Learning French

Nathal120 · 07-11-2010 14:03

Santiargo wrote:
Mistake made it should read ''j'habite en Angleterre'' --> sorry for the mistake im kinda rushing this hahaha
http://photo.missbimbo.com/3/1116/moy/892248.jpg

Santiargo: Hello
Learn French: Hi Santiargo how are you?
Santiargo:I am good thanks and you?
Learn French: and me also
Santiargo: What country are you from?
Learn French: I am from France and you?
Santiargo: Super! I live in England, what is your age?
Learn French: I am 23 years old and you?
Santiargo: I am 21 years old
Learn French: see you tomorrow, good night
Santiargo: good night and sweet dreams
Learn French: Bye

Hello, i'm french. And you make a little mistake (it's not really important) In french, there's two "you", a little like "i" and "me" i think :
"Toi" and "tu"
For example :
I am good thanks and you? > ça va (or "je vais bien") et TOI ?
I am from France and you? > Je suis de France et TOI ?
But
what is your age? > TU as quel âge ?
You are a girl > TU es une file

I hope you understand, it's difficult to explain. And sorry if i make mistakes, i'm french

Good luck if you want to learn french smile

Priscillla · 08-19-2010 02:23

No offense, but if you are trying to teach someone a language, I think you should pay a lot more attention to what you're writing. A lot of the stuff you have posted is missing accents which are crucial to the pronunciation, because if the accent isn't there you could be saying a completely different thing. Also, the 'A' in the alphabet is not the same as the 'a' in 'apple', it's an 'ah' sound, which I've never heard anyone say 'ahpple' before.

I don't want to be a stickler, mais tu veux enseigner bien, n'est-ce pas?

Misssexy3452 · 08-23-2010 03:19

Thank You ^-^ I'm gonna pass my french test now big_smile

Miss Bimbo972 · 09-02-2010 09:36

cool smile

XPure · 09-02-2010 22:36

Priscillla wrote:
No offense, but if you are trying to teach someone a language, I think you should pay a lot more attention to what you're writing. A lot of the stuff you have posted is missing accents which are crucial to the pronunciation, because if the accent isn't there you could be saying a completely different thing. Also, the 'A' in the alphabet is not the same as the 'a' in 'apple', it's an 'ah' sound, which I've never heard anyone say 'ahpple' before.

I don't want to be a stickler, mais tu veux enseigner bien, n'est-ce pas?

This exactly.
And about the pronunciation matter, there's phonetics and phonology for a reason.
Reducing some sounds in sounds known in English isn't going to work. I've seen people presenting "apple" and "castle" to present the letter "a" in French, yet considering the many accents and dialects in English, the "a" in castle can come down to the same one as in "castle".
I know a good deal of French, and even I'm confused as to what I'm reading here.

I honestly believe this thread is rather useless for it teaches people things that are incorrect.
My advice is to either take it serious, or take it down.

Priscillla · 09-05-2010 03:29

xPure wrote:
This exactly.
And about the pronunciation matter, there's phonetics and phonology for a reason.
Reducing some sounds in sounds known in English isn't going to work. I've seen people presenting "apple" and "castle" to present the letter "a" in French, yet considering the many accents and dialects in English, the "a" in castle can come down to the same one as in "castle".
I know a good deal of French, and even I'm confused as to what I'm reading here.

I honestly believe this thread is rather useless for it teaches people things that are incorrect.
My advice is to either take it serious, or take it down.

Your explanation is so much better than mine, thank you for building on it <3<3<3

Xfashiondiva1x · 10-28-2010 13:34

Priscillla wrote:
xPure wrote:
This exactly.
And about the pronunciation matter, there's phonetics and phonology for a reason.
Reducing some sounds in sounds known in English isn't going to work. I've seen people presenting "apple" and "castle" to present the letter "a" in French, yet considering the many accents and dialects in English, the "a" in castle can come down to the same one as in "castle".
I know a good deal of French, and even I'm confused as to what I'm reading here.

I honestly believe this thread is rather useless for it teaches people things that are incorrect.
My advice is to either take it serious, or take it down.
Your explanation is so much better than mine, thank you for building on it <3<3<3

i under stand what u guys r trying to say, but u don't need to say the thread is useless, it helped me with my coursework ( i have no idea y i chose french) and yes it is missing some accents, but no it's not useless xxxxD

Xfashiondiva1x · 10-28-2010 13:35

Love this thread, in fact i love the whole language thread, it really does help xxxxD

Bluberry2008 · 11-17-2010 19:51

Santiargo wrote:
Mistake made it should read ''j'habite en Angleterre'' --> sorry for the mistake im kinda rushing this hahaha
http://photo.missbimbo.com/3/1116/moy/892248.jpg

Santiargo: Hello
Learn French: Hi Santiargo how are you?
Santiargo:I am good thanks and you?
Learn French: and me also
Santiargo: What country are you from?
Learn French: I am from France and you?
Santiargo: Super! I live in England, what is your age?
Learn French: I am 23 years old and you?
Santiargo: I am 21 years old
Learn French: see you tomorrow, good night
Santiargo: good night and sweet dreams
Learn French: Bye

Santiargo tu parle très bien français même si il y a quelques fautes
exemple : on ne dit pas: "Merci et tu ?" mais "Merci et toi ?" wink
As tu compris ?
Do you understand ?
Bonne chance pour apprendre le français
Good luck for learn french and sorry for my english
My English is very bad but I take lessons to improve smile

Last edited by bluberry2008 (11-17-2010 20:03)

Lara1652 · 11-17-2010 19:53

Thank You ^-^ I'm gonna pass my french test now

SuperGlamorousGirl!! · 11-19-2010 02:42

This topic is really great! french is a language I always wanted to learn! But I'm still learning English fou rire

KissesfromBrit · 11-21-2010 02:47

Santiargo wrote:
In french there are 11 verb conjuctions but we will get to that later this is simply the present tense.
The verb - "to be"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am --> je suis

You are (singular)--> tu es

He is --> il est

She is --> elle est

It is --> to est

We are --> nous sommes

You are (plural & polite) --> vous etes

They are --> ils/elles sont

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To create the negative form, put 'ne' in
front of the verb 'to be' and put 'pas' at the end....

I am not --> je ne suis pas

You are not (singular)--> tu ne es pas

He is not --> il ne est pas

She is not --> elle ne est pas

It is not --> to ne est pas

We are not --> nous ne sommes pas

You are not (plural & polite) --> vous ne etes pas

They are not --> ils/elles ne sont pas

Note: notice that the negative article comes before the verb and NOT after like it does in English..so there for the forms ''je suis ne pas'', ''tu est ne pas'' etc... are NOT correct!!!

Note: when you have a word with an 's' at the end like 'pas' do not say the 's' it is said 'pa' not 'pas'!

Incorrect..
I speak french,
and it is not elle ne est pas. C'est elle n'est pas.
C'est vous n'etes pas
Tu n'est pas.
Il n'est pas.

When there is a negative, or 'de' or 'le' before the world, it's always the start and apostrophe. N'est. L'est. D'est. L'hopital. D'hopital.

KissesfromBrit · 11-21-2010 02:55

Bonjour,
I've noticed that you aren't including a vital lesson in french; masculines and feminism. For further reference, you should note to readers that in the french language words can be feminism or masculine - depending on whether the word or subject is a feminism or masculine.
For example,
Français + Française
Grand + Grande
Chanteur + Chanteuse

And,
le + la

Although, les is the same for both. Including Des and de.

sourire

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