Come on then Janet, put us out of our misery!Mrs C. wrote:Oh dear!
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Why? its quite amusing watching everyone try to recall their schoolday French!!Mid A 15 wrote:Come on then Janet, put us out of our misery!Mrs C. wrote:Oh dear!
and it`s all completely !!
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Ah, il-y-a un bon dieu (ou est-ce-que il-y-a une bonne dieu?)Euterpe13 wrote:T'inquiète pas , je suis bientôt près de toi, et j'ammenerai plusieurs bouteilles avec moi....
Merveilleuse, mais quelques bouteilles du Malepere ou Macon Villages souffi pour moi.Euterpe13 wrote:J'ai un excellent ( petit) stock de Bourgogne et Bordeaux que j'amène également avec moi
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What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
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How good is the GCSE French exam? GCE O level was supposed to bring you to a standard where you could write and talk passable everyday French.
My schoolmaster friend tells me that nowadays you can get through knowing just about nothing more than that France is over the water from Dover. Certainly of my three kids not one could carry out a reasonable conversation on what they learned at school and during trips to the various countries. I have to conclude that those lessons and the trip costs were a total waste of time / money which could have been far better spent.
French was his teaching speciality and I witnesed his early days there! Yes, he knew more than me (so does the dustman) but not much more. It was just confidence.
My schoolmaster friend tells me that nowadays you can get through knowing just about nothing more than that France is over the water from Dover. Certainly of my three kids not one could carry out a reasonable conversation on what they learned at school and during trips to the various countries. I have to conclude that those lessons and the trip costs were a total waste of time / money which could have been far better spent.
French was his teaching speciality and I witnesed his early days there! Yes, he knew more than me (so does the dustman) but not much more. It was just confidence.
What happens if a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!
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I don't know about French, but about 12 years ago I did evening class GCSE Italian. The classes that I had been going to never seemed tomove forward, so I thoughtthat one with and exam might do better. I got an 'A', which seemed to rather shock my bi-lingual other half!sejintenej wrote:How good is the GCSE French exam? GCE O level was supposed to bring you to a standard where you could write and talk passable everyday French.
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OH DEAR !Mid A 15 wrote:Shouldn't that be je ne comprende pas? I'm not 100% certain though!blondie95 wrote:je ne comprendez French! or write it for that matter-gosh it was a while since GCSE french
Even longer since I did "O" level French!
Arthur Rider taught me in my GE year.
We're not going to start discussing French "O" Levels, are we ??
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Dear Julian
Thank you for bringing this thread back to topic!
Having done French at Higher Education level, and having become 'bilingue' (at the time, not now!), I was beginning to cringe.
As a complete novice on anything technical I would like to thank you for all you are doing to keep this Forum up and running and current etc. etc.
Keep up the good work!
I particularly like the 'taylormade' website!
Kerren
Thank you for bringing this thread back to topic!
Having done French at Higher Education level, and having become 'bilingue' (at the time, not now!), I was beginning to cringe.
As a complete novice on anything technical I would like to thank you for all you are doing to keep this Forum up and running and current etc. etc.
Keep up the good work!
I particularly like the 'taylormade' website!
Kerren
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