Thanks to Girl with her Head in a Book I found out about Flirting with French. This book is
written by a guy who is trying to become fluent in French in his 50's. It is quite hilarious while at the same time
being really true – in my experiences with trying to speak French anyway!
I recommend
this book for anyone who likes France or who is trying to learn any second
language. It will give you a reason to
continue your efforts – but to avoid spoilers, I won't tell you what it is.
You will
also learn some other fascinating stuff along the way – like how come English
avoided having all words belong to a gender?
And why we don't have the formal and informal words for you – ie vous
and tu.
I found the
book very enjoyable and devoured it in a couple of days.
Aw, thanks for the post!! Seeing the cover of this book me intrigued even before reading your review. I'll have to add this book title to my ever growing wishlist.
ReplyDeleteEnglish is a difficult language, but I agree, why don't we have gender words. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear it was enjoyable for you.