How is the french language organised?

Answer 1

Interesting question. French sentences and their structure is not all that dissimilar to English. It's subject followed by the verb, just like in English. Vous avez or You have. Adjectives go after the noun for the most part except for beauty, age, good or bad and size. You can remember these exceptions by learning the mnemonic BAGS. Nouvelle nourriture means new food while white food would be nourriture blanche. Making a verb negative, at least properly making it negative, is a two step process. In English we say, I am not, in French it is , je ne suis pas. When speaking most French speakers drop the ne and just use the pas. The word ne goes before the verb and pas goes after. No preposition means the exact same thing and they aren't used the same way and in some cases aren't used at all. I live on cemetery road, turns into j'habite rue cimetière. In French they do not use the preposition "on" to describe where they live. And when you think about it you don't live on the road but beside it. In some cases they insert reflexive pronouns or a determiner when in English we don't have any. Je n'aime pas de lait means I don't like milk but, J'aime du lait, means I like milk. Notice the preposition change from de to du. The largest difference is gender. In English we have no gender and we have no difference between cases. English is a Germanic language and a highly evolved language so gender, case and politeness are no longer a worry. There are two genders in French, masculine and feminine. In French there is a polite way to say the pronoun You (Vous), a familiar way to say You(tu) and a plural way to say You(vous). In English we just say You. An example of the cases is nominative and dative case. In English only one word changes because of case and that is who and whom. In French you must memorize all the gender determiners like "the" or "a" and you have to change the adjective endings to agree with both gender and number. In English you need do none of these things. So, if that doesn't confuse you enough, try a French class.