James
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Lord ar na Tir
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French
Feb 12, 2012 22:42:00 GMT -5
Post by James on Feb 12, 2012 22:42:00 GMT -5
for anyone who would like to learn some french, I will post new french words here daily starting with greetings:
Bonjour (boh-jour): Hello (formal) Salut (sa-loo): Hello/bye (informal) Bonne nuit (bonne nui): Goodnight (any)
I will post daily.
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James
Lesser Aristocrat
Lord ar na Tir
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French
Feb 14, 2012 23:24:40 GMT -5
Post by James on Feb 14, 2012 23:24:40 GMT -5
If you want to say how are you, say: comment ça va? (Common sa va):How goes it? To reply, say: ça va (sa va): Fine/okay. Comme ci comme ça (comm see comm sa): So-so Bof (Boff): So-so ça va mal (sa va mel): It's going bad ça va bien (sa va bee-an): It's going well
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Feb 15, 2012 8:03:28 GMT -5
Post by Rook on Feb 15, 2012 8:03:28 GMT -5
How do you do the little footed c character on the boards? Did you just do it in word and copy or is there an alt code for it?
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James
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Lord ar na Tir
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French
Feb 15, 2012 22:02:09 GMT -5
Post by James on Feb 15, 2012 22:02:09 GMT -5
I don't know, I ended up having to go into google translate to just get the c
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James
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Lord ar na Tir
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French
Feb 15, 2012 22:13:40 GMT -5
Post by James on Feb 15, 2012 22:13:40 GMT -5
Okay, for today I'll teach french numbers and farewells:
un (arn): 1 deux (der): 2 trois (twaa): 3 quatre (cart): 4 sinq (sarnk): 5 six (cease): 6 sept (set): 7 huit (hu-wheat): 8 neuf (nurf): 9 dix (dease): 10
Farewells: au revoir: (A rev-wa): see you later bonne nuit (bonne nui): good night salut (sa-loo): bye à demain (a de-maan): see you tomorrow à bientôt (a be-en-toe): see you soon
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James
Lesser Aristocrat
Lord ar na Tir
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French
Feb 16, 2012 21:51:24 GMT -5
Post by James on Feb 16, 2012 21:51:24 GMT -5
Time for the days (please note that the French don't use capitals when they use days)
lundi (loo-n-dee): monday mardi (mar-dee): tuesday mercredi (mer-cred-ee): wednesday jeudi (jew-dee): thursday vendredi (ven-red-ee): friday samedi (saam-dee): saturday dimanche (dee-mon-ch): sunday
I won't be able to post tomorrow I'm afraid
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James
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Lord ar na Tir
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French
Feb 20, 2012 21:52:13 GMT -5
Post by James on Feb 20, 2012 21:52:13 GMT -5
Okay, time for peoples titles:
Monsieur (mo-shure): Mister Mademoiselle (mad-moi-zell):Miss Madame (ma-daam):Mrs. Ami (a-me):Friend
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James
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Lord ar na Tir
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French
Feb 21, 2012 21:54:04 GMT -5
Post by James on Feb 21, 2012 21:54:04 GMT -5
Manners are something I should posted earlier but I forgot, so here they are:
Pardon (par-don): Sorry Merci (mur-see): Thank you S'il vous plaît (sill-vu-play): Please Très désolé (tray daze-oh-lay): Very sorry
Time for some sentences involving french words. If anyone is interested in taking a little quiz, I will say a few french sentences and you can post your answers here. I will give out answers tomorrow.
Bonjour, Madame. Comment ça va?
ça va très bien, Thomas. Comment ça va?
ça va bien, Madame.
Au revoir, Thomas.
Au revoir, Madame.
Each line is a different sentence, if you find these easy, try to put the French pronunciation in brackets beside each sentence. Bonne chance!
P.S Bonne chance means good luck.
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James
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Lord ar na Tir
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French
Feb 22, 2012 21:54:19 GMT -5
Post by James on Feb 22, 2012 21:54:19 GMT -5
Okay, although nobody replied to my quiz, I'll give the answers out anyway.
Hello, Mrs. How goes it?
It's going really well, Thomas. How goes it?
It's going well, Mrs.
Goodbye Thomas.
Goodbye Mrs.
As you may realise, the translation doesn't sound quite correct in english but that is the exact translation.
I'll set up another quiz tomorrow. Even if you aren't that good at French, give it a shot. I only have one rule in the quiz, no google translate or any other forms of cheating. The answers are all on this thread.
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Mar 3, 2012 13:14:41 GMT -5
Post by Rook on Mar 3, 2012 13:14:41 GMT -5
Before the next quiz could you give us a basic idea of what French sentance structure is? I am getting the feeling that, like Spanish, the verb and noun show up in different places than in English.
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