tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post3707170578576266320..comments2024-03-27T20:40:50.047-04:00Comments on Success Along the Weigh: Parlez-vous Francie?Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-8361784685683883552015-08-20T18:50:59.732-04:002015-08-20T18:50:59.732-04:00Aww, you sweet mademoiselle, you make me giggle. ...Aww, you sweet mademoiselle, you make me giggle. Francie is American sarcasm...it's how some of the country folk in my family jokingly say parlez vous francais. But very sweet of you to point it out in such a nice way! :-)Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-38446625296848790802015-08-20T18:10:44.259-04:002015-08-20T18:10:44.259-04:00make progress, sorry typomake progress, sorry typoTibou1421https://www.blogger.com/profile/15326047251206444538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-89251901112769949452015-08-20T18:09:58.668-04:002015-08-20T18:09:58.668-04:00I love this idea of learning other languages. I sp...I love this idea of learning other languages. I speak French, English (not perfectly) and a bit of Spanish.<br />However, as a French girl, I can tell you that Francie is a name. French language is called français ;) (I know, the c is weird). <br />I'm sure you gonna male progress in no time!Tibou1421https://www.blogger.com/profile/15326047251206444538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-50814032774820610702015-08-19T21:54:35.655-04:002015-08-19T21:54:35.655-04:00What a beautiful place that would be to visit. Th...What a beautiful place that would be to visit. That phrase could come in quite handy. Teach me sometime, I've got a few people I'd like to use it on. HA!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-71859715557493381802015-08-19T21:53:05.409-04:002015-08-19T21:53:05.409-04:00You two are a crack up!You two are a crack up!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-62137560184228111502015-08-19T21:51:27.847-04:002015-08-19T21:51:27.847-04:00Wow, German seems so hard! I wish I'd had it ...Wow, German seems so hard! I wish I'd had it back when I was taking Spanish in high school. Senor Larger wouldn't have shook his head at me so much!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-34289559011631412822015-08-19T21:30:39.728-04:002015-08-19T21:30:39.728-04:00I would love, love, love to learn to speak Gaelic ...I would love, love, love to learn to speak Gaelic and go to Ireland to see where some of my roots are from. When I was younger and my relatives from there came here I could barely understand them because their brogues were so strong, but I loved the way the words just rolled off their tongues. I do know how to say kiss my @ss in Gaelic though! LOLOLOLdalbador1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09877799102438622117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-72574324520395186352015-08-19T19:50:54.895-04:002015-08-19T19:50:54.895-04:00Ooooppps. Lol. I read it but I read it first and d...Ooooppps. Lol. I read it but I read it first and didn't have time to comment at that time. Fine....headed BACK over now. Lol. Don't mind us, just a couple a sisters being sisterly. :) Oh and I take Duolingo notes too! Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397053048120628254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-4550309806861833002015-08-19T19:50:35.951-04:002015-08-19T19:50:35.951-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397053048120628254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-40421817420996844072015-08-19T19:07:06.124-04:002015-08-19T19:07:06.124-04:00I love Duolingo!!! I was doing the Italian a lot l...I love Duolingo!!! I was doing the Italian a lot last year but got busy with school and it fell to the wayside, but I also took pages and pages of notes! hahaha<br /><br />Love that you're having fun learning a language! You'll be fluent in no time!<br /><br />(And I love that my sister right above me has time to comment on YOUR blog but she hasn't commented on any of mine...HUMPFFFFH) ;-) lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477548540626948283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-11609096249377442712015-08-19T17:56:37.190-04:002015-08-19T17:56:37.190-04:00I use the Duolingo App and LOVEEEEEE it. I was flu...I use the Duolingo App and LOVEEEEEE it. I was fluent in German 20 years ago, but not having anyone to speak with has me barely conversational now. I'm using it to improve my German and learn Spanish. My kids have fun with it too. They love learning Spanish. Good stuff!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06397053048120628254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-27973498565635549672015-08-19T15:24:55.532-04:002015-08-19T15:24:55.532-04:00HA! I'm a long way from being able to have a ...HA! I'm a long way from being able to have a conversation with someone especially someone as smart as Liza! I'll remember that though for the future! :-)Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-23165205201905802112015-08-19T15:20:34.677-04:002015-08-19T15:20:34.677-04:00Pffft! I don't know why the above comment pos...Pffft! I don't know why the above comment posted as "unknown", it's me, Kim Cooper...<br />Kimberly Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035168471351870760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-45914469168230719982015-08-19T15:18:14.219-04:002015-08-19T15:18:14.219-04:00You need to call and converse with Liza! She has ...You need to call and converse with Liza! She has taken a year and a half of French and is taking French 2b and Advanced French this year. She would love to speak it with you!<br />David W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04271379236673534507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-5909073808432167042015-08-19T10:03:04.374-04:002015-08-19T10:03:04.374-04:00I'm early in the lessons but they do speak the...I'm early in the lessons but they do speak the sentence you are looking at to translate. I'm going to assume that will come as I pass more lessons. They won't let you skip forward unless you test out. I can't wait to see if what translates on paper will work on the ears! :-)Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-64874064743466579492015-08-19T09:56:27.590-04:002015-08-19T09:56:27.590-04:00Duolingo has an app too. The app lets you practice...Duolingo has an app too. The app lets you practice saying sentences, too. It will also say a phrase out loud to you that you have to translate. Does the web version do that? It's a really fun app!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236728213360355783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-77350645804386024952015-08-19T09:11:37.158-04:002015-08-19T09:11:37.158-04:00I got a Japanese and Hawaiian immersion CD about 1...I got a Japanese and Hawaiian immersion CD about 10 years ago when I planned people's vacations to Hawaii and man that didn't help at ALL! So yeah, totally get that. I figured instead of trying Rosetta Stone that is so expensive, this would be better and then the immersion part I think is conversing with others on the site trying to improve their skills. Let's hope it works better than the CD's worked for us! :-)Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-74098573815996777472015-08-19T09:09:03.090-04:002015-08-19T09:09:03.090-04:00It is definitely user friendly and I love all of t...It is definitely user friendly and I love all of the notes they give you under the lessons. I wish I could absorb them though. I'm so confused about definites and indefinites and what situations you use them in. Oy! I hope to get much better at it as I go and I scrolled the lessons yesterday and I have a LOOOOONG way to go! :-)Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-254156798262928892015-08-19T09:07:22.238-04:002015-08-19T09:07:22.238-04:00Isn't that funny how you can read it but conve...Isn't that funny how you can read it but conversational is so much harder. It takes so much more to process it and then think about how to answer. I think people speaking that language would punch me after I ask them to say it slower for the 40th time.<br /><br />Hmm, curious, there could be!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-17668984681114714212015-08-19T09:03:23.820-04:002015-08-19T09:03:23.820-04:00I took two years of Spanish but like you, it didn&...I took two years of Spanish but like you, it didn't stick. I did so bad. I think I can ask donde esta mi zapatos? Which I think means where are my shoes? But don't answer me because I won't know what you're talking about! HA!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-13154616148315251662015-08-19T09:01:22.007-04:002015-08-19T09:01:22.007-04:00That would be awesome and I bet they'd be more...That would be awesome and I bet they'd be more than happy to help you with the conversational aspects.<br /><br />Yeah, theological books would do it! LOL Good on ya!Anele @ Success Along the Weighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986921867517926199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-21725521221288095892015-08-19T08:56:41.293-04:002015-08-19T08:56:41.293-04:00Thanks for that!
I tried doing a French CD to revi...Thanks for that!<br />I tried doing a French CD to review my French while driving (I figured if I had a 2hr commute to the mountains, I might as well use it to refresh my French). The CD drove me nuts so I never got anywhere with it.<br /><br />But I might try to do this this winter to refresh my French and Spanishajchaney89https://www.blogger.com/profile/18334675384741812760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-70081291484001007352015-08-19T08:36:04.357-04:002015-08-19T08:36:04.357-04:00I love Duolingo! I started the Spanish lessons hop...I love Duolingo! I started the Spanish lessons hoping it might help me out with my job. I'm much better at reading it than speaking it so far. I think it is a really user friendly website!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15623350763996707581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-63449422827314007662015-08-19T08:33:48.874-04:002015-08-19T08:33:48.874-04:00I took 4 years of Spanish and lived in Arizona whe...I took 4 years of Spanish and lived in Arizona where a lot of my friends spoke it fluently with their families. I can understand a lot of it but still can't speak it very well. I think there are some people that can pick up language easier than others. My husband can speak French, Dutch and Spanish pretty well. He just has a knack for it it. He also has a knack for accents and imitation so I wonder if there's some kind of link?MandaPandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03362923550051566309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381223979507114346.post-49073686764190278752015-08-19T08:28:24.929-04:002015-08-19T08:28:24.929-04:00I had 3 years of high school Spanish, but it didn&...I had 3 years of high school Spanish, but it didn't stick. I skipped about a semester's worth of the class (took Spanish one in jr high at a slower pace and ended up in a faster paced Spanish two my freshman year) and never recovered so it was a struggle to even get through the class. I read and understand more than I speak, but I'd like to learn to speak it well.another layerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756727485274694135noreply@blogger.com