Salut!

I don't know if this is the proper place to post this, but since I didn't find an "introduce yourself" forum, I guess this is right.

Anyways, I took French in middle school and high school, but haven't taken a class in about 4 years. I remember bits and pieces, and I think it'd be fun to brush up my skills and all, so here I am!

Sault! Je m'appelle Anna et je parle Francais (ou est les accents? je ne sais pas!) un peu, mais je veux apprendre plus! C'est bon etre ici! (est-ce qu cela corrige?)

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on January 10, 2011 at 5:01pm

For the benefit of other learners, I'd just like to expand on this point. It extends generally to translating sentences like this:

He's a good singer.

She's a good writer.

You're a good speaker.

They're good swimmers.

When translating sentences like this into French, as a rule of thumb, it's often better to turn things round so that you're using a verb and the word bien. For example:

Il chante bien.

Elle écrit bien.

Tu parles bien.

Ils savent bien nager.

(Theoretically, the last sentence could also be interpreted as "They can indeed swim".)

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Permalink Reply by Ed la mouette on January 10, 2011 at 6:16pm

Why don't you simply say "ils nagent bien" ?

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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on January 10, 2011 at 6:21pm

Just that I had a feeling "Ils savent bien nager" might be a bit more common. But no other reason-- otherwise, Ils nagent bien has the merit of being simpler :-)

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on January 10, 2011 at 6:21pm

Tu ne serais pas une mouette moqueuse? ;)

Are you a sarcastic seagull?

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Permalink Reply by Anna Rose on January 10, 2011 at 8:22pm

Ahh! A lot of this French is a bit beyond me... it took me a little while to understand some of it.

Merci pour les correctiones et l'aide, et je (will try) mon meilleur! Je commence une classe de francais la semaine prochaine.

Et erwan-- ton comprehension du le lange englais est tres bien! ton phrase "You've got nonetheless a pretty good french. Bravo! I hope, one day, speak English as good as you speak French :)" C'est bien, mais on a dit: "You've got pretty good French." (tres casual) ou "You speak French well" (un peu plus formel), et

"Bravo! I hope, one day, to speak English as well as you speak French :)"

merci, j'apprecie les commentaires!

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on January 10, 2011 at 8:33pm

It's my turn to correct you :-) (would it be better to say : It's up to me to correct you)