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

Je crois que 'All Saints' ont chanté 'Lady Marmalade', non?

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I think All Saints sang Lady Marmalade, didn't they?

No. It was definately Christina and Lil Kim and Pink and, now that I think of it, Mya and some background rap by Missy Elliot. I can picture them in the film clip. God those wigs were bad...

Mais je suis sur que All Saints l'a chanté aussi... plus tard, peut-etre?

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But I'm sure that All Saints sang it as well... later on, maybe?

j'ai la version des All Saints *on cd..mais elles seulement prendent le refrain de la version originale.

I've got the All Saints version on cd, but they're just using the chorus from the original song, the rest of the text is some new stuff.

Ah, ca l'explique.

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Oh, that explains it.

Salut tout le monde, j'essaye de pratiquer ma francais aussi.

Je veut parler courrament assez pour aller vivre en france.

Hello everyone, I try to practice french too so that I can go and live in France

C'est si agréable de parler des langues étrangères !
Dans quelle partie de la France comptes-tu t'installer ?



It is so nice to speak foreign languages!
In what part of France are you planning to move?

Salut mes amie! Je suis Kat, et Je ne peux pas me rappeler beaucoup français du tout, toutefois je suis "editor-dans-residence" ; ainsi je pense que je devrais au moins essayer.

Hello my friends! I am Kat and I can not remember any french on the whole, but because I am the "editor-in-residence" i think I should at least try.

French speaking people please correct others as you go...

Nouns agree with their gender and number, so that should be 'amis' because you're talking to us all

Try '...mais parce que je suis une Redacteuse...', meaning 'but because I'm an Editor'

Otherwise, that was fine

I think 'Rédactrice' would sound better.

Oops, that's the one

Confusing nouns with adjectives...

Où est chacun ? Pourquoi est-ce que personne ici entretien n'est français à moi ?

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Where is everone? Why is there nobody to talk French to me?

I found the accents on my keyboard but I keep forgetting them so made a special effort for that sentence...it's probably wrong though

OK, this is about all I can remember of french:

Bonjour.
Comment t'appelles-tu?
Je'mappelle Chris.
Comment ca va?
Je suis australienne. J'habite en Australie.

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Hello.
What is your name?
My name is Chris.
How are you?
I am Australian. I live in Australia.

And that's about it... Well, I can answer how i am as well and I can sorta count...

Cat

Mon Dieu! Je suis trop tard pour me plaindre de la facon de jouer le football de l'équipe francaise! J'ai parié que les Bleus seraient champion!

okay, my French is getting worse...
I'm too late to complain about how bad the french played football. I had even made a bet that they would be European champions!

C'est pas grave, les Anglais n'ont bien joue non plus!

Un petit introduction est necessaire je pense:
Mon prenom est Helen mais sur hootoo je prefer que tout le monde m'appelle Mel, je suis etudiante d'elecronique et Francais, et j'ai vien de faire un stage d'un an en Caen (France). Je parle la Francais assez bien mais ma grammaire est terrible, je veux bien que vous me corrigez quand (pas 'si'!) je ferai des erreurs!

Je ne lis pas les romains francaises mais je suis en train de finir un livre de Terry Pratchett en francais J'aime bien lire les histoires que je connais parce que je comprendre mieux le francais comme ca.

En ce moment je suis a boulot a Cambridge pendant mes vacances, je vais finir ici le fin aout et recommencerai mes etudes a l'universitie a Guildford. J'avais oublier beaucoup de mes sujet pendant la dernier annee et il faut que je travaille dur pour recouper tout que j'avais perdu, j'en ai peur!

Bon a tout a l'heure,
Mel

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Never mind, the English didn't play well either!

A little introduction is necessary I think:
My name is Helen but on HooToo I prefer to be called Mel, I'm studying Electronics and French and I have just finished a placement in Caen (France). My spoken French is fairly good but my grammar is terrible, I would really like for you to correct me when (not if) I make errors!

I don't read French novels but I'm in the process of finishing a book by Terry Pratchett in French I really like reading stories I know because I can better understand the French that way!

At the moment I'm at work in Cambridge during my holidays, I'll finish here at the end of Augusr and pick up my studies a university in Guildford. I have forgotten many of my subjects during the last year and I must work hard to recouperate all that I have lost I'm afraid

Well, until later,
Mel

Moi, j'aime bien aussi lire les livres de Terry Pratchett en francais! En ce moment j'ai 'De bons presages' et 'Les petits dieux' - j'ai ces livres en anglais aussi alors c'est plus facile de les comprendre!

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I also like to read Terry Pratchett books in French! At the moment I have 'De bons presages' (Good Omens) and 'Les petits dieux' (Small Gods) - I've got these books in English too so it's easier to understand them!

Salut, je ne suis pas trop sûre de la grammaire moi-même, mais je pense, que c'est 'pas joué bien non plus...électronique et de Francais... je viens de .. à Caen...le Francais...quand je fais...romans Francais...je comprends...au boulot...á la fin d'Août...université...j'ai oublié mes sujets...dernière...tout ce que j'ai ...

No guarantee that it's 100% , Toy Box will know

English translation for everything please!

It's only the corrections for post 35 - took me so long, that meanwhile there was your post before mine

Sorry, I don't have my French keyboard set up at work so there are no accents, it's all because I'm lazy

quand je fais..? I was certain that the future tense was needed after Quand in French, that's why all the French say things like 'when I will be there' in place of 'when I am there' when they speak English

Thanks for filling in the 'little but important' words I always forget!

Mel