UPDATE! 3 months in France! What do to?!?!?

[wajih]

I am in Paris right now......doing a three month internship....i just finished my first week....i'm having a blast....EXCEPT i cant speak french....i have a pocket dictionary/phrase-book but it is very hard to see how the words are pronounced....i figure that i only need to know about 500 words to become semi-fluent.....

are there any websites that can help me learn french? i'm hoping to find some sites which have audio to listen to so i can figure out how to pronounce all the words correctly!!

also, any suggestions on what to do / what do see? i would like to DO SOMETHING....considering that the french work week is only 35 hours, i have a lot of spare time....i want to participate in something constructive......

 

[Juniper]

hahaha... this is funny, my friend was begging me for some french lessons. i've three so far put up on a website. might be of help to you, if you don't already know this much.

click here

 

[ThaGrandCow]

All you need to know:

nous nous rendons
OR
Je me rends

 

[Mill]

Just become a terrorist, then the French will shower you with gifts and take you into their homes. You will be treated like a king and will learn French in a matter of months. Good Luck.

 

[wajih]

thanks for the website...it helps....i know most of that...any more lessons coming up?

-wajih

 

[Pilsnerpete]

*thread hijack*

 

[Mavrick]

Originally posted by: Juniper
hahaha... this is funny, my friend was begging me for some french lessons. i've three so far put up on a website. might be of help to you, if you don't already know this much.

click here

I noticed a mistake in the site : Shall I becomes "devrais-je" instead of "puis-je"

Other than that, your site is very nice

 

[Miramonti]

http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_begin.htm
http://www.francekeys.com/english/french/index.php?lesson=1
http://www.parlo.com/
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pedro/french.html

 

[Mavrick]

As for the pronunciation in french, you have to understand how to pronunce the vowels (consomnants are pronunced the same)

Its pretty simple. Unlike in english, the vowels are always pronunced the same (while in english, "e" is not the same in "the" and "eewww" or "eeemmm".

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Mavrick
As for the pronunciation in french, you have to understand how to pronunce the vowels (consomnants are pronunced the same) Its pretty simple. Unlike in english, the vowels are always pronunced the same (while in english, "e" is not the same in "the" and "eewww" or "eeemmm".

this is a huge misstatement, consonants in french are not always pronounced the same as english, very different in many cases.

 

[Mavrick]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Mavrick
As for the pronunciation in french, you have to understand how to pronunce the vowels (consomnants are pronunced the same) Its pretty simple. Unlike in english, the vowels are always pronunced the same (while in english, "e" is not the same in "the" and "eewww" or "eeemmm".

this is a huge misstatement, consonants in french are not always pronounced the same as english, very different in many cases.

Like in which case?

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Juniper
hahaha... this is funny, my friend was begging me for some french lessons. i've three so far put up on a website. might be of help to you, if you don't already know this much.

click here

Wow nice... how many languages do you know?

 

[wajih]

k...update! i just had the GREATEST weekend...i saw the Notre Dame, Saint Chappel, the Scare Heart Church....i spent time on Champs-Eylesse.....went clubbing to Buddha Bar........saw the Eiffel Tower....all of it was SO AMAZING! I love Paris...it's so beautiful......(now if only i could get a cute french girl......)

it was my first weekend in Paris and my friends came to visit me....so i had a blast!

now that i've done most of the "tourist" stuff, does anyone have any suggestion on what I should do and what I should see?

 

[wajih]

Originally posted by: jjsole
<a href="http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_begin.htm">http://french.about.com/library/begin/bl_begin.htm</A>
<a href="http://www.francekeys.com/english/french/index.php?lesson=1">http://www.francekeys.com/english/french/index.php?lesson=1</A>
<a href="http://www.parlo.com/">http://www.parlo.com/</A>
<a href="http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pedro/french.html">http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pedro/french.html</A>

thanks for the sites...amazing! i'm going through them right now.....

merci!

 

[jagr10]

If they have a topless beach somewhere, try to find a hot chick and leave her a special gift!

 

[NFS4]

UPDATE! 3 months in France! What do to?!?!?

WAVE A WHITE FLAG THROUGH THE STREETS OF PARIS!!!

 

[GroundedSailor]

Eurodisney, Park Asterix, Wine, cheeses, bistros, Take drives into the beautiful countryside - use back roads, not highways, into small towns & villages. People are friendlier there.

Go across to Belgium and Holland - beautiful places withs lots to see.

 

[kami333]

Damn I am jealous of you, I was only able to spend a weekend there but it was the best weekend I spent anywhere in Europe this semester (I was studying abroad in Denmark). I went with a girl I was interested in and she spoke a little French but could read it well so we some how managed.

My favorite stuff I did: drink wine looking at the Effiel Tower at night, wine bread and cheese by Notre Dame on the river, wine by the Sacred Heart (I never learned to pronounce it so I just called it the pile of cum) the view is quite nice in some places around it. -notice a trend here?

My take on French people was that they really arent that beautiful. They have the whole "I'm French" thing going for them but that's it. Danish girls and Russian girls are far better

Do you have enough money to travel? That's what I would like to do.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Juniper
hahaha... this is funny, my friend was begging me for some french lessons.
i've three so far put up on a website. might be of help to you,
if you don't already know this much.

click here

A couple you should add:

Je suis perdu - I am lost
Je ne sais pas (typically spoken as just 'je pas') - I don't know

And...lose the AOL spelling...it's 'you'


And for stuff to do, tour the countryside. Hit the small villages...eat at quaint restaurants...tour some vineyards. I'd drive someplace and then rent some bicycles and tour around.

<jealous>

 

[Aboroth]

UPDATE! 3 months in France! What do to?!?!?

Don't breathe through your nose.

 

[LikeLinus]

Sell weapons to North Korea...you know...to pick up where IRAQ left off.

 

[SeaSerpent]

Go to Normandy and pay your respects to all the men who died there for the French.


I also like the idea of running through the streets with a white flag

 

[Legendary]

Visit the Louvre!

 

[yllus]

La petite lesson en francais

 

[rudeguy]

pee on the Eiffel Tower-sp