Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Frenchie ;P

Very few of my friends know that i had taken French classes at Alliance Francaise over the summer, and now that thats over one of my friends asked me to teach him all i learnt. So here is all the French i learnt:

Lesson 1: The last letter of each word is unnecessary. Just knock it off (except in the case of a liaison, but thats advanced you wouldn't need that). So when you meet a French guy just omit the last letters of each word and eventually you will be speaking to him in French.

Lesson 2: Don't offer a French guy pani puri. He might think that it is Panier pourri meaning Rotten basket (pronounced same as pani puri, Refer lesson 1).

Lesson 3: Ecoutez. Pronounced as Aekuthey. The nearest word of course is in Hindi, “Aye Kuttay”. The French word means “Listen” and I guess the Hindi part is self explanatory again.

Finally i saw this wonderful plaque, probably the most original bathroom sticker I have seen. This was the most enlightening experience of my brief study at AFB.


















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