help, i need to learn!!

[honeydevil]

hey guys!! i need help, not nice to admit but true!! i missed one year of french and latin and i have no clue about it anymore (since i speak english on a regular basis)
help me!!

 

[jenn]

i speak ok french. what do you need help with

 

[honeydevil]

i speak ok french. what do you need help with

the writing and forming sentences!! the speaking i can do later!! i need vocabularies, but i only learn them if i use them!!

 

[jenn]

the writing and forming sentences!! the speaking i can do later!! i need vocabularies, but i only learn them if i use them!!

well i took late immersion. starting in grade 7 all my classes were completely in french, even gym. one of the methods they used was by getting us to read very simple childrens french books, like little red riding hood or jack and the bean stock. knowing the story already but reading it in french was really helpful and learning sentence structure. i don't know if that helps. also we watched movies and tv in french all the time.

 

[honeydevil]

well i took late immersion. starting in grade 7 all my classes were completely in french, even gym. one of the methods they used was by getting us to read very simple childrens french books, like little red riding hood or jack and the bean stock. knowing the story already but reading it in french was really helpful and learning sentence structure. i don't know if that helps. also we watched movies and tv in french all the time.

i have it since 7 grade also!! my problem is that when i go home, i have exactly ONE week to keep up with the stuff from one year!! i only speak english (hard enough), and i forgot everything what is realted to french!!

 

[Maya]

one of the methods they used was by getting us to read very simple childrens french books,

This reminds me of "El Patito Feo".
I tried learning Spanish at my own, after having learned it 3 years at college. But I kind of gave up, think I'll start again, especially after having read all the great advices at "learning German"-thread.

 

[dele]

It's okay Honey, we're here to help you. Give us something specific and we'll give you a crash course.

Do you remember your verbs? Avoir and être? That's probably a good place to start.

I can get you some French music if you'd like, I find focusing on that (even if you can't understand a word of it) is very good for helping your brain remember French. You'd be surprised how much your subconscious mind remembers.

 

[honeydevil]

It's okay Honey, we're here to help you. Give us something specific and we'll give you a crash course.

Do you remember your verbs? Avoir and être? That's probably a good place to start.

I can get you some French music if you'd like, I find focusing on that (even if you can't understand a word of it) is very good for helping your brain remember French. You'd be surprised how much your subconscious mind remembers.

j'ai
tu as
il a
nous avons
vous avez
ils vont

je suis
tu es
il est
nous somme
vous etes
ils sont??

 

[Maya]

I know how to say "My name is" in French, don't know how to write it though. So that wouldn't be much help.

I know two expressions in latin, however. I hope I remember them right:
Pacta sunt servanda
Pacta non sunt semper servanda (not sure if I got the words in right order)

First one means, I'm translating from Norwegian to English now, so it might get a little messy: Deals should be kept (meaning agreements should not be broken)
The next one means: No one is bound to fulfill something impossible.

So, honey, what do you say? Learned something new today?

(PS! DON'T BREAK MY HEART!)

 

[dele]

nous somme

Very good! Only one little mistake. It should be "nous sommes".

I don't know how advanced you are in French, so now try to conjugate "manger", "sortir" and "attendre" in the present, past, imperfect and future tenses. Don't freak out if this is too challenging, just do your best.

Here's a very good site to browse through.
http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/a/daily.htm