Kristin,from your profile,I find that you're from Romania,so your mother tongue is similar to French to some extent,coz they're all Romance languages.So you do have advantages to learn it,yeah,the phonetics part of French is really difficult,which I have spent more than months learning it...Maybe first,you can go find some books about French in bookstores,especially those with details of its phonetics,..because the phonetics of French is one of the most difficult in the world...once you master the phonetics part,then u'll find easier to learn it since your mother tongue's close affinity with French,I believe in you that you can learn French well....go you!!!(*^_^*)