Thursday, January 22, 2009

Mon echelle n’est pas cassee

That’s the latest phrase I’ve learned in French from our computer program. It means, “My ladder is not broken.” I wonder if I’ll ever use it?! We are switching to a new French teacher because we’ve had only two classes since the end of November. I don’t think she liked getting up early to see us. I might try to work the ladder comment in to our first lesson with the new teacher. That should impress him.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Friday, January 9, 2009

Tres Bien Francais

I had a proud moment today on a walk with Millie. Swiss dog owners are usually pretty friendly and will talk to other dog owners. Due to my limited language skills, these conversations usually consist of me nodding a lot and smiling as I’m clueless to what they’re saying. Today we met a woman and her dog on our walk. As the dogs were busy sniffing one another, the woman and I had a very, very brief conversation in French. Basically it consisted of saying “hello” and then me answering her question (How old is your dog?). I answered with a complete sentence. Sofia, our instructor, would have been so proud. The woman then said, “Tres bien francais” which means very good French and gave me a thumbs up sign. At least I think that’s what she said! She was being very kind as my French does not sound anything like what they speak here, but it’s a step in the right direction.