Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-48285-20140901153630/@comment-10145707-20141126134256

Jaadowgg wrote: Ban OPN because English is worse. (Seriously, English is just about the WORST language to learn. So many rules that you have to follow except in certain circumstances where you don't follow the rule and there are other situations not in those circumstances where you don't follow the rule and-GAH! It's a wonder that I liked English at all.) In my opinion, French is much more difficult. There's much more rules and exceptions than in English. For example, words ending in "ou" such as "clou" should take an "s" in plural form but the exceptions are: "bijou", "caillou", "chou", "genou", "hibou", "joujou" and "pou" which take an "x". It's a pain to remember them all...

You also have to find the nature and functions of words in a sentence. There are much more verb tenses too!

There's also tons of rules regarding how to write a conjugated verb, for example:

Let's take this sentence - "La maison qu'il a acheté (e) est petite . "  (BTW, there are two verbs)

La maison - the house

qu' (normally "que") - that/ which

il - he

a achetée - has bought

est - is

petite - small

We must find if "acheté" should take an "e" or not. First, we must find the direct object which is "maison" by asking "what did he buy?" (Answer: a house) Then we have to check if the direct object is before the verb or not. If it's before, then "acheté" must take an "e" because "maison" is "female". If it's after the verb, no change is needed.

You see? French is more difficult^^; (there's much much more rules too!)

Ban OPN because this is a long post.