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Boris Godunov
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Portland, OR
Aug 2001
time: 00:29
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Originally posted by Elok
Why do you want to learn French?
"It is the one and only perfectly justified bigotry, that all frenchmen should be set ablaze for inflicting their foul tongue upon the world."
-Probably nobody. But it needs to be said. |
While I prefer German and Italian, I find French to be a beautiful language. It is quite poetic, and it sounds lovely.
While waiting for my flight to London, their was a French family sitting in the airport, and they had a little girl, perhaps 6 years old, who was running around speaking perfect French. It is absolutely one of the most adorable things to hear! 
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While I'm griping, I HATE New York City. |
Yeah, well, **** you, you ****ing ****.
Now we see the problem...you are afflicted with a severe case of extremely bad taste. Consult a doctor. 
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Cruddy
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Originally posted by Spiffor
Sorry, I don't know this word (and I'm too tired to think of a French word that looks like it).
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Bougre?
As for Pedarast, it is corruption of Paedarast (paeditrician). Paed = Child in Latin?
I hate the word "paedophile". It is a made up word by the selfish shameful shallow slobs who are child molsesters to make them sound more "acceptable".
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panag
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MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH BIO-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Oct 2000
time: 07:29
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
More people probably speak Spanish or Chinese than Frog, panag. |
hi ,
sure , ..... 
its still an international language , .....
UN documents and websites aint in chinese , .......
spanish belongs to the group of latin languages , speak one and you can easely learn the others , ......
frog is spoken from africa to the schools of naking , from moscow's city center to the streets of brasilia , from canada till , ......
have a nice day
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Adalbertus
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Cologne, Germany
Feb 2001
time: 06:29
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Originally posted by Spiffor
That's strange. By us, "pédérastie" means ... |
Spiffor, I love you making this mistake. It means you're making advances in learning German  . But "by" is rarely equivalent to "bei". I'm not absolutely sure, but I'd say "With us...".
On topic, a foreign language isn't just a collection of words. Grammar and construction of sentences is one thing. When I was learning English, I usually had to adapt a German sentence to a different sequence of words (in German, the conjugated verb is always the second "group" of a main sentence) and to use prepositions which do not exactly match those of German (see above). In French many things are expressed significantly different. So, this may be also an obstacle for native English speakers. But I think to learn this is best done when you have some experience so that you can tackle to read books (at least, this is the most fun way, other than having a French girlfriend).
The other point is pronounciation. Don't try to learn it from books. The internet tutor which was proposed earlier in this thread at least gives sound files which is better than nothing. But I think it is much easier if you have a native speaker (or at least a good teacher) to talk to.
Living in a French-speaking region of course is the best (after you've learned grammar and a basic stock of words). And resist the temptation to speak English. I've heard that there are French people who maliciously don't want to understand you unless you speak perfectly, but I didn't meet them. Usually I found people quite helpful and patient when I spoke/tried to speak French.
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27-06-2003 05:19
The Horror ! 
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