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Hakim0777
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#10367116 - 05/19/09 10:27 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Does anyone in The Pub speak or spoke french?
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PyroBurns
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I do somewhat. It's one of my favorite languages.
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Hakim0777
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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.
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PyroBurns
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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.
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Hakim0777
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thas the plan.
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je ne comprend pas.
ive been to france multiple times and that is my key phrase.
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Hakim0777
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lol what do french people think of america?
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TypicalTripper
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that you guys are lazy and can't learn another language :P
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Hakim0777
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very very true.
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rosetta stone is awesome. a friend of mine got it for french and it worked well.
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Hakim0777
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noice
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twighead
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No hablo francais
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shivas.wisdom
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J'aime fumer le joint.
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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.
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If you want to speak it and get the pronunciation right then go for Pimsleur audio lessons, they're pretty reputable.
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Re: French [Re: deimya]
#10368871 - 05/20/09 09:55 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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hpi
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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
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Re: French [Re: hpi]
#10368974 - 05/20/09 10:22 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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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.
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hpi
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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.
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Re: French [Re: hpi]
#10369085 - 05/20/09 11:04 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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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.
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I speak french.
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Re: French [Re: jds]
#10369186 - 05/20/09 11:26 AM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Je parle en peu de francais.
My grammar isn't probably the best anymore, I haven't taken a French class or really spoken the language in years, but I bet I could still get by.
I thought it was easier to learn than spanish.
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Spanish is fucking easy, probably cause I'm Italian and Ive been speaking Italian all my life as well.
I had it good here, I learned 4 languages growing up, that's pretty sweet. I wanna learn Russian but it's fucking hard!
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un peu means a little, n'est pas?
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Yessir.
Je fait du speed en masse!
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Re: French [Re: hpi]
#10369414 - 05/20/09 12:16 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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Nous savons
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Quote:
Beanhead said: un peu* en would mean 'in'.
Oh, gotcha.
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meatcakeman
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Quote:
Hakim0777 said: Does anyone in The Pub speak or spoke french?
How does one 'spoke' French?
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Hakim0777
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good question. lol.
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I can speak/write/read French.
I'm studying it in college. Hope to be a French professor someday actually.
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NoBrainNoPain
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I am a french speaker who learned english mostly by watching soap operas in english with english subtitles.
I suppose the opposite is as easy
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Took 3 years in high school, went to France, had the time of my life, and moved on to a more difficult language: Japanese.
The French girls, when they speak english, mon Dieu, I melt...
My old standby: Est-ce que tu veux fumer avec moi?
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Re: French [Re: Kickle]
#10370173 - 05/20/09 02:56 PM (14 years, 9 months ago) |
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and that means?
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Hakim0777
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nice.
how do you say
I love you baby?
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hpi
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Je taime mon bebe.
Or you can say, je taime beaucoup ma petite pute noire!
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i studied ~5 years of french. can't remember shit except: Tu es très bête. Je mange une pomme. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir?
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Hakim0777
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avec moi means: with me?
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oui.
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Hakim0777
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how do you pronounce je taime?
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juh temm. but pronounce them close together. juht-emm
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hpi
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Quote:
Hakim0777 said: how do you pronounce je taime?
The same as you type it.
http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/speech.asp
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