Suzie Diglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 4235 days ago 155 posts - 226 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Dutch
| Message 169 of 232 31 March 2014 at 10:18pm | IP Logged |
Ok, fellows, little of March is left to complete our song challenge....Not really being familiar with francophone music, I am chosing a piece that I, well, don't intend to sing very often, but have an interest in (or at least I'd like to recognize when I hear it). It is the Belgian national anthem, La Brabançonne.
The link will show you a version sung in all three official languages in Belgium (French, Dutch, German) along with the lyrics, but if I understood Wikipedia right, the French version is the original one. There is also a version combining all three languages in one text. This version is usually sung by the king (as he may not show any preference for any language in Belgium - that would a political nightmare!)
Songlines, thanks a lot for this challenge, which made me learn a bit more about my new home.
Arekkusu, I liked your proposal of the lang-8 texts very much, and would love to do this later this year.
Jeffers, love your idea of a learning-based challenge! I agree this is the perfect preparation for the Super Challenge! I personally, however, will do a lot of non-language-related stuff in April, in order to have more time to read from May onwards. So I won't join this time (but hope for a repetition at a later stage).
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luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7211 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French
| Message 170 of 232 01 April 2014 at 12:50am | IP Logged |
I found a delightful video in French L'homme qui plantait des arbres (The man who planted trees) . It's 30 minutes long and subtitles are available in a lot of languages, so, along with animation, the story is easy to follow and worth following.
I also found the text to L'homme qui plantait les arbres and a letter from the author introducing it.
This particular story is perrect for 30 minute study sessions because you can go through the whole story in one sitting.
Here is an mp3 of the story.
And another mp3 location of L'homme qui plantait les arbres.
There is a set of flashcards for the book as well.
Edited by luke on 01 April 2014 at 12:51am
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rlnv Senior Member United States Joined 3957 days ago 126 posts - 233 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 171 of 232 04 April 2014 at 7:24am | IP Logged |
I never did do the lyric translation, but hopefully this link will make up for that. I'd like to share a song that I found that is incredibly beautiful. It's songs like this that fuel my desire to learn French. Nanette Workman - Fleur déracinée (1972)
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kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4895 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 172 of 232 10 April 2014 at 11:07pm | IP Logged |
Hey team! Avez vous déjà vu..
Une girafe avec un collier?
Edited by kanewai on 10 April 2014 at 11:08pm
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PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5482 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1
| Message 173 of 232 11 April 2014 at 2:45am | IP Logged |
kanewai wrote:
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Haha! Love this! Tnx Kanewai, nice find
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rlnv Senior Member United States Joined 3957 days ago 126 posts - 233 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 174 of 232 11 April 2014 at 6:29am | IP Logged |
kanewai wrote:
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Très drôle ! Merci.
I actually saved that link. :)
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Raconteur Diglot Newbie Poland bit.ly/1eiSWnc Joined 3898 days ago 34 posts - 47 votes Speaks: Polish*, English
| Message 175 of 232 13 April 2014 at 1:56am | IP Logged |
Would it be alright for me to join this team as an observer? I have just started a French language log, so I know I am a bit late to the party, but I don't want to wait until 2015!
Thus, I'm just tending to a non-TAC-log for now ( bit.ly/1eiSWnc )
...is that ok?
If I survive until then, I will definitely join TAC properly in 2015.
Edited by Raconteur on 13 April 2014 at 2:07am
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luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7211 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French
| Message 176 of 232 13 April 2014 at 2:13am | IP Logged |
Raconteur wrote:
Would it be alright for me to join this team as an observer? I have just started a French
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You are welcome to join as a full fledged member as far as I am concerned. You can even beat the snot out
of us all now instead of waiting. We are a friendly group. Bonne chance! Viva la France!
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