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harmfuljays
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Well I'd like to know. On Monday I enter my 5 credit hours of French 1 at school...that's a whole lot of Francais....not sure what I expect out of this class. I've always wanted to fine tune my high school limited French skills so I hope this is it.....plus it fills my Global Issues requirement.
I've received several comments of.....what the hell are you taking French for in a Spanish state? Quick answer is.....fuckers I am out of here when the kids are done and damn it I am going north hell or highwater!
Anyway I'd appreciate a sounding board.
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the New Cunning Linguist
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EL, Jyrki, and I think stinky might also speak French.
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E.L.3000
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Fluent enough to conduct business in french in Quebec. Which means french is yes.
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Farang
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| Enough to negotiate my passport and plane ticket back in Lao French with state officials. And you thought Haitian French was hard to understand...drunk. |
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US679 Part Deux
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| the New Cunning Linguist wrote: |
| EL, Jyrki, and I think stinky might also speak French. |
I also know a word or two. 
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Jyrki21
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The federal government says I do.
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Stinky
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Jyrki21 wrote: |
| The federal government says I do. |
What level?
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RW
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Enough to get around, order at a resturant and read most of a newspaper. I can also watch RDS french language hockey and follow along pretty well. I am not fluent. When someone here posts in French I can figure it out given time.
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harmfuljays
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:10 am Post subject: |
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excellent....well as time marches on I hope to deliver some hockey reports in french only. I wouldn't mind seeing that from some of you either.
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Canuckinboston
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I spoke virtually no french (aside from the farce that was high school Grade 11 French) before going to Quebec in 1998. After only 3 years in Montreal I was reasonably good in conversational french and my medical french was good enough to let me work in french speaking hospitals. Total immersion was the only way for me. I can sum up my experience as follows:
First year: spoke really bad french to everyone who would listen; everyone would answer back in english
Second year: spoke passable but halting french to everyone who would listen; everyone would answer back in french..... but slowly.
Third year: spoke decent french to everyone who would listen; everyone would speak back in regular french.
I've been away from Montreal since 2001 and unfortunately have lost a lot of the language since then but think that I could pick it back up if I had to.
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Alabama Man
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Attention ... Arret! 
Nice! You can teach me some new French phrases next time I'm out for a visit!
I still need to remember how to say "... On your knees!"
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Jyrki21
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| Stinky wrote: |
| Jyrki21 wrote: |
| The federal government says I do. |
What level? |
Exemption.
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Hounsy
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I apparently got my grade nine required French credit in High school and that is it, so basically I do not speak any French.
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treebait
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Hounsy wrote: |
| I apparently got my grade nine required French credit in High school and that is it, so basically I do not speak any French. |
I did French through Gr.12 and a couple courses in college... I also do not speak any french.
Though, if you were to give me a transcript of a french conversation about your favourite sports, I'd probably be able to tell you what was said... given an hour or so.
The only thing I remember from French 12 is the American Sign Language alphabet.
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Bosc Ulrich II
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I took it as optional in grade 10. My teachers told me that I was really good at it, but I never went on with it. I'd probably having an easier time reading than speaking, but even that being limited because it's been so long.
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E.L.3000
Big in Japan
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Here are your first french lessons:
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
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Captain Chaos
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| Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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I regret that having studied formally it from grades 6 through 11 I have retained very little of it. Immersion is the only way to go.
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| Je regrette qu'après l'avoir étudié formellement des catégories 6 à 11 j'aie maintenu très peu de lui. L'immersion est la seule manière d'aller. |
courtesy of babelfish.
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