Culled from a variety of apps and websites designed to help you learn a new language, here were my valiant stabs at French today:
Please translate into French:
The spider is drinking some wine.
Me: What the hell?
*Repeat*
The spider is drinking some wine.
Me: Jeez. Um.
*Typing* L’ariagnee boit du vin.
L’ariagnée boit du vin. Please pay attention to accents.
Me: Christ. Okay.
Please type in French:
(something that sounds like) El vu lou
Me: Huh?
*Repeat*
El vu lou
Me: She something water. She something water. She sees water? She wants water? Oh, she wants water.
*Typing* Elle veux l’eau.
INCORRECT
Elle veut l’eau. Please pay attention to verb tense.
Me: Balls.
Please translate into English:
Je veux être comme ma femme.
Me: (pause) Wait a minute. Je veux is “I want.” Être, “to be.” Something, “my wife.” “I want to be my wife”? “I want to be like my wife”? Seriously?
*Looks around for wife, assuming she has somehow hacked this website*
*Typing* I want to be like my wife.
Correct!
Vocabulary – Boissons (Drinks)
Me: Oh, good. That’s handy.
Le verre – Glass
Me: Verre.
La tasse – Cup
Me: Tasse.
La vendange – Grape Harvest
Me: …
Le millésime – Vintage
Me: Jesus, the difficulty really jumped up here, huh?
Le parc – Park
Me: Oh, good.
L’herbe – Grass
Me: Kinda makes sense.
Le bac à sable – Sandpit
Me: Sandpit?! I still can’t say “left” or “right”!
L’avis de risque aux voyageurs – Travel warning
Me: Okay, that’s ridiculous.
Please translate into French:
Me: Oh, back to this, huh?
The lion is eating the elephant.
Me: Gah!
*Typing* Le lion mange l’éléphant.
Correct!
Me: Pretty grim lesson, for me and the elephant.
Please translate into French:
The stupid boy is reading a book.
Me: Wow. French lessons are mean.
*Typing* Le garçon bête lit un livre
Correct! We would also accept Le garçon stupide lit un livre.
Me: Thanks.
Please translate into French:
The ugly girl is dying alone.
Me: You know what, we’re leaving for France tomorrow, if I don’t know it at this point I don’t know it!
Great post. Enjoy your trip!
Tres amusant! Have a bon voyage and eat much fromage for me.