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polyglutton last won the day on October 18 2016
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Thank you for sharing! My high school French teacher taught a lesson about ordering food in France, but it looks like she left some things out.
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As a native Spanish teacher, this is easier for me because most French words' genders correlate with their Spanish genders. I think the best way to memorize genders is to visualize it every time you read it. (Ex: "La Table", picture a table along with any feminine accessories you can think of.)
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Hi! I'm fairly conversationally fluent in French and would like a friend to text with I can help with both English and Spanish.
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Translation apps/websites are generally only effective for simple sentences. If you're looking to translate something a bit more abstract, it's better to look up translations to entire phrases and putting it all together yourself.
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Should non-native speaker learn English through songs?
polyglutton replied to translateviet's topic in Language Learning
I think that in addition to other language-learning resources, learning English through songs is a great way to learn slang. However, I don't think it would be a good idea to learn English solely through this method, as words are often pronounced differently in a song than how they're normally pronounced. -
The word-a-day tactic seems like a blast and not too stressful if someone is just starting out. Thanks for the advice!
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The main purpose of learning French
polyglutton replied to FlagOnce's topic in French Language | Discussion
I started learning French the summer before my freshman year of high school. I absolutely obsessed over it from the moment I woke up to the moment I fell asleep for a good month. The main reason I had for learning French was because of how pretty I thought it sounded (I'm a Libra, I'm shallow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ). Although it had the added benefit of giving me something to do during the summer. -
Hi! I'm Adrian, and I've been obsessing over the French language for about two years now. I'm also interested in learning any other language that I find beautiful :), It's nice to meet everyone.
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I completely agree with you! The hardest part of translating, in my opinion, is trying to keep the same meaning in both languages. I have an exclusively Spanish-speaking mother, and sometimes when I try to translate things for her I realize that what I say has a slightly different connotation than it originally did in English. Effective translation really is an art.
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