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I'm struggling to think of minimal pairs that are particularly difficult. Maybe those involving liquids, for East Asian learners? French's minimal pairs involv
by torstenvl 8y ago
I'm struggling to think of minimal pairs that are particularly difficult. Maybe those involving liquids, for East Asian learners?
French's minimal pairs involving [u] vs. [y] are terrible. Beaucoup vs. beau cul, au dessous vs. au dessus, etc.
- sametmax 8y agoFrench, all in all, is a terrible language for ease of communication. Don't get me wrong. It's a great language to write a novel in. Make an argument. Describe a country side. But it's slow, convoluted and error prone. All languages have weird stuff. Even English, while being incredibly easy, have many quirks, like in the joke: "Yes, English can be weird. It can be understood through tough thorough thought, though. But french is more about learning exceptions among a few rules.