garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5205 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish
| Message 177 of 204 01 May 2013 at 11:26am | IP Logged |
Flarioca - reminds me of this, from Itchy Feet:
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songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5207 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map
| Message 178 of 204 31 May 2013 at 4:39pm | IP Logged |
A couple of links for those Pax members learning French:
http://www.dufrancaisaufrancais.com/
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Le site Traduction du français au français se veut l’équivalent d’un petit guide linguistique. Sa
particularité? Celle de traduire du français au français, ou plus précisément du français du Québec au
français de France, et vice-versa. Il s’adresse autant aux Québécois qui voyagent en Europe qu’aux Français
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This might be particularly useful for folks who've studied/speak European French (e.g. via Assimil, etc.) and
are travelling to Quebec. (And, of course, vice-versa; but I believe here on Htlal there are more members in
the former category than the latter.) There are short articles, a dictionary section (click on the actual
words/terms to get full explanations, including indications as to which usages are FR and which are QC), a
games/quiz section.
And a short (text) snippet from Radio-Canada about the 2014 edn of Le Robert, with particular mention
of Canadian/Quebec terms. The link is too long to post here, but if you Google "Radio-Canada.ca
Dictionnaire Robert" , it should be the first result.
Edited by songlines on 31 May 2013 at 4:42pm
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songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5207 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map
| Message 179 of 204 13 June 2013 at 2:13pm | IP Logged |
And I now also have a list of Quebec French resources on my log, posts
198 & 199.
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songlines Pro Member Canada flickr.com/photos/cp Joined 5207 days ago 729 posts - 1056 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French Personal Language Map
| Message 180 of 204 06 August 2013 at 12:46am | IP Logged |
I notice that Sunja's posted a summary of active TAC 2013 folks on the main TAC thread. Now that
we're past the half-way mark, how's everyone doing?
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Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 181 of 204 06 August 2013 at 12:49am | IP Logged |
I'm still hanging in there. Haven't been updating much, but I've been working towards finishing the reading part of my Spanish Super Challenge. I never realized how much 10,000 pages was! :D
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kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4887 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 182 of 204 07 December 2013 at 4:28am | IP Logged |
The Year in Review
Happy Holidays!
How'd everyone do this year?
Edited by kanewai on 07 December 2013 at 4:28am
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tastyonions Triglot Senior Member United States goo.gl/UIdChYRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4663 days ago 1044 posts - 1823 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: Italian
| Message 183 of 204 07 December 2013 at 12:33pm | IP Logged |
I did great.
I went from never having had a conversation in French to having had a couple hundred.
I went from hardly being able to understand any movies or TV shows to being able to understand most of them most of the time.
I went from being able to read slowly and with difficulty to being able to read at a reasonable pace with good comprehension.
In August I visited Paris and never had communication problems.
Rather than diminishing as I progress through the intermediate stage, my enthusiasm for the French language is only increasing, and I see next year being at least as good as this one has been.
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Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5393 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 184 of 204 07 December 2013 at 4:45pm | IP Logged |
My Spanish has grown by leaps and bounds. I'm almost finished with my Super Challenge reading. I'm surprised by how much reading has improved my ability to understand everything I hear.
French has fallen by the wayside, but I think 2014 is going to be the year to focus on French for me. Even though I didn't accomplish everything I set out to do, I am happy with the progress I made. :D
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