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| Patriciaa Diglot Groupie Canada Joined 5683 days ago 59 posts - 73 votes  Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese | Message 65 of 243 17 January 2012 at 5:10am | IP Logged | |||||
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Salut Songlines!
Bonne chance dans ton apprentissage! Étant québécoise, je suis très contente qu'un canadien anglais s'intéresse à ma langue et je te souhaite une bonne continuation! En plus, ma mère est malentendante aussi alors ;) … En passant, concernant le vocabulaire que tu as relevé dans «Mais que lis Stephen Harper», on ne dit pas «en grandissante» mais «en grandissant». L'expression «en …-ant» n'est jamais conjuguée… ex. «en marchant», «en courant», etc. Et l'«angoisse» prend deux «s». Je veux seulement bien m'assurer que tu apprends les bonnes expressions. J'ai fait l'erreur de mal transcrire certains mots en japonais dans mon SRS et ça m'a apporté beaucoup de confusion par la suite. Je n'ai lu que la première et dernière page de ton journal/log mais, si tu as toujours de la difficulté à écouter Tout le monde en parle, je te suggère de regarder des émissions plus formelles… Le Téléjournal, peut-être? As-tu accès à RDI, qui est une chaîne de nouvelles en continu? Edited by Patriciaa on 17 January 2012 at 5:11am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5207 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 66 of 243 17 January 2012 at 6:34am | IP Logged | |||||
Ah, bien sür; merci!
Yes, I've also been using Le Téléjournal; it's a good suggestion, thanks. There's a summary (post 22, page 3 of this thread) of the news sources I've tried/discovered, but I'm always glad to learn of others. Thanks also for the corrections; they're always appreciated. - I don't currently have writing as one of my primary language-learning goals, but it's best to try to avoid spelling /grammar mistakes if possible. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5207 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 67 of 243 25 January 2012 at 5:06am | IP Logged | |||||
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A pitiful showing, this past week. Summary:
-Reading: 20 pages in total, split between Yann Martel's Mais que lit Stephen Harper?, and Rowling's Harry Potter et la coupe de feu. -Flashcards: 15 minutes. -News: 15 minutes. Le Téléjournal Ontario. -Video: 103 minutes. L'heure d'été,, (Summer Hours) by Oliver Assayas. Unfortunately only subtitled; not captioned. (Another Criterion video.) A well-made film, but certainly not as lighthearted as Un conte de Noël, my previously viewed French film. The plot focuses on three siblings, and the sale of the family home and dispersal of inherited art pieces, following their mother's death. It can make for somewhat pensive viewing. -Video: 60 minutes. Inventaire, (Inventory) a documentary "extra", about the making of the Assayas film. L'heure... started life as a piece commissioned by the Musée d'Orsay, and the documentary looks at the d'Orsay, the role the museum (and some of its artifacts) played in the film, and also the wider subject of art as a living part of people's lives, rather than objects admired from afar. (For example, antique desks, vases, and other furnishings being put to daily use.) Quite interesting, and - a bonus! - at a level of French I could (for the most part) understand. - Film: 103 minutes. Starbuck. Seen sometime; not sure when - possibly last week? But since I hadn't included it in last week's summary, I'm popping it in here. A delightful comedy. One can, to a certain degree, tell which way the plot's headed, but it's great fun nevertheless. "Heartwarming" best describes it. (A side note: some accents in this are broader than - say - in Monsieur Lazhar; the subtitles certainly helped.) Tadoku Bot ranking: 59, with a total of 136.50 pages. Edited by songlines on 25 January 2012 at 6:48am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5207 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 68 of 243 25 January 2012 at 6:51am | IP Logged | |||||
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Another film recommendation for my fellow French-studying "Romantics":
Monsieur Lazhar, Canada's entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film . I saw it at the TIFF last September. Superb performances from the three main actors, with slightly bittersweet elements (it deals - among other things - with the aftermath of a teacher's suicide). A lovely, understated, and quietly moving film. Updated to add the website for the film http://www.monsieurlazhar.com/ , with trailer and additional information en français, and to hive this post off my weekly summary. Edited by songlines on 25 January 2012 at 6:52am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Quabazaa Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5607 days ago 414 posts - 543 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, German, French Studies: Japanese, Korean, Maori, Scottish Gaelic, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written) | Message 69 of 243 25 January 2012 at 9:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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Merci pour les recommandations de films :)
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| blackdahlia Pro Member United States Joined 4727 days ago 64 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, French Personal Language Map | Message 70 of 243 25 January 2012 at 4:41pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Hi Songlines,
I keep missing your log b/c I generally just look for logs with 'Romantics' in the title, so I finally went to our team page. I'm going to have to read yours in depth, what a wealth of information! And thanks for the film recommendations, I really am not good at understanding spoken French yet, but I'm squirreling these away for later. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| aloysius Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6238 days ago 226 posts - 291 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: French, Greek, Italian, Russian | Message 71 of 243 25 January 2012 at 5:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I really enjoy reading your log. It's well-written and it's interesting to get another
perspective on French than the European one. I've actually seen L'heure d'été twice. Can't really explain why I like it, mainly the athmosphère I suppose, and some good low-key acting. Keep writing! /aloysius 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5207 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map | Message 72 of 243 26 January 2012 at 3:21am | IP Logged | |||||
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Quabazaa, Blackdahlia, and Aloysius, thanks so much for your comments, and for visiting my
log! I'm a bit of a film buff (spending ten days of my vacation each year to sit in the dark watching 40+ films at http://tiff.net/thefestival ), so there'll probably be more film reviews and recommendations yet to come, over the course of the year. If anyone's free during the second to third week of September, I highly recommend a visit to Toronto: it's a feast for linguistically-enthusiastic film geeks. Picking up an old programme at random, I counted, from the index, 60 countries as originating (or sharing co- production) for the 300 films. Even allowing for the fact that this doesn't mean there are 60 languages represented (Portugal and Brazil both use Portuguese; the UK, US, and many of the Commonwealth countries use English; a film from Luxembourg could be in any of four languages, etc...); or that there may be only one short film in Wolof, it does indicate an incredible linguistic and cultural diversity. Updated to add: If anyone is thinking of attending the TIFF, feel free to PM me if you have any questions, or need tips/strategies on TIFF survival techniques. Edited by songlines on 27 January 2012 at 5:43am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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