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Re: TECH: Official languages of the list

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Thursday, August 19, 2004, 16:09
Trebor Jung wrote:

>Carsten wrote: "Hehe, not bad, really! But have you never heard of the >conditionel? Well, you're younger than me and perhaps I have had French for >one or two years longer than you." > >Hmm. I've taken French for seven years or so. I think it's that Canadian >foreign-language education is attrocious. We haven't yet learned about the >conditional (except I learned about that from Christophe, but I forgot the >endings so didn't recognize them :( ) or the like. > > >
The Conditional: Future Stem(mostly infinitives), Imperfect Endings: -ais, -ais, -ait, -ions, -iez, -aient seven years? That's quite a long time, since you're only, what? 13? 14? I've only been learning it for 5 years, and I must be two years older than you. Must be an education-system-difference.