The brevet in the English speaking world is the closest to a British test called the GSCE according to what I've read. As far as I know, there are none like it in either Canada or the United States. It partly reminds me of the concept here in my state, though.

That s remember you bad memories ...

Rivière de Sable a écrit:

That s remember you bad memories ...

Me too ! I hate 4°. But It's not too hard. But I always sleep in German Lesson

Poil de Moustache a écrit:

I always sleep in german lesson

I sleep in ALL lessons. x)

The teachers always stress us about the brevet, but when I took it, it was very, very simple.
(YES, I passed the brevet with "mention" Very Good. NO, I'm not lying, I'm twelve and I passed the brevet. You can test me."

Plume d'Aurore a écrit:

You can test me."

I have "la fleeeeeeeeeeeeme !"

Me, I had my first good note to a test
Me too the teachet stress us about the brevet... and then the guidance counselor who came didn't arrange the thing >.<

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I have "la fleeeeeeeeeeeeme !"

No need for the "I have"; it would be just "I'm too lazy."

I find it interesting that in French you have stuff like hunger or thirst, as opposed to just being hungry or thirsty.

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Me, I had my first good note to a test

I believe you mean that you got a good mark on a test.

Wouah! You speak English very well! "Tandis que" I don't understand my teacher in the "cours d'" English. So, my mother speak Spanish, Italian, English, French (xD) and me little speak English, and very well french too.
(Je ne sais même pas ce que j'ai écrit T_T)

Plume de Faucon is American, he speaks English natively. He’s pretty good at French too, although it’s an awfully complicated language. As far as I am concerned, my English level has improved a lot since I started reading La guerre des Clans in English. I hope I’ll get even better when I read Inheritance. It’s going to be far more difficult than Warriors.

Laziness is cruel, Hawkfrost, I’ll answer your PM as soon as I’ve overcome it.

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He’s pretty good at French too, although it’s an awfully complicated language.

You're right he's speaking french like a .... like a ... like a frenchman !!
Hawkfrost -> Since how long are you speaking french ?

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Plume de Faucon is American, he speaks English natively. He’s pretty good at French too, although it’s an awfully complicated language.

Canadian, actually. It's mandatory to take French until Grade 9 here, so that's why it's what I chose for my second language. I really liked the idea of being able to speak another language, so I decided to stay with it even longer.

And although I agree that there are some pretty complicated rules in French grammar, I actually was given the impression that English was the more bizarre and illogical language. I've never actually had to study the language itself, but this is just what I've heard. I've even seen a list of English phrases that are confusing even for native speakers. The only one I can remember off the top of my head is "We need to polish the Polish furniture."

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Laziness is cruel, Hawkfrost, I’ll answer your PM as soon as I’ve overcome it.

No rush. I'd be a hypocrite if I got upset with people for taking their time.

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You're right he's speaking french like a .... like a ... like a frenchman !!
Hawkfrost -> Since how long are you speaking french ?

Thanks!

Well, my first French class would be when I was about nine, but I barely consider that to be when I started "speaking French" because back then pretty much all we learned was "Comment ça va?" - "Ça va bien." and "Qu'est-ce que c'est?" - "C'est un chat." It took us four years to even learn the past tense. I think I only really became confident in my ability to have a conversation about three years ago.

So, nine years in total of taking French in school, but not all of it that useful.

I love speak French, but I'd rather speak English. I'm not too bad in English.
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I had my first lesson English in september. But I read LGDC in Englis. But I can't speak. ;P
It's a little paradoxal. I'm very bad.
But I can say "Who are you" and "How are you". My english teacher is sadistic and he has a very strange song to tell the difference between how and who. And I can say "I'm fourteen." But sometimes we say "I'm fourthy" and he's very surprised.

J'espère que vous avez compris tout ce que je disais u_u

What is this song for differentiate how and who ??

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What is the current temperature in Canada ?

It's actually kind of warm today. It's somewhere in the 20s.

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I had my first lesson English in september. But I read LGDC in Englis. But I can't speak. ;P
It's a little paradoxal. I'm very bad.

Well, I guess that does kind of make sense... I mean, knowing what the word means doesn't necessarily mean you can pronounce it properly. Not to mention that with writing or reading you have time to think, but with speaking you have to be quick.

Speaking of which, according to the voice recognition software my French class is using, I'm absolutely horrible at saying "arrêt" and "je vous remercie".

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My english teacher is sadistic and he has a very strange song to tell the difference between how and who.

I'm not sure why there would need to be a song for that... Maybe I'm forgetting some special case, but their meanings aren't really similar enough to get mixed up...

Sorry my teammates are noobs...

No, it's not a really song, he's just mocking us. "Whoooooo are you", with a horrible melody. It's.. sadistical. Yeah. Justy sadistical.
And you're right, Plume de faucon. I HATE speaking, but writing is just so cool.
And we learn the cardinals numbers. It's sadistic too. English lessons are sadistical. Really.

He asked if we could english speaking, but I answered that ... no. It's too dangerous. With him.

Thank you for reading me !

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Well, I guess that does kind of make sense... I mean, knowing what the word means doesn't necessarily mean you can pronounce it properly. Not to mention that with writing or reading you have time to think, but with speaking you have to be quick.

I hate speaking no matter what the language, including English! I tend to mix up words a lot. I say the wrong things at the wrong time to the wrong person. However, I am interested into the sounds of words and love trying to sound out words in different languages and dialects.

My writing is great. I can express things much better in writing than in speech. One of my teachers noticed this and gave me an assignment saying "I know you love writing, so do this."

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You speak so good ! I don't arrive to speak and whrite in English... Well, a little.
I hope for that you understood
Ah ! Can you help me in English, please ?

No, I can't. I can't speak english very good, and I'm happy to see you, you are as bad as me in English !
But "Plume Sombre" You're more recent than me, but you have fifty messages furthermore than me !
You're a big flooder ! More than me ! x)

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No, it's not a really song, he's just mocking us. "Whoooooo are you", with a horrible melody. It's.. sadistical. Yeah. Justy sadistical.
And you're right, Plume de faucon. I HATE speaking, but writing is just so cool.
And we learn the cardinals numbers. It's sadistic too. English lessons are sadistical. Really.

"Whoooooo are you"? Hmmm, I swear I've heard a song like that before. Just repeating that over and over again. I can't remember where, though...

Ah, learning counting? Just remember that unlike in French, "sixty-ten", "four-twenty" and "four-twenty-ten" aren't actual numbers in English.

Also, it's just "sadistic". No need for the "-al".

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You speak so good !

No, I can't. I can't speak english very good,

Actually, that would be you speak English very well. Although admittedly, you could probably get away with that, since native speakers make that mistake all the time. I only notice because I'm a Grammar Nazi.

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You speak so good !

No, I can't. I can't speak english very good,

Actually, that would be you speak English very well.

It's what I said, I'm not a good speaker ! x)