Welcome to the first entry in this blog on how to learn French. If you want to speak a language you have to learn little by little. There are no lesson plans, no tests, no homework, but you may learn something that will add to your knowledge of French.
According to one famous teacher of French there are three words in English that end with the letters ion that do not translate into French. All the others do. So if you say the word nation in a French accent then you are talking in French. The three exceptions are vacation which is vacances, translation which is traduction, and explanation which is explication. Now this gives you a vocabulary of well over a thousand French words - except it doesn't as there are quite a few more exceptions. However in general you will be able to use your knowledge of English to help your French.
I'll let you know some other exceptions at a later date. In the meantime try to discover them for yourself. To learn anything you have to enjoy the learning process. So I am not going to give out any detentions or make you write any lines.
If you want to say something in French that everyone will agree with and will make you sound clever then try 'je crois qu'on apprend le français peu à peu'. If you don't know what this means try a dictionary and enjoy using it.
A bientôt
About Me
- Michael Gradwell
- I enjoy languages and music and for many years I played folk and classical guitar. I still do, but in recent years the ukulele has been the instrument that I have played the most. I now have an eight-string and a four-string tenor, a concert, a soprano and even a tiny piccolo ukulele. I have many other interests, including a lifelong interest in politics, and because of this I have several blogs, including politics for novices. If you came to this page from one of my blogs and don't know about the others, you may like to check them out. Please feel free to comment on any of the blogs - let me know what you think!
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