I am learning French

Mila said:
Does any of you speak any other language that the basics in SA?
And how did you find the learning process?
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I learnt German when I moved over there. I would never be able to learn it from a book though. You have to be surrounded by it and understand the humour associated with the language.
 
chemfis said:
Bienvenue a la monde de la francais Mila!
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La is female but besides that? I'm confused:o

Flanders said:
Ooh. I luf it when you talk forrin!
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Moccha late:D

Voicy said:
I learnt German when I moved over there. I would never be able to learn it from a book though. You have to be surrounded by it and understand the humour associated with the language.
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I agree i would not be able to get anywhere with a book. So i have a interactive site i'm working on:D
 
Miss Mila,

Just rent french movies ... that way you see actions/objects/movements associated with words.

I learnt my German from reading the paper, watching the news and building my own sentences and expanding on them every day.

It's silly to expect a child to learn a language that they are only exposed to for 45mins a day.

I'm still embarrassed that I didn't bother expanding my Xhosa knowledge - as I spend enough time in the Transkei every week to warrant its usage.
 
Why would you want to learn French? Beautiful language but if you aren't going to speak it on a regular basis i don't see the point?

You will only remember a language if you speak it on a regular basis. For instance: I use to speak fluent portuguese and now i can't remember much because i didn't have anyone to converse with besides my father. He came to the country when he was 7 so he has pretty much lost it too.
 
blunomore said:
Just for the record, the French hate the English speaking tourists. You get much more cooperation from them if you speak Afrikaans, because they presume you are either Dutch or Flamish.
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not really. those 'helpful' bastards just glare at you at charles de gaulle airport when you ask for help, afrikaans or not. bloody french. do remind me to insist on speaking afrikaans should a frenchie ever ask me for help. :D
 
zeridine said:
not really. those 'helpful' bastards just glare at you at charles de gaulle airport when you ask for help, afrikaans or not. bloody french. do remind me to insist on speaking afrikaans should a frenchie ever ask me for help. :D
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At a French airport...

A group of American retired teachers recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, was part of the tour group.

At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on.

"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."

The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible!" barked the officer. "Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France."

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained.

"Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it to."
 
^^^ BURN!

Or should I say flambe! I took French in varsity, got an A and could barely get by when I visited Paris about 3 years later. I taught myself Spanish from a bunch of free mp3 lessons and a phrase book. I did great with the language in Spain and no-one believed I had only learnt it that year. It was so funny, at the airport a British lady working for one of the Spanish airlines spoke Spanish to me and I was answering fairly well. Then she saw my passport and started speaking English and said she has a sister in Joburg, lol.

The Spanish are extremely friendly and they go out of their way to help you if they see you trying to speak their language. The French are the exact opposite.
 
blunomore said:
Just for the record, the French hate the English speaking tourists. You get much more cooperation from them if you speak Afrikaans, because they presume you are either Dutch or Flamish.
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I did not have the slightest problem with them. But then I did not treat them like idiots for not having English as their native language.
 
ponder said:
At a French airport...

A group of American retired teachers recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, was part of the tour group.

At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on.

"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."

The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible!" barked the officer. "Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France."

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained.

"Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it to."
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Bwhahahahahahahahahahaha!!
 
krycor said:
I wanna learn Spanish.. cause then i can get those hot Spanish women :D
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"aieee mamii di culo caliente..."

Funny I how you learn all the wrong stuff first when learning a new language!

For the lil french that I do know:

"Esque ju per tau alauve g-string avec mi dens? " - probably spelt all f**cked up.
 
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Bonjour,

Vous devriez parler le français puisque la communauté francophone en Afrique du Sud ne cesse de grandir (en effet, les congolais notamment sont de plus en plus nombreux à s'installer en Afrique du Sud, et la grande majorité d'entre eux parle le français).

Cependant, l'anglais est et restera la langue du commerce et, de facto, la langue internationale à utiliser
 
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