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Is anyone really bilingual?

Elsewhere on this forum, I mentioned people who have been brought up bilingually, but who have spent vitually all their lives, apart from h…

Started by Jean Dervin

4 Mar 27
Reply by Neil Coffey

irregular verb endings

I have noticed that these 4 commonn verbs have the same ending in the 3rd person plural. Faire  , avoir , etre,  and aller( ils font  ,ils…

Started by George Hunt

3 Feb 27
Reply by Neil Coffey

Pronunciation of Jet'aime?

Hey y'all, I know there are people from all over the world that go to the forum. Any French folks here? I am having a friendly argument wit…

Started by David Middleton Edelen II

11 Feb 23
Reply by Charles D

French Survey for Linguistics Research

Hi everyone!I am a student in Texas and am conducting a survey on the acquisition of pronominal forms (tu and vous.) The survey does not ta…

Started by Cameron R

0 Feb 10

I and Y in French

I see certain relationship between these two characters in French (both are i, although one is i Greek), similar pronunciation: roi, Geoffr…

Started by Robert Johnson

3 Feb 5
Reply by franci.discendum

Quick check, if you have a few minutes...

This is a screenplay. VO is voiceover. Its originally in english, and to be honest, my french is extremely limited, but I'm attempting to d…

Started by Jeebz

0 Jan 29

Correspondence

Hi I'm french, I live in Montpellier (southern part of the france) and I would like to talk with someone who wants to learn more french. Li…

Started by arnaud bazille

6 Jun 23, 2011
Reply by Vrushali Vasant Sukhi

Phrase "Burned at the stake" translation?

Pour ma classe de francais je fait une project sur la vie de Jeanne d'Arc et j'ai besoin de savoir comment dire qu'elle a ete "burned at th…

Started by pamelannemoore

1 Jun 16, 2011
Reply by lauris

Grammatical difference between (Standard) French and Langue d'oc

I just want to know this. I heard that many of the Langue d'oc are similar to several Spanish dialects but I'm really curious.

Started by Adam Kim

1 Dec 27, 2010
Reply by Neil Coffey

Historical language question "-il", "-ille" or "-ill-"

-il: Soleil (sun)?-ille: Briller (to shine)?-ill-: Papillon (butterfly)?Why they are always pronounced as [j]? I think perhaps the Latin Al…

Started by Adam Kim

0 Dec 9, 2010

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