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The Earful Tower: Paris

Is French difficult to learn (according to a polyglot)

The Earful Tower: Paris

Oliver Gee

Arts, Paris, Society & Culture, Travel, Places & Travel, France

4.8749 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Is French difficult to learn?

I asked polyglot and YouTube superstar Nathaniel Drew.

Find more from him here:

https://www.nathanieldrew.com/ 

@nathanieldrew_

Become a member of The Earful Tower here

https://www.patreon.com/theearfultower 

 

Transcript

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0:00.0

Is the French language easy to learn?

0:04.1

Now, of course, this isn't a yes or no answer.

0:07.6

It takes more of a conversation.

0:09.1

And luckily for us, that's what we've got today.

0:11.0

It's me, Oliver G. from the Earful Tower, talking to Nathaniel Drew, YouTuber, extraordinaire.

0:19.5

I think he's got like 1.6 million YouTube subscribers.

0:24.6

We've got him, a polyglot, speaking over four languages, four and a half by his count.

0:31.6

Him and me talking about whether French is easy to learn,

0:36.6

whether there are tricks and tips, pieces of advice for improving

0:41.8

your French. We just talk about language, really. We talk about the French language and learning

0:45.9

languages for the next half an hour. Now, this is a half on the go episode. I met him at the

0:52.8

KB Coffee Shop, which I think regular listeners will

0:55.5

remember KB Coffee Shop down at the western edge of Avenue Truddin in the 9th Arondissement,

1:02.0

and then we walked along this avenue, chatting about language, really, really beautiful street,

1:07.8

some of the best doors in Paris, honestly. Maybe in the top five streets for

1:13.8

doors in Paris. And then we ended up in this, in English you'd say the square d'enverre,

1:18.9

the square d'enverre. And we sat down and we continued the chat. He'll explain a little bit

1:24.5

about how you can follow him for more at the end if you're not already.

1:28.2

And I want to say a big thank you to the Patreon members of the Earful Tower who keep this trainer rolling.

1:36.6

Patreon.com slash the Earful Tower for all kinds of bonuses.

1:41.3

Most recently for a huge Christmas party invitation, for the party that we had

1:47.8

on Friday night at the lovely Sartes-Lewo-Swedois. I'll talk a bit more about that party at the

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