Why Learning French is Surprisingly Easy for Hindi Speakers

When Indian professionals set their sights on Canada PR or studying in France, the biggest mental hurdle is usually learning French. It has a reputation for being an incredibly difficult language with complicated pronunciation and strange grammar rules.

However, if you already speak Hindi (or many other Indian languages), you have a massive, hidden advantage. French and Hindi actually share a surprisingly similar grammatical foundation.

Here are four reasons why your brain is already wired to learn French faster than a native English speaker.

1. The Concept of Gendered Nouns

If an English speaker learns French, they are often baffled by the idea that a table is feminine () and a book is masculine (). They spend months trying to wrap their heads around assigning genders to inanimate objects.