Anyone Speak French?

SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Or beginning to?</div> Alright, I'm in a 3rd year French class I would love to find someone who could speak french, or who is also learning to speak french in order to improve my fluency. I'd hate to think that I took 3 years of French in vain just so I can later forget it.

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  • FlatlineUTDFlatlineUTD Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7695Members
    I took 3 years of Spanish in high school. I can read and write it, but I can't speak or listen to it worth a damn.

    Oh well, at least I graduated under the distinguished program because I took 3 years of it. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    No joke, In french it is seriously almost impossible to understand a fluent french speaker if you don't have any experience in verbally speaking it. When I try to understand it I can think of 4 words that sound exactly like what their saying, alot of the words sound the same its just that your expected to know what it is by context.
  • Speed_2_DaveSpeed_2_Dave Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8788Members
    if you can afford it (timewise, there's scholarships for this kinda stuff out the wazoo if you know where to look) try to go to france for 4 mos-year. God knows I wouldn't dream of doing it (biased against french, plus paris smells, BAD). As for my german, it really helped, and playing DoD on German servers means I can understand what the americans AND germans are saying. Bonus of german: You already understand 1/2 of dutch if you speak both english and german.
  • TimberwolfTimberwolf Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 71Members
    i speak french"Je parle francais alors si tu me voies sure mirc tu peux me parler en francais" <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--QuoteBegin--Sirus+Feb 4 2003, 04:56 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sirus @ Feb 4 2003, 04:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> No joke, In french it is seriously almost impossible to understand a fluent french speaker if you don't have any experience in verbally speaking it. When I try to understand it I can think of 4 words that sound exactly like what their saying, alot of the words sound the same its just that your expected to know what it is by context. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Find some way of listening to French radio (if you live in the UK you can get it on longwave I believe). Listen to it each day for between 10-30 minutes. You'll soon find your listening skills and fluency improve, and also your accent. But listen to a news program, or something where more formal French is spoken. You won't get far listening to a program with a lot of slang or colloquialisms.
  • DubersDubers Pet Shop Boy Edinburgh, UK Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 998Members
    Tried learning french then tried to speak to french people but they talk so friggin fast!!! You talk to them and they jus stand there going <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->

    So I then learned german which I find alot easier to speak and understand
  • TimberwolfTimberwolf Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 71Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--DuBERS+Feb 4 2003, 05:23 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DuBERS @ Feb 4 2003, 05:23 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
    So I then learned german which I find alot easier to speak and understand <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    well its normal since german is the roots of english!! <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • GnatsumGnatsum Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10566Members
    edited February 2003
    Je ne suis pas parlez vous francais

    tu es noobie
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    That's why they should begin to fuse the laungages.
    French+Italian=Fritaliench
    Spanish+portuguese=Spaniguese
    German+English=English with a thick accent
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Je peux parler un peu de francais, mais il n'est pas tres bien =/

    And Insane, I've been listening to some french rock. Theyre called Mass Hysteria and are sort of the french equivalent of Linkin Park.

    It's extremely difficult to understand.
  • InsaneInsane Anomaly Join Date: 2002-05-13 Member: 605Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, NS2 Map Tester, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts, Future Perfect Developer
    <!--QuoteBegin--Sirus+Feb 5 2003, 02:09 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Sirus @ Feb 5 2003, 02:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> And Insane, I've been listening to some french rock. Theyre called Mass Hysteria and are sort of the french equivalent of Linkin Park.

    It's extremely difficult to understand. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yah, I wouldn't be surpised. It's often hard to decipher what English-speaking people are singing even without lots of guitar distortion and so-on. Not to mention whatever slang that they'll probably be using.
  • Smoke_NovaSmoke_Nova Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8697Members
    I took french for 3 years (7th, 8th, 9th). Now I take Latin. Freshman year @ college i'll take German. Junior year college i'll take Chinese, Japanese or Arabic.

    Honestly, I hate French now. I can barely remember Je ne parlais pas bon francais. Only useful thing french is good for is cursing your friends in a strange dialect.
  • Llama_GirlLlama_Girl Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9919Members
    I've been taking french for around 6-7 years
  • NarfwakNarfwak Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5258Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Playtest Lead, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow, Subnautica PT Lead, NS2 Community Developer
    Nyet. I'm taking my parent's requirement of four years of language in high-school, and I am doing that taking Espanol (with a tilde over the n <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> ). Like Flat, I can't really speak or listen to spanish worth a darn, but can read and write reasonably well for my level (currently in spanish II).

    I also can say some of the Day of Defeat radio commands, but I have no idea what they are written like. I also have Ukranian cousins, so I picked up a few Russian insults from them (usually from them verbally beating on each other; it's very fun to watch, as they speak both Russian and English perfectly, and alternate between the two constantly).
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    Gotta love running around with some freinds, just randomly yelling at your freinds to watch out for snipers, and storm the front, and endless sries of "GO GO GO!" in german. FUNFUNFUN
  • Ender1Ender1 Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 7973Members
    You're probably just better off going to a French server for NS or something...I knew this German guy that went on English servers to better his English, and now not only does he know how to speak English, he knows all the gamer terms...lol...I was born in Quebec, so I know how to speak French pretty well. But like I said you'd be better off in French servers...You'll understand it eventually and learn some French swear words as well. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    edited February 2003
  • Speed_2_DaveSpeed_2_Dave Join Date: 2002-11-15 Member: 8788Members
    heh
    los los los was so *** (not a good word, and I know they censor it whenever you use it in a good way, so I'll just pre-empt them) that most germans fought for a way to get their CS game back to english (those who knew how to play) and encouraged their friends to do the same.
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Zion - Mass Hysteria Paroles

    "Ca y est, le "toi et moi" coïncident
    Sans métissage, l'humanité court au suicide
    L'unité à l'essence, les racines guident et commandent la descendance
    Y a-t-il toujours une solution ?
    que de faux problèmes?
    Alors réfléchissons, regardons en nous-mêmes

    Quelle est la solution ? Quelle est la réaction ?
    Quelle est la bonne ? Quelle est la bonne ?

    Je m'évade de Babylone pour Zion

    Beaufland peut continuer à roupiller, la jeunesse sacrifiée
    Mais avertie, a pendant des années cultivé
    La débauche et le bon esprit
    Nous ne sommes pas comme le mime Marceau
    Flatter les cerveaux sans dire un mot
    C'est sûr ! Vos gueules sur les affiches n'ont convaincu que les murs

    Quelle est la solution ? Quelle est la réaction ?
    Quelle est la bonne ? Quelle est la bonne ?

    Je m'évade de Babylone pour Zion

    I and I feel IRIE
    High life
    ZION !!! "


    I've been looking at alot of the lyrics and trying to place what time their saying what. But its still rather difficult. This song is actually pretty cool even though its hard to understand what their saying.
  • TzarconTzarcon Join Date: 2002-02-28 Member: 259Members
    Well, im 13 in Ottawa and Im supposed to be fluent in french by now, but I had a horrible teacher up until grade 7. I didnt learn anything until then :/

    maintnent, mon francais est meilleur que il etait avant. Je peux lire et ecrire en francais avec de l'aide d'un dictionnaire. Je ne suis pas assez bon a parle francais avec des autres personnes, mais je suis ameliore
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