French Grammar Problem And Trouble
If you’re a French language learner, you may be having some trouble adjusting to the new grammar you have to use in the French language. Grammar like the French subjunctive, using indirect and direct objects in different places and different sentence structure is all part of what we, French learners, need to learn and get used to in order to speak French.
If you’re having trouble learning a particular French grammar point, you should look for alternative explanations of the grammar point online. There are many free sites out there that teach French and you can find many explanations as well as free sample sentences explaining the particular French grammar point you are interested in. Getting a different perspective can sometimes clear up your problem especially if you’ve only been using one resource to learn like a textbook.
Additionally, if you are having trouble applying a grammar point in French to your own speech or you keep messing up when you are supposed to use it, it’s probably because you haven’t fully conditioned your mind to it yet. What you should do is, get a few sample sentences from native sources that use the particular French grammar point you are having trouble with and then memorize them or at least repeatedly expose yourself to them. If you can remember these sentences or memorize them, you will begin to get used to that particular French structure and soon you will be able to make your own new sentences using the same correct structure.
French grammar is really not so difficult if you are able to get sample sentences and expose yourself to the new structure. The only hard part is the time it takes to effectively expose yourself to the new structure so that it seeps into your brain and becomes second nature to you. Once you are exposed to the new French structure enough, it will become second nature and you will be able to use it just as easily as you use English grammar without thinking about it.
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Fastest French Grammar Method
I was recently asked about what the fastest French grammar method was. I assume that this question means, what is the best way to learn French grammar so that I can begin to speak correct French right away rather than just learning complex French grammar rules *about* French.
It’s true that you could sit and read a textbook about French grammar rules but being able to properly speak French with the correct grammar is another matter, altogether. For this reason, being able to memorize French grammar rules does not necessarily mean you can speak fluent French.
In my opinion, the best way to become able to speak French with proper grammar is to receive a lot of input in French. For example, if you hear one French phrase repeatedly that illustrates a French grammar point you are trying to learn, it is unlikely that you will forget the phrase or make a mistake. As an example in English, if you hear the sentence “He eats cake” a hundred times, it is unlikely you will say “He eat cake” in the future because it will just feel wrong.
Basically, you are trying to get this same sense of what feels right and wrong in French as you do in English. The only way to achieve this is through a lot of exposure to French. This is the way that people truly speak languages, it is not through learning complex grammar rules, but rather through feeling what is right.
This is not to say that learning grammar rules is a useless activity. In fact, it can be quite helpful to you as a starting point, however, the fastest way to learning correct and natural sounding French is by receiving a lot of exposure in French. This way, when you begin to speak and write, you will feel what sounds right and what sounds wrong.
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After enough time and exposure, you will find that your French grammar has improved and more importantly, you will find that your French is more fluent and natural sounding than before.
I hope this article has given you a basic idea of what you should be aiming for when studying French grammar. If you want the fastest method to learn a language so that you will become fluent in a foreign language in a matter of months, learn thousands of words without worrying about forgetting them, master grammar and do all of this in an enjoyable, painless manner then you need to read Learn That Language Now!