EPTAide-moi mec
Really need French help right now
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
Aide-moi mec | ||
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
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Bibzball
France250 Posts
But I think she will find it cuter if you try to do it your own way. As u wish ! I can still help if you need to. Not in Armenian though | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
Native speaker here. PM if you need. | ||
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
On November 16 2010 17:09 endy wrote: Hi pubbanana Native speaker here. PM if you need. Thank you so much, but I just PM'd Bibzball. I can PM you as well, but I feel weird for PM'ing this personal letter to more than one person. But, you know, you're only trying to help and you probably won't judge me, so I may PM you as well.  | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
Example: English - The happy marine was strolling in the woods when a hungry hydralisk attacked him. French - The happy le marine was le strolling in the le woods oh ho ho baguette when a hungry le hydralisk le attacked him pamplemouse. | ||
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Cr4zyH0r5e
Peru1308 Posts
up for PM as well but I realize you already got 2 native speakers and French is probably my 4th best language. I agree with Bizball. I write letters to my gf in Korean and they're full of spelling errors and awkward syntax but she still gets what I'm trying to say anyway ^^! Definitely look into learning it. It's a wonderful language  | ||
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
On November 16 2010 17:19 Cr4zyH0r5e wrote: ^ MDR up for PM as well but I realize you already got 2 native speakers and French is probably my 4th best language. I agree with Bizball. I write letters to my gf in Korean and they're full of spelling errors and awkward syntax but she still gets what I'm trying to say anyway ^^! Definitely look into learning it. It's a wonderful language I just PM'd endy as well. But I'm thankful for your eagerness to help. | ||
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onlinerobbe
Germany547 Posts
On November 16 2010 17:15 Chairman Ray wrote: Writing French is quite simple. All you need to do is to insert 'le' in front of key words, and insert random french words in your sentence. Example: English - The happy marine was strolling in the woods when a hungry hydralisk attacked him. French - The happy le marine was le strolling in the le woods oh ho ho baguette when a hungry le hydralisk le attacked him pamplemouse. flight of the conchords style? :D sorry for offtopic, gl with your letter, I couldn't help you my french is horrible ^^ | ||
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
On November 16 2010 18:58 onlinerobbe wrote: flight of the conchords style? :D sorry for offtopic, gl with your letter, I couldn't help you my french is horrible ^^ We just won't let the topic go to waste, a woman will never control my life Are you really from Germany? I wish we could speak in real life because my parents are in their seventies and they are both native German speakers and I was raised speaking German as my native language. They were from Suriname in South America, where I was born. But most of the German people say my accent sounds like it's from the Saarland. Also, could you answer some questions about Germany for me? My girlfriend is born and raised in France and she is very open to traveling and visiting other countries. But she says there are so many Turks in Germany and the Turks slaughtered her people (the Armenians) in 1915 so maybe she wouldn't feel comfortable. I tried to tell her that the Turks in Germany are German by nationality like everyone, but she disagrees. Can you explain more for me? And can you please explain how my German would sound? My father was born in Austria in 1939, I don't know how much different that dialect would sound to young Germans my age (I'm twenty two), but most German people I meet say that I talk very strangely. | ||
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Yenticha
257 Posts
So maybe the best option is to have it proof read by a native, while asking him/her not to correct everything.. ps:Im a native speaker, in case you need a ten people to help you | ||
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
On November 16 2010 19:08 wantPopRocks wrote: I do agree, writing it on your own is probably the best. Still, you need to be good enough to be understood... Its very annoying, when you're French, to have to ask what your non French speaker gf/bf is trying to say, because it just make you sound like a snobbish French "oh my god your grammar is sooo bad". So maybe the best option is to have it proof read by a native, while asking him/her not to correct everything.. ps:Im a native speaker, in case you need a ten people to help you Nonsense, I'm happy for every response. I understand you when you say it sounds snobbish, but we have to be humiliated to learn further. I would PM, but endy already translated the whole thing for me. I intend to show her the letter he translated for me tomorrow, but more than one translation couldn't hurt. I have to learn this language at some point in my life. Of course, it could also just serve the purpose of me PM'ing you a personal history of me, if you're interested in that, I mean ... why not | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
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onlinerobbe
Germany547 Posts
If she would visit Germany, chances are she will see a lot of turks but probably not the bad ones (every country has those black sheep) and I honestly don't know how the history from 1915 is affecting her, I mean... I do know how it is on the other side (dealing with negative history from your own country.. srsly it's annoying sometimes to be german because of that, especially on the internet, whenever you win in counter-strike for example, you're hitler :o (that didn't happen in starcraft yet <3) so... now on to you, I can't really say how you sound of course, austrians always sound a little different, and people from Wien for example are damn hard to understand sometimes ^^ so yes you probably do sound different/funny/weird (dunno) but is that so bad?  I mean as long as you don't sound like a bavarian :D (jk) so there's your wall'o'text I hope you can gain something from it, but feel free to ask more and do keep in mind, I'm just one of many germans on TL | ||
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FaCE_1
Canada6163 Posts
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
On November 16 2010 19:46 onlinerobbe wrote: well, that topic is quite difficult here... there are many turks who are proud of their nationality but are happy to live here or at least somehow like it here. These people are pretty much the best you could think of. But then sadly, in the bigger cities like Berlin/Hamburg (I myself live in hamburg) there are just generally people you should avoid if possible... that's my opinion at least, but that is not limited to the turks I'd say. It's just those big cities with districts you should think twice about visiting so nothing special I think. If she would visit Germany, chances are she will see a lot of turks but probably not the bad ones (every country has those black sheep) and I honestly don't know how the history from 1915 is affecting her, I mean... I do know how it is on the other side (dealing with negative history from your own country.. srsly it's annoying sometimes to be german because of that, especially on the internet, whenever you win in counter-strike for example, you're hitler :o (that didn't happen in starcraft yet <3) so... now on to you, I can't really say how you sound of course, austrians always sound a little different, and people from Wien for example are damn hard to understand sometimes ^^ so yes you probably do sound different/funny/weird (dunno) but is that so bad? I mean as long as you don't sound like a bavarian :D (jk) so there's your wall'o'text I hope you can gain something from it, but feel free to ask more and do keep in mind, I'm just one of many germans on TL I have visited Germany many times when I was a kid, but I was too young to understand the differences between the languages because I only stayed with my mother, my sister, and my mother's family. My experiences were like that of most children - being treated to fried/sweet foods, shopping for toys, and so on. To be honest, when I was a kid, there were many brown people (at the time, I didn't know they were Turks), but I never noticed a problem with them. I also don't really know how to explain my German other than to say that I have never learned modern "street German" or "youth slang" or anything like that. So I think I will be understood, but like you said, even though I will sound weird, it probably won't be a bad thing. Yeah, I know what you mean about the history ... for her, as an Armenian, she feels at home in France since all of her family's acquaintances are Armenian (her dentist, her hair-dresser, her physician, ect) and there aren't that many Turks in France. But since she is Armenian, her family holds a lot of hatred towards the Turks and they know a lot of them are across the border in Germany. That makes it awkward for me because even though I was not raised in Germany, it is my mother language and a place where I have many warm memories. Thank you for the response | ||
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Arkqn
France589 Posts
On November 16 2010 17:15 Chairman Ray wrote: Writing French is quite simple. All you need to do is to insert 'le' in front of key words, and insert random french words in your sentence. Example: English - The happy marine was strolling in the woods when a hungry hydralisk attacked him. French - The happy le marine was le strolling in the le woods oh ho ho baguette when a hungry le hydralisk le attacked him pamplemouse. You made my day sir LOL :D Anyway OP if you need help, you can pm me. But as said above, if you write it on your own with mistakes and stuff, she'll probably find it "cuter" than writing it with perfect french. | ||
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limonovich
England226 Posts
On November 16 2010 17:15 Chairman Ray wrote: Writing French is quite simple. All you need to do is to insert 'le' in front of key words, and insert random french words in your sentence. Example: English - The happy marine was strolling in the woods when a hungry hydralisk attacked him. French - The happy le marine was le strolling in the le woods oh ho ho baguette when a hungry le hydralisk le attacked him pamplemouse. I laughed so much :D | ||
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
lol. | ||
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FlopTurnReaver
Switzerland1980 Posts
To be honest I find it kinda funny that your girlfriend doesn't want to go to Germany because the Turks were evil in the past. | ||
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onlinerobbe
Germany547 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On November 16 2010 17:15 Chairman Ray wrote: Writing French is quite simple. All you need to do is to insert 'le' in front of key words, and insert random french words in your sentence. Example: English - The happy marine was strolling in the woods when a hungry hydralisk attacked him. French - The happy le marine was le strolling in the le woods oh ho ho baguette when a hungry le hydralisk le attacked him pamplemouse. This is actually not too far from the truth. This simple rule (well, mix up le, la, les, etc.) got me through 5 years of mandatory French education! | ||
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DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
Ooooh l'amour.... ^^ | ||
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yejin
France493 Posts
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
On November 17 2010 01:25 FlopTurnReaver wrote: Foux da fa fa? To be honest I find it kinda funny that your girlfriend doesn't want to go to Germany because the Turks were evil in the past. I don't think she would be against going, I think she would just feel weird being around a lot of Turkish people. I don't understand it, either man. She told me a story about how she drew a star star and a moon as a kid and her mom yelled at her because she thought it was the Turkish flag, but in reality, it was just a a picture and she had no idea what their flag even looked like at the time. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
Je suis prêt à vous aider mon cher. | ||
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limonovich
England226 Posts
On November 17 2010 04:20 corumjhaelen wrote: I really think you should try to write it yourself as musch as you can, and find someone to proofread it =) Je suis prêt à vous aider mon cher. +1 Even if the grammar is wrong and the accents are in the wrong places, i'm sure she'll get what you're trying to say and appreciate the effort you put in. if you get someone to translate what you wrote it'll be a bit impersonal. | ||
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onlinerobbe
Germany547 Posts
and, she wouldn't really be around a lot of turks, she would prolly just see some of them  | ||
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skindzer
Chile5114 Posts
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CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
On November 16 2010 23:41 SuperJongMan wrote: lol. You can tell pubbanana's in love from all the kissy emotes he uses. lol. he uses those in every post. LOL noob | ||
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
I swear to every stupid faggot god in the world that happened. SO FUCKING HAPPY | ||
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GreatFall
United States1061 Posts
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pubbanana
United States3063 Posts
On November 17 2010 08:28 GreatFall wrote: Hhaah, you could use google translator. It would be hilarious if it screwed up something though. YOU DIDN'T READ ANYTHING I SAID AND I DON'T EVEN CARE I'D LET YOU SHOW ME YOUR PRIVATES RIGHT NOW, NOTHING CAN RUIN MY MOOD NOW | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On November 17 2010 08:08 pubbanana wrote: Well guys, I gave it to her. She said "You didn't write this, you're lying, now I need to wash your mouth" and then she kissed me. I swear to every stupid faggot god in the world that happened. SO FUCKING HAPPY Haha I told you my translation was perfect. I warned you that it would be obvious you didn't write it, only a native speaker could do it. I can't reveal your personal life details here, but I really made it sound dramatic, guess it had a nice effect. I'm really glad for you ! | ||
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limonovich
England226 Posts
On November 17 2010 13:31 endy wrote: Haha I told you my translation was perfect. I warned you that it would be obvious you didn't write it, only a native speaker could do it. I can't reveal your personal life details here, but I really made it sound dramatic, guess it had a nice effect. I'm really glad for you ! Respect for you, good Sir. | ||
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paper
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On November 17 2010 13:31 endy wrote: Haha I told you my translation was perfect. I warned you that it would be obvious you didn't write it, only a native speaker could do it. I can't reveal your personal life details here, but I really made it sound dramatic, guess it had a nice effect. I'm really glad for you ! Now I'm curious :o~~~ | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
On November 16 2010 17:19 Cr4zyH0r5e wrote: ^ MDR up for PM as well but I realize you already got 2 native speakers and French is probably my 4th best language. I agree with Bizball. I write letters to my gf in Korean and they're full of spelling errors and awkward syntax but she still gets what I'm trying to say anyway ^^! Definitely look into learning it. It's a wonderful language HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. By the same token, I suppose if I add 'desu' after every sentence I can speak Japanese. | ||
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