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My personal observation on this is, while Vietnamese is listed as a hard language for English due to differences, I found it's actually a pretty simple language
by gedy 3y ago
My personal observation on this is, while Vietnamese is listed as a hard language for English due to differences, I found it's actually a pretty simple language beyond the non-European pronunciation. Grammar sounds like:
You want eat what?
I'm hungry very.
You go no?
etc. I had an easier time learning that than German for example.
- Detrytus 3y agoFunny comparison, since that's exactly how English itself sounds to speakers of German, French, or Slavic languages. English has almost no grammar, words do not change their forms, endings, almost everything is coded by word order, and sometimes by extra "operator" words.
- gedy 3y agoGood observation, I only speak English otherwise and found it pretty easy to come by.
- ghaff 3y agoI suspect that there's a difference between what it takes to properly learn a language in school and do well on tests and what it takes to functionally communicate at the street level.
- notahacker 3y agoDoesn't speaking Vietnamese properly involve mastery of tones and a complex system of pronouns/honorifics where you have to figure out the appropriate age/familiarity level which might be more challenging than the actual words? The main difficulty with learning German is that you tend to get replies in immaculate English