i decided i'm going to try to learn French on my own. it popped into my head after i finished reading "Jane Eyre" yesterday, and i realized that back in the day, well educated women could speak, read and write 2 languages, if not more. well....i'm well educated, aren't i? time to hit the books.
I'm doing this the hard way, with a book and a dictionary. The book is titled "Cortina's French in 20 Lessons," and the 81st edition was made in 1971 if that tells you anything. and its laid out like a school book, with a ton of vocabulary at the first of the lesson that you need to master before you can go on with the lesson. Lesson 1 has a whopping 71 words i need to memorize, pronunciation and all. it explains how to say it too, but so far i suck at rolling my r's and making that throaty sound that comes after a lot of the words. but i feel good about it!
and then i happened to come across a podcast that teaches you spoken french; its called Coffee Break French. this guy is awesome. he does spanish too, for all you people who don't insist that the hispanics in america learn english. :) so with studying the grammar and spelling, as well as practicing the spoken, maybe i can do this! (and it would really come in handy for my trip this august.)
on another note, i finally broke down and started to read Eat Pray Love. i'm not usually the type to want to read a book after i've already seen the movie (bc all i can see in my head are the actors, and i cant make anything up myself). i'm only to chapter 9, (short chapters) but at least i haven't given up yet. its easy enough to read too, and she writes with my kind of humor. anyway, this isn't a book club.
aaaand i woke up with a sore throat and a headache today. (i think the headache is just from reading from my kindle app in the dark last night) when did i start being a sickling? this sucks.
till then... au revoir!
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