| French is a beautiful language when spoken | | | | must be aware that the ending of nouns and |
| correctly as it has a musical flowing quality to it. | | | | often the prefixes indicate which gender they |
| Learning the language though can be quite difficult | | | | belong to so for example: |
| for English speakers with no French cultural | | | | - un aide is a MALE assistant and une aide is a |
| background or experience in learning other | | | | FEMALE assistant |
| languages as the pronunciations, grammar and | | | | - le mode is a method or a mood and la mode is |
| many subtle concepts are quite different to | | | | a fashion |
| English so when learning to speak French you | | | | - le solde is a sale or a balance of accounts and la |
| need to start right at the beginning and get the | | | | solde is to pay |
| groundwork right before going on to more | | | | As you can see this can be confusing where the |
| advanced things. | | | | same word with a slight change means something |
| How to speak French - The Basics | | | | different and if you do not pronounce it correctly |
| One of the first things you must understand | | | | you will change the meaning of a conversation |
| when learning to speak French is that the French | | | | dramatically. How to speak French, the basics at |
| divide everything into genders meaning that every | | | | least, is often more a battle in how to change the |
| noun has a male and female association. Knowing | | | | way you think when speaking more than |
| when a noun is masculine or feminine is a | | | | memorize these words however so do not get |
| frustrating concept for many but it must be | | | | stuck on trying to remember everything as the |
| mastered to understand how to speak French | | | | basics are the rules that define the grammar. |
| properly. When educating yourself in French you | | | | |