How do I learn French on my own - Is it really difficult???

There's a French language Expat-Blog forum (counterpart to this English forum).  You might try asking for opinions from people who speak French there. 

Here's the link

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=4254

You should copy and paste your post there.  In French too...here I used google translate for you.

Google Translate wrote:

Bonjour à tous,
Je suis un agent et chaque fois que je rencontre mon tableau de clients français, je ne peux pas les comprendre ( même un peu ) . Il m'a rendu très curieux de savoir ce qu'ils parlent? ? Et les sons ( rythme) du français est vraiment mignon ... La vitesse du français est rapide et beau. Je ne sais pas comment le dire plus ... Je veux vraiment essayer. J'apprends anglais sur mon propre avant et finalement je peux le faire . Donc , je veux essayer de langue française aussi. Tout le plaisir est pour moi.
Cependant, mon client de meubles a dit: « C'est vraiment dur ... et j'oublie nen apprendre par moi-même que l'apprentissage de l'anglais. "
Je suis confondre à ce sujet , mais je suis très excité d'apprendre le français en ce moment. Je suis allé à la librairie et j'ai acheté quelques livres sur «Comment faire pour apprendre le français tout seul. " Si vous êtes l'enseignant. S'il vous plaît aidez -moi , dis-moi ce que je nen accent sur ​​le français ? Quelle partie du livre est -elle importante? Prononciation , de nouveaux mots , la structure ou tendu? ?
Je ne sais pas ce que le nouvel étudiant préparer pour les besoins de la langue française . S'il vous plaît, aidez-moi à le sais. J'ai demandé " Google" pour m'aider aussi. Mais " il " semble ne m'a pas donné la réponse exacte .

Better to think about it twice when you want to study French; 95% it will ruin up your English pronunciation and make you confused/shocked when you really get to know "French style"; but yah, French language is very sexy (to me )

Here, I went ahead and started a thread for you.

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=1604258

Tran Hung Dao (in French) wrote:

Title -->a Vietnamese wants help with learning French.

Hello, I'm from the English forum and a person asked about learning French so I referred her to this forum. 

This is her post. 

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 31#1604199

If someone here can help her, that would be great!  Thanks.

Hopefully you'll get a lot of PMs from our French-speaking Expat buddies.

Why don't you try some language school em oi?

Judy.lovely

Immersion is the best in my opinion. If you can't find a French speaking person then just start with the basics. Later, if you can, take classes at a university.

aibiet150204 wrote:

Better to think about it twice when you want to study French; 95% it will ruin up your English pronunciation and make you confused/shocked when you really get to know "French style"; but yah, French language is very sexy (to me )

Brazilian-Portuguese is also very sexy!

I will join the basic class at the school. But in my experience when learning English...I went to the class for more 10 years is not equal with practice English everyday in 1 year.
Anyway: What is language sexy??? I don't understand sexy mean...???
P.s: Thank you very much Tran Hung Dao...You made me wanna cry...so kind of you...

charmavietnam wrote:

Why don't you try some language school em oi?

In this case: "em oi" is so sexy...hehehhe

Judy.lovely wrote:

I will join the basic class at the school. But in my experience when learning English...I went to the class for more 10 years is not equal with practice English everyday in 1 year.
Anyway: What is language sexy??? I don't understand sexy mean...???
P.s: Thank you very much Tran Hung Dao...You made me wanna cry...so kind of you...

You're welcome.  I admire someone who tries to study a new language on their own; as I have been struggling to learn Vietnamese for about four years on my own.

MIA2013 wrote:

aibiet150204 wrote:

Better to think about it twice when you want to study French; 95% it will ruin up your English pronunciation and make you confused/shocked when you really get to know "French style"; but yah, French language is very sexy (to me )

Brazilian-Portuguese is also very sexy!

I have not heard anyone speak real "Brazilian-Portuguese" to me... so, I really have no idea...

aibiet,

When I return to Saigon, we can meet up and you can listen to me speak.

Judy.lovely wrote:

charmavietnam wrote:

Why don't you try some language school em oi?

In this case: "em oi" is so sexy...hehehhe

Something like "Hey, baby? " Right?

MIA2013 wrote:

aibiet,

When I return to Saigon, we can meet up and you can listen to me speak.

You said, and I already took a note! so eager to meet "bigger-me" in person

And to me, nooo, the "baby" is not as much sexy as "em ơi" (mixed with a bit longer "ơi") - yep! I would be die for the guy who can call me "em ơi" correctly as I want

Wow!!!
After you start to know more about Theism, your talk is very nice and simple

Judy.lovely wrote:

In this case: "em oi" is so sexy...hehehhe

MIA2013 wrote:

aibiet,

When I return to Saigon, we can meet up and you can listen to me speak.

Can i join with both of you?
I want to hear the sexy voice too

charmavietnam wrote:

Wow!!!
After you start to know more about Theism, your talk is very nice and simple

Judy.lovely wrote:

In this case: "em oi" is so sexy...hehehhe

Thank you thank you...i just hope to hear "em oi" in real voice from you...^^
Should you record it and post here???
I think aibiet also wanna hear it...

Seems like all of you want I become 'Lord Krishna'

Judy.lovely wrote:

Thank you thank you...i just hope to hear "em oi" in real voice from you...^^
Should you record it and post here???
I think aibiet also wanna hear it...

I am sorry my knowledge is limited...Who is Lord Krishna?
I searched google and i saw the picture of the Lord is very beautiful and Holy...

Judy.lovely wrote:

I am sorry my knowledge is limited...Who is Lord Krishna?
I searched google and i saw the picture of the Lord is very beautiful and Holy...

Reference to Hindu religion....which is a topic that Expat-Blog does not permit.  You should use PM if you want to ask charmavietnam about the topic.

Yes yes i remember it...i used to illegal...Someone PM about the Lord and answer my question already.
Have a good day Tran Hung Dao...

French is not too hard to learn on your own from a writing/grammar point of view, just like any language. But the key is always to hang around those who are native in the language and to just start talking!

I speak French, tips on learning...

I) "When in doubt, leave it out!" is what my French teacher always said. You will learn what this means when you come to pronounce a French word and wonder how many letters in that word you are actually suppose to say.

II) Don't question the grammar. Like English, they don't always follow their own grammar rules. "Why is it this way, teacher, that is not grammatically correct!" we would whine "Because we're French and it sounds better this way!" She would say happily.

III) Nouns have genders, get use to it.

French is indeed very difficult, I know, I'm French.

But you know already English, and the good point is that many words in English and in French are the same (with a very different prononciation...).

And even some words in Vietnamese are from French (ex: béton = bê tông).

But I can't give advices to learn by yourself, I have no idea I'm not a teacher, I guess it's like for all languages: watching videos, cartoons, series, with subtitles, reading comics... and meeting French people.

For sure learning the pronunciation is the priority. Then vocabulary.

Grammar is complicated but we understand if it is not respected and the verb not conjugated.