That's > > why I'm trying to learn some verbs before I go on to more vocab. ( I > > hope that sentence even looks right!!) > > I think you're trying to say your french teacher will speak japanese > in 2 days. It should be: asatte furansu no sensei wa nihongo o > hanashimasu. Although since I've learned japanese for only 9 months > now you should always verify what I say. :)
well, it should be: asatte huransu-go no sensei ni nihongo o hanasitai (desu) yo! The day after tomorrow, I want to speak Japanese to my french- language teacher. Mind you, I use kunrei-siki for romanization; i know you are familiar with some verb conjugations, lol. You probably know this already, but in alot of languages, when the context is clearly known, it is omitted; this is also in Tagalog, as far as languages go. 'yo' is just an.... exclamatory particle at the end of the word. When -masu is replaced by -tai, it becomes, '(object pronoun) want to' and has the copula verb, 'desu', unless you want the informal form, then the copula is omitted. I want to eat. Tabetai desu. I want want to go to school. Gakkou e ikitai desu. > It wasn't verbs only, but conjugating verbs was a major part of it. > The problem was that since the lessons were all taught in a systematic > manner, I learned to answer questions in a systematic manner as well, > even without understanding the question. > > On tests, there were questions asked in spanish, and what I did was I > conjugated the verbs and refeed the same words back as the answer. > Structurally, it was correct, so I usually get full points, but again, > I didn't know what I was doing.. I was just following "rules". :) Well, there's always the whole 'conversation' moment in language classes, where one would have to speak to their partner and try for a number of minutes only in that language. The language programs (only French, and Spanish) and systems are pretty good in my school, what I think, but I think the speaking component needs to be heavily concentrated. > How long have you been studying Portuguese and how far are you? Can > you read Portuguese newspapers without needing a dictionary? I don't know; I haven't tried since I've been focusing on my Japanese, French, Spanish, Esperanto, and Tagalog moreso; Knowing French and Spanish, I probably would be able to read perhaps a little portuguese. But homework takes up most of my time, so I await post- secondary to tackle it! > Interesting. I didn't find the pimsleur program repetitive at all. > I thought the way the program ask you questions backwards and forwards > is a really good way to learn the nuances of the language. > > For example, in the French pimsleur program, I learned that the woman > is speaking with a different accent. She's actually Parisian french, > while the man is Canadian french. I can actually hear the > difference, so I was happy. :) Les parisiens sont tres fortes dans son accent de francais!! Dans le quebecois, et les autres francophones au Canada, il y a beaucoup des accents differents... Even Canadian french has different accents... Ontarian french can sound really... runny, and then there's cajun french accent, which sounds really hillbilly to me... lol. I prefer quebecois french, but parisien is fine, though much stronger and kinda snobbish sometimes... kinda like UK and Canada/United states... just stereotypical though!! > Well, you're a lot different than I am ! When reading french texts > I can understand a majority of the sentences, but when it comes to > watching a french movie, my comprehension drops from 75% to 10%. No, i think you misunderstand, lol! I too suck at hearing in French (compared to the phonetic spanish, Tagalog and Esperanto), because even though I live in Canada, I hear more Tagalog and home, and English everywhere than French, so I haven't learned to distinguish many sounds even though I can pronounce them fairly well... but practicing my French (and tyotto hihongo) slowly with a French immersion teacher, Mr. Gagnon, I'm getting there!! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/9rHolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Japanese_Language/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
