Originally posted by: a_odessey
also i heard that it's the hardest language to learn in the entire world (is that true?)
Whoever you heard that from is an illiterate dumbass. I'm not sure about Korean since a couple people mentioned it, but English imo is probably the easiest language I've come across. Things like "f" and "ph" can be confusing at first, but just like any other language, you can better distinguish between the two through experience. If you still don't see the difference, here's a general rule of thumbs:

"f" usually starts a word, such as "fork"
"ph" usually ends a word, such as "graph"

After using English for a long time, you start to get a feel for the spelling as you write. Writing "phork" just doesn't SEEM right.