Foreign languages

[Sundown]

Duffy's said:

wow italian is so close to french
in french what u wrote would be: ma matiere prefere est francais possibly with a le in front of the francais

That's because French and Italian are both Italic languages with Latin as their parent language. ;D

[Elspeth]

Ness said:

...the only downside is that the teacher loves lud d**ned roleplays

Ah, but roleplays are the best way to reinforce what you've learned of the language!

[Innle]

I once heard that italian is the closest language to Latin, then SPanish after that and then french. I was told it would be better to learn Spanish because you could easily switch to spanish or italian. Hmmm.....

For all you french learners, do you have to watch the french sitcom extra?? (The main characters are Nico, Sasha, Sam and I Annie) It is the WEIRDEST show!!!!!

[Elspeth]

Ah yes, Extra. I used to tape that when I worked in a secondary school library. Do you know they have Italian and French extras, too?

[Lix]

Sundown said:

That's because French and Italian are both Italic languages with Latin as their parent language. ;D

well yes thats why theyre known as latin languages spanish is the same. if you want to say elixa is b;ah blah blah
in french: elixa est
n spanish elixa esta:
so i think anyway lol. i only took spanish elssons when i was in france so it was a bit crazy trying to learn another langauge in another lnaguage!

[Dark One]

I used to be able to sing the 'One Man and his Dog' song in Swahili. Learnt that from the BBC's Pebble Mill programe years ago

[Innle]

The whole song in Swahili?? I'm impressed!!!!!!!!

[Dark One]

I can only remember some of the first verse now. When i was about six, i used to wander round the house singing it. I think you absorb more stuff when you're young

[Roland]

Hey! I did my degree in Indonesian (and a bit of Arabic...but that's another story!)

Ada orang-orang di sini yang berbicara Bahasa Indonesia???


Saya ikan!!

[Lix]

oooh ooh i can sing head should knees and toes in three different languages

[Squarmi]

I learnt jap in primary school and French from yr 7-11. I've forgotten a fair bit I think. Wouldn't mind learning it again though, or some other language. Oh! And my friend taught me a bit of Auslan for an assignment for uni.

Squarmi

[Ness]

Buneater said:

Ah, but roleplays are the best way to reinforce what you've learned of the language!

only if u like to get up and make a rear end of yourslef in front of other ppl...the one we have to do now sounds like we're interrogating ppl for personal information

[Innle]

What exactly is Auslan???????

[Lix]

is that the language they thought was going to be the new international language but flopped? or am i thinkign or soemthign else?

[Dark One]

No, that was Esperanto.

[Lix]

ah yes thats right! that would have been interesting. im sorry english has becoem so international, i think we should have to learn a second langauge if english is all we've got coz then you appreciate immigrants who haqve to learn english.
anyway so many of us have had to learn a language and so many have stuck with it throughout high school which suprised me because my french class in 9-10 was 10 people and down to 6 in 11-12!

[Innle]

Alot of the people in my french class didn't want to be in it but their parents made them. A sasd but true fact. Now, someone still hasn't told me what Auslan is...

[Brownie]

Brydie and I use our french lessons to talk about the all the things going on in Ober related things., Very constructive!

[Innle]

But do you talk about them in French?? (I'd be impressed)

*Da na na nuh...*

[Lix]

thats sad that their parents made them

[Timm]

I'm a little late here, but I learn French, learnt Chinese to year 8 and learnt Japanese in about grade 1-3, lol.

[Innle]

Bonjour Timm! Comment ca va?

Yeah, that's why there is alot of people who waste time and stuff around in our class (we have a very nice teacher tho)

Oh, I have come to loathe the dreaded Qu' est-ce tu as fait pendant the weekend? (what did you do on the weekend?) on a Monday morning though!! (everyone has to recite what they did)

Do any of you other people play Loto? (Very fun but VERY competitive)

[Brownie]

we used to do it more in grade 9 and 8, not so much now in grade 10

[jason]

the only word that i know in a different language is gumnazien i think that how you spell it its greek or something meaning to exercise naked

[Timm]

The qu'est-ce que stuff still confuses me.

Ugh, we have to do future tense later this year, too