To cap off completing #8 on The List, "learn some basic French words and phrases", let me share my 10 favorite French words (I've included the pronunciation when I could find it):
1. book - le livre - (luh LEE-vrah)
2. tree - l'arbre - (l' AR-brah)
3. postcard - le carte postale
4. horse - le cheval - (luh sh-VALL)
5. egg - les oeufs - (lay uff)
6. flowers - les fleurs - (lay flur)
7. library card - le carte de lecteur
8. apple - la pomme - (lah pumm)
9. sun - la soleil - (lah sol-ay)
10. mountain - la montagne - (lah mon-tyne)
Learning these words, OK I ended up learning hundreds of French words, was so much fun and such a good reminder that I love learning foreign language. In high school and college I studied Latin. I remember immersing myself in it and reveling in discovering more and more about it.
I relied on a great DK French-English visual dictionary as well as a stack of children's books to find these French words. It was a great starting point.
This brief dip into the French pool has me thinking that I need to study another language in more depth. I'm keeping my eye on Rosetta Stone and the Concordia Language Villages courses. Who knows what may happen? Of course, I have to decide between French and Swedish. Which language would you choose to study?
1 comment:
spanish. no point in living in AZ if I can't speak spanish.... I have to get on that! :)
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