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Mery Tuesday 11th of July 2006 06:26:37 AM
Why do you want to learn French? - [i]Note: thanks to Goran for inventing this poll and for letting me use his question :)[/i]

[b]Please read the answers here and vote above. [/b]

1) to improve my CV

2) because I want to be a translator and translate from and to this language

3) because I like the French culture

4) because my boyfriend/girlfriend speaks French and I want to surprise him/her

5) I\'ve fallen in love with a song in French / a singer who sings in French and I want to understand the/his song/s

6) I want to surprise my family by learning the language of our ancestors

7) I want to feel what\'s understanding another language, one different from the one I always speak

8) I want to be able to speak to a bigger amount of people

9) I want to be able to communicate with the French community living in my city

10) because I find this language a very sweet / funny / easy one/ other reasons

[i]Note: in question 5, the word is of course French, not Spanish :D oops[/i]

EvanescenceChibi Tuesday 11th of July 2006 08:56:18 AM
- Because I\'m nowhere near being able to form complicated sentences in French, I\'ll say it in English ;)

I voted for the last one...I kind of fell in love with the rhythms and beauty of the language, and decided I would LOVE to learn it :D So far, I\'ve found the grammar far easier than German (the only other language I know well), although pronunciation is still kind of hard.

I didn\'t know what a CV is, I don\'t really want to be a translator, my girlfriend doesn\'t speak French, I haven\'t fallen in love with any songs/singers who speak French, I have no French heritage, I already have a feel for others languages via German, I don\'t learn languages mainly in order to be able to speak to more people, and my town is 100% American...

So that eliminates 8 out of the 10 ;) French culture is interesting, but I didn\'t choose it because of that either, I chose it because I loved the sounds of it. :D

Danial Tuesday 11th of July 2006 05:52:44 PM
- Personellement, je suis en train de tomber amoureux avec mon chanteur préféré qui est Céline Dion. Après j\'ai entendu sa chanson \'Pour Que Tu M\'aimes Encore\', et c\'est ma première chanson française :), je veux apprendre vraiment français! Maintenant, je n\'ai pas des raisons pour apprendre le français à l\'école mais c\'est bon quand je pars pour \'junior college\' ou l\'université. :)

C_david Wednesday 12th of July 2006 01:01:03 AM
- Ok\'s, one anwser is not enough; Yesterday I realized that French is the only language I can\'t help listening (though I don\'t understand it) it sounds so beuatiful. I like all about France, that\'s why I\'ll study French at L\'Alliance Francaise, so I\'ll be able to know the french culture, to communicate with the French community (it\'s generally touch with it), and of course, I\'ll be able to speak to a bigger amount of people.
That is!!!
C\'est tout!!!
A bientôt!!!

pableras28 Wednesday 12th of July 2006 04:01:22 AM
- CV is Curriculum Vitae, it\'s where you write all the things you\'ve done (proffesionally speaking) and all your studies and what you use when you want to apply for a job.

In my case, I chose the second option, although I like French a lot and I love being able to communicate in French to the French community and to stay in touch with it. It\'s also obvious that, as a translator I\'ll be, if I study French, that will improve my CV. :D

mattie Wednesday 12th of July 2006 05:24:47 PM
- I chose: 7) I want to feel what\'s understanding another language, one different from the one I always speak, because it sums up more than one reason why I want to learn French.

I of course want to know how it feels to speak another langauge but the reason I chose French is because it sounds so beautiful and it is such a common langauge that I will be able to communicate with a very large variety of people.

I want to move to France one day, and to travel around every country where French is spoken. Paris is number one! I feel that I\"m going to need to speak French perfectly though, because the French are stereotypically known to be quite rude and protective about their langauge! :)

Caramelicious Thursday 20th of July 2006 11:57:41 PM
- Bonjour tout le monde!
J\'ai choisi numéro 3, parce que j\'adore la culture, oui, mais aussi la famille de ma mère, elle est de la france. Je voudrais pouvoir à parler la langue de ma famille, maintenant je pense que je suis la toute seule personne qui parle français dans ma famille. J\'espère que ma famille choisira pour apprendre la langue encore. Dans mon avis je ne peux pas qu\'ils vont le faire, lol, mais oh well, au moins je peux parler. J\'adore ma langue, ma culture, et tout ce que je suis. C\'est pourquoi je veux parler français.

Colm Monday 07th of August 2006 05:51:01 PM
- Parce que je l\'aime bien :)

Rion Friday 11th of August 2006 04:12:18 AM
- I chose 9, because if you don\'t speak French in Lyon, you\'re screwed.

J\'ai choisi 9, car si on parle pas francais a Lyon, on est foutu.

Mery Sunday 13th of August 2006 02:27:27 AM
- lol Tu parlais déjà super bien français avant d\'arriver à Lyon.

Merci à tous pour vos votes!

Jacqui Saturday 26th of August 2006 03:14:53 PM
- Je choisis 3,car j\'ai lu quelque livres français,comme Le Comte de Monte-Cristo,Les trois mousquetaires et cetera quand j\'avais 12 ans. Depuis,j\'aimais bien la culture français. En plus,j\'aime bien la langue française,les chanson etc. Je pense qu\'il est aussi intéressant de échanger avec plus gens.

gents Saturday 02nd of September 2006 09:00:39 AM
- )) all of the 10 reason is actuall for me )) bcoz of all them i do learn it !)) hope till i\'d get the brilliant level of french !

Ulven Saturday 07th of October 2006 05:24:19 PM
- Bonjour tout le monde:)
J\'ai répondu \"because I like the French culture\". J\'ai commencé le français grace à la raison \"I want to be able to speak to a bigger amount of people\" et je continue également parce que \"I want to feel what\'s understanding another language, one different from the one I always speak\". Mais j\'aime la culture française et cette raison-ci est le réponse plus approprié pour moi. Ça va bien aussi qu\'il y a beaucoup des films et des littératures partout.

welenA Monday 09th of October 2006 07:28:19 PM
- J\'apprends le francais depuis l\'age de 5 ans :] parce que:
:D

2) because I want to be a translator and translate from and to this language!
3) because I like the French culture!
1) to improve my CV - why not
4) because my boyfriend/girlfriend ..i\'ll stop here:D
5) I\'ve fallen in love with some songs in French:D
7) I want to feel what\'s understanding another language, one different from the one I always speak, mmmmm
8) I want to be able to speak to a bigger amount of people - that could be one of the reasons..

croll Thursday 19th of October 2006 10:46:51 AM
- Salut
Vraiment, un n\'est pas. Les raisons sont : no 7,8,9,10.
Mais, spécialement est no 10.

defontaine Tuesday 02nd of January 2007 08:21:54 AM
- I can\'t remember why,but I was more eager when I found out I was not part dutch but part french and was told my surname was \"de fontaine\" not \"van r-----n\" the name i\'ve always had.

Though I was a francophone for quite some time already.

animeshunter Friday 05th of January 2007 11:46:14 PM
Why learn French? - I wanted to learn french because I have family members that speak the language and others languages that branch off of french. plus, it makes me feel better when i know another way to communicate with others in a whole new style. i want to be tres chic!

narnigrin Tuesday 20th of March 2007 10:37:23 PM
- J\'ai étudie le français depuis 4 ans au \"secondary school\" (je sais pas le mot en français ...), mais je ne souviens pas beaucoup maintenant ... et je veux le retrouver.

Encore, je veux faire une année Erasmus à la France, si j\'aurai l\'occasion à l\'avenir ... en ma troisième année à l\'université, peut-être.

Je choisis \"8) I want to be able to speak to a bigger amount of people\", mais 1 et 4 sont propres aussi.

FaWzY Friday 23rd of March 2007 05:55:34 AM
- Hmm... narni you forgot a lot of your French, didn\'t you? ;)
your 1st sentence should be :
\"J\'étudiais le français pendant 4 ans au lycée/les 4 ans de lycée\" (I think the later is more accurate)
I used the Imparfait here because it was a long action that took a period of time in the past, and the pendant because depuis means that you\'ve been studying up till now, and secondary/high school is called lycée in French. :)

Also we don\'t use à for countries, we use en, à is for cities.

I hope you don\'t mind the corrections, just thought you might wanna know because I remember how I was like before, I was much much worse than you, but you\'ll get better with practice soon. ;)

Anyway, du courage et bienvenue parmi nous ici et amuse-toi. :)

FinnieBinnie Wednesday 28th of March 2007 02:37:22 AM
\'Fais du skate dans un grand hotellll\' - Ben, j\'ai tellement à dire à propos de pourquoi je veux apprendre le francais, mais les raisons principales est ce que vous voulez savoir,oui? D\'accord ben, j\'ai choisi le choix \"Because I like French culture\" car c\'est ca! J\'aime vraiment la culture francaise et j\'espere m\'engager quelque jour dans cette culture merveilleuse. =) Mais ALORSSS les autres raisons, bon j\'ai juste un interet naturel de la France et sa langue...c\'est aussi belle et je veux pouvoir communiquer avec les Francais couramment - je pense que j\'aura un sentiment fort quand j\'y arrive! =)

En plus, mon acteur prefere est francais et je regarde toujours toutes ses films (ben j\'essaie tres dure depuis je n\'habite pas en france), ses interviews (oui en francais, PAS de sous-titres à lire,lol), sa musique, etc. Il est mon age (un ado de 16 ans) et vraiment merveilleux et plein du talent a mon avis. Donc il m\'aide avec mon francais dans une certaine façon! Il etait la star dans le film francais \"Les Choristes\" que j\'aime ;) Et bien sur, presque tout de la France me fait heureuse...je ne sais pas pourquoi. C\'est ca!

kaindragoon36 Friday 21st of September 2007 06:54:28 PM
- I want to learn French because it could be useful someday. And I don\'t want to be viewed as the typical non-latino american(nothing wrong with latino-americans, they are just the most multi-lingual group that I can think of, which I give them props for learning 2 or more languages) that only knows English. Americans are known for their laziness when it comes to foreign language, and I don\'t want to fit into that category. I also want to be able to use it, and there\'s a chance I could be in France someday, or Canada, and I would like to understand, and be understood.

Phrasebase Archive
	Mery	Tuesday 11th of July 2006 06:26:37 AM
	Why do you want to learn French? - [i]Note: thanks to Goran for inventing this poll and for letting me use his question :)[/i] [b]Please read the answers here and vote above. [/b] 1) to improve my CV 2) because I want to be a translator and translate from and to this language 3) because I like the French culture 4) because my boyfriend/girlfriend speaks French and I want to surprise him/her 5) I\'ve fallen in love with a song in French / a singer who sings in French and I want to understand the/his song/s 6) I want to surprise my family by learning the language of our ancestors 7) I want to feel what\'s understanding another language, one different from the one I always speak 8) I want to be able to speak to a bigger amount of people 9) I want to be able to communicate with the French community living in my city 10) because I find this language a very sweet / funny / easy one/ other reasons [i]Note: in question 5, the word is of course French, not Spanish :D oops[/i]
	EvanescenceChibi	Tuesday 11th of July 2006 08:56:18 AM
	- Because I\'m nowhere near being able to form complicated sentences in French, I\'ll say it in English ;) I voted for the last one...I kind of fell in love with the rhythms and beauty of the language, and decided I would LOVE to learn it :D So far, I\'ve found the grammar far easier than German (the only other language I know well), although pronunciation is still kind of hard. I didn\'t know what a CV is, I don\'t really want to be a translator, my girlfriend doesn\'t speak French, I haven\'t fallen in love with any songs/singers who speak French, I have no French heritage, I already have a feel for others languages via German, I don\'t learn languages mainly in order to be able to speak to more people, and my town is 100% American... So that eliminates 8 out of the 10 ;) French culture is interesting, but I didn\'t choose it because of that either, I chose it because I loved the sounds of it. :D
	Danial	Tuesday 11th of July 2006 05:52:44 PM
	- Personellement, je suis en train de tomber amoureux avec mon chanteur préféré qui est Céline Dion. Après j\'ai entendu sa chanson \'Pour Que Tu M\'aimes Encore\', et c\'est ma première chanson française :), je veux apprendre vraiment français! Maintenant, je n\'ai pas des raisons pour apprendre le français à l\'école mais c\'est bon quand je pars pour \'junior college\' ou l\'université. :)
	C_david	Wednesday 12th of July 2006 01:01:03 AM
	- Ok\'s, one anwser is not enough; Yesterday I realized that French is the only language I can\'t help listening (though I don\'t understand it) it sounds so beuatiful. I like all about France, that\'s why I\'ll study French at L\'Alliance Francaise, so I\'ll be able to know the french culture, to communicate with the French community (it\'s generally touch with it), and of course, I\'ll be able to speak to a bigger amount of people. That is!!! C\'est tout!!! A bientôt!!!
	pableras28	Wednesday 12th of July 2006 04:01:22 AM
	- CV is Curriculum Vitae, it\'s where you write all the things you\'ve done (proffesionally speaking) and all your studies and what you use when you want to apply for a job. In my case, I chose the second option, although I like French a lot and I love being able to communicate in French to the French community and to stay in touch with it. It\'s also obvious that, as a translator I\'ll be, if I study French, that will improve my CV. :D
	mattie	Wednesday 12th of July 2006 05:24:47 PM
	- I chose: 7) I want to feel what\'s understanding another language, one different from the one I always speak, because it sums up more than one reason why I want to learn French. I of course want to know how it feels to speak another langauge but the reason I chose French is because it sounds so beautiful and it is such a common langauge that I will be able to communicate with a very large variety of people. I want to move to France one day, and to travel around every country where French is spoken. Paris is number one! I feel that I\"m going to need to speak French perfectly though, because the French are stereotypically known to be quite rude and protective about their langauge! :)
	Caramelicious	Thursday 20th of July 2006 11:57:41 PM
	- Bonjour tout le monde! J\'ai choisi numéro 3, parce que j\'adore la culture, oui, mais aussi la famille de ma mère, elle est de la france. Je voudrais pouvoir à parler la langue de ma famille, maintenant je pense que je suis la toute seule personne qui parle français dans ma famille. J\'espère que ma famille choisira pour apprendre la langue encore. Dans mon avis je ne peux pas qu\'ils vont le faire, lol, mais oh well, au moins je peux parler. J\'adore ma langue, ma culture, et tout ce que je suis. C\'est pourquoi je veux parler français.
	Colm	Monday 07th of August 2006 05:51:01 PM
	- Parce que je l\'aime bien :)
	Rion	Friday 11th of August 2006 04:12:18 AM
	- I chose 9, because if you don\'t speak French in Lyon, you\'re screwed. J\'ai choisi 9, car si on parle pas francais a Lyon, on est foutu.
	Mery	Sunday 13th of August 2006 02:27:27 AM
	- lol Tu parlais déjà super bien français avant d\'arriver à Lyon. Merci à tous pour vos votes!
	Jacqui	Saturday 26th of August 2006 03:14:53 PM
	- Je choisis 3,car j\'ai lu quelque livres français,comme Le Comte de Monte-Cristo,Les trois mousquetaires et cetera quand j\'avais 12 ans. Depuis,j\'aimais bien la culture français. En plus,j\'aime bien la langue française,les chanson etc. Je pense qu\'il est aussi intéressant de échanger avec plus gens.
	gents	Saturday 02nd of September 2006 09:00:39 AM
	- )) all of the 10 reason is actuall for me )) bcoz of all them i do learn it !)) hope till i\'d get the brilliant level of french !
	Ulven	Saturday 07th of October 2006 05:24:19 PM
	- Bonjour tout le monde:) J\'ai répondu \"because I like the French culture\". J\'ai commencé le français grace à la raison \"I want to be able to speak to a bigger amount of people\" et je continue également parce que \"I want to feel what\'s understanding another language, one different from the one I always speak\". Mais j\'aime la culture française et cette raison-ci est le réponse plus approprié pour moi. Ça va bien aussi qu\'il y a beaucoup des films et des littératures partout.
	welenA	Monday 09th of October 2006 07:28:19 PM
	- J\'apprends le francais depuis l\'age de 5 ans :] parce que: :D 2) because I want to be a translator and translate from and to this language! 3) because I like the French culture! 1) to improve my CV - why not 4) because my boyfriend/girlfriend ..i\'ll stop here:D 5) I\'ve fallen in love with some songs in French:D 7) I want to feel what\'s understanding another language, one different from the one I always speak, mmmmm 8) I want to be able to speak to a bigger amount of people - that could be one of the reasons..
	croll	Thursday 19th of October 2006 10:46:51 AM
	- Salut Vraiment, un n\'est pas. Les raisons sont : no 7,8,9,10. Mais, spécialement est no 10.
	defontaine	Tuesday 02nd of January 2007 08:21:54 AM
	- I can\'t remember why,but I was more eager when I found out I was not part dutch but part french and was told my surname was \"de fontaine\" not \"van r-----n\" the name i\'ve always had. Though I was a francophone for quite some time already.
	animeshunter	Friday 05th of January 2007 11:46:14 PM
	Why learn French? - I wanted to learn french because I have family members that speak the language and others languages that branch off of french. plus, it makes me feel better when i know another way to communicate with others in a whole new style. i want to be tres chic!
	narnigrin	Tuesday 20th of March 2007 10:37:23 PM
	- J\'ai étudie le français depuis 4 ans au \"secondary school\" (je sais pas le mot en français ...), mais je ne souviens pas beaucoup maintenant ... et je veux le retrouver. Encore, je veux faire une année Erasmus à la France, si j\'aurai l\'occasion à l\'avenir ... en ma troisième année à l\'université, peut-être. Je choisis \"8) I want to be able to speak to a bigger amount of people\", mais 1 et 4 sont propres aussi.
	FaWzY	Friday 23rd of March 2007 05:55:34 AM
	- Hmm... narni you forgot a lot of your French, didn\'t you? ;) your 1st sentence should be : \"J\'étudiais le français pendant 4 ans au lycée/les 4 ans de lycée\" (I think the later is more accurate) I used the Imparfait here because it was a long action that took a period of time in the past, and the pendant because depuis means that you\'ve been studying up till now, and secondary/high school is called lycée in French. :) Also we don\'t use à for countries, we use en, à is for cities. I hope you don\'t mind the corrections, just thought you might wanna know because I remember how I was like before, I was much much worse than you, but you\'ll get better with practice soon. ;) Anyway, du courage et bienvenue parmi nous ici et amuse-toi. :)
	FinnieBinnie	Wednesday 28th of March 2007 02:37:22 AM
	\'Fais du skate dans un grand hotellll\' - Ben, j\'ai tellement à dire à propos de pourquoi je veux apprendre le francais, mais les raisons principales est ce que vous voulez savoir,oui? D\'accord ben, j\'ai choisi le choix \"Because I like French culture\" car c\'est ca! J\'aime vraiment la culture francaise et j\'espere m\'engager quelque jour dans cette culture merveilleuse. =) Mais ALORSSS les autres raisons, bon j\'ai juste un interet naturel de la France et sa langue...c\'est aussi belle et je veux pouvoir communiquer avec les Francais couramment - je pense que j\'aura un sentiment fort quand j\'y arrive! =) En plus, mon acteur prefere est francais et je regarde toujours toutes ses films (ben j\'essaie tres dure depuis je n\'habite pas en france), ses interviews (oui en francais, PAS de sous-titres à lire,lol), sa musique, etc. Il est mon age (un ado de 16 ans) et vraiment merveilleux et plein du talent a mon avis. Donc il m\'aide avec mon francais dans une certaine façon! Il etait la star dans le film francais \"Les Choristes\" que j\'aime ;) Et bien sur, presque tout de la France me fait heureuse...je ne sais pas pourquoi. C\'est ca!
	kaindragoon36	Friday 21st of September 2007 06:54:28 PM
	- I want to learn French because it could be useful someday. And I don\'t want to be viewed as the typical non-latino american(nothing wrong with latino-americans, they are just the most multi-lingual group that I can think of, which I give them props for learning 2 or more languages) that only knows English. Americans are known for their laziness when it comes to foreign language, and I don\'t want to fit into that category. I also want to be able to use it, and there\'s a chance I could be in France someday, or Canada, and I would like to understand, and be understood.