Is this why English, as a second language, can be difficult to learn II?

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annabelle p

English can be very difficult specially when there are words in our dialect that cannot be translated into the English words. And made more difficult, too, when we have limited knowledge of the synonyms and the antonyms and the different meanings of the words. One word can have several meanings, depending on how it is used, whether as a noun or as a verb. Oh well, so much for the English lessons in school.

windblown

Lol. I have reasons now for my struggling english.

lyllyan

I thank God that I was born in the States and English is my first language. Otherwise, I would never have been able to learn it. As a language there are just too many variables, as pointed out by the OP. Hats off to those of you who have mastered English as a second language.

luosechi é§±å£«åŸº

Heidy Papa! English is not my first language, but when I had to, it took me 6 months to learn enough to go to an American school. Strangely enough, the one word that gave me the most problems (at 12 years of age) was ~~~ should it be pronounced dam, or damen?

mrmpcebu59

English first language people don't speak like you speak. Filipinos speak totally differently. Filipinos don't have plenty of vocubolaries so they choose the nearest meaning. But nothing wrong with the english sentence you mentioned. I can understand it. It's only the Filipinos who criticize Filipinos who got their englischtze screwed up. They laugh at fellow Filipinos for botching sentences and grammar.

Most important thing is you get your idea across and you are understood and that's communicating. Filipinos were indoctrinated that profeciency in english language is measure of initelligence, social status and royalty. That's why Filipino children in Amerika cannot speak their native language because Filipino parents insist in speaking english.

Mexicans, Koreans, Chineses, Japaneses, HongKongeses, Taiwaneses their children are bilingual they speak their language and they speak englischtze fluently EXCEPT Filipinos. Because speaking english is royalty and class.

ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES

"Truth sets you free but not on me"

jimmyelless

that should be one or two of the reasons why.....

Dina

Wow...thats weird.....

heartywalk

Hmmm, these are very nice tongue twisters, well,Jokes apart, as a matter of fact, my english is very good, even though I am from India, and have never ever left my motherland.
Well, in fact, I think in english, that is quite a key distinction that others do not possess, most speakers translate the words in their mind from their mother tongue to english and then speak it,. but I can and think in english, that is the key to learn any language, to form the roots in one's brain.

Well, dear Papa, as usual * for you.
Peace.

nickipettis

English is hard because it is full of idioms, and has a million exceptions to every rule, because it is based on German, French, Latin, Greek --and Olde English.

Warren D

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Mr. Tater Salad

Eye wood knot lye two ewe, english is not easy too, master.

PG_13

50/50

i go loony

knowing sentence patterns and the parts of speech will tell you what the words mean. Some words may be spelled in the same way but if it is used in the sentence that it is a noun, therefore, it takes the noun meaning. If it's a verb in the sentence, well, it takes the verb meaning. Well, I just mean it's not really difficult. It would depend on the exposure of one person to English. Well, this may sound confusing to Koreans and the Japanese who choose to learn English in a difficult way and many of them think that a word in English only has one meaning.

dark angel 16

nah... i don't think so!

MBC

I`m A Native American, Muscogee(Creek) Tribe, Even In Our Own Language There Are Words That Sound Simlar, But It Is How You Use It Or Emphasize It , Is How It Is Interpreted. Just Be Glad You Can Speak Your "Own" Language. Don`t worry About How Hard It is To Speak English.
Too Many Languages Are Being Lost Because Of English. If You Can Teach Your Children Or Others Their Language So Be It. Be proud Of "Your" Language First. Mudo( Thank You)

Aref H4

Why, Yes, Captain! Blimey, blame the Limeys!

Lord Percy Fawcette-Smythe.

if you think that is bad try French, proper French not conversational, even the French argue about it

neha

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Lumberjack

I don't consider English to be difficult, but that's a very biased response since I grew up speaking English all my life. However, I have to imagine that other languages have similar kinds of words that may look or sound the same but may have multiple meanings based on their context. Chinese, believe is a language like that, however, not speaking Chinese I cannot be certain.

You should look up "set", "run", and "get". They each have some 20 different meanings. And lets not forget, "there", "they're", and "their" as well as "to", "too", and "two".

And "Aref H4" here's one for you..."I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy".

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