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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-29-07 09:50 PM
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bonjour, aide s'il vous plait
I am hard of hearing, wear hearing aids and cannot hear very well. Eh? I've tried to figure out how to say "I do not hear well" and have come up with
Je n'entends pas bien or Je n'entendre pas bien. Is 1 more proper/correct?

Also, I'm trying to figure out word placement. Should "bien" be inside je n'...pas or after? (Je ne parle pas français bien or Je ne parle français bien pas)? I have thought after, but my know it all UP Jr says inside. Merci beaucoup.
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al bupp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-16-07 12:56 PM
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1. Je crois qu'on parlait
"je n'entends pas bien" ou "je n'entends pas trés bien"

Here are a couple of useful translation sites:

Babelfish: http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr
WordRefernce French-English Dictionary: http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/welcome
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Ellen Forradalom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-19-07 12:45 PM
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2. 'Je n'entends pas bien' isn't quite it
It doesn't express the idea that you can't hear all the time, not just at this moment. You mean something like 'I'm hard of hearing': "Je suis dur d'oreille" or "Je suis malentendant" (or malentendante if female).

"I don't speak French well" would be "Je ne parle pas bien le francais." Keep the adverb close by the verb.





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