Interesting. And les baguettes chinoise .. chopsticks. I've seen Alexa,I find some of her info on real spoken french a bit scary eg how je ne sais pas can be pronounced shaipa. Do the English also contract phrases? Dunno.
Yes same here, I don't think it helps that our van has yellow stripes.
Oh dear because that's where we're headed. Je prévoir des problèmes.
As you say asking is easy, the trick is to think about what they might ask you, so you are prepared for possible responses.
And you think it's only French? Errr.... Heard of black foot people? Have a look on wiki if not. Just imagine a mix of Italian, Spanish, and French and you might have an idea of what black foot people sound like! Then add gesticulation multiplied by 3 ... Get the whole pic? ... Careful what you're gonna say now, because ..I am one of them
If you want to experiment it with a chance to be corrected before the big plunge , I can help you on whatsapp. Only a few minutes now and then as you'll get tired of it quite quickly!
And you think it's only French? Errr.... Heard of black foot people? Have a look on wiki if not. Just imagine a mix of Italian, Spanish, and French and you might have an idea of what black foot people sound like! Then add gesticulation multiplied by 3 ... Get the whole pic? ... Careful what you're gonna say now, because ..I am one of them
The point was that with no actual French he got his message across clearly. In a way he wouldn't be able to do now with all his present maturity.And you think it's only French? Errr.... Heard of black foot people? Have a look on wiki if not. Just imagine a mix of Italian, Spanish, and French and you might have an idea of what black foot people sound like! Then add gesticulation multiplied by 3 ... Get the whole pic? ... Careful what you're gonna say now, because ..I am one of them
I understood it that way ! The minute you use body language it's at least half of the work done. I experiment it on a daily basis with the children I childmind.
Not too badCapucine = Luton
Intégrale = A Class
Profile = coachbuilt
Camping car = Motorhome
Tuyau d'eau propre = hose to rinse your toilet cassette with
All my pupils who sat their CSE and O levels were trained by me individually. I gave each of them a private course at lunch time (so no meal for me, and for each of them!!) during the last 3 months of school year. They had each a tape on which were recorded all the answers they had to give according to their personal life. I did this free of charge.
I took French at school and college up to A level, passed except for the aural. I knew I had no chance of passing that. No confidence. Besides I'd found girls! I returned to it in my late 70s with the U3A. Still no confidence. Not helped by the continual "Quoi??" of the French when I do try. Maybe I'm wasting my time. But I can read and understand (mostly). And the local French group are super and great friends.All my pupils who sat their CSE and O levels were trained by me individually. I gave each of them a private course at lunch time (so no meal for me, and for each of them!!) during the last 3 months of school year. They had each a tape on which were recorded all the answers they had to give according to their personal life. I did this free of charge.
The head of department sent me a letter once I came back home that year. They were 92% to have successfully pass their graduation i French!
Et modeste en plus!!!
Ben ... je suis française quand même!!! LOL
Years ago, in Gibraltar, Spanish, English, French morrocan and a bit of Arabic were often mixed in single sentences on the fly to confuse the English matadors.
pied noir...
Entêté le sieur! Une pied noir, certes, Française de naissance, et linguiste de surcroit!
I don't, I was a strong supporter of the OAS. It just remind me of these lives lost for nothing...
Very interesting! Tho I have seen on several occasions in a working context where business clients studying English were struggling with English spoken or written in a way that was very hard for a non-native speaker to understand - in at least one case very deiiberately - so can cut both ways!
When we first arrived here we went up to Sierra Nevada for the day in late spring. Stopping up at the top car park we decided to grab a quick drink and snack from one of the stalls in the carpark. In my best beginners Spanish I ordered "dos cervezas y dos albóndigas" , por favor.
But is the difference the way it's taught or you can see the point of doing it now and want to. I know when I was at school and no one in the family had ever been abroad it's seemed as relevant as learning Klingon!I’ve learnt more in 200 days of Duolingo than I did in 5 years at school.
I also like Thomas on Français Immersion on YouTube. He is a bit annoying at first but you end up liking him
I think that it must be a combination of both. I can just make more sense of it all now.
I live in Hampshire, which is in England, which is in Great Britain, which is in the United Kingdom. They are all defined areas.I think one of the problems is we haven't a clue who we are or where we live.
Are we British, or are we English,Welsh Scots or Northern Irish.
Do we live in the United Kingdom, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, let alone including the Channel Islands Sillys and Isle of Man.
Then when you try to put nationality into a website you can't! British doesn't exist you have to put United Kingdom, I'm sorry i am not United Kingdomish.
If we don't know how do you expect other countries to know.
I think it is worth becoming french (or another country of your choice)
So you can at last say I live in France and I am French, no ambiguities, and believe me having French and no ambiguities in the same sentence is a miracle in itself.
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