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[Reese Riverson]

I am guessing you are still in a lot of pain from having your wisdom teeth removed, huh?

[foultzboyz]

It looks like it details some of Rayman [1]'s visual development from concept art to digitally-composed imagery. I'm still learning French though, so I can't really do any translating yet.

What are you using to learn French?

I'm being taught it from someone else.

[Reese Riverson]

At a school or something or someone you know?

[foultzboyz]

Someone I know. I'd say I'm doing decently so far, working on conjugating verbs and stuff like that right now, which I think I've got that down. (Like the verb "aimer" can be seen as "j'aime", "tu aimes", "vous aimez", "nous aimons", and so on, depending on the usage.) Nowhere near fluent though, hehe.

[Reese Riverson]

Think you can help teach me?

[foultzboyz]

Uh...hehe, I would if I knew more myself. Though I could conjure a little bit up right now...(test what I've learned)

I'll just explain conjugating "-er" verbs right now, since I already detailed a little bit.

First, we can review verb forms. Singular forms include:

1. Je (or " J' " when conjugated) - I
2. Tu - You (informal)
3. Il, Elle, On - He, She, It
4. Nous - We
5. Vous - You (formal)
6. Ils, Elles - They (Ils applies to either masculine groups or masculine with feminine, and Elles is for feminine-only)

When conjugating an "-er" verb, you drop that ending and add the following (numbers below corresponding to numbers above)

1. "e"
2. "es"
3. "e"
4. "ons"
5. "ez"
6. "ent"

As examples, I'll use the verbs "aimer" (to like), "dessiner" (to draw), and "travailler" (to work). To save space, I'll do them in order on the same lines, again, corresponding with the above. Conjugating, each one of these would become:

1. j'aime, j'dessine, j'travaille
2. tu aimes, tu dessines, tu travailles
3. [il, elle, on] aime; [il, elle, on] dessine; [il, elle, on] travaille
4. nous aimons, nous dessinons, nous travaillons
5. vous aimez, vous dessinez, vous travaillez
6. [ils, elles] aiment; [ils, elles] dessinent; [ils, elles] travaillent

That's about where I'm at, hopefully I explained it alright.

[Reese Riverson]

Sheesh, at least you explain better than that program called Rosetta Stone!

I'll need to study those. *Saves your explanation*

I'd really love to find some program or book that will help me learn French also, are there any you'd recommend? (I already tried Rosetta Stone... for what they charge for that, I would think they'd have much better explanation. Thank god I torrented the thing instead of paying for something I would have regretted!.)

[Tobbe]

1. j'aime, j'dessine, j'travaille

I believe it's 'je dessine' and 'je travaille', not 'j'dessine' and 'j'travaille'.

[foultzboyz]

I really don't know...The best way is really learning from someone who already knows the language or teaches it. There is learning material available (don't really know what, since I don't use it), though person-teaching-person is always the best way. If you want material though, I'd find a book that many people say they'd recommend. Lots of programs get so caught up in features that they forget all you really want to do is learn the language. (I've tried one before, decked out with features, and took very little out of it.)

@Tobbe7: That could be right, and does sound right--I'm still workin' on it.

EDIT: Yes, it is right the way he has it. The apostrophe only comes with vowels, same with stuff like "le" and " l' ".

[Reese Riverson]

Well, I only know friends online who know french.

[foultzboyz]

Well, there's plenty of French members here who I'm sure could help you out. I would if I knew more about the language. And also note that correction Tobbe7 pointed out when looking that over. Words like "le" and "je" drop the "e" and gain an apostrophe only when it precedes a vowel.

[Reese Riverson]

I could wait for you to learn more.

[Tobbe]

Norsk er mye tøffere enn fransk. fransk er for tapere!

[Mountain Goat]

Est-ce-que quelq'un parle espagnol ici?

[Tobbe]

Hablo un poco español.

[Mountain Goat]

¡Fantástico! ¿Donde tu has aprendido español?
Hope ya understand

[Tobbe]

Lo aprendo en la escuela. Todos los alumnos en mi escuela tienen que aprender francés, alemán o español por los dos años primeros.

Espero comprendes.

[Mountain Goat]

¡Si, yo comprendro muy bién!
Por los dos años primeros, nosotros hemos decido entre francés y latín, y pués entre español y la ciencas naturales.

[El Dango]

Haza souyaka thezo kliptima fa yohobo.

[Mountain Goat]

Aquí hay un pollo loco!