Who Know French

theWriter · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:29 pm Post subject:

Wow.

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Brianhjh · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 5:36 pm Post subject:

I'm reading a very interesting book called "The Power of Babel" by John McWhorter.

French is really Modern-day Latin, "Latin" as we know it didn't die out, but rather transformed into what we now call French. It was interesting to read that Italian is further from Latin than French is.

I want to become a linguist, not as a profession, but as a hobby. Learning French is going rather well, so is Japanese.

yeah, I'd love some foreign language boards in here...
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Hawk4444 · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:47 pm Post subject:

guess what i still don't know french. wee wee B)

W00t!

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grimfairy · Still very bored Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 300

[quote="Brianhjh (Moon Ki)"] I want to become a linguist, not as a profession, but as a hobby. Learning French is going rather well, so is Japanese.
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That's actually something I would also like to pick up as a hobby. Those are the 2 languages I've also started to learn briefly. I'm just starting Japanese so I am [i]very[/i] limited as far as that goes.

Alpha_zero · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:33 am Post subject:

Oh, they make me learn this in school, but now I come to actually try and speak it...I forget everything...Ou habites tu? :mellow:

All I can remember is a dumb song asking when my birth day is. :huh:
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keautye · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:19 pm Post subject:

[quote="theWriter (Megan)"] [quote]It can take a really long time before getting the hang of placing french words at the right place. I had trouble placing some english words and I practiced now I'm the one helping others in both english and french. [/quote]

:huh: What's your first language? [/quote]
French and not many people around me speak it relly well. My mom ain't that good, my dad can't speak a word and is out of the picture. My grandma is okay in english but me and my sis are the best ones in the house. My cousin is good for both, his father talks english, his mother french so he learned both.
I did because I read, listen and did an effort.
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theWriter · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject:

Good job. That's very impressive. Smile

I wish I were bilingual. Sad

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anti_sk8r · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject:

I just started my French course this semester. It's lookin alright so far.
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Brianhjh · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:26 pm Post subject:

if you're taking French in your highschool, and you don't totally suck at it, take it through four years. By the time you finish it you're semi-fluent and it's harder to forget it. If you quit just after Grade nine, you'll forget everything.
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anti_sk8r · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:32 pm Post subject:

Good advice. My Gr 8 French teacher said something like that aswell. I'll see how it turns out.
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keautye · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 8:23 pm Post subject:

French is hard to leanr and easy to forget

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Dr_Ice_Cube · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

I can speak some, im not fluent and i often get grammer completly off, but i probobly could understand some...

isnt Je Parle Francias mean "i speak french?"
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KeheiZero · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject:

Pretty sure that's right.
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keautye · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject:

[quote="Dr_Ice_Cube (Crys)"] I can speak some, im not fluent and i often get grammer completly off, but i probobly could understand some...

isnt Je Parle Francias mean "i speak french?" [/quote]
like you said, one grammar mistake.

"Je parle Franais." You only switched the 'a' and 'i' but that's about it. Smile

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flcladd1ct · Member Joined: 11 Feb 2006 Posts: 45

I speak vaguely passable french, I can usually make it through french web pages and understand about 70-90 percent of what I read, though I do have to use a dictionary at times.