55ant
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:15 AM |
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Bonjour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My french is pretty bad, i think i could ask someone where the swimming pool is, but thats about it. Now we are going out to france for 10 days in
august, and also we ski there when we get the chance, so could anyone recomend a way to learn french to a usefull standered? kind regards, anthony
away from cars, now cycling and building TT bikes
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T66
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:19 AM |
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If you have an Ipod....
Use the Itunes store, go to podcasts, check out the free language courses.
I used Coffee break Spanish, I think they do a French version too...
Short 15 min programs of the basics to get you sorted buying beer, paying for meals etc.
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m8kwr
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:21 AM |
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I brought this to learn norwegian, I found it quite good, even the other half (who is from norway) seemed impressed.
Link
But i must actually use it to learn the language.
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tegwin
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:21 AM |
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Je n'comprend pas monsieur! Tu Parle en englais?
That pretty much works everywhere.... Most of them dont seem to be amused when you struggle through when you could get it over and done with in
english...
The best way to learn would be to go on holliday and ONLY speak french.. you pretty quickly pick up the basic conversational elements if they speak
slowly..
Does your local school/college to language conversation lessons for adults as part of their extended services? Worth looking at!
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Alan M
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:23 AM |
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I have a "Rosetta Stone" language course for sale, as we decided that our second home would be in Italy, not France!
U2U me if you're interested
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:25 AM |
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ou est la plage?
Craig
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:27 AM |
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When i went last year, i just used the phrase 'do you speak english?' Most of them do so we had no problem 
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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BenB
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:29 AM |
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Just speak loudly in English 
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skinned knuckles
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:32 AM |
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try the Basil Fawlty approach. speak loud, slow and with a french accent. seemed to work for him
A man isn't complete until he's married, then he's finished
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Davey D
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:34 AM |
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Petit pois, Petit pois!!
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Hector.Brocklebank
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:38 AM |
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oh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Cant speak french" just conjours up images of "Girls Aloud"
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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antonio
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:40 AM |
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get a french girlfriend, you'll learn a lot of usefull words
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l0rd
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:55 AM |
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Oh mon dieu
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adithorp
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 09:56 AM |
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If it wasn't for us they'd be speaking German, so they'd better stop pretending they don't understand LOUD ENGLISH! 
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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Lightning
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 10:01 AM |
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mange tout , rodney
Steve
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 11:20 AM |
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Your local library will stock language courses
Otherwise just shout and put an O at the end of every word
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 11:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Lightning
mange tout , rodney
Beat me to it
The best way I found to learn real French was to watch films on DVD with the sound in French and English subtitles. That way you learn French as it is
actually spoken and not the nonsense taught at school.
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DJT
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 12:08 PM |
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The Michel Thomas audio courses are quite good. These are on CD.
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55ant
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 12:34 PM |
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cheers for the tips guys, i especialy like the louder with an 'o' method.
away from cars, now cycling and building TT bikes
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ChrisW
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 12:38 PM |
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Some good tips here:
http://www.beermountain.com/frenchphraseguide.htm
Seriously tho, I've always found the French to be fine as long as you make an effort. If you bowl in and start shouting in English
they'll purposely not understand. Give it a go in French first, and most of them will respond with 'don't worry, just say it in
English'.
Chris
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RK
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 12:57 PM |
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The French from France like to be contrary: so you say one thing, and they will automatically say the opposite. It is in their nature, and they LOVE
IT when you contradict them. If you are actually correct, they love you even more. They are the same as anyone else: you throw in a few words every
now and then, start with BONJOUR, and it gets you a long way. Hokey but true.
Unfortunately, my tips for learning the language are based on 40 + years of trying to master it. Yes, it ended up nearly my minor in my Uni
Linguistics degree, but it has been a lifetime struggle. I married a francophone. Seemed to speed things up a bit.
ANY OLD PHRASE BOOK will do you for your trip. You will have a great time. If you see any good properties for good prices, let me know. Seriously.
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carpmart
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| posted on 27/5/10 at 05:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
Je n'comprend pas monsieur! Tu Parle en englais?
That pretty much works everywhere.... Most of them dont seem to be amused when you struggle through when you could get it over and done with in
english...
The best way to learn would be to go on holliday and ONLY speak french.. you pretty quickly pick up the basic conversational elements if they speak
slowly..
Does your local school/college to language conversation lessons for adults as part of their extended services? Worth looking at!
Surely needs to be a vous not a tu?
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