French is a beautiful language, the language of love and passion. But on the other hand, we are dealing with an extremely difficult language, which is written completely differently than it is pronounced. We always have and will continue to adore those who speak French fluently, but at the same time we will continue to marvel at the language that can complicate even the simplest things. Below, see why French is sometimes so difficult... and fun at the same time!
1. French has a thousand and one rules for yelling and ticking, which no one can really explain, but everyone follows them.
2. He has one word (too) many meanings. The color is green vert, direction is vers, it is a glass jar verre, it's a worm religion, the verse is vers. And so the sentence 'The green worm goes towards the green glass jar' becomes 'Le ver vert va vers le verre vert.’
3. Even the smallest change in the word can completely changes its meaning. Baiser as a noun it is a kiss, but as a verb it means caressing.
4. How do the French count? Slovenians say 97 as 7 + 90, so do Germans, the English say 97 as 90 + 7, and the French say 4 × 20 + 10 + 7.
5. It's French hard nut for translators too. In order for Harry Potter to be translated from English, Voldemort had to get a middle name, namely Elvis.
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6. French idioms ... they're a lot of fun. Le petite mort, which can be literally translated into little death, means orgasm. But sometimes they go even further...
7. Also education system is (too) complicated. The French school system is divided into: primary school (École Primaire) from the age of 6 to 11, lower secondary school (Collège) from the age of 11 to 15 (grades 6, 7, 8 and 9) and high school (Lycée) ) from the age of 16 to 18 (grades 10, 11 and 12). Graduation or Baccalaureate, which is a condition for admission to universities, is taken in the last two years of high school (11th and 12th grade), whereby students take part of the exams after 11th (Premiere), and part after the 12th grade (Terminals).
8. Naming some foods it follows the 'line of least resistance'. Potato is in French pomme de terre, which means 'apple from the earth'.
9. And if things aren't complicated enough, French makes them easy further complications. Their phrase for 'what is what' is qu'est-ce que c'est and literally translates to 'what is this, who is this'.
