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French = Fascination! (In continuation with language-related posts)

For years I have intended to learn French. It’s the most “sexiest” of all languages! Infact until very recently I was not aware that it is counted as one among the many 'romance languages' (Originating from Latin)!

I mean honestly.... doesn’t it just sound so smooth and slick?? To my ears its irresistible and hence I have tried more than once to enroll in a French class! In my high school, I was the only one from the science section who wanted to learn it and as a result they kicked me out of class as they could not re-arrange their class timings as per my long schedules filled with classes and endless labs! My next attempt was after engineering school. I couldn’t even think of joining an extra class when I was in undergraduate engineering school. Once it was done, I tried in vain again to enroll but contrary to my best efforts I still remain illiterate in French!

So now after finishing my masters degree I have decided to learn it on my own! And its staggeringly difficult! I mean I don’t have to start with “A B C” (apart from some weird ornate alphabets which I think are Latin letters) but it’s pretty challenging especially since they have started me off to sentences without introducing words. I can deduce from those sentences what certain words mean, but hey why skip the basics!!??

Anyhooo.... I have vowed not to be discouraged and am now progressing.......... however slowly! In about 6 months time (seems long but wanted to set a realistic & achievable deadline), I hope to post a small post in French!

Until then.... Au revoir!