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 Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:00 pm
Welcome to the French General Discussion! This is where we discuss everything related to the French language, including, but not limited to:
-asking specific questions about French vocabulary and grammar (people who can speak French fluently can help answer others' questions)
-recommendations for French dictionaries, websites, etc
-and everything else about the beautiful langauge of France! 3nodding
Please note that although speaking in French is allowed here, it is not mandatory.
Let's start off with a few facts about the French language:
Spoken in: France, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, US state of Louisiana, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, French Guiana, Morroco, Rwanda, Haiti, as well as many other countries and regions worldwide.
Total number of speakers: 190+ million
Language Family: Romance Languages (along with Spanish, Italian, Romanian, and others)
Regulated by: Academie Francaise
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:07 pm
WEBSITES General information about the French language - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language Online grammar help - http://www.geocities.com/sohlhaut/FGHOnline.html http://french.about.com/library/glossary/bl-glossary-topic.htm Help with verb conjugations - http://french.about.com/library/verb/bl-verbconjugator.htm http://www.verbix.com/languages/french.shtml http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/ARTFL/forms_unrest/inflect.query.html Listening excersizes - http://french.about.com/od/listening/ Vocabulary - http://french.about.com/library/motdujour/bl_motdujour.htm For beginners - http://www.classzone.com/french.cfm http://www.ielanguages.com/french.html For intermediate/advanced learners of the language - http://french.about.com/library/weekly/bltopicsub-cp.htm
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:08 pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:09 pm
If anyone here has any other reccommendations for websites/dictionaries/grammar books etc, please feel free to tell us about them in this thread.
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:46 am
French is my third language, and I'm not fluent at it in the least...I just can't catch on to what French people are talking about. They talk too fast!
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:53 am
roxianna French is my third language, and I'm not fluent at it in the least...I just can't catch on to what French people are talking about. They talk too fast! I know what you mean... I recommend going to France or Belgium for some time - either as a vacation by yourself, as an exchange student, or on homestay. You will get used to the speed at which they speak after a few days 3nodding I went to Quebec for 2 weeks earlier this summer and it improved my French drastically. I wouldn't recommend going to Quebec to improve your French, because Canadian French is very different from France/Belgium French.(Though it could be a fun challenge The quebecois speak with a funny cowboy accent xd ) Canadian French is detested by most people in France and Belgium though. It's all slang >.< Anyway, I need to go... today's my first day of school ^^;;;
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:54 am
roxianna French is my third language, and I'm not fluent at it in the least...I just can't catch on to what French people are talking about. They talk too fast! French is my third language too. I also speak a little Spanish and pretty fluent Tagalog, my native language. It's from the Philippines. My cousins think I'm pretty much insane for attempting to learn French. But I'm starting to catch on to what people are talking about. My teacher last year would have us watch French movies (without captions, I might add). At first it was hard, but I began to catch on and would translate or explain what was happening to my bf who was in my class. We have French together this year too xd Sorry, off topic... sweatdrop But I like French. It's pretty easy for me since I'm also starting to learn and understand Italian. So does that make it four languages for me?
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:00 pm
I suppose it does ^^ Italian and French are very similar, you''ll have no problem learning Italian if you know some French 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:27 pm
I love Italian...It's one of the most beautiful languages I've ever heard. I'm also thinking of learning Swahili. I just don't think my mother would like that too much. Nor the idea of me learning Latin and Greek sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:55 pm
Proudly_Jewish I suppose it does ^^ Italian and French are very similar, you''ll have no problem learning Italian if you know some French 3nodding oh good, that is the next language I am going to take after I become fluent in French.
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Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:03 pm
-Rouge Popit- Proudly_Jewish I suppose it does ^^ Italian and French are very similar, you''ll have no problem learning Italian if you know some French 3nodding oh good, that is the next language I am going to take after I become fluent in French. it'll be a piece of cake for you razz
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:14 am
Proudly_Jewish -Rouge Popit- Proudly_Jewish I suppose it does ^^ Italian and French are very similar, you''ll have no problem learning Italian if you know some French 3nodding oh good, that is the next language I am going to take after I become fluent in French. it'll be a piece of cake for you razz Mm. Italy. My second favourite country after America. xd
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:58 am
Proudly_Jewish roxianna French is my third language, and I'm not fluent at it in the least...I just can't catch on to what French people are talking about. They talk too fast! I know what you mean... I recommend going to France or Belgium for some time - either as a vacation by yourself, as an exchange student, or on homestay. You will get used to the speed at which they speak after a few days 3nodding I went to Quebec for 2 weeks earlier this summer and it improved my French drastically. I wouldn't recommend going to Quebec to improve your French, because Canadian French is very different from France/Belgium French.(Though it could be a fun challenge The quebecois speak with a funny cowboy accent xd ) Canadian French is detested by most people in France and Belgium though. It's all slang >.< Anyway, I need to go... today's my first day of school ^^;;; I'm not a native French speaker, but I'm Belgian and indeed Canadian French sounds horrible.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:04 am
Proudly_Jewish I suppose it does ^^ Italian and French are very similar, you''ll have no problem learning Italian if you know some French 3nodding I also find that learning Spanish is a lot easier with knowing French. here are a lot of cognates, especially many verbs sound similar or are written similar. That helps I think.
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:54 pm
chocfudge Proudly_Jewish I suppose it does ^^ Italian and French are very similar, you''ll have no problem learning Italian if you know some French 3nodding I also find that learning Spanish is a lot easier with knowing French. here are a lot of cognates, especially many verbs sound similar or are written similar. That helps I think. yes i think is becomes easier and easier to learn languages once you got a few down pat
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