Comments on: Je Ne Parle Pas Français

By: Aisha

Aisha — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:14 +0000

My friend saw the title for this and said, “I don’t speak French.”

“Yeah, me neither.”

“No, that’s what it says.” I just felt that I should share this.

By: Sheri Bheri

Sheri Bheri — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:53:22 +0000

I agree with Emilie come to Canada to practice your French! Quebec City is SO beautiful, you would love it. They have a Festival D’Ete in August – that should give you enough time to become conversant, eh?

Félicitations!

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:58:26 +0000

My husband and I are also learning French so that one day in the distant future we can take a trip to Paris and not sound like dumb American tourists. We’re using the Rosetta Stone series and I have to say it’s really great. After 5 years of Latin in high school, this is far more intuitive and I remember vocab quicker.

By: Allie

Allie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:56:24 +0000

…”I have to plan fun….” isn’t that the truth? Isn’t life better when we realize that we do not have to wait for chance or others to make our destiny exactly what we want from it.

Happy Monday Mighty Girl!

By: Émilie

Émilie — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:35:01 +0000

Bon courage, la chance n’ayant rien à y voir. Persévère et tu réussiras. Le français est une langue difficile mais merveilleuse. Et n’oublie pas que pour faire une immersion dans la langue de Molière, tu peux venir à Québec (pas Montréal, ils parlent trop anglais),pas besoin de traverser les océans!

By: Marisa

Marisa — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:21:02 +0000

Bonne chance Maggie!! I am currently learning Portuguese and would suggest you add it to your list of 7 languages. Once you know Spanish Portuguese is a breeze (well, kind of

By: Isabel @AlphaMom

Isabel @AlphaMom — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:56:38 +0000

“When I first made my list, some part of me thought the simple act of writing things down would magically make them happen…As I’ve started to cross things off, it has genuinely surprised me that I have to plan fun.”

Totally agree.

We respect our schedules more than we do our to-do lists.

By: Maile

Maile — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:13:48 +0000

Good luck with the languages!

I have 3 years of French, and 2 of Italian and Russian. Plus trying to teach myself German and Latin…

Most days I have problems with my English… I should get out my Schoolhouse Rock DVD and work on my grammar.

On the plus side, I can understand everything on the menu at a French or Italian restaurant! Just don’t try to talk to me

By: latenac

latenac — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:48:54 +0000

Bonne chance! Be patient. It will actually be a bit harder to pick up French after Spanish b/c French has more grammar rules than Spanish does but be patient and it will come. Ideally you should learn French or Portuguese first and then Spanish and Italian are easy to pick up. But I’m nitpicking. I also found for conversation people in France are very patient with people making the effort. So you should definitely play a trip to France to practice. I read somewhere once that English is a language of specificity and French is a language of essence. Which is why Shakespeare used dozens of names of flowers in his plays and Racine only used the word fleur.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:32:28 +0000

While in Paris, some ladies stopped my husband and asked him a question in French. His response? “Parlez-vous francais?” They laughed and moved on…