j'aime cat.

For the past few weeks in English, we have expanded our vocab unit to include French terms. French is one of the most phonetically pleasing languages spoken, in my opinion. There's something heavy about German and something nasal about Chinese. (Lol I would know.) And I know that makes me sound like an overly opinionated elitist but hey c'est la vie.

I was surprised by how many French terms that I already knew, considering I am from an Asian American upbringing and supplemented my linguistical studies with Italian to start, then Spanish. I've always been scolded for forgetting my native language, but taking ESL classes at the age of 5 tends to make you do that! I wish I had kept up with Canto, but it was just too hard. I don't even remember speaking it..it was that long ago. Writing Chinese is even harder than trying to speak it; my mom admits that it's really difficult since the marks are hard to differentiate.

Anyhoo, I only knew about most of the French terms since I read a lot. These terms, such as pièce de résistance, was used in a fashion book that I read a while ago. France is one of the fashion hubs of the world. I find French culture really interesting too. One day I hope to travel the world and Paris is definitely on that list! Hopefully I'll have learned more than a basic "bonjour" by that time!