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I’m learning French. I have to memorize this poem and it’s giving me problems. Maybe if I type it out from memory it will help?? let’s see…
Maitre Courbeau sur un arbre perchee
Tenait en son bec un fromage
Maitre Renard par l’ordeur alleche
Lui tint a peau pres ce language:
<< He ! Bonjour Monsieur du Corbeau,
Que vous etes joli! Que vous me semblez beau !
San mentir, si votre ramage
Sans Raporte a votre plumage
Vous etes les phoenix des hotes de ces bois>>
A ces mots le corbeau
Ne se sent pas de joie
et pour montrer sa bellevoix
Il ouvre un large bec
laisse tomber sa proie.
Le Renard s’en saisit en dit:
<<Mon bon Monseur
apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aut depens
de celui que l’ecoute:
Cette lecon vaut bien un fromage sans doute.>>
Le courbeau honteux et confus
Jura mais un peu tard, qu’on ne l’y prendrait plus.
sigh. well I’ve got most of it.
What foreign language are you studying in school or did you study in school? do you speak a foreign language fluently?
~H
I studied french a little in school. I never was fluent but I can count pretty good :P
ReplyDeleteAw! Poor crow! To be tricked by the fox like that. I hope typing it out helped you to learn it. :-)
ReplyDeleteI speak French fluently (I actually live in France and basically never get to speak English anymore, unfortunately), although maybe not fluently enough, as I had to look up to work ramage.
Moi, j'apprends le japonais et l'espagnol en ce moment! :-)
I took German in college and loved it, but I can only read it a little. I want to study it again and get better, though! I think it sounds pretty fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThis is Hope by the way, hi! I googled you like a creeper. ^_^
I'm taking Spanish 1 right now and sometimes I like it better than English. Mostly because you spell things the way they sound and that is what I do most of the time. Good Luck!
ReplyDelete~Lindsay
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