I want to be fluent in French?

Question

I'm learning how to speak French but its so hard to remember some words and sentences. Anyone have any tips????

Answer 1

It is easy. To speak French you only need remember a few simple phrases.

C'était un coup très fort. Nous devons nous rendre immédiatement. (That was a very loud bang. We must surrender immediately.)

Quelqu'un a peint les raies rouges et bleues sur notre drapeau national ! (Someone has painted red and blue stripes on our national flag!)

Savon ? Je n'ai jamais entendu parler de lui. (Soap? I have never heard of it.)

Le non, là n'est aucun égout ouvert tout près. C'est Paris. Il sent toujours comme celui. (No, there is no open sewer nearby. This is Paris. It always smells like that.)

Me dire davantage de ces merveilles de la science, désodorisants, aisselles rasées, sièges de toilette! (Tell me more of these wonders of science, deodorants, shaven armpits, toilet seats.)

Pour vous, Cent euros. Pour cent cinquante, ma mère joindra le po. (For you, one hundred Euros. For one hundred and fifty, my mother will join in.)

Le déjeuner aujourd'hui se composera des parasites frits de jardin. (Breakfast today will consist of fried garden pests.)

Notre bière est faite seulement de l'urine du chat le plus bon. Ils sont examinés pour le diabète sur une base mensuelle. (Our beer is made only of the very finest cat's urine. They are tested for diabetes on a monthly basis.)

Naturellement nos bombes atomiques sont belles, gentilles et nettoient, et exempt de toutes les choses méchantes comme les retombées radioactives radioactives. Éclater des bombes nucléaires réellement améliore l'environnement local et est de grand avantage à la santé et au bonheur des habitants des pays voisins. La raison que nous les traînons à mi-chemin autour du monde aux sud Pacifique pour les placer - aussi lointain de France que vous pouvez obtenir - n'est pas en ligne parce que nous aimons nos scientifiques et ingénieurs nucléaires obtenir un bronzage tandis qu'ils fonctionnent. (Of course our atomic bombs are lovely, nice and clean, and free of any nasty things like radioactive fallout. Exploding nuclear bombs actually improves the local environment and is of great benefit to the health and happiness of inhabitants of nearby countries. The reason we drag them halfway around the world to the South Pacific to set them off - as far away from France as you can get - is because we like our nuclear scientists and engineers to get a suntan while they work.)

"You know, I would call the french scumbags but that would be a disservice to bags filled with scum."

--Dennis Miller

Answer 2

French was the official language of England for 300 years, so there are a lot of similarities between English and French. If you can master the French accent, then the chances are good that you can "guess" a french word. Once, in Reunion, I didn't know what an adaptor was in French, so I tried my luck with "l'adapteur". I'm not sure if it was right, but the guy understood me.
Also, try to learn a little something from other European (Indo-European) languages, since there is bound to be some similarities, which will make it easier to remember. Some might be confusing, such as "libraire" (spelling) in French is a bookstore, not a library and "magasine" (spelling?) is a shop, not a magazine.
Bon Chance! (Good luck!)

Answer 3

come to france and work in the fields or something for the summer, the best way to learn is when you are forced to speak the language.
I tried to learn with my boyfriend when we were in England, but didn't get far. When we moved to France i could understand just about everything after a couple of months, and then a couple of months later i was speaking French fluently!

Answer 4

Language schools will help you with spelling and grammar.
But living in France will develop your spoken French and fluency. Also You learn the french attitude and how they talk on the streets.

Answer 5

Hey, my advise for you is to join a french course.. the most important is to talk to people in the language u wanna learn.. good luck and cheers!

Answer 6

Get a French penpal and/or watch TV (especially cartoons) in French if possible.

Answer 7

well, i dont know how to speak french, but i reckon if you wanna be fluent you should go to france and try to speak only french.
they hate when you ask them something in english anyways.
i'm sure you'll get fluent.

Answer 8

Don't bother, give it 5 to 10 years and we'll (as in the rest of EU)all be speakig english any way

Answer 9

Learn some songs in French!
My memories of learning French at school are all songs:

[sings]
Moi je suafe, je voudrais une Oringina,
Moi je sufae, je voudrais une cafe....

anyone remember that one?!

Answer 10

Hello,

How are you ? Well have you heard of the Pimsleur recorded books, its great it is like recorded conversations. Check you local librray for stock though because it is costly.

Answer 11

We can try together if you want I'm French
On peut essayer ensemble si tu veux je suis Française