Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:07 pm
Living and growing up in Manioba, I had to learn French, it's a mandatory part of the school curriculum. Actually, if enough of the parents (something like ten or twenty percent, I think) asked the school board, they could make them offer lessons for any language.
My French teacher wasn't the best in the world though. We basically learned the same things every year, over and over, and still retained none of it. Very boring, not-very-good-at-teaching-French teacher.
My French teacher wasn't the best in the world though. We basically learned the same things every year, over and over, and still retained none of it. Very boring, not-very-good-at-teaching-French teacher.
Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:31 pm
No. I can't speak a word of French and probably will not pursue it until high school, when I have to take a language class so I can go to a good college. 
Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:49 pm
I'm still taking French (this is my 8th year of it...if you're counting summer school right now as a "year"). I can generally hold conversations, but I'm still having trouble with grammar concepts (one major one being imparfait vs. passé composé, which I still can't get after hours of practice).
Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:36 pm
Yoshi wrote:I can generally hold conversations, but I'm still having trouble with grammar concepts (one major one being imparfait vs. passé composé, which I still can't get after hours of practice).
Tell me about it T_T Gah, I hate imparfait and passé composé.
Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:49 pm
I can't but I would like to. I learned German at school which was a big mistake, though I think that had more to do with their teaching methods. Regardless, French would be far more useful (especially given that I've forgotten all German) and it is a lovely language to speak and know.
Maybe I will learn someday
Maybe I will learn someday
Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:10 pm
I took 11 years of it, and I still don't know what des means.
Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:22 pm
I think I did 2 or 3 years of it but I can't remember much.
Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:23 pm
VeraX wrote:I took 11 years of it, and I still don't know what des means.
Of?
As in ...maison des (insert random word here), would mean house of (inserted word)?
I don't think I'm right, but just wanted to check anyway.
Just to be completely sure I don't know a thing.
Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:21 am
I know some completely useless bits of French. I can refer to myself as a crazy little coconut, or beg to be kidnapped. But that's basically it...
Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:51 am
Nope, I don't speak any...I don't really have the urge to learn.
Well, I spoke enough to get around Paris when I went once, but I've forgotten almost all of it now.
Well, I spoke enough to get around Paris when I went once, but I've forgotten almost all of it now.
Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:46 am
What about it? I'm never going to use it, I live in California.
Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:25 am
Silja wrote:Yoshi wrote:I can generally hold conversations, but I'm still having trouble with grammar concepts (one major one being imparfait vs. passé composé, which I still can't get after hours of practice).
Tell me about it T_T Gah, I hate imparfait and passé composé.
I'm currently doing this in summer school, and after some excellent advice from some members here and some 3 or 4 hours on practice exercises I found on Google...I still nearly failed my quiz. And I was doing so well online. XP
Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:07 pm
No, I don't speak any French. In my high school we have two langauges that you can take, Spanish or French. Since I already took one year of Spanish, I went for that.
My friend Morgan took four (or was it three?) years of French though, so she's pretty good.
My friend Morgan took four (or was it three?) years of French though, so she's pretty good.
Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:22 am
Shifty wrote:As I said in the language poll, I have studied French for 2 years in school, but didn't take much intrest in it. Only after I finished with it, I began wanting to know how to speak it.
Right now, I can understand a simple written sentence, but not spoken... The french talk to fast
The thing is that my friends that doesn't speak english say they don't understand because english speaks too fast! But in my case, even my french friends say I talk too fast...
Mon Jul 25, 2005 12:28 am
\\Xerophyte wrote:VeraX wrote:I took 11 years of it, and I still don't know what des means.
Of?
As in ...maison des (insert random word here), would mean house of (inserted word)?
I don't think I'm right, but just wanted to check anyway.
Just to be completely sure I don't know a thing.
You're right...you thing about house of /maison des is right!
Des is a word we use like <<the>> in english...