Est-ce qu'il y a des québecois ici ou des français?

[Gamerforlife]

A lot of french speakers in my family, but I haven't really spoken to most of them and my mother and uncle(who are the only relatives I see on a regular basis)usually just speak english with me. As a result, my french is rusty, but I'm still pretty good at understanding it. I have some difficulty speaking it these days though, but not so bad I don't think I could communicate with other people if someone dropped me into France or Canada

Basically, yeah I know french but I'm pretty rusty these days

[Anayo]

残念ですが、私はフランス語を話せません。

You should use 喋る instead of 話す in this case.

Thanks.

[Anayo]

我很旧以前有机会学习法语。

。。。但是我选了另一个语言。

我想翻译这.

"A long time ago I had an opportunity to study French... 但was my language teacher(?)"

请问, 你是不是中国人?

[billberth]

残念ですが、私はフランス語を話せません。

"It is regrettable, but I cannot speak French."

Babelfish or Google Translator?

Mac os Dashboard utility

[billberth]

I'm half Quebecois, but I don't speak much French. I can read it much better than speak or understand.

Reading tends to be easier than speaking. I think it's just easier for people when they have a visual aid.

We went to Italy for a class trip once. A couple of the girls in the group made friend with the bartender at the hotel. He couldn't speak English to save his life, but apparently he could write it beautifully. On our first night there he gave them perfect directions to an Irish pub in the middle of Rome that, according to them, was filled with nothing but French men listening to American pop music. I was told it was an interesting night

Yeah it is my case too, im better for reading and writing than for speaking... I have difficulty with your verb time. I need more practice

[Michi]

Yeah it is my case too, im better for reading and writing than for speaking... I have difficulty with your verb time. I need more practice

Practice makes perfect Which is why very few people in the states manage to maintain any knowledge from their foreign language classes. Two to four years of foreign language in high school is useless unless you have someone to communicate with outside of class that speaks it too. You hear people complain that kids need to learn a foreign language. Maybe if they'd teach it to people earlier and consistently we'd actually learn something.

[Opa Opa]

Practice makes perfect Which is why very few people in the states manage to maintain any knowledge from their foreign language classes. Two to four years of foreign language in high school is useless unless you have someone to communicate with outside of class that speaks it too. You hear people complain that kids need to learn a foreign language. Maybe if they'd teach it to people earlier and consistently we'd actually learn something.

Most people I know took foreign language classes just to have the credit and then they just forget everything. I don't see the point when learning a language is one of the more time consuming things you can study.

[jfrost]

My girlfriend knows French. I've been meaning to learn it for a while. Knowing English gets you nowhere nowadays, a third language would really come in handy.

[Michi]

Most people I know took foreign language classes just to have the credit and then they just forget everything. I don't see the point when learning a language is one of the more time consuming things you can study.

If they bothered to start teaching it to us in elementary school, then it'd be more effective, but I agree. Most high schools and even some colleges require you to take a certain amount of foreign language classes. Problem is, when you wait that long it becomes more about memorization rather than learning, and people forget it right after the knowledge no longer becomes necessary. Which of course makes the whole process of teaching it useless. It has to be done earlier or the knowledge is never retained. I know mine wasn't.

I have a friend who knows a couple who've been teaching their son to speak both English and Spanish from birth. Every time she visits them she's always impressed with how well he can switch, seemingly flawlessly, between the two languages. Granted he's only five, but I believe it helps make my point.