Need help with French

inyoricebowl_ wrote: If anyone need french halp hit me up

le baiser amoureux, ou la langue?

Jimbo wrote: mais voilà! Je veux juste chercher un tandem Chinois/Français ou Anglais/Français

tu devrais chercher a interpals. il y a la bas beaucoup des gens francophiles. je trouve une penpal francaise il y a six ans et je l'ecris toujours (or should it be j'ecris toujours a lui?)

Le baiser entre amoureux, c'est toujours AVEC la langue !
Et en français, "penpal", ça n'existe pas. on dit: << un(e) correspondant(e). >>

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greensheep wrote: le baiser amoureux, ou la langue?


tu devrais chercher a interpals. il y a la bas beaucoup des gens francophiles. je trouve une penpal francaise il y a six ans et je l'ecris toujours (or should it be j'ecris toujours a lui?)

Guys i need someone to help me practise French . Anyone ??
J ai jamais essayé de pratiquer mon francais malgré qu'il est ma 2eme langue et qu'on l'utilisait en école.. j ai bcp de lacunes en termes de francais courant et tout le temps je me trouve mal à m'exprimer

"C'est en forgeant que l'on devient forgeron."
Et c'est en parlant une langue, qu'on améliore son niveau.

Also, nowadays, Passé Simple is not so often used & when it is, it's only in written form. When speaking, the French will use Passé Composé to express past, which gives: J'ai abouti...
As for how to tell the difference when the verb is spelt the same way in 2 different tenses, the context will help a lot. When properly written the same tense (either present ot past) is kept in the whole text.
Hope it helps...
By the way, this is the dedicated thread for French language.

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Doug_HKLondon wrote: hellooo french speakersB) , i m trying to read up a bit on french verbs and i just realised sometimes 2 different tenses r spelt the same, how do you tell the difference? i mean which one is the author referring? e.g. the verb aboutir in present tense for je is spelt aboutis which is also the case in passe simple. how can one tell if it is in the present or in the past.

Princess_Nincompoop wrote: The way to identify the tense of the verb used is when you look at the subject of the sentence and the sentence as a whole.
For example, aboutis could also be in the "impératif présent" form ... but that form is used as an order. So it would have to be something like: aboutis! Nous devons partir! (Where im from its a way of saying Hurry up / finish up ! we need to leave)

Right thanks for the clarity Jun, i don't really get the chance to speak it often so I was a bit worried if I d be able to tell the difference if I somehow come across it in some old novels. I will keep all French related Qs on this thread in the future lol.

JunJun.fr wrote: Also, nowadays, Passé Simple is not so often used & when it is only in written form. When speaking, the French will use Passé Composé to express past, which gives: J'ai abouti...
As for how to tell the difference when the verb is spelt the same way in 2 different tenses, the context will help a lot. When properly written the same tense (either present ot past) is kept in the whole text.
Hope it helps...
By the way, this is the dedicated thread for French language.

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www.hey-ai.com/forum...art=7130#480627

Doug_HKLondon wrote: hellooo french speakersB) , i m trying to read up a bit on french verbs and i just realised sometimes 2 different tenses r spelt the same, how do you tell the difference? i mean which one is the author referring? e.g. the verb aboutir in present tense for je is spelt aboutis which is also the case in passe simple. how can one tell if it is in the present or in the past.

Princess_Nincompoop wrote: The way to identify the tense of the verb used is when you look at the subject of the sentence and the sentence as a whole.
For example, aboutis could also be in the "impératif présent" form ... but that form is used as an order. So it would have to be something like: aboutis! Nous devons partir! (Where im from its a way of saying Hurry up / finish up ! we need to leave)

What jun said [he said more clearly what i was trying to say ahah that the context of the sentence when looked at as a whole will tell what tense you are working with]
When i read the question i was like ... PASSÉ WATT?? XD
Its not a form we use often ... and the verb aboutir either ahah.
Thanks to Jun for digging out some old thread i didnt know existed ahahah
I still left my second answer in the random thoughts thread ... too lazy.
Work was hell so as the real frenchies out there would say : JE M'EN VAIS AU PLUMARD!!!

Princess_Nincompoop wrote:

JunJun.fr wrote: Also, nowadays, Passé Simple is not so often used & when it is only in written form. When speaking, the French will use Passé Composé to express past, which gives: J'ai abouti...
As for how to tell the difference when the verb is spelt the same way in 2 different tenses, the context will help a lot. When properly written the same tense (either present ot past) is kept in the whole text.
Hope it helps...
By the way, this is the dedicated thread for French language.

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www.hey-ai.com/forum...art=7130#480627

Doug_HKLondon wrote: hellooo french speakersB) , i m trying to read up a bit on french verbs and i just realised sometimes 2 different tenses r spelt the same, how do you tell the difference? i mean which one is the author referring? e.g. the verb aboutir in present tense for je is spelt aboutis which is also the case in passe simple. how can one tell if it is in the present or in the past.

Princess_Nincompoop wrote: The way to identify the tense of the verb used is when you look at the subject of the sentence and the sentence as a whole.
For example, aboutis could also be in the "impératif présent" form ... but that form is used as an order. So it would have to be something like: aboutis! Nous devons partir! (Where im from its a way of saying Hurry up / finish up ! we need to leave)

What jun said [he said more clearly what i was trying to say ahah that the context of the sentence when looked at as a whole will tell what tense you are working with]
When i read the question i was like ... PASSÉ WATT?? XD
Its not a form we use often ... and the verb aboutir either ahah.
Thanks to Jun for digging out some old thread i didnt know existed ahahah
I still left my second answer in the random thoughts thread ... too lazy.
Work was hell so as the real frenchies out there would say : JE M'EN VAIS AU PLUMARD!!!

lol yeaa the text i m reading d say it is not used in convo anymore, i know there will be a film adaptation of le crime de l'orient-express being released soon so i though i might try to read up on its original first before watching and that is an old old book lol so i thought it might show up.
Thanks for offering to help, I'll be needing as much as I can get!! lol
lol and i just looked up what plumard is! good choice of activity haha

Doug_HKLondon wrote:

Princess_Nincompoop wrote:

JunJun.fr wrote: Also, nowadays, Passé Simple is not so often used & when it is only in written form. When speaking, the French will use Passé Composé to express past, which gives: J'ai abouti...
As for how to tell the difference when the verb is spelt the same way in 2 different tenses, the context will help a lot. When properly written the same tense (either present ot past) is kept in the whole text.
Hope it helps...
By the way, this is the dedicated thread for French language.

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www.hey-ai.com/forum...art=7130#480627

Doug_HKLondon wrote: hellooo french speakersB) , i m trying to read up a bit on french verbs and i just realised sometimes 2 different tenses r spelt the same, how do you tell the difference? i mean which one is the author referring? e.g. the verb aboutir in present tense for je is spelt aboutis which is also the case in passe simple. how can one tell if it is in the present or in the past.

Princess_Nincompoop wrote: The way to identify the tense of the verb used is when you look at the subject of the sentence and the sentence as a whole.
For example, aboutis could also be in the "impératif présent" form ... but that form is used as an order. So it would have to be something like: aboutis! Nous devons partir! (Where im from its a way of saying Hurry up / finish up ! we need to leave)

What jun said [he said more clearly what i was trying to say ahah that the context of the sentence when looked at as a whole will tell what tense you are working with]
When i read the question i was like ... PASSÉ WATT?? XD
Its not a form we use often ... and the verb aboutir either ahah.
Thanks to Jun for digging out some old thread i didnt know existed ahahah
I still left my second answer in the random thoughts thread ... too lazy.
Work was hell so as the real frenchies out there would say : JE M'EN VAIS AU PLUMARD!!!

lol yeaa the text i m reading d say it is not used in convo anymore, i know there will be a film adaptation of le crime de l'orient-express being released soon so i though i might try to read up on its original first before watching and that is an old old book lol so i thought it might show up.
Thanks for offering to help, I'll be needing as much as I can get!! lol
lol and i just looked up what plumard is! good choice of activity haha

Honestly watching movies in french with the english subtitles or listening to french music would be ur best bet!
Thats how i learned english.
Try not to look at the subs/lyrics unless you have no clue whats going on

I used to watch a bunch of movies in spanish until i knew what they were saying without having to rely on the subs.
BUT keep practicing it or you will lose the progress
I havnt used/studied spanish in years (like 7-8) so now i can understand like ... 60% of it and i make up what people are trying to say with the words i can pick up - same with reading it.
However ask me to speak spanish and ill make a fool of myself because other than the very basics ive forgotten everything
I might go back to studying it later - someday ... when ill stop being lazy xD

À l'origine, "Le Crime de L'Orient-Express" est bien un roman avant d'être adapté au cinéma... Mais il a été écrit en anglais, par Agatha Christie. Si tu as le livre en français, c'est une traduction, avec certainement des interprétations, voire même des erreurs. Si tu veux plutôt lire des œuvres rédigées diretement en français, on peut en trouver facilement.

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Doug_HKLondon wrote:
lol yeaa the text i m reading d say it is not used in convo anymore, i know there will be a film adaptation of le crime de l'orient-express being released soon so i though i might try to read up on its original first before watching and that is an old old book lol so i thought it might show up.
Thanks for offering to help, I'll be needing as much as I can get!! lol
lol and i just looked up what plumard is! good choice of activity haha