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guinnessdrinker

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bonjour

I really need to practise my French. Can we have a French evening please, or U75 French classes like the German ones....
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this quote in another thread has finally spurred me into action. so let buveur de guinness correct your french. mlle SZC will no doubt come and join us any time soon.
 
guinnessdrinker said:
mlle SZC will no doubt come and join us any time soon.
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Indeed!

And I will be half teaching and half learning :o

I grew up speaking fluent French and doing my studies in French but all whilst living in London. Then I finished school and stopped speaking so much French and.....I'm losing it! (the French that is...) and I keep making embarrassing mistakes....especially written ones! (that is one area I really need to brush up on...)
 
SubZeroCat said:
Indeed!

And I will be half teaching and half learning :o

I grew up speaking fluent French and doing my studies in French but all whilst living in London. Then I finished school and stopped speaking so much French and.....I'm losing it! (the French that is...) and I keep making embarrassing mistakes....especially written ones! (that is one area I really need to brush up on...)
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hmm....la grammaire francaise :eek: [makes mental notes to pilch old grammar books next time I go there.
 
I'd love to come along.

Je n'ai pas souvent l'occasion de parler francais en ce moment. :(
 
Ms T said:
Je n'ai pas souvent l'occasion de parler francais en ce moment. :(
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Same. I speak French to my mum but that's around once a week + an email here and there. Also, I make mistakes and sometimes she doesn't correct me.

maestrocloud and I have conversed in French, it was actually really fun! We should do it more often.....
 
guinnessdrinker said:
la vie est tres courte pour apprendre l'allemand :)
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La vie est trop courte pour apprendre l'allemand ;)
:p
[I speak French, so I'd be happy to help the thread...]
 
I have a new copy of bescherelle by my side, it's my bible...

my history - technically french, got the passport, the birthplace, and the parents. however the untimely death of one left the other refusing to speak french at home. So i haven't spoken it as a primary language since i was 10, I'm now 20. Last year i decided this was a fucking shame as i'm now really really bad at speaking/writing, went to paris for 3 months & enrolled on a degree which is 1/4 french langauge (mostly grammar :eek: ).

Need all the practice i can get, if I fail the french this year I can't go on to 2nd year :(
 
SubZeroCat said:
That reminds me, I have an old copy of la Bescherelle at my parents house.......:D
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Oh the joys :eek:
Bescherelle is responsible for the torture of thousands of French school children. There should probably be a campaign against the sadistic publishers... :mad: ;)
 
Ms T said:
I'd love to come along.

Je n'ai pas souvent l'occasion de parler francais en ce moment. :(
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we can always meet in south london, although I can't afford pubs at moment, so perhaps practising writing may be a better option for the time being.
 
How about an evening of french & pub every few weeks? No english allowed?

We could go to the french place in soho, they have nice cider :) (but are fucking pricey :eek: )
 
I was really impressed at your speaking skills and the way you expressed yourself correctly etc maestro....before you went to Paris you wouldn't even say one word in French to me!

You'll be fine, especially if this class works out..
 
guinnessdrinker said:
we can always meet in south london, although I can't afford pubs at moment, so perhaps practising writing may be a better option for the time being.
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fair enough :) we could meet somewhere cheaper? i'd quite like to meet & speak...
 
Alors, parlons francais!
C'est bien triste de ne pas pouvoir parler sa langue maternelle, on devrait essayer de se parler un petit peu, et surtout de se corriger... je sais que je fait des sacrees fautes de grammaire, parce que je n'ai jamais vraiment appris a ecrire en francais...

Allons-y!
 
guinnessdrinker said:
we can always meet in south london, although I can't afford pubs at moment, so perhaps practising writing may be a better option for the time being.
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I am also poor. I don't mind meeting in South London but I feel we should take a look at who is attending and see if we can make a few non South London meets.
 
How about meeting at the Institut Francais in South Kensington? They have superb resources- a library with shitloads of great french CDs, films and books, and a nice cafe... I forget how much it costs to join, but for anyone seriously interested in speaking french and keeping vaguely up to date with French culture, it's brilliant...

eta: that's just a suggestion for all you Londoners. I'm too far away to be able to get there, sadly, but I used to love it.
 
Agent Sparrow said:
This is going to be a leedle more complex than for those who have forgotten all their GCSE french, oui?
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Well with me, guinnessdrinker, maestro, perplexis and Ms T......errm, maybe :D

But I'm sure there will be a range of levels and we'll all be teaching/learning/correcting etc so it will be worth coming along! I can give you a head start when I see you on Saturday :D
 
maestrocloud said:
How about an evening of french & pub every few weeks? No english allowed?

We could go to the french place in soho, they have nice cider :) (but are fucking pricey :eek: )
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peut etre pas une bonne idee, alors :D (sounds more like a translation from english, but it is too early in the morning for me to make any sense).

mais je suis d'accord, l'alcool delie les langues....
 
perplexis said:
How about meeting at the Institut Francais in South Kensington? They have superb resources- a library with shitloads of great french CDs, films and books, and a nice cafe... I forget how much it costs to join, but for anyone seriously interested in speaking french and keeping vaguely up to date with French culture, it's brilliant...

eta: that's just a suggestion for all you Londoners. I'm too far away to be able to get there, sadly, but I used to love it.
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It's 1 minute away from my old school where lots of bad memories hang about *shudder*

Not my place of choice but if everyone wanted to, I'd still come along :)
 
guinnessdrinker said:
alcohol is a good way of remembering once learned but long lost languages....
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Yes, I find my French flows more easily after a few drinks...

(Well I hope it does and it's not just me gibbering rubbish cos I'm drunk...:D)
 
I'd be curious how you sound in french, would your accent tend towards more your mum's region, standard french from the lycee or just english.
 
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