Flirting With French
“It’s great you can come here soon bill, me and my fiancé will be very happy to meet you in Paris :) I thought if it is possible to go for a walk in Paris, or doing shopping together :) if you want or what would you like to do in Paris? there is a lot of possibilities down there.
—E-mail from Sylvie Katie and I are both packing for trips, and it’s hard to tell who’s more stressed out. “I’m going to Ghana in a week and I don’t speak a word of Twi!” she says.
“Yeah, well, I’m going to Fran...ce in two weeks and I barely speak any French.”
“That’s not true, Dad. You’ve learned a lot of French since the last time I was home. Besides, you’re going to France to study French. And if you think French is hard, you ought to try Twi.”
Katie is preparing for a semester abroad in Ghana. Although English is the official language, Twi is the country’s most widely spoken language, and since Katie will be living with a family near Accra while attending classes at the university, she feels it’s the polite thing to be able to speak to her hosts (and others) in their vernacular language.MoreLess
—E-mail from Sylvie Katie and I are both packing for trips, and it’s hard to tell who’s more stressed out. “I’m going to Ghana in a week and I don’t speak a word of Twi!” she says.
“Yeah, well, I’m going to Fran...ce in two weeks and I barely speak any French.”
“That’s not true, Dad. You’ve learned a lot of French since the last time I was home. Besides, you’re going to France to study French. And if you think French is hard, you ought to try Twi.”
Katie is preparing for a semester abroad in Ghana. Although English is the official language, Twi is the country’s most widely spoken language, and since Katie will be living with a family near Accra while attending classes at the university, she feels it’s the polite thing to be able to speak to her hosts (and others) in their vernacular language.MoreLess
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