Oh - I'll tell you what's a major sod to remember, too

by which I mean, the simple mistake I make the most, is to use 'il' when I mean 'ca'. This is because I learned 'il y a, il pleut, il faut' etc before I learned 'ce/ca/cette/ceci' etc.

So I asked Romain why they use 'il' in so many places where 'ca' would be more logical, and he looked astonished and said he'd never noticed, or thought about it.

I know our idioms can often be meaningless, but dear me, the french: 'tout droit', for instance......?

Posted By: Sugbad The Bad on July 8th 2009 at 19:21:10

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And seeing as you're in, Dave, a Q to you and Aggs and Shoddy etc (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 18:19:23
- Hello Suggs (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 8, 20:39:36
- it's all about the liasons and silent letters (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 18:32:10
  - You pronounce the 'CaReFuL' consonants... (General Chat) - Arganth, Jul 8, 18:42:12
    - Michel is one of the methods I'm using, yes (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 18:44:06
  - oh and elision (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 18:34:56
    - see, I know *about* this (as opposed to knowing it properly) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 18:39:59
      - its a headache when you have to listen to it 24/7 but you dont get it sometimes (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 8, 20:50:34
        
        oh yeah, and I can read ok, but the problem is in my mind I apply a sound to that french (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 8, 20:56:25
        
        Is that you, Rob? (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 21:11:14
        
        Nope, I'm not Rob! I wish that I could speak as well as him! (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 8, 21:20:59
        
        Ah, OK, I saw your reply to someone the other day and made 5 from two 2s (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 21:25:58
        
        well, it's different to english or scandinavian languages for example, yes (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 21:31:51
        
        Heh heh (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 21:35:01
        
        that sounds like a whole new thread ! (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 8, 21:36:26
        
        A new thread? More like a blog, mate. Back away from it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 21:40:09
        
        c'est n'importe quoi ! (General Chat) - shoddy, Jul 8, 21:31:46
      - years (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 18:49:28
        
        When I have to e-mail the guy, I write in French - except (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 19:00:01
        
        i don't think 'tu' always leads to bumming (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 19:08:06
        
        It's remembering to address the maire as vous but his wife as tu... (General Chat) - Arganth, Jul 8, 19:13:53
        
        You've been to Abjat then ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Jul 8, 19:17:56
        
        Zut alors, that shoud go there V V (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Jul 8, 19:20:04
        
        In France, I believe, it's possible for all five to apply at the same time (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 19:16:24
        
        Oh - I'll tell you what's a major sod to remember, too (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 19:21:10
        
        that seems a perfectly logical expression to me (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 19:26:07
        
        There's my problem. I thought 'droit' only meant 'right'. (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 19:27:05
        
        the secret of learning a language... (General Chat) - Dave in France, Jul 8, 19:28:54
        
        oh, but that has an e on the end, dunnit (n/m) (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 19:28:05
        
        In speaking, most tu parts of verbs sound the same as je... (General Chat) - Arganth, Jul 8, 19:06:26
        
        Ah - he wrote the Merde books, I see (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 19:08:39
        
        Indeed. They're a little exaggerated, but I recognise a lot of what happens. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Jul 8, 19:14:50
- Quite often I still can't. Especially when they speak patois. (General Chat) - Arganth, Jul 8, 18:24:53
  - Did I read that you're packing up and coming home? (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 18:30:46
    - I am. (General Chat) - Arganth, Jul 8, 18:43:26
      - In that case, well done (General Chat) - Sugbad The Bad, Jul 8, 18:46:55

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