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 Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:16 pm
Hello one and all!
I am Sora Motou, or Ryn, whichever you want to call me.
Anyway, I will be starting here in this thread some French lessons for all those who are interested to learn.
As both my grandparents are from Canada, they had to learn English whent he moved to the States. Therefore, I've grown up hearing them speak in French with my Mom and two uncles (their children) and was taught myself so I could join in.
So...I will start with some basics and eventually move everyone up to the next stage.
heart Sora/Ryn
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Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:07 pm
How do you say "N00B!" In french?
Here are some other things I wanna know.
Yer face!-
Your uncles left shoe!-
I'm bored..-
Meow!-
Damit!-
Rawr.-
I love you.-
I cant promise anything..-
I love you Bobby!-
I love you Linda!-
corn?-
Emo.-
Emo bunny.-
Sorry I'm asking for so much.. Heck, some of this you might not be able to say. Can you also includ how its prounonced. (However you spell that)
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:35 am
I have already made a thread for french ;-;
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:30 pm
iEagle I have already made a thread for french ;-;
In my thread here I will be starting from the very beginning and working through every step. Describing verbs, pronouns, etc and how each word can mean the same thing yet have different variations and spellings, or that something that has the same spelling but a different meaning depending on how it is used.
Prehaps we could colaborate? And make a thread together sometime on French? I think it would be amusing.
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:12 pm
kittin from hell How do you say "N00B!" In french? Here are some other things I wanna know. Yer face!- Your uncles left shoe!- I'm bored..- Meow!- Damit!- Rawr.- I love you.- I cant promise anything..- I love you Bobby!- I love you Linda!- corn?- Emo.- Emo bunny.- Sorry I'm asking for so much.. Heck, some of this you might not be able to say. Can you also includ how its prounonced. (However you spell that)
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:40 pm
September 18, 2007: Lesson #1
All right everyone! First lesson starts today. Let's start with Dates okay?
The European (meaning France) people write their dates out a bit differently than Americans. They write the day first, then the month, and finally the year. (However, Canadian French speakers write the dates like Americans do...) Anyway, I'll use today's date as an example:American Date: 09/18/07
French Date: 18/09/07 That's it for dates for now. Anyway on to the next topic. The Alphabet! Yes yes all languages have it, so let me introduce you to the french version.
A- ah
B- bay
C- say
D-day
E- ooh
F- ef
G- jay
H- osh
I- ee
J- gee
K- kay
L- el
M- em
N- en
O- oh
P- pay
Q- kew
R- air
S- ess
T- tay
U- ew
V- vay
W- doo-blah-vay
X- eeks
Y- eegreck
Z- zed
Now on to Greetings! The French word will be underlined and the pronunciation will be italicized. Bon Jour: Good Day. (Bon; like in bon bons.) (Jour- Jure; like in Lure, just replace the "l" with a "j".)
Salut: An unformal way to say Hello/Hey/Hi. this is mostly used when answering the phone. (Sah-luh....the "t" is silent!!!)
Ca va?: How are you?/How do you do? (Sah Vah)
Bon matin: Good morning. (mah-tin)
Bon aprés-midi: Good afternoon. (ah-pre midi; like mini but replace "n" with "d")
Bon soir: Good evening. (so-air)
Au revoir!: Good-bye! (aw ahvoar)
September 18, 2007 Lesson Ended.
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:04 pm
Maybe ill think on it >.<
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:41 pm
Lol. It's just American's that write dates like that. The whole of Europe writes them Day/Month/Year :3
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 2:20 pm
Duchess Dill Lol. It's just American's that write dates like that. The whole of Europe writes them Day/Month/Year :3
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Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:42 am
You get French-Canadians, who speak French. But write it the American way.
European :3
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:58 am
you don't prounce E- ooh neutral
it's more like err
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:35 am
What kind of French do you speak Sora?? Because your explanations for the phonetic spelling of the alphabet clash with how I was taught the French Alphabet. I do understand that European French is quite different from that of French Canadians.. so I was just wondering.
i think that saying R is pronounced "air" along with a few others will incite incorrect pronunciation of the letters >.>
.. bon jour.. is not pronounced "bon joor" like door.. jour sounds more like "lure".. and the last time I checked, in "salut" the "t" was silent.. so why would you say its pronounced "sal-ute" ?? Also why I am asking what kind of French you speak.
I am not trying to pick apart what you are doing, because what you are attempting to do is indeed a noble thing.. I do feel that your instructions are misleading, however.
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:26 pm
I speak French. France French. Not Canadian. I understand some of my pronunciations may be wrong, I can't always think of the right word to describe how to say it sometimes, but when I realize the mistake (or have others point it out) I always make the time to correct it so that no one will get too confused.
As for R being pronounced sort of like "air" and E being sounded out like "ooh" instead of "eer" well that was the way I was taught to say it for the alphabet, but not necessarily in every single french word I speak though. The pronunciation can change through different words and I am well aware of that.
I know you probably all had good intentions in pointing these things out to me, but please, that was only the first lesson that I posted up. Anything I do now that upsets you can and probably will be explained in lessons to come.
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:52 am
pxxn you don't prounce E- ooh neutral
it's more like err i thought e was pronounced more like ugh
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Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 2:33 pm
Dance with me below crystal knives... I should totally come here whenever I need help with my French homework. She said no online translators, not no people translators. Hehe. xD
Although the French work is easy right now that we're learning so I can do it by myself. But still.
I wish I could speak it fluently. ;___;....We'll dance in fear of our own lives.
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