleaping@anarres.family honestly, french is very hard. A lot of useless letters, or mute one And that means that you can't read it properly because it doesn't speak as it is written In french, lots of people say "ça s'écrit comme ça se prononce" it means "this have to be written like it is spoken" (i guess ? The passive formula is hard in english for me yet) and it is so wrong. We speak with some weird sounds to understand and/or to make We write with, quite often, useless letters And of course, there are so much words that pronounce the same, write almost the same (or very similar) But that mean totally others stuff Example : Maire - mer - mère Maire : it is the mayor, the "chief" of a town or a city La Mer : it is the sea. La Mère : the mother And all 3 are pronounced like "mair" ? (If I try to find a similar english sound) something like in "fair" or "their" And everything in french is gendered... I am happy : je suis heureuse (female) - je suis heureux (male) - je suis heureuxe / heureux-se (neutral form, non official) That's one of many reasons why I like to write in english, because even if I am not careful, when I forgot to check someone's prounouns or gender before I answer to them, I know there is like no risk I made a gender mistake. Because there is no much gender words in english when you directly speak to someone. Well, french is nice to use, to learn, but very hard and too much gendered ! @oldladyplays@wargamers.social

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