Learning French

I went to Paris end of 2006 (world championships of Magic), my girlfriend can speak French, and I had Latin, from which French is derived.

So I decided I'll be trying to teach myself French.

Like Latin, the verbs are all convoluted with endings that denote who is doing [the verb].

I now wrote an excel spreadsheet which can do "flashcards"... It was fun to write, and I learn pretty well.

I also downloaded Le petit prince (the Little prince), which is a children's book often used to help beginners in French.

My biggest problem will be pronunciation. The grammar and vocabulary I will be able to pick up through reading and studying. Pronunciation is the final test.

Helpful websites are french-linguistics.co.uk and french.about.com