french language

[espire]

The real question... How many people actually paid for Rosetta Stone!

[Tye]

Originally Posted by espire

The real question... How many people actually paid for Rosetta Stone!

I know. They are very proud of their product.

Originally Posted by dano2769

Same. How do you like it?

It is fun so far, but a bit repetitive at times. What do you think of it?

[fsquared]

Originally Posted by espire

The real question... How many people actually paid for Rosetta Stone!

I bought a Mandarin Chinese intro set with like the first few lessons for about $20. Haven't made it through yet though...

[Ebbot]

Originally Posted by Deepwaters

Yeah, About.com is where I found my email course. The site is a gold mine.

I signed up for the email course now

[Sir Wood]

Originally Posted by Toc De Mac

For anyone who has a desire to learn French, this website is extremely helpful. You can ask questions on the forums too. There are lessons on nearly every subject!

http://french.about.com/

Yup, this is where I looked first, which directed me to the Michel Thomas CDs (which I just recently started). That's why I was curious about the Pimsleur CDs.

[Fusoya]

In the 8th grade I chose German over French when we could choose between those for a second foreign lanuage at school......boy I do regret a bit now :S

[espire]

Originally Posted by Fusoya

In the 8th grade I chose German over French when we could choose between those for a second foreign lanuage at school......boy I do regret a bit now :S

On the plus side, yelling at people in German is more fun than in French

[Deepwaters]

Originally Posted by espire

On the plus side, yelling at people in German is more fun than in French

Ja, richtig, tu unglaublicher Idiot mit einem Gesicht wie einem Abfallstapel!

(Just kidding.)

[fsquared]

Hungarian has a reputation for a rich curse word vocabulary. I think it was in Barry Farber's "How To Learn Any Language" where he relates some story of meeting some Hungarians and comparing curse words, and for every 2 or 3 in the language he was comparing with, Hungarian had at least 50.

[dano2769]

Originally Posted by Tye

It is fun so far, but a bit repetitive at times. What do you think of it?

I've been working full time, so I haven't gotten as far into it as I would like. But I like it, and it works better than it seems. I was able to form my own sentences pretty early on.