<p>dukebound - I don't think anyone at my school know about that. xD And yeah.. Hahaha..</p>
<p>translation of allemanau's post: I love my French class, but I don't like the language a lot, if you understand me - I'm in French 5 (on the contrary, 4+ is a better title). I'm the only guy.</p>
<p>That's a new spin on the class. Take it and you'll be with a bunch of chicks. Except, in my class, we have a large population of annoying Asian guys who finish tests as quickly as possible. There's one nice one who's kinda a creeper.</p>
<p>"Yes, I speak french like this like that. But maintaining, it's a disaster because my new French professor is very strict with grades. It is impossible to obtain an A in this class."</p>
<p>"Yes, I speak french like this like that. But maintaining, it's a disaster because my new French professor is very strict with grades. It is impossible to obtain an A in this class."</p>
<p>That is how a dictionary would say it.</p>
<p>This is how an English speaker would say it.</p>
<p>I speak French OK. But now, it's a disaster because my new French teacher is very strict with notes. It's impossible to get an A in this class.</p>
<p>^_^; I try to stick to literal translations whenever possible because I don't know whether what the speaker said is an error or whether it is a legitimate phrase in the language that has an English equivalent (for example, I know the phrase "J'ai 15 ans" is how "I'm 15 years old" is said in French, even though a literal translation would be "I have 15 years," but I don't know what other phrases might be like that).</p>
<p>Jaime, be careful though, because sometimes literal translations make absolutely no sense. The French use A LOT of idioms in their normal speech. If you're planning on speaking French with a higher level/native speaker, I'd suggest looking them up. Even in French class, our teacher seers idioms into our brains.</p>
<p>c'est bien je vois que tout le monde essaie de faire de gros efforts et pour parler et pour traduire!! on voit qu'ici sur CC il y a que des "grosses tetes"!! et bravo AISGZDAVINCI, tu as l'air tres doue en langues! ton francais n'a aucune faute! le reste pour moi c'est du Chinois ;) A bientot... i can speak English too but i like making you practice a little.. it's not one of those stupid thread...</p>
<p>Translation of LaVieEnChocolat, "It is good that I see that everyone makes a lot of effort to speak and to translate. I see that here on CC there are a lot of "big heads"!! And good job "AAisgzdavinci", you seem to be very gifted in languages! Your French doesn't have any fault! The rest for me is Chinese.. Of course.."</p>
<p>I had my French exam today. It was ridiculously hard and I forgot half of the structures on it.. xDDD That's what I get for translating all day yesterday instead of looking at each structure.</p>
<p>I love French - it's my best subject. I'm in French V now (pre-AP), and I got first place nationally on the National French Contest (Le Grand Concours) last year.</p>
<p>But I'm also in love with the culture...I'm a huge fan of French cinema :)</p>
<p>Ah.. This thread again.. I'm not gonna translate 'cause I'm too lazy.
Since my last post, my French teacher has squawked like a pterodactyl and when one of us sat on a desk, she went off on this rant about how some desk broke like ten years ago and, "It slashed [her] trousers!" This woman is completely crazy and I've began a list of ridiculous things that have happened in that class. I'm going to have enough material for a book at the end of the year.
Has anyone watched La Ballade Des Daltons? It's a ridiculous French cartoon in French, but they're all speaking in weird fake-American western accents. They do have an acid trip scene where they're singing and dancing to "Singing In The Rain".</p>
<p>I have a ton of bizarre quotes from my French class as well, mainly from the teacher and one slacker who tries (and sometimes succeeds) at being funny. I might post them if anybody cares.</p>