FRENCH MUCH?

I just ordered Rosetta Stone's French curriculum. It is expensive and I am always leery of spending large chunks of money, so I am hoping it really pays off in the end.

Over the past couple of days I have made attempts to learn some new French words and phrases. I know very few as it is now and sadly, my seven year old has a hard time properly translating for me.

I HAVE learned some new things, but I think I need a program, such as Rosetta Stone to really help me get the language so that I can speak with the kids in French as well as English.

Adi told me today that she doesn't want to be embarrassed which is why she will say things in French rather than English to her mother or siblings sometimes when she doesn't want me to be able to understand. While I can I understand not wanting to be embarrassed, I supremely dislike not being able to know what people are saying. Also, I believe this is a tremendous opportunity to be able to learn a new language and put it into practice.

Last night some very good friends came over for dinner and the majority of the time everyone was speaking in French. That made dinner a little awkward for me... I am determined now to be able to speak and interact in French so that they can continue to speak their language and I can join in... Hopefully.

Some of the new words and phrases I learned that have actually stuck with me, I shall share with you.

Mangue which is mango. Pronounced like MONG but with that kind of raspy hiss sound at the end.

Je ne sais pas which means I don't know. This one, I sort of knew before. I always said it wrong though. I said je ne sais quoi... Adi fixed that today. Haha

Garçon means boy and fille and femme mean girl. Accents and pronunciation are a big deal. I think I say a word right and Adi has to correct me in just the tiniest way.

Sucre is sugar. Jus is juice, pronounced kind of like JEW.

Porquoi is why?

Un, deux, trois is one, two, three. Just about the only thing I pronounce properly.

Poisson is fish. I learned that from The Little Mermaid. :)

The other day we went to Red Mango... OR, Mangue Rouge. I told Adi continually today, "je ne sais pas" when she would ask me a question. I kind of love attempting to speak this beautiful language; I love this learning process. I look forward to getting my program and really diving in and hopefully beginning to speak more soon.

Until next time...