h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Here are some exercises from the Facon de Parler 1 courses.

Bonjour messiers-dames.
Good day, ladies and gentlemen.

Bienvenue a Grays!
Welcome to Grays!



Bien tout
Kat

I am having problems remembering the difference between (pronounciation) femmine words and masculine ie ecossaise and ecossais. I am alright with femmnine words but with masculine words my mind goes blank.

I am having problems remembering how to pronounce words like Comment vous applez-vous or quelle est votre nationite. I get the phrases comment vous applez-vous and comment allez-vous mixed up. Please help me to remember.

Merci beaucoup


Kat

Si vous plait assistance.


Kat

Appeller = to call
Aller = to go, (loosely made into how goes you... how are you )

Erm

Comment appellez-vous - pronounced comm-ant ap-ell-ay vo-os?

Comment allez-vous - pronounced comm-ant al-ay vo-os?

Appeller = to call... erm. Maybe remember Je m'appelle as I am called, and remember that comment allez-vous is without the 'pel' hard to explain...

Merci beaucoup Lou


Kat

Please tell me how to pronounce Rheims and Quimper?

Si vous plait - when is it appropriate to use the words nous or tu?

Si vous plait - could I use the phrases Comment ca va or ca va, merci here, even if I have not met them.

Merci beaucoup


Kat

Bonjour

Pronoucning - not sure... :-S

nous is for "we"
Tu is for "you" informal and singular. Any "You" plural is Vous.

Ca va just means ok, or I'm ok, or alright

Lou

Bonjour

Pronoucning - not sure... :-S

nous is for "we"
Tu is for "you" informal and singular. Any "You" plural is Vous.

Ca va just means ok, or I'm ok, or alright

Lou

Bonjour

Pronoucning - not sure... :-S

nous is for "we"
Tu is for "you" informal and singular. Any "You" plural is Vous.

Ca va just means ok, or I'm ok, or alright

Lou

Merci beaucoup Lou

Kat

Please can anyone tell me what is the French for the following phrases:

What is your name?
How much is it?
Here is your bill?
Toasted cheese and ham sandwich?

Please tell me what does un s au fromage mean?

merci beaucoup


Kat

"What is your name?" woud be "Comment vous appelez-vous?!" or/and "Quel est votre nom?!" [the last one being a more literal translation]....

"How much is it?" is "C'est combien?!"

"Here is your bill" is "Voici votre addition"
[or "voila votre addition" "voila" covers a few things like "here we are"... "here it is"...


"Toasted cheese and ham sandwich" ==> "sandwich jambon/fromage toaste"
[the longest version would be: "sandwich au jambon et au fromage toaste"... oh and "jambon" is "ham" while "fromage" is "cheese"... the fact that i use a different order in the translation could be confusing...]

There is an accent on the "e" of "toaste" by the way... I still haven't had a chance to work out how to make accents while posting yet i'm afraid...

"un s au fromage" I suspect/assume that you meant "un sandwich au fromage" which would be then "a cheese sandwich"...

... Talk soon... Got a few things to do before i manage to migrate the h2g2/LDers Space account []... hopefully i will manage to do that as soon as possible as there is now a rather big "things to do" list regarding its pages...



loup

Merci beaucoup loup for the very helpful information and translations.

kat

loup I am posting at the library because I could not get back on my digibox.

kat

The site seems to have been down for a while unfortunately [personal spaces disappearing etc..] so it might have been the cause then... hopefully you will be able to go back through the digibox soon...

Of course that [the site going down] didn't help me with what i wanted to do today...
_Another_ delay to be added to the delays list...

talk soon...

If you have any other queries regarding french post them anyway... I will try to answer them as soon as possible [unless someone else has answered them by the time i'm having a look again at this page's convos...]...

On my way offline now... back soon[ish] hopefully...

[Will also have a look at more french songs for next time i post to this page...]


loup

Merci beaucoup monsieur loup, je avec got back via the registration route. Comment allez vouz, Would vous ami cafe au lait or bouteille de vin rouge, si vous plait?

a bient tout


mlle kat

Si vous plait are the names of different types of shops in French: Bakers etc.

Si vous plait the difference between creme (male) or creme (female)?

Si vous plait the main fruits and vegetables in French?

Merci Beaucoup


kat

Pardon Je forget to ask for the words in French for dairy products.

merci beaucoup


kat

Can anyone be of assistance si vous plait?


RSVP



kat

Bonjour everyone

kat