Hello from Ottawa, Canada

[adouglas]

Hola a todos. My name is Andrew, I am Canadian. English is my mother tongue, French is my second language and two years ago I began learning Spanish. Me gusta el concepto del intercambio del Forum y espero recibir ayuda y tambien ayudar a los demas.

[Rusty]

Hi, Andrew.

¡Bienvenido a los foros!

Since what you wrote in Spanish looks pretty good, I'll just let you know that there's an 'Accents' drop-down menu just above the text box you used while typing. It contains all the special characters you'll need for typing Spanish, in case you don't have a keyboard that supports them.
(What you wrote in Spanish is missing two accents).

[CrOtALiTo]

I bid you welcome Andrew.


My name is Luis, I have two years learning English, the Spanish is my mother tongue anyhow, almost not I write in Spanish, because I try to improve my English everyday. I hope you get fun in this website if you need to help in Spanish, you don't hesitate to ask us then.

[adouglas]

demás...fórum.. Que maravillosa el drop-down menu! Thanks for the tip. Siempre me dan miseria los accentos y en español y en francés, pero aún mas me causa problemas los géneros. El pejor es que a veces los francéses y los españoles ne son de acuerdo (por ejemplo "el fin" o en francés "LA fin"), gracias a dios son de acuerdo 99% del tiempo.

[irmamar]

Welcome to the forums, adouglas!

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by adouglas

demás...fórum.. ¡Qué maravillosa el drop-down menu! Thanks for the tip. Siempre me dan miseria los acentos y en español y en francés, pero aún más me causan problemas los géneros. Lo peor es que a veces los francéses y los españoles no son de acuerdo (por ejemplo, "el fin" - en francés es "LA fin"), gracias a dios son de acuerdo 99% del tiempo.

A few corrections for you.
Foro is the correct word for forum, and it doesn't require an accent. The other word that was supposed to be accented in your post was también.

[bobjenkins]

Bienvenido!

[brute]

Originally Posted by adouglas

demás...fórum.. Que maravillosa el drop-down menu! Thanks for the tip. Siempre me dan miseria los accentos y en español y en francés, pero aún mas me causa problemas los géneros. El pejor es que a veces los francéses y los españoles ne son de acuerdo (por ejemplo "el fin" o en francés "LA fin"), gracias a dios son de acuerdo 99% del tiempo.

Welcome, bienvenu et bienvenido al foro.
Pienso que la diferencia entre el fin o la fin es una exceptión rara entre las dos idiomas. No es muy importante.

A French teacher once told his class, "Gender is not really important, they will understand you even if you get it wrong." Later, one of his students wanted some bread in a French restaurant, so he pointed to his plate and said, "Garçon, La pain si'l vous plaît". 5 minutes later he received a plateful of rabbit!!

[Jessica]

Bienvenido! I was born in Canada :P Have you been to Winnepeg? I was born there. But I can't speak French very well. Learned a bit of it in 7th grade but decided to take the Spanish path in 8th grade

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by jchen

Bienvenido! I was born in Canada :P Have you been to Winnepeg? I was born there. But I can't speak French very well. Learned a bit of it in 7th grade but decided to take the Spanish path in 8th grade

Do you know speak French?

I didn't know that.


Please if you know French then turn to tell us somethings in French.

[Tomisimo]

Welcome to the forums Andrew!

[Ambarina]

Originally Posted by adouglas

demás...fórum.. Que maravillosa el drop-down menu! Thanks for the tip. Siempre me dan miseria los accentos y en español y en francés, pero aún mas me causa problemas los géneros. El pejor es que a veces los francéses y los españoles ne son de acuerdo (por ejemplo "el fin" o en francés "LA fin"), gracias a dios son de acuerdo 99% del tiempo.

Originally Posted by brute

Welcome, bienvenu et bienvenido al foro.
Pienso que la diferencia entre el fin o la fin es una exceptión rara entre las dos idiomas. No es muy importante.

A French teacher once told his class, "Gender is not really important, they will understand you even if you get it wrong." Later, one of his students wanted some bread in a French restaurant, so he pointed to his plate and said, "Garçon, La pain si'l vous plaît". 5 minutes later he received a plateful of rabbit!!

Gender can get you in all sorts of scrapes sometimes.
Somebody I know went into a butcher's in Spain and asked for a large chicken. Unfortunately instead of asking for "un pollo" she asked for it using the feminine gender!!! Needless to say the locals had a good laugh and so did she once they explained what it was.

[sosia]

Welcome Andrew