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studying french (kinda) thread or idk
yesterday (well oct 26) i met someone from algeria, aka my aunt& #39;s ~friend~ and since france ruled over his country for quite some time he& #39;s fluent in french (also in spanish, a bit of english and filipino) and he& #39;s going to be teaching me
i was going to say he& #39;s going to be my teacher btu it mixed w/ he& #39;s going to teach me, every 11pm, five times a week (my choice, pretty flexible sched i think)
day 1 oct: he kept on complimenting how quick i can pick up, he basically just asked me what frech words i knew
day 1 oct: he kept on complimenting how quick i can pick up, he basically just asked me what frech words i knew
and he taught me how to say yes (oui), no (non), and name (nom).
also how an, am, an , am , on , om all are spoken using nazal (nasal)
ps: idk how to properly put those accents so im not sureif im writing them correctly, he just wrote them in usual roman letters)
also how an, am, an , am , on , om all are spoken using nazal (nasal)
ps: idk how to properly put those accents so im not sureif im writing them correctly, he just wrote them in usual roman letters)
day 2 kinda.. i was just watching twice @ chooms and he and my aunt was on vc, so i had a pop quiz about what he taught me yesterday lmfao and also asked what time i prefer.
we was just telling me again how those gargling sounds are what& #39;s hard for people to pronounce,
we was just telling me again how those gargling sounds are what& #39;s hard for people to pronounce,
he asked me to repeat after him since arabic uses those a bit more than french but he suddenly laughed............. TURNS OUT I SAID SH*T IN ARABIC HAHAHAHAHA
anw he taught me a new word: tante (aunt)
anw he taught me a new word: tante (aunt)
also some Arabic words/expressions that he also briefly taught (and kept on repeating bc he was mixing 4-5 languages) yesterday
In sha Allah - if God allows in it
Be& #39;saha eleyk ? it& #39;s the closest thing i could find,, he didnt spell it out :( - wishing good health
In sha Allah - if God allows in it
Be& #39;saha eleyk ? it& #39;s the closest thing i could find,, he didnt spell it out :( - wishing good health
Day 1 of formal lesson... our vc will start in 40mins and it suddenly rained HARD and i can& #39;t find my earphones.. Um
DAY 1 so he was saying he& #39;ll need a minute before we start and asking how i am, i was listening to some basic phrases jus t to familiarize with the sound
so i send him How about you? Salut! Ăa va? And he was was excited lol
so i send him How about you? Salut! Ăa va? And he was was excited lol
We reviewed about the "introduction part" or o, a, and e + n, m. And he started explaining about Salut!
1st rule: "90% of the time" the last consonant in the sentence is silent
2nd rule: consonant + U becomes consonant + i, but the form of the mouth is round like whistling
1st rule: "90% of the time" the last consonant in the sentence is silent
2nd rule: consonant + U becomes consonant + i, but the form of the mouth is round like whistling
He also said!"Salut" can be used in both saying hello and bye :D kind of like ìë
? i feel like it& #39;s a bit informal though pls correct me if im wrong
About ça va? ca va.
3rd rule: ç + o / a / u is pronounced as s + o/a/u
Ăa va directly translates to smth like "everything ok?"
About ça va? ca va.
3rd rule: ç + o / a / u is pronounced as s + o/a/u
Ăa va directly translates to smth like "everything ok?"
^just based on my understanding in the usage
He explained how in english "you" is used for anyone and everyone, to your boss, family, a group of people but it& #39;s diff in french
1 person - TU
>1 person / someone you respect / strangers - VOUS
kinda like formal and informal in hg
He explained how in english "you" is used for anyone and everyone, to your boss, family, a group of people but it& #39;s diff in french
1 person - TU
>1 person / someone you respect / strangers - VOUS
kinda like formal and informal in hg
4th rule: o + u = U (in filipino pronounciation)
so for asking how are you:
Informal - Comment vas tu?
Formal - Comment allez vous?
5th rule: word ending w/ a consonant + word starting w/ a vowel = "relating" the letters
ex) comment by itself is pronounced kome but in the -
so for asking how are you:
Informal - Comment vas tu?
Formal - Comment allez vous?
5th rule: word ending w/ a consonant + word starting w/ a vowel = "relating" the letters
ex) comment by itself is pronounced kome but in the -
- formal phrase the next word is allez, so instead of kome ale vu it becomes kometalevu
u know... this thread is just for me putting everything and trying to digest it!!! please correct me if i make a mistake it& #39;s highly appreciated!
u know... this thread is just for me putting everything and trying to digest it!!! please correct me if i make a mistake it& #39;s highly appreciated!
after it he asked me if i understood everything and if i have questions, i asked him how to say thank you with respect and he mentioned
Merçi a vous - thank you soso much
Merçi boku (he said he& #39;ll explain how to spell it properly tomorrow) - thanks a lot
so i said Merçi boku!
Merçi a vous - thank you soso much
Merçi boku (he said he& #39;ll explain how to spell it properly tomorrow) - thanks a lot
so i said Merçi boku!
after it we talked about other things, like mathematics, he aske dif i liked math. we both expressed how math is beautiful, like magic
did you know that Fibonacci studied in a university in Northern Algeria? And it& #39;s the origin of the numbers we used today
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did you know that Fibonacci studied in a university in Northern Algeria? And it& #39;s the origin of the numbers we used today
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