i don't know which one to choose? and i would like to know what J'ai means in french?
2007-01-18 13:21:24 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I think that french is quite easy, and I find spanish quite difficult. However, I have friends for whom the opposite is true.
If your school has an IFL (introduction to foreign languages) program, take that--it should give you some introduction to both languages, so you can base your decision off of that.
One thing I like about french is that there are a LOT of cognates--those are words that look and sound really similar to the english word.
There were lots of times when I was in French I and II when we would ask how to say a certain word in french, and our french teacher would just say "say it with your best french accent."
Oh, and J'ai means "I have." You also use it in past tense; you would say "j'ai mangé," meaning "I have eaten," if you were to say "Je mange" in past tense.
2007-01-21 09:59:24 · answer #1 · answered by Briar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
J'ai means I have in French.
Go for Spanish. It is much more useful in the workplace than French.
2007-01-18 13:27:54 · answer #2 · answered by Rapunzel XVIII 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
J'ai is a contraction for Je ai, which means I have. At least I think- I haven't taken French in a long time. Assuming you're in America, I would pick Spanish. People actually speak it on this continent. The only people you're likely to run into who speak French are the Quebecois. And seriously, who cares about them?
2007-01-18 13:25:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I studied, talk and instruct each Spanish and French. I taught very younger secondary institution boys (eleven years historic) who studied each Spanish and French in combination. That was once the curriculum in our institution approach. And so, I would not hesitate to advise each immediately. Both languages have many elements (certainly grammar and idioms) in typical, and if academics are good informed and correctly grounded in overseas language guideline ways, they are able to emphasize the ones connections. In that means, they're going to make finding out less complicated and first-class amusing for the scholars. But If I needed to opt for one earlier than the opposite, I'd do Spanish first, as it's the less complicated of the 2, certainly in pronunciation. it's not real to mention that the 2 languages are not anything alike. They each derive from Latin/Romance roots and keep many typical vocabulary phrases (commonly with simplest moderate alterations in inflections).
2016-09-08 00:42:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends where you're at... if you're in the South (near the border of Mexico), definitely take Spanish. The exception is if you´re in Louisiana, where French is a bit more dominant. If you´re in the North, take French.
If you really don't care, take French because you already seem to be interested in the language based on your question. =)
2007-01-18 13:31:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
FRENCH, lovely language - j'ai means I have
2007-01-26 08:59:10 · answer #6 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well thats depends on what you plan to do the rest of your life. Spanish is the second language around the world. (Not Included Chinese) And would be second in the USA.
2007-01-18 17:13:55 · answer #7 · answered by Fedruida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French, definitely FRENCH
J'ai means I have.
2007-01-18 13:24:22 · answer #8 · answered by buster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
j'ai means i have form the verb avoir
2007-01-26 07:29:10 · answer #9 · answered by JOHN P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
spanish gurl!.. i mean latinos are basically now half the u.s already.... im Ecuadorian.. speaking spanish is always good... spanish is only the sexiest language..now maybe french if u gna go to france..cuz.. not so many french ppl here.
2007-01-18 14:22:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋