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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes  Speaks: Russian* | Message 57 of 131 20 June 2011 at 9:38am | IP Logged | |||||
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"in English 3 sounds match with the letters "ea" ( /e/ bear; /i/ leave; /ie/ creation)"
great, break - /ei/, bread -/e/, leave - /i:/ 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6582 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 58 of 131 20 June 2011 at 10:57am | IP Logged | |||||
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Don't forget "heart"! Also "search".
EDIT: And "fear". How many do we have now? Edited by Ari on 20 June 2011 at 10:59am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 59 of 131 20 June 2011 at 11:11am | IP Logged | |||||
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It's not good to count with letter "r"
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| tornus Diglot GroupieRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5143 days ago 82 posts - 113 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Swedish, Danish | Message 60 of 131 20 June 2011 at 12:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
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My examples were not correct, sorry. In the word creation, the sound is /i:eɪ/.
So there is at least 8 differents ways to pronunce "ea" in English. It's a nightmare to pronunce. heart /ɑː/, search /ɜː/ ,fear /ɪə/, creation /i:eɪ/, bear /eə/, break /eɪ/, leave /i:/, bread /e/ Edited by tornus on 20 June 2011 at 12:46pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| futuramalang Newbie United States futuramalanguages.weRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4905 days ago 6 posts - 7 votes | Message 61 of 131 21 June 2011 at 9:27pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi,
Yes, I would definitely consider French easier than English (assuming that neither is the learner's native language). I say this because French has a very simple pronunciation that is very easy to get used to. Some people have trouble learning it because it is different from English (there are a good deal's worth of silent letters), but it's really easy after you get used to it (which doesn't take all that long). With English, letters (mostly vowels) can have a wide range of different sounds that can be confusing even to native speakers sometimes! The grammar of french is also extremely simple, as there are no grammatical cases such as there are in German, Russian, Latin, and Middle English. I hope this helps, -Futurama Languages http://futuramalanguages.weebly.com 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| researcher Newbie Nepal Joined 5065 days ago 5 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English | Message 62 of 131 22 June 2011 at 3:09pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The English grammar is much easier than French. Even comparison is just ridiculous. I had better say English has NO grammar. The romance languages, French, Italian, and Spanish all have indeed grammars. They are all much harder. Possibly English has the easiest grammar among all languages.
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| Марк Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5056 days ago 2096 posts - 2972 votes Speaks: Russian* | Message 63 of 131 22 June 2011 at 3:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I wouldn't say English grammar is easier than French. Both languages are of the same
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| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6582 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 64 of 131 22 June 2011 at 3:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
Undoubtedly.
Total! Agreeing as pronunciations is me for well statements over you! Edited by Ari on 22 June 2011 at 3:28pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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