Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "s|b" Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: English Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:53:32 +0100 Organization: XXII Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <10gevqi.vvc.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <10gf8p0.so8.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <10gf9h5$3i8hv$1@dont-email.me> <10gflut.1448.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <10gfj27$3m4rh$1@dont-email.me> <10ghb5q.mc0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <10ghpj2$fpnr$1@dont-email.me> <10gk8pl.af4.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <10gkgl7$1gifb$1@dont-email.me> <7i130mx68v.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Reply-To: sb.nospam@belgacom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net ceQIkMOwiAJ3m7R8nEqefQVGCB2uijXGX3/GVwlSETHnDoBd/d Cancel-Lock: sha1:ycVtuZLqNLy2NxnAmFV+ZvX574g= sha256:VDLIPyMd79BIyIcOBr/u+zyyPDpIhoeygoqrcA1n8m0= User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-Face: j0\WO?Dcjo^V#d7Q,H$9^8N{Z|fy50vxQkToel)jNR3hmCMV8kai(fMVJ:Yk}q?t<:xHu2D )?CJ[c|zu]%I!fKb7-4~$&Mx|GT=>ux^*,A:5Cdek,y4A(DSX=oXRv7-)/AcgHiWf Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:151553 On Tue, 2 Dec 2025 13:10:15 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > I do not find English particularly difficult. German is worse. I agree and my native language, Dutch, is related to German. I studied German for 2 years and it was a PITA. > There are no declinations, no verbal forms, aside from the "s" on > "he/she". Correct spelling is a bitch, though: we have to learn by heart > both the spelling and the pronunciation of each word. They never > bothered to try to teach us the rules. Well, there's rules and then there's exception from the rules. > Yes, there are nuances as the same word having several different > meaning. You can never learn it perfectly, there are subtle meaning that > are really cultural. > > Still, it is a very viable language for international exchange. That's what all Germans think. (-; > I tried > to learn French as an adult, did not manage that well. We had to learn French from the age of 12 and then another 6 years. IMHO it's easier than German. -- s|b