Je ne comprends pas....
I don’t understand. That was probably the only thing I could say to french speaking people other than my ‘bonjour!’ or ‘merci’. As much as I love the country when my husband and I went last May. I just couldn’t understand most of the things they tell me. Surprisingly, French people are very friendly. Well the ones I’ve encountered were all friendly except for a Monaco lady (which btw I won’t even go there). I even met a couple that spoke English to me while we waited in the Uffizi gallery line in Florence. I had such a ball when I was in France that when I boarded the plane on the way back home I promised myself to learn a language. Hmmm, my French struggled big time during the tour. Everyone understood my Spanish or Italian but not French. (Thank goodness for St. Als during my high school years). So off I went to enrol myself in CAE French 1A.
Classes started about 5-6 weeks ago. You should have seen my enthusiasm going back to studying. I was so excited being back to school in the city. My school is so close to all these great coffee/cake shops (okay I just meant one cake shop, Brunetti’s), the Westin hotel, Chanel, Collins Street, Alice Euphocemia, Kinky Gerlinki and even the coppers! I don’t even stress out coming out of school really late at night because it’s proximity to everything! Talk about heaps of fun every Monday night.
Then came to the fifth week. Not only my French grammar sucked, my nasal accent is terrible. Okay I felt like I’m going to the gym, you know excited at first, sucked the rest. Geewhiz, I admire all those people who go to work, take care of kids/etc, and do yoga/some physical activity and goes to school. Obviously I didn’t realise that it was a lot of dedication. (Duh).
I’m halfway through French 1A by next week and I’ve come to realise that I have learnt a lot. Even though I struggle with the grammar, it’s a good stress relief for me. I’m really glad that I’m studying. Again. Flicking back to those honeymoon pics, sure does bring a lot of memory. And a lot more perseverance to learn.
(Btw, this is one of my fave pics when I was travelling. Cute eh?)
posted by Riotikz @ 4:20 pm
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