i genuinely have no idea if i should study italian or french. on one hand, french is probably more useful, especially since i live in the u.s. and could communicate with people from french-speaking canada. french also seems to have more speakers. however, i also have an italian study book and it seems easier to get the hang of for me than french, especially since i can’t yet differentiate what people are saying and the way things are spelled in french.
i genuinely love both languages but i don’t know which one i should learn, even if i’m the only one who can decide this. i have a study book for italian and busuu as a language learning app but i don’t have a french book yet. should i learn italian first and then go with french? learn italian and pick up bits of french along the way?
It’s not so much that it’s hillbilly French, it is just based on French from hundreds of years ago that then evolved separetly from France. So most people learn France French, which Quebecois people understand but doesn’t go the other way as smoothly.
If you aren’t going to be speaking to France French people then learning Quebecois French would be fine.
Also, the quebecois french you’re likely to learn in big urban centers like montreal is pretty easy to understand for france french speakers