Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6706 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map
| Message 193 of 232 22 May 2014 at 2:48pm | IP Logged |
"amore" ?! That's Italian
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PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5479 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1
| Message 194 of 232 22 May 2014 at 3:13pm | IP Logged |
Iversen wrote:
"amore" ?! That's Italian
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How amazingly correct you are Iversen! 25 points to you! And to think all those other times you've popped in
to give moral support and such, so we'll throw in some steak knives for good measure too... Happy steak
eating!
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rlnv Senior Member United States Joined 3954 days ago 126 posts - 233 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French
| Message 195 of 232 22 May 2014 at 11:31pm | IP Logged |
Iversen wrote:
"amore" ?! That's Italian
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No wonder it seems to be taking so long to get the hang of French. It seems that I've been studying Italian all this time!
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Stelle Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Canada tobefluent.com Joined 4147 days ago 949 posts - 1686 votes Speaks: French*, English*, Spanish Studies: Tagalog
| Message 196 of 232 23 May 2014 at 12:31am | IP Logged |
There are a few mistakes in this song! Did you transcribe it yourself, or did you find the lyrics online?
Here are a few things to watch out for:
notre amour (not "notre amore")
chaque jour (not the plural "jours" - chaque is followed by a singular noun)
je vois (and not "je vous" - vous is the plural you)
ne me fais pas (and not "ne me fait pas", which is an incorrect conjugation of the imperative)
…there's more, but I don't want to overwhelm you. Let me know if you want more corrections! :)
rlnv wrote:
Warning! Don't follow the link I'm providing unless you like French pop love songs from the 70's.
This one by one of Québec's finest during that time. And this one is plenty syrupy, but the lyrics are right down
beginners alley - easy for us A1/A2 folks.
Tes Yeux - Nicole Martin
I wrote out the lyrics, so I'll share them here. They are in the video.
Quote:
Tes yeux, sont le miroir de notre amore
Tes yeux, sont ma lumière de chaque jours
Dans tes yeux, je vous l'image d'un bonheur
Que le temps ne peut éffacer de mon coeur
je suis à toi, tu peux me prendre
Ne me fait pas attendre
L'amour est là, qui nous appelle
La nuit sera si belle
Tes yeux, sont plus pur que ceux d'un enfant
Oui tes yeux, sont clair comme un jour de printemps
Dans tes yeux, j'ai découvert tant de merveille
J'y ai vu, briller un million de soleil
Vient près de moi, je me sent douce
Je veux sentir ta bouche
Ton souffle chaud sur mon visage
Prend moi, je suis ta femme
Tes yeux, sont le miroir de notre amore
Tes yeux, sont ma lumière de chaque jours
Dans tes yeux, je vous l'image d'un bonheur
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PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5479 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1
| Message 197 of 232 13 June 2014 at 10:26am | IP Logged |
Hey all,
Great French series... 'Un village français' with some actors from Engrenages
Overview quoted from the website below:
"This TV show describes the life of ordinary people in a small town of rural France
during the German occupation in WWII. It is extremely well documented, cleverly written
and very well played. The great plus of this series is that it meticulously analyzes
the mechanisms which brought some people to collaborate with the Germans and others to
resist, without judging, without falling into easy generalizations. The treatment of
the small communist cell's actions is particularly spot on. I highly recommend this
show to anyone interested in WWII, and anyone who wants to understand life during a
war, and how good people can come to serve a fascist regime"
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I unfortunately discovered that some really great series aren't offered with English
subtitles, one of them being "Un village français". Then I discovered this:
2009%E2%80%93/">Un village français (avec sous-titres en anglais)
(if the link doesn't work search: " Un village français dailyflix " and you will come
across the thread by Shamie- that's the right place)
Some really awesome person out there (Shamie) has systematically gone through almost
every episode (so far 4 and three-quarter seasons) and added in their own English
subtitles. From a glance they 'seem' effective. There isn't a lot of feedback within
the thread, but some very positive posts and no negative ones. I had a look and it
works no problems whatsoever. You just need to navigate your way around a barrage of
pop ups and adds. Despite being prompted to install this and that driver, it's BS, you
don't need to install anything from this website, and one of the play buttons is not a
play button but a 'trap' that pops up more adds.
To access an episode:
* Find the website/thread above
* Clink on the link to the episode you want
* Another window opens - DON'T - press play, but scroll down and click on "Continue to
video"
* (More pop up windows will open, just close them)
* another window opens with TWO play buttons - the REAL one is on the left
* Or you can get a hold of the .avi file by clicking 'download link' in red just below
the screen image
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Jeffers Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4912 days ago 2151 posts - 3960 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi, Ancient Greek, French, Sanskrit, German
| Message 198 of 232 13 June 2014 at 2:09pm | IP Logged |
I watch Un Village Francais on TV5 Monde, and it has English subs available. However,
that's not available to everyone, so thanks for the link. In fact, I might use them so I
can watch on my wife's tablet.
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kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4892 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 199 of 232 13 June 2014 at 6:47pm | IP Logged |
I've been looking for this series - great find!
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PeterMollenburg Senior Member AustraliaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5479 days ago 821 posts - 1273 votes Speaks: English* Studies: FrenchB1
| Message 200 of 232 14 June 2014 at 9:54am | IP Logged |
pas de problème :)
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