Every Friday I drive across the border into France for my French lesson. I am not a fan of the language for various reasons (not the least of which is that it is confusing and difficult to learn). But I have a nice teacher and I am working reasonably hard to learn the language so I can communicate here.
I imagine the tidbits will become progressively more complex, but considering my current level in the language for now they will be on the single cell level.
Today’s morsel:
Aller – to go
| je vais tu vas il/elle/on va |
nous allons vous allez ils/elles/on vont |
Hey Athena, good luck with the French. Once I stayed with a French priest in Korea. He was a friend of a friend from Peru so I knew he spoke Spanish but I wanted to be respectful and pronounce his name correctly. I was working with a guy who was a Québécois so before I left for Korea I asked him to teach me how to pronounce the priest’s name, Roncin Michel. I tried and tried until it was comic but my mouth just wouldn’t do it!
My accent is the only thing I have going for me. What I can say (very little) sounds good. But it’s double edged, because when you can say three words really well they don’t believe you can’t say the rest!
You and I need to get together sometime when we are in the same country. I would love to hear some of your stories Elizabeth!