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Loup Dargent Posted Jul 10, 2003
twas "trouve" _not_ "croire"...
so corrected version now:
"i cannot find your last post! 
wher in france are you?"
loup
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Reality Manipulator Posted Jul 10, 2003
thanks loup one word i find funny is poisson 
as it looks very similar to the english word poison.
katrine
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Loup Dargent Posted Jul 10, 2003
we actually have "poison" and it does mean "poison"... hehe..
poisson sounds funny for the french as well.. for the same reason...
loup
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Lou, (Listy) Not around too much, don't be offended if I don't reply.. I'LL TRY! Posted Jul 10, 2003
*ahem* *knockknock*
Where is the franglais thread? I might have to join in...
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Reality Manipulator Posted Jul 10, 2003
lou its on loups page. i am only the only in the thread who only knows very basic french. it would be much better if more people with only very basic knowledge of french came along.
kat
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Loup Dargent Posted Jul 11, 2003
here is the link: F19585?thread=190857&latest=1
talk soon....
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Reality Manipulator Posted Jul 14, 2003
hello loup and lou
i know the numbers up to 10 but after than i get lost. please tell is there an easy way to remember the teens+.
kat
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Loup Dargent Posted Jul 14, 2003
nope... but it's only 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 which are a bit different... after that it the same pattern for 17, 18, 19 than 22, 23, 24.. etc...
17 = dix-sept.. literally "ten-seven"
18 = dix-huit... literally "ten-eight"
etc...
same with 22: vingt-deux.. literally "twenty-two" etc...
even 21,31,41,etc.. have a pattern...
21 = vingt-et-un ... literally "twenty and one"
31 = trente-et-un ... literally "thirty and one" etc... etc...
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 are the ones to learn more unfortunately because of their different way...
i've just typed that very roughly from memory tho'...
the anything i could add is the fact that
onze [11] comes from un [1]
douze [12] comes from deux [2]
treize [13] comes from trois [3]
quatorze [14] comes from quatre [4]
quinze [15] comes from cinq [5]
seize [16] comes from six [6]
that might not help with 15 tho' as quinze and cinq don't really sound like they are from the same family...
talk soon...
loup
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Reality Manipulator Posted Jul 14, 2003
happy bastille day loup
thank you loup for your help, i have written down the numbers. 
kat
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Lou, (Listy) Not around too much, don't be offended if I don't reply.. I'LL TRY! Posted Jul 15, 2003
*wanders into the thread*
Un Deux Trois... etc etc
The best way (i found) was to do sums and stuff in french
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Reality Manipulator Posted Jul 15, 2003
thank you lou for the tip i did french bingo when i was at the french lunch. i am not good it even in english as i tend to miss numbers being said.
kat
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