yes - it has begun...the great retraining of the mind to think en Francais, sil vous plait. i looked at Rosetta Stone ($599 yikes) and a few others, and decided that I'd go with Living Language ($179) because it was cheaper and has an online component where you can work with an actual french person (yes folks! an Actual French Person!) for immersion conversations via skype or something. i'm going to go through these cd's before i start the adult ed class...i know a beginning adult ed french class would have me running for the door - too basic, i think. and i want to learn conversational language, not how to conjugate words and such. so far i can say: hello, how are you? what is your name? my name is Mr. White (we'll need to change that i suppose). How's it going? good? so-so? super? fantastic? Meet my wife, Madeline. (yeah). Have a good evening.
not bad for 20 minutes? (i skipped through it). (i may need vodka) it's just too nice a day to be inside learning anything...i spent an hour or so this morning out back embroidering, and it was tres formidable (fantastic). i just made that phrase up. so back to my comfy chair outside. oh! a nap outside! yes!! ok bye for now! bonsoir/au revoir depending on your time zone.
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J'adore Paris and have made 8 wonderful trips there. While it is nice to know French, it is not necessary at all. S'il Vous Plaît (please), Merci (Thank you) and Bonjour will take you everywhere, but I did find that perfecting the phrase "je ne parle pas français" very useful :-)
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