Learning French, free resources.

[woohoo]

I’m doing a bit of a road trip in a month and I’m looking to learn a bit of the lingo.

Really I’m just after enough French to order drinks, food and understand a French menu. Though might want to expand on it in the future.

I don’t really want to pay for something.

The bbc site is ok but it’s a bit boring.

[meridian]

I’m doing a bit of a road trip in a month and I’m looking to learn a bit of the lingo.

Really I’m just after enough French to order drinks, food and understand a French menu. Though might want to expand on it in the future.

I don’t really want to pay for something.

The bbc site is ok but it’s a bit boring.

https://www.memrise.com

I had a load of beginner mp3s that were useful for listening to on the train or in the car, from Rosetta Stone I think.

[woohoo]

https://www.memrise.com

I had a load of beginner mp3s that were useful for listening to on the train or in the car, from Rosetta Stone I think.

The website looks really good, just having a look now. Thanks.

[sal]

For the menu just install Google translate on your phone and point the camera to the menu, easier than learning the language enough to understand all the various words in a menu.

[woohoo]

For the menu just install Google translate on your phone and point the camera to the menu, easier than learning the language enough to understand all the various words in a menu.

I've tried that in the past admittedly not with google translate. But the translation when you could get a decent signal was poor and did not make sense of various menus or signs - im guessing there is an offline mode nowadays. I do have a translate app on my iphone and watch but again that's for when I'm really stuck and want to look a right tool, it's my backup plan after speaking slower and louder to the Frenchies.

[Lance]

I’m doing a bit of a road trip in a month and I’m looking to learn a bit of the lingo.

Really I’m just after enough French to order drinks, food and understand a French menu. Though might want to expand on it in the future.

I don’t really want to pay for something.

The bbc site is ok but it’s a bit boring.

the only French I can speak fluently is 'restaurant' French. It's OK those fookers are so proud of their language they'll correct you when you get it wrong, as long as you try to speak a bit of Franglais.

Some starters-
il est bouchonner -it is corked- this wine is tulip get me another
il est degolas - it is disgusting and I wouldn't feed it to my dog - this is considered really rude so only use in exceptional circumstances
steak a cheval - this isn't horsemeat, it's steak with an egg on top. cheval is the verb 'to ride' and the egg is riding


EDIT: don't worry about looking a tool, just order and eat it. That's half the fun, and you can often be surprised in the UK anyway when what you expect isn't what you get. If that's not suitable then stick to places with pictured of the food.

[woohoo]

the only French I can speak fluently is 'restaurant' French. It's OK those fookers are so proud of their language they'll correct you when you get it wrong, as long as you try to speak a bit of Franglais.

Some starters-
il est bouchonner -it is corked- this wine is tulip get me another
il est degolas - it is disgusting and I wouldn't feed it to my dog - this is considered really rude so only use in exceptional circumstances
steak a cheval - this isn't horsemeat, it's steak with an egg on top. cheval is the verb 'to ride' and the egg is riding


EDIT: don't worry about looking a tool, just order and eat it. That's half the fun, and you can often be surprised in the UK anyway when what you expect isn't what you get. If that's not suitable then stick to places with pictured of the food.

Nice story, keep this kind of tulipe in general.

[Lance]

You should learn to say thank you, when provided with useful and correct information you won't get from a book. Especially when it's on-topic, i.e. restaurant French.

Doesn't this entire thread belong in general anyway?

[Batcher]

The Duolingo app is ideal for starting and you can concentrate on specifics like food, menus, etc

[SimonMac]

The Duolingo app is ideal for starting and you can concentrate on specifics like food, menus, etc

+1, using it to better my Spanish, it's basic but its a good start