Who out of you guys speaks french?

april

april

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Carne Seca said:
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lmfao dear god that's confusing, i can't even hear the pronounciation of any word, it's like a giant ramble, damn is that what french sounds like to square heads? lmfao
 
Urca

Urca

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how the fuck do you learn or even read that?
everything sounds the same and the spelling using semi latin letters throws me off
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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it's really sad, i used to know french and spanish on a native level when i was in high school. have had plenty of jobs working with people that only spoke spanish, haven't so much as spoken a word of french in the meantime though.

what's funny is that i learned french right after i learned spanish, so i would speak french with a spanish accent. it was the funniest thing my french teacher ever heard.

i still retain my french snobbishness, i correct people whenever they say "ooh la la" in the wrong context.
 
Urca

Urca

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april said:
lmfao dear god that's confusing, i can't even hear the pronounciation of any word, it's like a giant ramble, damn is that what french sounds like to square heads? lmfao
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everyone I know who doesnt know french said it sounds like alot of ah, ey, frou frou sounds.

even now it throws me off when people speak in french, im a better reader and writer, but also, they speak way way way too fast. Im not fluent so I recognize words and phrases, however, i cant do fast conversations or understand when people speak fast
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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april said:
lmfao dear god that's confusing, i can't even hear the pronounciation of any word, it's like a giant ramble, damn is that what french sounds like to square heads? lmfao
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that is what every language sounds like to me until i learn it.

even then, it will sound like that until i actually practice speaking with natives.
 
MJstudent

MJstudent

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i just got my frenhc citizenship a couple months ago. my mom was born there so i got myself a french pass port and everything. so awesome. but no i dot speak it haha
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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MJstudent said:
i just got my frenhc citizenship a couple months ago. my mom was born there so i got myself a french pass port and everything. so awesome. but no i dot speak it haha
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get ready for the slowest service at every restaurant you visit, then.
 
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xKuroiTaimax

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Urca said:
everyone I know who doesnt know french said it sounds like alot of ah, ey, frou frou sounds.

even now it throws me off when people speak in french, im a better reader and writer, but also, they speak way way way too fast. Im not fluent so I recognize words and phrases, however, i cant do fast conversations or understand when people speak fast
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I find Spanish frightening- because I tried to watch all the Spanish soap operas in Trinidad and the WOMEN- they speak at 100mph, I swear!

I think French varies from person to person or region. In La Rochelle everyone seemed to speak clearer. I had more trouble keeping up in uppermost Normandy however. The same goes for English. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND people from Liverpool.
 
Urca

Urca

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lol excuse me if i am wrong, but i think american english is more easily understandable than english from the uk. though one can understand both if one knows english, the kind of english you guys speak over there sometimes throws me for a loop, almost as if its not english
 
Carne Seca

Carne Seca

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Urca said:
how the fuck do you learn or even read that?
everything sounds the same and the spelling using semi latin letters throws me off
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That's why Navajo or Diné bizaad is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn. ;)
 
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