** 2014 LC French - all levels - discussion, predictions, practice your French **

You do actually have to do so with Irish, yes...I don't know where the rule is written, but I remember in many threads with Irish being posted the admins themselves enforced the rule. It only takes a fraction of the time it takes to write in French, plus translations help everyone to understand better and to figure out what you meant if it's a bit iffy.

robman60 wrote: »

Je deteste les mods! Ils sont stupides! Nous sommes sophistiqués avec un haut niveau de francais.

Merci beaucoup ! Fais attention à ce que tu dis quand je suis ici :pac:

(Translation: Thanks a lot! Careful what you say when I'm here :pac:)

LoveLamps wrote: »

Salut Canard! Nous avons de la chance, maintenant nous avons un expert en francais!
Mais, malheureusement, je trouve que je suis la seule personne utilisant [better to say 'qui utilise' ] cette thread en ce moment!

Hi Canard! We are lucky, now we have an expert in french!
But, unfortunately, I find I am the only person using this thread at the moment.

Salut! Je crois que linguist est un prof de francais, mais maintenant vous avez un peu plus d'aide

Ne t'inquiete pas, les autres seront ici sous peu sans aucun doute L'examen n'est plus très loin donc tout le monde voudra pratiquer!

Hi! I think linguist is a French teacher, but now you have a little more help

Don't worry, the others will be here shortly without a doubt The exam isn't long away now so everyone will want to practice!

linguist wrote: »

If people wanted me to clarify what I'd written, they could have asked. There was a perfectly pleasant time being had and people wanted to practice. Let's extend the analogy further. In a discussion on higher maths, should I expect those discussing complex concepts to have to simplify or explain them lest I feel left out. Or applied maths? Or physics?

Because what's really at the root of such an unwritten rule is people's remarkable willingness to believe that a conversation in a language they don't understand must be about them! It's something I've come across holding conversations in the languages I know in this country ever since I've been able to. Would you go over to a group of people talking in a cafe or bar and ask them to speak English for your benefit? Now admittedly - and clearly in jest - one or two people here pushed it a little. If offence was taken, they should apologise. But enforcing unwritten rules in this subject area - and what we were doing was discussing this subject - has riled me a bit. I've put time and effort into my advice and it's amazing how languages have to be singled out like this.

It's nothing to do with feeling left out; the problem arose from the fact that most moderators (and members) do not speak multiple languages, and if there were discussions going on with offensive content, they couldn't be moderated. That's why it's different to physics or applied maths -- you can't insult someone through complicated formulas, as far as I'm aware. It's the opposite of assuming it's about us (sure I can understand this stuff myself, and we don't moderate the forums to check if people are talking about us). See this post.

While I personally don't see the big deal with posting or not posting translations, we've discussed it in the moderator forum and decided that since these threads are pretty much once a year events, they can be self-moderating. If anyone has a problem with something posted solely in French and wants to report it, then make sure you explain what's offensive about it in case the moderator who deals with it isn't a French speaker.

So, back to French then. Profitez-en!

LoveLamps wrote: »

aucun doute - I like it !

J'espere c'est vrai - linguist - avez vous conseils pour cet examen? j'ai peur a grace de mon niveau de francais douteux ! J'ai peur que je vais voir des questions sur sujets trop abstrait!

Le meme question pour vous Canard - avez vous conseils ? Merci

I hope it's true - Linguist - do you have advice for this exam? I'm afraid thanks to my doubtful level of french! Im afraid that i'll see questions on subjects that are too abstract

the same question for you Canard - do you have advice? Thanks

Can't think of the word for 'any' :mad:

Meme s'il y a des sujets abstraits, il ne faut pas écrire plus que 75 mots, c'est très peu ! Tout ce dont tu as besoin ("all you need"), c'est de quelques phrases que tu peux toujours utiliser. Si tu en as quelques unes, et tu sais un peu de vocabulaire, tout ira bien.

I can't think of one direct word translation for "any" myself, I feel like it depends on what you're saying.