patati patata. . .

i started french language class.  i've always wanted to learn a third language,  in fact i finished the first module of  Spanish for beginners many years ago,  but wasn't able to continue as Instituto de Cervantes moved to a farther location.  this year, i felt the need to take up french when my daughter egged me for her to enroll in a french class for kids - and to make sure she can make the most out of it,  i plunged into the adult class so she can have someone to talk to - in French  :)

my knowledge of french is close to zilch - i didn't even know that excusez-moi  was a legitimate french phrase.  Our professor was a young pleasant Filipino gentleman named Robert - when he entered the room,  he started talking to us in French -  i knew that was their style,  to sort of force students to get used to listening to the spoken language.   My Spanish teacher did the same thing.   The students all had blank faces,   including myself.     3 hours of  french class for beginners caused major overload.  But Robert  patiently taught us.   i began to comfortably respond to questions answerable by oui (yes),  non  (no),  d'accord (okay)  or ca va  ( pronounced as sa va, it has multiple uses, but generally means okay) .    I went for a second session and the interest has been building up.  i even got myself a small phrasebook and i've been going thru the various sites available that offer free tutorials in French,  thank God for the internet.

I'm looking forward to my third 3-hour session,   but  i don't think i will be ready to blog in French anytime in the near century. i don't even know how long it will take for one to comfortably converse.   In the meantime, i am just enjoying learning the language.    by the way,  my title is the french version of blah blah blah. . . .

Jusqu' a mon prochain blog. . .