Today I reread the journal I kept during my stay in France this past summer. Half of it was in French which I now wish I could still do. It is sad how one could know a language so well for a while, but then put out of practice it no longer is a good as it once was. I now have a lot of trouble understanding when people talk to me in French. I find myself using the igoogle translator more and more. It truly is sad. I have a friend back in Oklahoma who speaks French as well, but she has forgotten most of it as well, and we do not get to talk very often because of our busy schedules. So I don't have many options for finding people to regularly speak French with me.
I know that there are Rwanda students on campus, a good amount of them speak French, but part of their language is different because they are from a different country, and many French speaking countries have different dialects and vocabulary. Even in France itself has different Vocabulary differing from North France to South France. In a way it's like how there are different slang words in North California compares to South California. Hecka is a common one up North, but people in SoCal think it's ridiculous, (I personally think it is really funny, and because I hang out with a lot of people from NorCal I find myself sometimes saying it).
Language is just a peculair thing... I could go on forever of how ridiculous English is, as well as French. Who puts a k in the front of knife, that is ubsurd, and French will look one way written, but when pronounced it sounds like an entirely different word.
Oh people, I would love to go back in time and knock (there's another k word) some sense into the men who created the French verb tenses dealing with only a set of 20 verbs that have to be treated special compared to the others. How on earth am I supposed to memorize them all and differ between them?
Well, I guess it's a journey. but hopefully it will end happy (if only I can remember all the French I knew this summer...)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Busy Busy Busy
So i sent a package to Camille full of jewelry, paintings I did and Cd's I made her.
She received it this week and was so very very excited which makes me very happy. So all week she's been listening to the Cd's I made her, which really makes me happy.
On Facebook as her status's she will sometimes now put song lyrics from some of what I sent her. It is super cute. But I love how even through music we can connect. Sometimes she will text me with songs I should listen to, and sometimes I'll do the same for her.
People in France actually listen to more music made in America than in France, this also happens with films. France has their own culture, but America's culture has a great influence now.
I believe this is both a good and a bad thing, but at least our worlds are connected to one another.
She received it this week and was so very very excited which makes me very happy. So all week she's been listening to the Cd's I made her, which really makes me happy.
On Facebook as her status's she will sometimes now put song lyrics from some of what I sent her. It is super cute. But I love how even through music we can connect. Sometimes she will text me with songs I should listen to, and sometimes I'll do the same for her.
People in France actually listen to more music made in America than in France, this also happens with films. France has their own culture, but America's culture has a great influence now.
I believe this is both a good and a bad thing, but at least our worlds are connected to one another.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Oh tres mal
Sadly because of her crazy schedule this summer and my crazy schedule this summer, we now do not get to see one another. this saddens me greatly because I miss her dearly.
But luckily we still have skype. a great tool for those who live far from one another. I am getting a bit better at French so hopefully our conversations can be more French now that English, although she prefers to speak English because she misses it, but I prefer French because I miss it too so we have a dilemma. But maybe we could come to a compromise.
Oh and there is also Facebook where we communitcate quite frequently. All of the time really.
But also we sometimes text, but that is rather expensive so that is very rare.
Oh the communications of the world.
So hopefully we shall see each other in person soon, maybe not this summer but another break from school would be nice.
But luckily we still have skype. a great tool for those who live far from one another. I am getting a bit better at French so hopefully our conversations can be more French now that English, although she prefers to speak English because she misses it, but I prefer French because I miss it too so we have a dilemma. But maybe we could come to a compromise.
Oh and there is also Facebook where we communitcate quite frequently. All of the time really.
But also we sometimes text, but that is rather expensive so that is very rare.
Oh the communications of the world.
So hopefully we shall see each other in person soon, maybe not this summer but another break from school would be nice.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Coming?
So over the past two weeks my French friend Camille has found out she might be able to come to America this summer.
We are trying to figure out when a good time would be because I am working all summer and she has meetings and a work study for her schooling of being a doctor.
Its looked at first that she would really be able to do it, and come spend a couple weeks with me. we even contacted my boss to see if she could spend time at camp.
Now though we are having trouble because of timing and how busy I am going to be. I want to devote time to her, but it will be really hard because of my job then going back to California in August.
So now we have to figure out if it will work this summer, or if we will have to wait another year again.
There's the prospect of Christmas break, but that would be hard too. It is all rather hard and saddening.
I am not sure what to do as of now.
I just am hoping and praying it all works out.
We are trying to figure out when a good time would be because I am working all summer and she has meetings and a work study for her schooling of being a doctor.
Its looked at first that she would really be able to do it, and come spend a couple weeks with me. we even contacted my boss to see if she could spend time at camp.
Now though we are having trouble because of timing and how busy I am going to be. I want to devote time to her, but it will be really hard because of my job then going back to California in August.
So now we have to figure out if it will work this summer, or if we will have to wait another year again.
There's the prospect of Christmas break, but that would be hard too. It is all rather hard and saddening.
I am not sure what to do as of now.
I just am hoping and praying it all works out.
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