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Personnellement, je n'aime pas Albert Camus, mais, j'aime L'etranger. C'est un livre qui est tres bizare. Je voudrais lire 'Les Miserables' par Victor Hugo, mais c'est tres long. 'Candide'? Non. Est-ce bon? ^^

OMFG-ness...

I definately recommend it blaugh For one thing, it's one of those "big" languages. If you know English, Spanish, and French, you will be able to communicate with almost every person living in North/South America and Europe.

Another thing is that it's quite a bit like Spanish. You will probably find it fairly easy, because a lot of the vocabulary and grammar is similar to Spanish 3nodding

Anyway, some simple stuff in French:

1 - un
2 - deux
3 - trois
4 - quatre
5 - cinq
6 - six
7 - sept
8 - huit
9 - neuf
10 - dix

Monday - lundi
Tuesday - mardi
Wednesday - mercredi
Thursday - jeudi
Friday - vendredi
Saturday -samedi
Sunday - dimanche

January - janvier
Febuary - fevrier
March - mars
April -avril
May - mai
June - juin
July - juillet
August - aout
Septembre - septembre
Octobre - octobre
November - novembre
Decembre - decembre

I shall try my best ninja (litte side note: the stress always goes on the last syllable of the word 3nodding )

un - "uhn"
deux - du (the u sound is like that "uh..." sound you make when you're unsure of something)
trois - trwa (the r is pronounced by placing your tongue in the back of your mouth, at the bottom, and then making a sort of choking sound... tis hard to explain >.<)
quatre - kat-ruh
cinq - sank
six - sees (like the English word cease, but with an s sound at the end instead of a z sound)
sept - set
huit - weet (like the English word wheat)
neuf - nuf (the u here is the same u sound as in "deux")
dix - dees

lundi - lun-dee
mardi - mar-dee
mercredi - mer-kruh-dee
jeudi - ju-di (the u here is like the u sound in "deux")
vendredi - von-dre-dee
samedi - sam-dee
dimanche - dee-mohn-sh

janvier - john-vee-eh (the j is like the 2nd g in garage, and the 'eh' at the end is like that Canadian expression razz )
fevrier - fev-ree-eh (again like the Canadian expression...)
mars - mah-rs
avril - av-reel
mai -may-ee
juin -joo-ee-ehn
juillet -joo-ee-yay
aout -ah-ou-ee
septembre -sep-tom-br
octobre - ok-tobr
novembre - no-vom-br (the first syllable is pronounced like the English word "no")
decembre - du-som-br (the u in the first syllable is pronounced like the u sound in "deux")

I hope that helped a bit. sweatdrop I don't have a mic though, so I can't really let you hear the words. I'll try to find a pronounciation guide for you though ninja

Ohohoh, pronunciation of the alphabet is always useful.

A - ah (Just like the English when sounded)
B - bay
C - say
D - day
E - uh (Low sound)
F - eff
G - jay (Like j, but the sound kinda'.. Runs together)
H - ash
I - e
J - gee
K - kay (I think..)
L - elle
M - em
N - en
O - oh
P - pay
Q - ku
R - air
S - ess
T - tay
U - ou (Low sound)
V - vay
W - dou-ble-vay
X - ix
Y - egrec (Is that right? @_@ )
Z - zay

no problem ^^

here are some more phrases you might find useful:

je ne comprends pas - I don't understand
parlez-vous anglais? - do you speak English?
je parle espagnol - I speak Spanish razz (sorry, I just had to add that one in... xd )

I agree with your counselor. It certainely would be a lot easier for you to learn French than a person that never had any Spanish. To me it seems as if French and Spanish have a lot of cognates. Especially a lot of verbs look or sound similar. Here are just some of them:

dormir = dormir
correr = courir
cantar = chanter
estar/ser = etre
esperar = esperer
ver = voir
venir = venir
comprender = comprendre
leer = lire
creer = croire

When I was in my previous school and still doing French, there was a Spanish-speaking girl in my class who was really good in French because it's so similar to Spanish. This shows that knowing Spanish does help if you're learning French. If you like Spanish so much I think you'll like French too, and there's always this thread for you.


I think that's right, may be more like e-crec. I remember when I was in year 10, I was the only one in the class with a y in my name, and we had to spell our names out, and I kept forgetting how to pronounce the y. gonk Now I'll never forget it.