tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post7470144126380492471..comments2023-10-31T05:03:38.910-07:00Comments on Letters from a broad...: The parable of criticism is a complimentC. L. Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-65803179711514525322007-05-26T00:48:00.000-07:002007-05-26T00:48:00.000-07:00Hey Sam-I-Am!!!Cute story!!! Sometimes they know ...Hey Sam-I-Am!!!<BR/><BR/>Cute story!!! Sometimes they know more than you realize....<BR/><BR/>Hey Tom!!!<BR/><BR/>So true!!! It's wonderful to learn stuff from your kids.<BR/><BR/>"Puissant/puissante" means powerful. It's an adjective with a masculine and feminine version that are pronounced and spelled a little bit differently. I was reading Nico a story where "puissante" was modifying a feminine noun, but I accidentally pronounced the masculine version. Oops! ;^)<BR/><BR/>Hey Nicholas!!!<BR/><BR/>I think the French are proud of their language, but they're understanding of the fact that people who learn French as adults aren't going to pronounce the words the way a native speaker would.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-58191229033539062422007-05-25T18:20:00.000-07:002007-05-25T18:20:00.000-07:00The French have a beautiful language, but they are...The French have a beautiful language, but they are very snooty about it and hate to hear it misused in any way.<BR/><BR/>What a wonderful name you picked for your son!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-46486892236441627372007-05-24T22:12:00.000-07:002007-05-24T22:12:00.000-07:00I can so relate - my daughter has been rolling her...I can so relate - my daughter has been rolling her eyes at me for well over 20 years now. Wait until Nicholas is a little older - he won't even bother to correct you; he'll just roll his eyes at you and that'll be the end of that.<BR/><BR/>In truth, I love that our kids can correct us once in awhile. I love learning from my daughter - there's just something so cool about our kids knowing something we don't.<BR/><BR/>What does puissante` mean?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-31574190829833036502007-05-23T13:42:00.000-07:002007-05-23T13:42:00.000-07:00When the daughter of a friend (American/Canadian c...When the daughter of a friend (American/Canadian couple living in France) was about 5 or 6, her mom scolded her in French...and her daughter suggested with a laugh that she not scold her in French anymore. <BR/><BR/>When my son was 5, after 2 years in France and still not speaking a word of French, we went shopping for clothes at Gèmo. He asked what the name of the store was, and I said "Gémo, I think." And he said, "No, Mom. See the mark above the e? It's Gèmo."AnnMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504450005600933157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-2396751345401215762007-05-23T08:10:00.000-07:002007-05-23T08:10:00.000-07:00Hey Aerin!!!It's funny how learning another foreig...Hey Aerin!!!<BR/><BR/>It's funny how learning another foreign language seems to interfere with one you've already learned. Learning French basically wiped out the Latin I remembered from High School and College...<BR/><BR/>Hey Cynthia!!!<BR/><BR/>That's the trouble -- if you don't have the opportunit for constant practice, it's easy to forget what you've learned.C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-39686568040766830382007-05-23T07:15:00.000-07:002007-05-23T07:15:00.000-07:00Ah kids, ya gotta love 'em because ya can't shoot ...Ah kids, ya gotta love 'em because ya can't shoot 'em<BR/><BR/>Umm.. I learned German, but since I have not spoken German in years (since we left), it has dried up.<BR/><BR/>;-)Cyn Bagleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404416186783891402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-23403174614621402252007-05-23T06:47:00.000-07:002007-05-23T06:47:00.000-07:00And as you can see, I can't even speak English eit...And as you can see, I can't even speak English either. I meant - students I was with...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19053670.post-92109986608184355002007-05-23T06:46:00.000-07:002007-05-23T06:46:00.000-07:00I never thought of it that way. When I was in Rus...I never thought of it that way. <BR/><BR/>When I was in Russia, my host parents and prof's would correct my Russian (I was/am famously bad at the endings of the words). For example, if you say to the classroom, there's one ending, and if you say in the classroom, there's another. It's very confusing.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes the corrections were helpful. Sometimes it felt a little frustrating - there was a judgement thing there (why don't you get this yet??) I guess it was a different dynamic - even at 20 most of the students I were with were treated like pre-teens/children - simply because we couldn't speak as well as the other 20 year olds. <BR/><BR/>I think it is awe - inspiring that you learned french on your own, I took 6 years in high school/junior high. I remember some words, but they're now mixed up in my Russian. So, for example, if I think of the word small in French or Russian, if I'm speaking Russian I'll think of the French word and vice versa :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com