Michael

[sturdy delta]

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[maiden glacier]

The point of this thread is to try and confirm translations and relevancy of phrases for playing some basic card games to practice speaking french and increase fluency in numbers, symbols, and first and second person.

Starting a game:

Commenting about your hand:

General game play:

Game Specific (War):

Game Specific (Go Fish):

Game Specific (Black Jack):

Game Specific (Poker):

[bitter nacelle]

This feels very google-translaty

You can find the bulk of these expressions along with the right pronunciations on Wiktionary, for starters

Le concessionnaire 💀

[maiden glacier]

Yes, very much, but that is also why I was suspicious before putting to much effort into learning anything since playing cards/games are something that is culture specific and has some unexpected use of words.

One thing I have noticed about myself is that when I see a number or a symbol (road signs, dates, clocks, thermometers, math problems) my mind shifts back to english even if I am trying to think and process in french. So trying to think of ways to be able to deal with that without shifting back and forth.

But the only people I really have to practice with are my kids, so try to do stuff like this to rewire my brain.

[tepid spire]

Just imagine: The dude gives you a card: eight red Ferraris. And another card: five black Audis.