This is the first time I see anyone using the word "straightforward" for French grammar.
Although I have a friend who claims French pronounciation is straightforward, and I find that equally unfathomable.
Linguists actually argue quite a bit about which languages are easy and which not, and even over whether such descriptions even make sense. Basically every language is easy and makes sense if you're the native speaker, and I think English has a good deal of complexity that's invisible to native speakers, or even near-native speakers (i.e. myself). Like articles. Those and prepositions are fiendishly difficult to get right for a non-native speaker.
The Dread Slender Gnome
npub1dz…mrpr0
2024-12-02 21:35:32 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…3pph
Author Public Key
npub1dza8s6acmt45awz3g7k3rmeuduxd766yltutsyw0g63r4uefpets6mrpr0Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2024-12-02 21:35:32 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "9097329a15727c546b369b2e2e4c5f540e9de5531059cc453f9904eddf2e6b1f",
"pubkey": "68ba786bb8daeb4eb85147ad11ef3c6f0cdf6b44faf8b811cf46a23af3290e57",
"created_at": 1733175332,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"1868e029f2c0969345611c4da30e35e39d0313c0e338ad885647b27f0fe0a833",
"",
"reply",
"5ee6f525d4167be88b8a6ae6e1470765346268d0d01e8fb3812465962459da83"
],
[
"e",
"452617bb0b97b1b6d960774dcc6414b9a57e3c3b52db05a78f7b5a17b0ae0725",
"",
"root",
"68ba786bb8daeb4eb85147ad11ef3c6f0cdf6b44faf8b811cf46a23af3290e57"
],
[
"p",
"8a153a6999d36f676a0a2f41a624e445348ccdc12201ec931a130b03d3177d80"
],
[
"p",
"68ba786bb8daeb4eb85147ad11ef3c6f0cdf6b44faf8b811cf46a23af3290e57"
],
[
"p",
"bca1f2c69dda52bb9866b9e10fee7ea8889496e5e6f31a2376eca63690f6f7bd"
],
[
"p",
"5ee6f525d4167be88b8a6ae6e1470765346268d0d01e8fb3812465962459da83"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://spinster.xyz/objects/f1e498d5-a5fa-4ed3-9a88-1ee25407abe4",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://spinster.xyz/objects/f1e498d5-a5fa-4ed3-9a88-1ee25407abe4",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "This is the first time I see anyone using the word \"straightforward\" for French grammar. \n\nAlthough I have a friend who claims French pronounciation is straightforward, and I find that equally unfathomable. \n\nLinguists actually argue quite a bit about which languages are easy and which not, and even over whether such descriptions even make sense. Basically every language is easy and makes sense if you're the native speaker, and I think English has a good deal of complexity that's invisible to native speakers, or even near-native speakers (i.e. myself). Like articles. Those and prepositions are fiendishly difficult to get right for a non-native speaker.",
"sig": "378d72c8540d49af457da28e62f49a6a832afea0af91b1b87af92a10d11c75eec9cccee15a5adc25254c7442ef64d79388b28c5bdb65c860d2480d6b308618fe"
}