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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Anyone here trying?

I've been attempting french for about a year now. grrr it's hard.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Anyone here trying?

I've been attempting french for about a year now. grrr it's hard.

"

oui

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

I keep toying with the idea but I really don't know if my brain will take another language in

well done you for doing it

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

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"Anyone here trying?

I've been attempting french for about a year now. grrr it's hard.

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Are you learning for work or pleasure, i.e. holidays?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They do say learning a foreign language is easier in bed, find yourself a french lady friend.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know the basics of german, spanish and french to get me by. Would love to learn one fluently though

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

really helps if you live in the country for a while..

I was very lucky to have spent a year abroad..

I speak American really fluently

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

sava

Learned french 1on1 with a tutor but it was still hard, speak German well enough

Sasha speaks Russian, Italian, Lithuanian, Albanian, Polish and Belarussian.

Both a bit shaky with English.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a degree in French let me know if you need a hand lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Got to AS level for French a few years ago, when I had the ambition to work in French/Belgium and retire in France eventually.

Much is forgotten now after a few life changing events!

However, I can still work my way round a menu for certain!

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

i am doing it for pleasure. hahaha. the evening class i goto is small and good fun. makes it worth while.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I have a degree in French let me know if you need a hand lol

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thanks for the offer sara. extra french lessons are always welcome

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If your doing it for fun have you considered Italian. Last i did any evening study the Italian class had by far the largest female to male ratio

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I only speak Yorkshirish...but my hubby speaks fluent French, German, Swiss German, Italian and has working knowledge of Russian and some others..but lucky him went to school abroad and had to learn

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By *-and-KCouple
over a year ago

Back of Beyond

Spanish for the two of us, only cause we have a home there and need to be able to talk to bank managers etc.

Getting by in shops and the locals with spanglish is easy though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"really helps if you live in the country for a while..

I was very lucky to have spent a year abroad..

I speak American really fluently "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mi habla en espanol , mucho mas paractica para mi

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!

I`m in awe of my friend`s son-in-law. He is Belgian, speaks French, Flemmish, Dutch and German and is fluent enough in English to be able to tell jokes!

Conversly, I know a guy who regularly camps in a German village about a mile from the French border and every last one refuses to even learn French, let alone speak it!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

G`day sport! Im fluent in Australian.

Can also do American...... Hut Damn!

And any other English speaking country...........does that count?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Am learning the language of Lurve...

Having trouble rolling my R,s though...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Am learning the language of Lurve...

Having trouble rolling my R,s though... "

There`s R in love

Rrrrrrrrrrrlove........sounds silly haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also trying to learn French, got a book with 4 cd's, so it helps to hear it spoken.

Also trying to learn a little czech, only know about one word so far..and no it's not that.

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By *arambarMan
over a year ago

swindon

Speaking from experience, the best way to learn to speak it is to live in the country of the language you're learning - even if it's just for a 2-week holiday.

I was fortunate enough to get a job in France when I was young, which is how I managed to learn it. I went there only having GCSE-level French, but made an effort to not spend all my time with English-speakers, and insisted that the natives spoke to me in French. I picked up more in a couple of months than I did during 6 years of schooling.

It's amazing how resourceful you become when you're forced to... you either learn the lingo or you go hungry, or can't see the doctor when you're ill, or can't rent a flat, etc...

There's only so much you can learn from reading books. How many times do you want to order a ham sandwich and a beer? That's not to say that books aren't useful - I found I learnt the rules of grammar best by reading textbooks, especially a book published by Schaum's and written by Mary Coffman Crocker called French Grammar... highly recommended for those of you wanting to learn French.

If you don't have the opportunity to visit your chosen country then I'd recommend listening to the radio in the language of your choice. The internet makes this very easy - it was much more difficult when I was younger. For French (and undoubtedly for other languages), it's also possible to get French-speaking channels on satellite television.

At first, it seems like they're all speaking at a hundred words per minute and you can't tell where one word stops and the next begins, but the more accustomed you get to it, the easier it becomes.

Also check which DVDs you have contain your chosen language, either as the soundtrack or as subtitles. Try watching the film in English with foreign subtitles, then watch it in foreign with English subtitles, before watching it a third time in the foreign language and with the foreign subtitles. You'll be bored of the film by then, but you'll be increasing your knowledge.

College courses can also be good for leaning a language at conversational level, which is a good starter for ten.

Hope that helps some of you.

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