the French Study topic, help me learn french again

[dessa14]

I'm learning french and i want some help, i can't configure my keyboard to allow french figures, so if any of you know how to do that with win98 ill really like that too.
thanks,
dessa

[el_slapper]

well, I have Windows in french, so I'll try to translate properly...

Open the start menu
Open the configuration panel
Open the keyboard setting
choose the 2nd sheet, "language"

There you should have the choice. I didn't go further as I am very happy with my french keyboard configuration, but I guess next step would be Windows CD...

[dessa14]

ok i can use some of the french characters now, not all of them though, and i can't use the comma in the french setting, plus ill need to learn the layout it is significantly different.
thanks,
dessa

[el_slapper]

ok i can use some of the french characters now, not all of them though, and i can't use the comma in the french setting, plus ill need to learn the layout it is significantly different.
thanks,
dessa

mmmh... yeah, the layout is different.

top line : [shift] 1234567890°+
[Alt Gr] ~#{[|`\^@]}
[normal]²&é"'(-è_çà)=

2nd bottom line : [shift] : >WXCVBN?./§
[normal] :

[Beirut]

Why would an Australian want to learn French?

[Sjakihata]

Because french is a superior diplomatic language and neither german nor english can compete with it!

I hereby decree that we all speak french from now on in the tavern!

[Adrian II]

I hereby decree that we all speak french from now on in the tavern!

Tu parles, Charles!

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Fortunately English is the world language...means I don't have to learn anything else

[Sjakihata]

It really strengthens the intelligence and sense of logic to learn and study languages, Im glad I have the opportunity to learn about three different languages

[dessa14]

actually i prefer to speak to people in french sometimes, it is so much more eloquent then english, plus i hate the english speaking world saying english is the world language, and acting like its the only important language in the world, and that everyone should speak it.
this is regardless of the fact that the majority of people in the world do not speak english.
thanks,
dessa

[Sasaki Kojiro]

actually i prefer to speak to people in french sometimes, it is so much more eloquent then english, plus i hate the english speaking world saying english is the world language, and acting like its the only important language in the world, and that everyone should speak it.
this is regardless of the fact that the majority of people in the world do not speak english.
thanks,
dessa

There are more students of English in China then there are people in the United States.

[dessa14]

there is only a couple of hundred million in the USA.
there may be 1.3/1.5 billion people speaking english in the world, now there is 7 billion people in the world, bit shy of a majority.
thanks,
dessa

[Adrian II]

there is only a couple of hundred million in the USA.
there may be 1.3/1.5 billion people speaking english in the world, now there is 7 billion people in the world, bit shy of a majority.

It's good to have English regarded as the transnational language of the future. Maybe one day everybody will speak English as their first language. It is the lingua franca of the world in the same way French used to be the lingua franca of European society until the end of the nineteenth century, particularly of the aristocratic elite in politics, diplomacy and the arts. Tough on the French, they should have conquered the American colonies and things would look better for them. I bet our American friends would have banned British fries by now... Allons enfants... Good luck with your studies, Dessa14.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Sorry I'm taking German.
Next Semmester I'm going to rally my German 2 class and invade the French class!
Seig Capo!
Lol, sorry I had to.

[dessa14]

adrian it's a thought i personally dread, the whole world speaking english!, but that won't happen, because the commonwealth will always speak proper english and the americans will always speak their dumbed down version of english.
for gods sake who takes the u out of all those words and swaps the r's and e's around.
thanks,
dessa

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Well, the u's stand no purpose, though half the time I write them in anyway.
And if you think about it, er sounds more like rrrrr than re does. e sound first. re would more or less be reee like reunited.
Get it?
-Capo

[IrishMike]

You talking about French, or German Capo?

[Kaiser of Arabia]

English English vs American English.