Lean French with Benito: C'est facile!

[Benito Mussolini]

Oh yeah!

Oh ouais!

I decided that I wanted more people to speak french around here.

J'ai décidé que je voulais que plus de personnes parlent français par ici.

Dave tries hard, but it just isn't enough...

Dave essaie fort, mais ce n'est tout simplement pas assez...

So, here I am, to teach all of you the language of Molière.

Alors, me voici, pour tous vous apprendre la langue de Molière.

I am also thinking that this should be useful to the other Canadians out there...

Je me disais aussi que cela devrait être utile aux autres canadiens ici...

Because, you know that French is also one of Canada's offical languages, right?

Parce que, vous savez que le français est aussi une langue officielle du Canada, non?

So, here's what I plan to do.

Alors, voici ce que je prévois faire,

First, I'll translate what I post in here in french... in case you didn't notice.

Premièrement: Je vais traduire ce que je publie ici en français... au cas où vous n'auriez pas remarqué.

Second: I've made one thousand cookies.

Deuxièmement: J'ai fait mille biscuits.

I'll be asking questions, as in small quizzes.

Je vais poser des questions, comme dans des petits quiz.

Good answers will grant you cookies!

Des bonnes réponses vous mériteront des biscuits!

Third: I have a nice stack of bricks too.

Troisièmement: J'ai aussi un beau tas de briques.

Get an answer wrong, and one of those bricks will become a brick-on-your-face...

Ratez une réponse et une de ces briques deviendra une brique-dans-votre-face...

Here I go, with both positive and negative conditionning (Pavlov would be proud).

Je me lance, avec un conditionnement à la fois positif et négatif (Pavlov serait fier).

Scores:

Points:

Benito

Benito

Cookies: 998.5

Biscuits: 998,5

Bricks: Enough, don't worry =)

Briques: Assez, ne vous inquiétez pas =)

Dave

Dave

Cookies: 1.5

Biscuits: 1,5

Bricks-on-his-face: 3

Briques-dans-sa-face: 3

=D
-Try not to answer everything at once.

-Essayer de ne pas répondre à toutes les question en même temps.

-Participate! This is a free french course, you might save hundreds to learn a new language!

Participez! C'est un cours de français gratuit, vous pourriez économiser des centaines pour apprendre une nouvelle langue!

-Don't hesitate to ask questions.

-N'hésitez pas à poser des questions.

-Your best friend: http://www.wordreference.com/

-Votre meilleur ami: http://www.wordreference.com/

This is a serious thread... D= Hope it still works out.

C'est un sujet sérieux... D= J'espère que cela fonctionnera quand même

[Benito Mussolini]

First course: Nouns and genders.

Premier cours: Noms et genres.

In french, there are 2 genders: masculine and feminine.

En français, il y a 2 genres: le masculin et le féminin.

Learning which noun is which would actually have to be done by heart...

Apprendre quel nom est de quel genre devrait en fait être fait par coeur...

That's why there are dictionaries to help!

C'est pourquoi il y a des dictionnaires pour aider!

Here's one use for the genders:

Voici une utilité des genres:

The determiner changes with the gender.

Le déterminant change selon le genre.

In english, you use "the", "a/an/some", "this/these/those", and "my/your/his/her/our/their".

En anglais, on utilise "the", "a/an/some", "this/these/those" et "my/your/his/her/our/their".

In french, it's "le/la/les", "un/une/des", "ce/cette/ces/cettes", and "mon/ma/mes/ton/ta/tes/son/sa/ses/notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs".

En francais, c'est "le/la/les", "un/une/des", "ce/cette/ces/cettes" et "mon/ma/mes/ton/ta/tes/son/sa/ses/notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs".

Because it also changes when there is more than one of the thing.

Parce qu'il change aussi quand il y plus d'un objet.

Anyways...

De toutes façons...

Usually, that's now it goes:

Voici comment cela se passe, d'habitude:

A noun that ends with an "e" has 80% chances to be feminine. (The leg (feminine), a nail (masculine)).

Un nom qui finit par un "e" a 80% de chances d'être féminin. (La jambe (féminin), un ongle (masculin)).

Otherwise, it's 80% chances to be masculine. (The killer (masculine), the flower (feminine)).

Sinon, il a 80% de chances d'être masculin. (Le tueur (masculin), la fleur (féminin)).

A feminine noun has 80% chances to end with an "e".

Un nom féminin a 80% de chances de se terminer par un "e".

Here's to practice:

Voici pour vous pratiquer:

Translate the following nouns, and give the word's gender.

Traduire les noms suivants et donner son genre.

English to french.

Anglais au français.

1. Door.

1. _

2. Lamp.

2. _

3. Book.

3. _

4. House.

4. _

5. Television.

5. _

6. Song.

6. __ chanson

7. Key. (2 ways to write in french)

7. _

8. Cross. (as in X)

8. _

9. Mask.

9. _

10. Newfoundland ( =D ) (Gender not necessary)

10. _ (Le genre n'est pas nécessaire)

French to english.

Français à l'anglais.

1. _

1. Lance-roquettes.

2. _

2. École.

3. _

3. Visage.

4. Shit (___)

4. Merde.

5. Pencil (___)

5. Crayon

6. _ (Gender not necessary)

6. États-Unis (Le genre n'est pas nécessaire)

7. _ (Gender not necessary)

7. Médecin (Le genre n'est pas nécessaire)

8. _ (Gender not necessary)

8. Ingénieur (Le genre n'est pas nécessaire)

9. _ (Gender not necessary)

9. Pompier (Le genre n'est pas nécessaire)

10. _

10. Axe

1 Cookie for each good answer! (One answer includes translation and gender)
I'm sure I'd make an excellent teacher =D

Je suis certain que je serais un excellent professeur =D

[Dave]

song is chanson!!!!

i know that

and a book is like

a biblo?

edit: i knwo more

merde is shit
crayon is a pencil
axe is an axe
ingenieur is clever in the past tense
visage is mirror (?)

[Benito Mussolini]

song is chanson!!!!  -Half a cookie (need the gender)

i know that

and a book is like

a biblo? -1st brick-on-the-face (it's not even a word...)

edit: i knwo more

merde is shit -The other half of the cookie
crayon is a pencil -Third half
axe is an axe -2nd brick-on-the-face
ingenieur is clever in the past tense -3rd brick-on-the-face (you deserve more than one for that... I'm asking for nouns)
visage is mirror (?) -Won't throw a brick on the face for the effort because you didn't use a dictionary, obviously

<3 Dave.
Use the online dictionary I posted, I bet we could have some semi-intelligible conversation.

Utilise le dictionnaire que j'ai affiché, je parie qu'on pourrait avoir une conversation semi-intelligible.

[Dave]

lol i thaught library was bibloteque

thats book n shit?

[Geoff]

How to speak British.

How do I get this color?

'Ow do oi get this colour?

jkjk <3 dave

[Benito Mussolini]

lol i thaught library was bibloteque

thats book n shit?

You're on the right track... I know you mustn't go there very often, but what do you find in a library?

Tu es sur la bonne piste... Je sais que tu ne dois pas y aller très souvent, mais que trouves-tu dans une bibliothèque?

[Squishy3]

lol i thaught library was bibloteque

thats book n shit?

I could've sworn biblioteque was spanish for library too.

[Wyrmidon]

i believe mask is "la masque".
Médecin is a doctor.

[quote author=Jack link=topic=3246.msg96133#msg96133 date=1247185792]
lol i thaught library was bibloteque

thats book n shit?

I could've sworn biblioteque was spanish for library too.
[/quote]
es biblioteca en espanol

[Squishy3]

i believe mask is "la masque".
[quote author=Squishy3 link=topic=3246.msg96138#msg96138 date=1247186020]
[quote author=Jack link=topic=3246.msg96133#msg96133 date=1247185792]
lol i thaught library was bibloteque

thats book n shit?

I could've sworn biblioteque was spanish for library too.
[/quote]
es biblioteca en espanol
[/quote]close enough.

[Dave]

oh, i remeber jotter being a kind of book?

maybe

i remeber goss is fat?
and gom is rubber

errr

book though

journal?

[Vongore]

Je veux une tasse d'écureuils

Bonjour madame eiffel a-t-elle vu le jeu du mois? (the only thing i learned from Dexter's game of the month)

[Blues]

You've inspired me.

[Duck, Duck, Goose]

Mais caulisse, je parle francais aussi, hien. Alors, je pourrais gagner cet espece de jeux facilement, mais c'est quoi le point? C'est drole a voir les anglais faillir a comprendre des mots de base.

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

Meh, francais est comi comca.

[Vlambo]

Here is all you need to know.

FRENCH IS A USELESS LANGUAGE

Le Francais est tres homosexual. Benito est tres stupide.


That's honestly all I remember from 6 years of french

[Vongore]

Here is all you need to know.

FRENCH IS A USELESS LANGUAGE

Le Francais est tres homosexual. Benito est tres stupide.


That's honestly all I remember from 6 years of french

You want to learn an useless language? learn Spanish

It's only useful if you want to be a drug dealer

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

[quote author=Vlambo link=topic=3246.msg96170#msg96170 date=1247189555]
Here is all you need to know.

FRENCH IS A USELESS LANGUAGE

Le Francais est tres homosexual. Benito est tres stupide.


That's honestly all I remember from 6 years of french

You want to learn an useless language? learn Spanish

It's only useful if you want to be a drug dealer
[/quote]

Or the star of a hit Spanish day time soap opera.

[copulatingduck]

[quote author=Vlambo link=topic=3246.msg96170#msg96170 date=1247189555]
Here is all you need to know.

FRENCH IS A USELESS LANGUAGE

Le Francais est tres homosexual. Benito est tres stupide.


That's honestly all I remember from 6 years of french

You want to learn an useless language? learn Spanish

It's only useful if you want to be a drug dealer
[/quote]

english may not be an useless language, but it sure is an retarded one. there's something to be said for languages that are relatively easy to learn

[Dave]

[quote author=Vongore link=topic=3246.msg96171#msg96171 date=1247189947]
[quote author=Vlambo link=topic=3246.msg96170#msg96170 date=1247189555]
Here is all you need to know.

FRENCH IS A USELESS LANGUAGE

Le Francais est tres homosexual. Benito est tres stupide.


That's honestly all I remember from 6 years of french

You want to learn an useless language? learn Spanish

It's only useful if you want to be a drug dealer
[/quote]

english may not be an useless language, but it sure is an retarded one. there's something to be said for languages that are relatively easy to learn
[/quote]

they were made by easily conquored simpletons?