^Tutorial 7 - Memorising Foreign Phrases\

You've now had some practice at memorising foreign words using the
Substitute Word system. The system is equally applicable to foreign phrases
- after all, phrases are simply groups of words.

The French phrase '^quelle heure est-il\' means 'what time is it'. Picture
Associate '^kill hare at heel\' to 'what time is it' and you will have
memorised the phrase. You might picture yourself asking a French man the
time - as you ask him the question, he is trying to kill a hare at his heel,
which is biting him.

Not a pleasant picture - but, as mentioned as before, the more vivid the
picture, the more likely it is to stick in your mind.

The French phrase for 'how much' is ^'combien'\.  A possible
Substitute Phrase to use here might be ^comb bean\.  Picture yourself
asking a shopkeeper how much a particular item is - as you ask them the
question, you are ^comb\ing a ^bean\. Make the image as exaggerated and
silly as you can. If you picture that ridiculous image clearly in your
mind's eye for literally just an instant then you will have remembered that
phrase.#
Many people, when visiting a foreign country, go armed with a phrase book
which gives dozens of useful phrases in that country's language.  This is
fine, but when you arrive in the country you often find yourself frantically
searching through the book for the right phrase whenever you need to make
yourself understood.  Unfortunately, the phrase books never give you any
hints on how to ^remember\ all those really useful phrases in the book.

However, a few hours spent applying the Substitute Word system to memorising
the most useful phrases in the book could help you enormously in making
yourself understood.  Those few hours could even be spent on your journey -
on an aeroplane, or boat, or bus, or whatever.

Of course, it will take a little more time to apply the Substitute Word
system to a phrase than to a single word.  But, once you can picture that
ridiculous picture clearly in your mind, you will have memorised the phrase.
And, bear in mind how difficult it is for most people to memorise phrase
from a book ^without\ a system - repeating the phrase over and over, hoping
that they will 'stick' in the memory.#
Try the Substitute Word system on the following French phrases :

 >French\                   Pronounciation           >English\
 >------\                   --------------           >-------\

 >quelle heure est-il\      kehl uhr eh-teel         >what time is it\
 >combien\                  kohng-byang              >how much\
 >le voici\                 luh vwah-see'            >here it is\
 >faites-le plein\          feht luh plang           >fill the tank\
 >qui-est-il\               kee-eh-teel              >who is he\
 >je desire\                zhuh day-zeer            >I want\
 >comment allez-vous\       koh-mahn'tah-lay-voo     >how do you do\
 >quelle ville est-ce\      kehl veel ehs            >what town is this\
 >ou est le quai\           oo ay'luh kay            >where is the platform\
 >il faut que je parte\     eel foh'kuh zhuh pahrt'  >I have to leave\

You have already been given Substitute Phrases for the first two examples.
Try and form your own Substitute Words or Phrases for the remaining
phrases - remember that giving you suggestions for the phrases removes
much of your Initial Awareness and concentration. You are much better off
inventing your own Substitute Phrases and crazy mental images. Press Page
Down when you are ready to test yourself on the above phrases.~