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 Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 9:37 pm
Im A Little Pea Oh! I see. smile Wow, I don't think I could have figured that out by myself. Thanks so much. De rien. smile
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:10 pm
Im A Little Pea Oh! I see. smile Wow, I don't think I could have figured that out by myself. Thanks so much.
I think you can actually compaire it to "a" and "the" in english : "I don't have a car" = Je n'ai pas de voiture ; "I don't have the car" = Je n'ai pas la voiture.
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:17 am
Eudes IV Im A Little Pea Oh! I see. smile Wow, I don't think I could have figured that out by myself. Thanks so much.
I think you can actually compaire it to "a" and "the" in english : "I don't have a car" = Je n'ai pas de voiture ; "I don't have the car" = Je n'ai pas la voiture.Oui, c'est ça... Merci bien! smile
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Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:45 am
I have a question; how come in french, a singular eye is oeil, but multiple eyes is yeux? The words don't even sound vaguely similar. Is there a reason for this or is it just one of those odd things?
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Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 5:46 pm
TheFluffyElf I have a question; how come in french, a singular eye is oeil, but multiple eyes is yeux? The words don't even sound vaguely similar. Is there a reason for this or is it just one of those odd things? Its not only in french, odd things like this are in all the languages (please feel free to correct me if I am wrong) Even in English we have odd plurals- eg. Lice- louse (yes they are a bit similar but still not the usual way other words are pluralized) Although this might be a diplomatic way to say-- It's just one of the odd things, it is true. xd
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:09 pm
gothic_tormented_saint TheFluffyElf I have a question; how come in french, a singular eye is oeil, but multiple eyes is yeux? The words don't even sound vaguely similar. Is there a reason for this or is it just one of those odd things? Its not only in french, odd things like this are in all the languages (please feel free to correct me if I am wrong) Even in English we have odd plurals- eg. Lice- louse (yes they are a bit similar but still not the usual way other words are pluralized) Although this might be a diplomatic way to say-- It's just one of the odd things, it is true. xd Ah, I figured as much. XD
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 3:01 pm
Or even "mouse" and "mice"
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:56 pm
Anyone know the diff btwn Cajun & French? I learned French in Paris, but in Louisiana I can't understand anyone...which is bad....
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:42 pm
Cajun is a very heavy accent! No wonder you couldn't understand, if you learned in Paris.
It sounds a bit like the Québécois accent, if it was spoken by an English native speaker. Or the New-Brunswick French accent. (That's a bit what the Cajuns are, to be honest. Their ancestors used to live in Nouvelle-France, which is basically where Québec and New-Brunswick are.)
It's beautiful, in my opinion. Especially since it's a sign French is not dead in America, apart from Québec and NB. mrgreen
They also probably have particular expressions.
Basically I'd say the difference between Parisian French and Cajun is about as big as between Scottish English and Valley-girl speak! mrgreen
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Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:35 pm
New Brunwick, not New-Brunswick. wink
Cajun French is not really like New Brunswick French, and I don't find it sounds like Quebecois, either. I have no problem understanding the people here in New Brunswick, the people home in Nova Scotia, or people from Quebec, but I find it harder to understand the francophones from Louisiana. But that's just me.
There are significant French populations in Nova Scotia (home of the original Acadian settlements, like New Brunswick and PEI) as well as in Ontario, and even in the prairie provinces, like Saskatchewan.
French is far from dead in Canada in general, not just Quebec and NB, especially compared to the United States. I wouldn't go as far as to say we're anywhere near a bilingual country, but French is alive outside of Quebec and New Brunswick.
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Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:08 am
LOL I know we French do speak fast but it seems slow when you speak it fluently. You English speakers talk too fast for me to ever understand what you are saying and my teachers and English speaking friends talk slow when they talk to me. Its kinda embarassing. I take English as a second language in my highschool because I just moved to the US last month so my English isnt that good. I can write English fairly well but speaking and understanding and pronounciation are kind of hard for me. Can someone teach me English so I can stop having people speak slowly like I am a idiot and so I can stop taking English as a second language soon. Post back. Au revoir! heart
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Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 6:41 pm
Blaaah , it's really easy to read in french , but it's so hard to understand when they speak. :/ They talk to quick , and I can't make out all the worrrrds
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Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:11 am
Haleigh_22 LOL I know we French do speak fast but it seems slow when you speak it fluently. You English speakers talk too fast for me to ever understand what you are saying and my teachers and English speaking friends talk slow when they talk to me. Its kinda embarassing. I take English as a second language in my highschool because I just moved to the US last month so my English isnt that good. I can write English fairly well but speaking and understanding and pronounciation are kind of hard for me. Can someone teach me English so I can stop having people speak slowly like I am a idiot and so I can stop taking English as a second language soon. Post back. Au revoir! heart
Snubsnub : I had the same problem with english (well I still kind of do haha), but watching movies in english without any subtitles helped... 'Tis just an advice ;-]
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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:03 pm
Eudes IV Haleigh_22 LOL I know we French do speak fast but it seems slow when you speak it fluently. You English speakers talk too fast for me to ever understand what you are saying and my teachers and English speaking friends talk slow when they talk to me. Its kinda embarassing. I take English as a second language in my highschool because I just moved to the US last month so my English isnt that good. I can write English fairly well but speaking and understanding and pronounciation are kind of hard for me. Can someone teach me English so I can stop having people speak slowly like I am a idiot and so I can stop taking English as a second language soon. Post back. Au revoir! heart
Snubsnub : I had the same problem with english (well I still kind of do haha), but watching movies in english without any subtitles helped... 'Tis just an advice ;-] ooh thank you . (: I should try doing this when I understand the language more !
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:50 pm
Bonjour~!
Je m'appelle Moira.
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Haha I am not fluent in French, but I am taking my first year of it at school. I love the sound of it, but the words flop around my mouth, and punctuation is hard. They speak super fast too...
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