Who doesn't like a good accent?

Noxious Fumes said:
... But Lora, my petite dear!.... You know ze french, oui??;)
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I took four years of French in high school. Every now and then I try to remember a bit of it. I can remember more than I thought I would, which is a nice surprise. Not using it every day makes it quite difficult to remember things that I stopped using about a decade ago.
 
I certainly understand that Lora. I had a few years of Spanish in High School, but that was a LONG time ago!:o
 
Tom Kanik said:
I certainly understand that Lora. I had a few years of Spanish in High School, but that was a LONG time ago!:o
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.... was that so you could chat with Cortes and the Conquistadores when they were working their way around The Americas back in the day... :eek::rolleyes::D
 
All i know is pig latin and naughty words in spanish......


And i really don't know any Klingon. That was a lie.....
 
Lora7 said:
I took four years of French in high school. Every now and then I try to remember a bit of it. I can remember more than I thought I would, which is a nice surprise. Not using it every day makes it quite difficult to remember things that I stopped using about a decade ago.
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I hear you. Though French is my "mother tongue" I attended English school..... Been working in French for the last 23 years. Still have a hard time writing it properly.


Originally Posted by Garth Reckner
I took four years of french in high school and have no idea what you are saying. I have drank alot of high school learning away.

Garth

....Don't worry about it Garth...... Took one semester of Spanish. That messed up my understanding of French for the following year..... My drinking problems began soon afterwards:D
 
Noxious Fumes said:
I hear you. Though French is my "mother tongue" I attended English school..... Been working in French for the last 23 years. Still have a hard time writing it properly.
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Writing French was the hardest part of the class. Well, that and trying to ask to use the restroom in my second year of French. My teacher was pretty tough on us, after two semesters of French we were expected to speak in nothing but French. At the beginning of the year, it was incredibly difficult to get the hang of anything. Whenever we asked to do anything in English she would tilt her head to the side with a perplexed look on her face and then begin to shake her head saying "uh uh uh, en Français"
 
I did German in school... way too long ago to recall too much of, I get a bit of it thrown at me at home (probably better I DON'T speak it). When I was having issues with a guy in Austria I had an old Academy mate of mine call them up, he moved to Aus as a teenager and learned English so he could join the Army, I don't know what he said but it worked.... though it did sound like the lyrics of a Ramstein song.... ;) ;)
 
Lora7 said:
Writing French was the hardest part of the class. Well, that and trying to ask to use the restroom in my second year of French. My teacher was pretty tough on us, after two semesters of French we were expected to speak in nothing but French. At the beginning of the year, it was incredibly difficult to get the hang of anything. Whenever we asked to do anything in English she would tilt her head to the side with a perplexed look on her face and then begin to shake her head saying "uh uh uh, en Français"
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Hate to agree with your teacher, but that's the way to go. When I switched from French to English school I was matched with a bilingual kid for the year. I was expected to be able to understand by the beginning of my second year. I was in grade 3, mind you. At that age kids are sponges.... They learn a lot faster than old farts lol

Total immersion is best when learning a new language .... Cheers!
 
Lora7 said:
Writing French was the hardest part of the class. Well, that and trying to ask to use the restroom in my second year of French. My teacher was pretty tough on us, after two semesters of French we were expected to speak in nothing but French. At the beginning of the year, it was incredibly difficult to get the hang of anything. Whenever we asked to do anything in English she would tilt her head to the side with a perplexed look on her face and then begin to shake her head saying "uh uh uh, en Français"
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My teacher was the same. He would walk in and say <Bon jour - ouvre le fenetre> and on from there..... ;)
 
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