Anyone in the middle of learning french?

[sidkrose]

French is also useful if you plan to work for the government in any capacity, I know it can be an advantage. I would also agree Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Punjabi and Hindi would be definitely worthwhile to learn in Vancouver.

 

[shamsia]

Anyways, so if your in the land of Cowboys, pickup trucks, Oil workers (alberta ) your language troubles will be nil. Put an Eh at the end of a sentence and you'll be just fine!

LOL the solution to all Canadian problems is just an 'eh' away!!

 

[ddobro2]

Oh good, I'm glad something productive came out of that.

Haaha, the professor is Portguese! Today's her birthday...omg...it's a good thing you bring that up, I better go wish her a happy one before it's over! ???

 

[ddobro2]

Wow. If Cantonese is "way more difficult" to learn than Mandarin, then I don't even want to imagine how impossibly hard that would make Cantonese. I gave up on Mandarin once I realized there were four different inflections and I would never be able to differentiate them.

Im an Albertan, but ive been living in China the last 3 years. Ive learned quite a bit of Mandarin during my time here and in western Canada it will be ALOT more useful then French. A couple of my friends are Frenchmen, plus ive got friends from French africa, and other french colonies.... But they all speak perfect english. So for me thier is no need to learn in China. Chinese is more useful here obviously. Western Canadians dont exactly look down upon quebecers but we wont study French just to communicate with a QB colleaue working western Canada. I was in BC and Alberta for a month this summer and heard way more Chinese then French. And I had plenty of chances to practice speaking Chinese too. You cant speak Mandarin to anybody who looks Chinese, as they may be from Hong Kong. Cantonese is way more difficult for english speakers than Mandarin, so learn that if you wanna learn an asian language.

Anyways, so if your in the land of Cowboys, pickup trucks, Oil workers (alberta ) your language troubles will be nil. Put an Eh at the end of a sentence and you'll be just fine!

 

[RedAlert]

My husband started his French Classes just yesterday....the Québec Gvmnt. pays up to 1800 hours language courses to all newcomers. It's really helpful with your integration since you're not only learning grammar and vocabulary but also a lot about history,society and local customs.

 

[shamsia]

Is it just the gove of Quebec or elsewhere too? I should be moving to Ottawa...

 

[RedAlert]

hm, i think it is only the MICC Shamsia, too bad, because Gatineau is just across the river and Ottawa is also very bilingual.
Si tu as envie d'écrire en français, je suis disponible même à ricaner en french! ;-)

 

[AllisonVSC]

Is it just the gove of Quebec or elsewhere too? I should be moving to Ottawa...

I haven't been able to find a similarly funded program in Ontario.

 

[shamsia]

hm, i think it is only the MICC Shamsia, too bad, because Gatineau is just across the river and Ottawa is also very bilingual.
Si tu as envie d'écrire en français, je suis disponible même à ricaner en french! ;-)

I could understand "Si tu as envie d'écrire en français" *beams proudly* but the rest was Greek & Latin, oops no, it was French

Merci beaucoup pour votre offre. Tu es tres sympas ;D

 

[ddobro2]

she's even available to giggle in French

I could understand "Si tu as envie d'écrire en français" *beams proudly* but the rest was Greek & Latin, oops no, it was French

Merci beaucoup pour votre offre. Tu es tres sympas ;D

 

[RedAlert]

bravo ddobro2!!

 

[ddobro2]

merci bien!

bravo ddobro2!!

 

[RedAlert]

Actually, shamsia, on the MICC site, you can find some links and also french excercises/tools to help you learn. Feel free to pm me if you want to practice a little bit.
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[shamsia]

Actually, shamsia, on the MICC site, you can find some links and also french excercises/tools to help you learn. Feel free to pm me if you want to practice a little bit.
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That's really nice of you!! I shall take you up on the offer immediately!
Thing is, I have to submit a french assignment tomorrow where I talk about the stuff I do on the weekend.
I want to say that I like to bake. So is "J'aime faire cuire" even correct?

 

[RedAlert]

Cuire is for cooking and baking, so it depends really on what you want to say. ex. J'aime faire de la pâtisserie, J'aime faire du pain, ou faire cuire du pain.
Baker can be patissier or boulanger.