>>20122337There are no obvious patterns afaik.
>Der Stuhl, das Sofa. Das Haus, die Hütte. Die Sonne, der Mond, Die Ameise, der Käfer. Speak, listen, read, I guess. I had the same problem with french. Reading books for small children, picture books with describing text, helped me a lot since they focus on such topics while keeping everything retard friendly and kinda fun.
>>20122380>English and French belong to the same familyEnglish is a Germanic language with a lot of vocabulary from French due to the fuckery with Normandy in the 11th? century. Anglo-Saxon.
He's right
>>20122395poetry might be hard. You could try it with song lyrics. Translations can be found online to check if yours is correct. On the downside, you'd have to listen to German music and wrap your head around retarded lyrics.
>French grammar is admittedly unnecessarily hard.d'accord. You won't face the "rule of 1000 exceptions" when learning German.