My English is rubbish....my spelling and grammer, worse!!!!!!!
...but I have decided to take up French again as several fellow Brothers at my Lodge are native, French! Indeed, my Order "Le Droit Humain" is French, and was stated there over 100 years ago, so I think its only right I dip my toes back into this delightful language, so I can convers with my brothers, and in the hope of the odd trip to France!
I seem to pick up languages fairly easy, but I dont speak anything "fluent"...at school I picked up French ok but I was not considered good enough to go onto German! Ironically, while on a trip to Germany aged 14, I was almost fluent after a week!!!! Well, bit of an exageration there but I was going into bars with my dad and ordering beer and food in good German. My dad was very impressed!! I would have certainly liked to have go onto learn German properly at school and collage, but I was held back by my old school policy of not being taught German unless your French was proficient!! Silly realy!!
During my time backpacking, I picked several usefull phrases of about 7 different languges. Namely, Nepalese, Tibetian, Thai, Mandarin Chinese, Urdu, Hindi, and my favorite Bhasa Indoniesian!! I say this is my favorite as it is a very easy language to learn!! and I spoke it on several subsequent trips to Bali and Java! The Neplaese came in very handy on the Everest trek too, as did Tibetian as Everest is in the Solu Khumbu region which is inhabited by Tibetan Sherpa's!
"Raksi Laygyo!!"
Was my favotire...it means "I am DRUNK!!" in Tibetan
It's great learning a few basics of a language though, when your traveling! Even if its just pleasentries and hello and goodbye. Interacting with the locals is much better too!
So French it is! well for now, anyway!
It will certainly take my mind off the impending move back to our own house in a few days. On that note the decoration is just about compleate and we had the survayers in today from our fitted bedroom company, Hammonds. The house is starting too look excellent and not like a builders atomic explosion!! Thank goodness!!
ta ta!! x
Opps.......forgot to charge my ipod for tonight........*buggers off to charge ipod*
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Kate R
on Thu 25 Feb 2010 08:33 PM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link
Bonsoir cherie
Glad you are embracing the French language, it was my best and favourite subject at school along with History and English Literature. (Would love to go back and do them all come to think about it) I remember during my revision for French that I'd knew I'd overdone it because I had started to dream in French about a railway station Used to be partial to a subtitled French film once in a while too when my dad was here. Beaucoup d'amour Kate xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Re: Re: Minding my language!
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vicky
on Fri 26 Feb 2010 11:16 AM GMT | Profile | Permanent Link
Hi Kate!!! (((((((((((hugs))))))))))
I liked French at school too!! A lovely friend of mine (he used to be the lighting engineer at Mr Smiths) who is now on facebook, sent me a wonderful French study course last night. I am going to give it a go later today...still busy with moving stuff though! Lots of love to you, Johnathan and Nathan! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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