|
Hakim0777
aka RACKBONE!!!
Registered: 08/25/06
Posts: 8,071
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 1 year, 5 months
|
French
#10367116 - 05/19/09 10:27 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Does anyone in The Pub speak or spoke french?
--------------------
|
PyroBurns
душа кофе
Registered: 10/14/07
Posts: 4,343
|
|
I do somewhat. It's one of my favorite languages.
-------------------- Remember to cut your nails regularly.
|
Hakim0777
aka RACKBONE!!!
Registered: 08/25/06
Posts: 8,071
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 1 year, 5 months
|
|
How hard is it to learn? Me and my girlfriend are about to take it next year in college but I wanted to get a head start. Does rossetta stone work at all?
What if I just watch a bunch of french shows for babies? lol.
--------------------
|
PyroBurns
душа кофе
Registered: 10/14/07
Posts: 4,343
|
|
It's pretty easy. I find a lot of it ties into English so it's not so drastic after awhile. But then it's really hard at the same time.
Audio programs are nice but you all should look into taking a couple college courses around your area as well.
-------------------- Remember to cut your nails regularly.
|
Hakim0777
aka RACKBONE!!!
Registered: 08/25/06
Posts: 8,071
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 1 year, 5 months
|
|
thas the plan.
--------------------
|
Tedwilto
Veni, vidi, vici
Registered: 12/08/08
Posts: 5,158
Loc: Sunny Afternoon in
Last seen: 12 years, 7 months
|
|
je ne comprend pas.
ive been to france multiple times and that is my key phrase.
-------------------- Song of the week, click Huey: Song of the week list in journal.
|
Hakim0777
aka RACKBONE!!!
Registered: 08/25/06
Posts: 8,071
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 1 year, 5 months
|
|
lol what do french people think of america?
--------------------
|
TypicalTripper
CannabisCuddling Canuck
Registered: 03/24/07
Posts: 396
Loc: Canada
Last seen: 12 years, 1 month
|
|
that you guys are lazy and can't learn another language :P
|
Hakim0777
aka RACKBONE!!!
Registered: 08/25/06
Posts: 8,071
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 1 year, 5 months
|
|
very very true.
--------------------
|
learningtofly
Ancient Aliens
Registered: 05/21/07
Posts: 15,105
Loc: Out of this world
Last seen: 12 years, 7 months
|
|
rosetta stone is awesome. a friend of mine got it for french and it worked well.
--------------------
|
Hakim0777
aka RACKBONE!!!
Registered: 08/25/06
Posts: 8,071
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 1 year, 5 months
|
|
noice
--------------------
|
twighead
mͯó
Registered: 08/27/08
Posts: 30,173
Loc: Glenn Gould's Fuck Windmill
Last seen: 42 minutes, 9 seconds
|
|
No hablo francais
|
shivas.wisdom
בּ
Registered: 02/19/09
Posts: 13,471
Loc: Turtle Island
Last seen: 19 hours, 37 minutes
|
|
J'aime fumer le joint.
--------------------
|
WhiskeyClone
Not here
Registered: 06/25/01
Posts: 16,509
Loc: Longitudinal Center of Canada ...
|
|
I'm learning right now.
I don't recommend Rosetta Stone, I found it really boring. IMO learning has to be fun, or you won't be excited enough to keep moving.
Take a class! I never really got anywhere until I did that. Google "Alliance Française [your city]"
I also found Michel Thomas' audio program to be super useful.
-------------------- Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide: him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. ~ R.W. Emerson, "Self-Reliance"
|
deimya
tofu and monocle
Registered: 08/26/04
Posts: 825
Loc: ausländer.ch
|
|
If you want to speak it and get the pronunciation right then go for Pimsleur audio lessons, they're pretty reputable.
|
Beanhead
IS IRONIC PARADOX
Registered: 10/11/08
Posts: 17,257
Loc: Geospatial inversion.
Last seen: 3 years, 7 months
|
Re: French [Re: deimya]
#10368871 - 05/20/09 09:55 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
.
Edited by Beanhead (06/29/15 11:24 AM)
|
hpi
Tsar Bomba
Registered: 01/17/07
Posts: 11,922
Loc: Montreal, Canada
Last seen: 10 months, 13 days
|
|
Yeah French isn't hard to speak but the grammar is a fucking pain in the ass. In elementary school I had this French teacher, Madamme Jaceinte, I swear Ive never seen anything who loved grammar so much. She'd always get so excited when it came to grammar and was always like, On fait la Grammaiiiiire
Moi je parle et comprend le Francais tres bien par ce que j'habite au Quebec tabarnakkkk!
It's funny to see Americans learn or understand French, all my relatives in the states don't understand FUCK all or able to say anything in French, it's like some super hard language for them
-------------------- Tohu Tehom Theli Than Leviathan Tanin'iver Taninsam! Tohu Tehom Theli Than Leviathan Tanin'iver Taninsam! There exists one lie that is the absolute worst. A lie that has successfully infiltrated many of the Western governments. This lie is Christianity, and it must be fought in every way, shape and form. Burn the churches and kill the priests. The abomination that is Christianity must be wiped from this Earth. 4-Methyl-Aminorex
|
Irdamage
Autobot
Registered: 11/19/05
Posts: 1,491
Loc: Canada
Last seen: 7 years, 3 months
|
Re: French [Re: hpi]
#10368974 - 05/20/09 10:22 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
Wait till you get to Quebec it gets even more confusing. They break French up into more distinct separations it seems. There is Parisian which is standard classical french, but then there is something called Joual which is the distinct quebec variation on the french language.
|
hpi
Tsar Bomba
Registered: 01/17/07
Posts: 11,922
Loc: Montreal, Canada
Last seen: 10 months, 13 days
|
|
Are you replying to me?
Dude Ive been to Quebec plenty of times, Ive been ALL over this province in the most hardcore Quebecois places you can think of and I still understand. Ive been learning French since Pre kindergarden through elementary and high school.
-------------------- Tohu Tehom Theli Than Leviathan Tanin'iver Taninsam! Tohu Tehom Theli Than Leviathan Tanin'iver Taninsam! There exists one lie that is the absolute worst. A lie that has successfully infiltrated many of the Western governments. This lie is Christianity, and it must be fought in every way, shape and form. Burn the churches and kill the priests. The abomination that is Christianity must be wiped from this Earth. 4-Methyl-Aminorex
|
Irdamage
Autobot
Registered: 11/19/05
Posts: 1,491
Loc: Canada
Last seen: 7 years, 3 months
|
Re: French [Re: hpi]
#10369085 - 05/20/09 11:04 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
|
|
No ImQuote:
hpi said: Are you replying to me?
Dude Ive been to Quebec plenty of times, Ive been ALL over this province in the most hardcore Quebecois places you can think of and I still understand. Ive been learning French since Pre kindergarden through elementary and high school.
No I was speaking in general to anyone outside Canada and unfamiliar with the differences, I would assume you would already know this living in Quebec. It would be like explaining the word "Y'all" to someone who doesn't speak English.
Oh and uhh...congratulations....ya cheese eating surrender monkey
|
|