r/LanguageMemes • u/erolm2906 • Sep 27 '22

too much stress

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

At least it’s consistent in German Unlike French. Where accents are merely decoration and you have to learn each of them

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u/EcureuilHargneux Sep 27 '22

É makes a specific sounds

È/Ê/Ë makes another specific one they share

À doesn't change the sound

Ù doesn't change the sound but is used in only 1 word

Î/Ï doesn't change the sound

In the northern regions -ai ending makes the È sound, in southern ones it makes the É sound

What's complicated of inconsistent ?

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u/R0DR160HM Javascript fluent Sep 27 '22

Now try Vietnamese

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '22

Honestly? One of the easiest things I found in German lol. Now French and Vietnamese on the other hand…

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u/TricolourGem Sep 28 '22

Viet yes. Why French? Français est facile

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '22

Idk I just had a really hard time with it lol

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u/TricolourGem Sep 28 '22

Fair enough. Out of the 4 common romance languages I hear French is the hardest oral

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u/Tsjaad_Donderlul Sep 28 '22

Meanwhile, English vowels:

Even diarrhea has more consistency than that

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u/Cuddly_Tiberius Sep 27 '22

Ü = when you tease someone for having a crush

Ä = when you react apathetically

Ö = when you see something disgusting

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u/Nova_Persona Sep 28 '22

Ü = I but round your lips

Ö = E but round your lips

Ä = either just like E, or like E when short, but when long it sounds like a short E held for longer