Learning French

On my recent journey to Canada (work, don't ask), I took it upon myself to learn French. Audiotapes? No. Workbooks? No. Full Submersion? No. Street signs? No. Oh wait, yeah, street signs. For much of the way through Canada, the highway signs came in pairs: the first in English and the second in French.

Using a few signs as my Rosetta Stone I now consider myself a fluent speaker. Here's what I've learned so far...

Metric Conversion

Let's start with an easy one:

Cool, let's add some words to my vocabulary:

1. Metric


2. Conversion


3. Maximum


4. Radar


5. Detector


6. Prohibited

Another easy pair:

Some more vocab:

7. Speeding


8. Costs


9. You


10. Speed


11. Fines

And one final pair:

Last set of vocab:

12. Tailgating


13. Kills


14. Leave


15. Some


16. Space

Awesome, now I have a fluent vocabulary of 17 words. My next challenge is to communicate with others using only these words. Feel free to submit your suggested sentences as a comment.