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Cunning Linguists Languages and their use. What languages do you speak and why? What do words really mean? Can you say things in one language that you can't say in another? Should there be a national language? How many languages should a person know and what are they?

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Old 2008-05-09, 06:05
One_Armed_Scissor One_Armed_Scissor is offline
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Default Help me with some French!

How do you say these two sentences in standard French?

"Then my father always said to me."

"They were going."

Thanks in advance.
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Old 2008-05-09, 14:09
Cellophane_Man Cellophane_Man is offline
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Default Re: Help me with some French!

"Then my father always said to me"

Puis mon père me disait toujours . . .



"They were going"

It would depend on the context, but probably "ils allaient"
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Old 2008-05-09, 15:58
One_Armed_Scissor One_Armed_Scissor is offline
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Default Re: Help me with some French!

Wouldn't it be:
"Alors mon pere m'a toujours dit."
???
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Old 2008-05-13, 03:05
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Default Re: Help me with some French!

"Alors mon pere m'a toujours dit." is acceptable, but is sound more like you took it from an online translator.

Puis mon père me disait toujours sounds better
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Old 2008-05-23, 03:51
Run Screaming Run Screaming is offline
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Trop ritard! Dommage!
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Old 2008-05-27, 23:49
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"Then my father always said to me."



What's the context for that? It's not a complete sentence, and doesn't really even make much sense in English. Do you mean "Back then, my father always said to me,..." ?
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Old 2008-05-28, 00:43
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Oui Oui, la vache qui ...
 
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