I don't think there are any Frenchmen on these boards, but are there people here who can speak French? Be it as a mother tongue, or from learning at school?

I myself learn it at school (for the 8est year now) and I can express myself fairly good in it.

Je parle un peu de francais, parce que je suis Canadiene et j'apprende le lingue en l'ecole pero mi espanol es mas mejor de mi francais porque aprendio espanol en mi escuela para mas tiempo. I can't really speak the language but I know a few words here and there and can understand a bit but I know more Spanish than French (which is not that much though).

Je suis un cours de français à mon école. Comme DJ, je parle un peu. J'habite aux Etats-Unis. Et vous?

voulez vous coucher avec moi.. ce soir
merci boo-koo.
je t'aime
deux
bonjour
au revoir

that's pretty much the extent of it. and yes i CAN make up my own spellings.

I can speak Spanish fairly well, but with a horrible accent. I do understand and read it well though. Same can be said of Itlian which I'm just studing in school this year. It's not much of a jump from Spanish.

I can speak French from about four and a half years of schooling, although, I wouldn't consider it "fluent" just yet.

"C*nts." ~ Oscar Wilde on the French [fake Oscar Wilde quote provided by http://www.uncyclopedia.net ] :p

I have four years of Spanish on my belt.

...And I don't speak it.

Me llamo Vercetti, yo soy muy estúpido.

I've planned to learn, but I'm now trying to learn German first.

Je parle un peau. Mais couramment? Non!
Enzo, si vous etez de Belgique, est que c'est Francais votre lengue?

Google doesn't translate any of the above written french well. Either the translate tool is broken or you guys have problem with french grammar :p

Try it here !

The google translator sucks anyway. Seriously.

wordreference.com

I think it is because some have not used the standard sets of alphabet (Characters), so the translator gets even more confused. Thug's post is being translated properly.

Well, not to discourage you, but my English is better than your French.

But anyway, I live in the Dutch part of Belgium, so my first language is Dutch. But since Belgium is a bilingual country, I also speak French fairly good. I think.

Mais en général, je dois dire que Turnbull est un homme bien. Alors, je vais lui faire une proposition qu'il ne peut pas refuser.

C'est vrai! Touche!

But anyway, I live in the Dutch part of Belgium, so my first language is Dutch. But since Belgium is a bilingual country, I also speak French fairly good. I think. [/quote]Is it Dutch, or is it "Flemish"? And is your French as spoken in France, or is it "Waloons"? I've never understood the difference.

Actually, it is getting "suis" mixed up. I used the first-person of "suivre" meaning to take a class or to follow, and it thinks I used the first-person of "etre" meaning to be. But other than that it did a very good job.

Geaux Tigers.

I'll explain it.

Belgium consists of two language groups. One group speaks Dutch (in the north), the other French (in the south).

But what's special is that the Dutch-speaking people of Belgium don't speak Dutch like in The Netherlands. Instead they speak a variant of it, called Flemish. You can compare the difference between Flemish Dutch and Netherlands Dutch with the difference between Britsh English and American English. Same language, but some words differ, and pronunciation differs.

The same thing for the difference between Walloon French and regular French.
And don't forget the 1% of German speaking people in Belgium.

Sounds all nice, but it also makes things somewhat complicated. An example: we have 7! governments and parliaments in this country.

There are also people who make it an ethnic problem, they say the Walloons and the Flemish are two different kinds of people. In Flanders, there are nationalist political party's who want to blow up Belgium, and create an independent Flanders. Fortunately, those political party's (that are btw mostly extreme-right and racist) only have 25% of all votes.

In Wallonie, there are also nationalists, who want to create a independent Wallonie, but those people are a small minority (representing 5 % of all Walloons).

I personally hate those nationalists, since I'm no Fleming, just a Belgian.

Anyway Turnbull, hopes this clears it up a bit. Feel free to ask questions, but since this isn't the most interesting thing in the world, I doubt you will. :p

Well, I don't know French, so I only assumed that considering the translation made perfect sense.