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| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5216 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 10 28 December 2012 at 10:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have been working on my French all 2012 but my progress have been slow... really
slow. My biggest problem is that I want to move forward too fast. I have watched several movies in French but as my vocabulary is low I only understand just a word here and there and spend most of the time reading the subtitles. I have tried reading Harry Potter but as I have to translate each and every word it has taken me months to go through a few pages. So I'm restarting... My idea is to go through "Hugo in three months: French" and "Teach Yourself French" before doing anything else. During this time I will also listen to some music in French and continue to watch movies in French. But my first goal for 2013 will be to finish these books and then consider the next step after I see what they give... So far I'm at page 18 in the Hugo book... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5216 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 2 of 10 29 December 2012 at 9:32pm | IP Logged | ||
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Had created some lists based on the material I have read so far and repeated the material
several times during the day. Watched the movie "Comme un Chef" with french sound and english subtitles. Not counting all words for different things in the kitchen the language was quite easy and I could understand most of it. The movie in it self wasn't that fun but was a kind of feel-good-movie. Edited by juman on 30 December 2012 at 11:49am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5216 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 3 of 10 02 January 2013 at 11:18pm | IP Logged | ||
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So far just repeating the first chapter of the Hugo book with the result that I now know
all the words, can step by step do all examples by thinking them through and applying the knowledge I got and fluently can repeat the example text at the end of the chapter. Next step will be chapter 2 of Hugo and chapter 1 of Teach Yourself and hopefully I will get time for them tomorrow. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
 emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5530 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 10 02 January 2013 at 11:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Congratulations on finishing chapter 1!
I found the trailer for Comme un Chef, and it looks like a fun movie. Did you get a chance to see whether there were French subtitles, and if so, whether they matched the audio? I'm always looking for more movies to add to the list of French movies with accurate subtitles. Edited by emk on 02 January 2013 at 11:46pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5216 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 5 of 10 09 January 2013 at 12:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Sorry didn't see your response until now... I saw the movie with English subs so I do not
know about the french ones. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5216 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 6 of 10 09 January 2013 at 12:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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Keeping my struggle with Hugo but I realize I need to mix it up more. Just using
studymaterial really helps of course but it bores me. So I am going to look for some native material to switch back and forth between... So any ideas on any established youthbooks written by a french author? I know there is plenty of recommendations of Harry Potter or Narnia but I would like to look for something native. So is there any books all french children have read? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5530 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 7 of 10 09 January 2013 at 1:54pm | IP Logged | ||
First, a tiny piece of advice: If you want to read stories—of any kind—it's worth spending 30 minutes learning about the passé simple, which is the standard past tense used for writing stories. English-speaking French teachers claim that it's a "literary" tense, but my kids have a shelf of toddler books in French, and they all use the passé simple. So even if you just want to read Monsieur Madame, you're going to run into it. Fortunately, the passé simple is really easy and you'll get the hang of it in no time. Next, a few recommendations. For books, Le Petit Prince is a well-deserved classic, and you can find it anywhere. I also liked L'homme qui plantait des arbes and Nassim et Nassima, though neither of these is a well-known classic. If you like adult literature, then L'Etranger is actually easier than many kid's books. Frankly, I found it rather depressing and existentialist, but it's short, well-written, and widely available. But if you want truly huge quantities of French children's literature, I'd recommend looking into bandes dessinées. These are what we'd call "graphic novels" in English, and they're an enormous industry in France-speaking countries. They're well-written and they're available in a thousand different flavors. Even better, they're illustrated, which will save you lots of trips to the dictionary, and they include tons of natural conversational dialog. Here are some classic BDs: Tintin: For everyone who likes tales of adventure and mystery. Good starting points are Le Lotus Blue and Objectif Lune. To see some sample pages, check out Quique's log, especially the first two pages. These are full of cliff-hangers, mysteries, shipwrecked rafts being machine-gunned by airplanes, and all that sort of thing. And every once in a while, you'll find a page of breathtaking, child-like wonder. Asterix: The indomitable Gauls resist (toujours et encore!) the Roman invaders. You basically can't find a bigger French children's classic than this. :-) Persepolis: This isn't a kid's story. Instead, it's the true story of a young woman who grew up during the Iranian revolution and who moved to Europe. The pages are packed with natural, modern dialog, and it's incredibly good. You can find some other recommendations in my log, including science-fiction BDs. I hope to post more soon. Edited by emk on 09 January 2013 at 1:55pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| 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 8 of 10 09 January 2013 at 2:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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Good luck with your French in 2013!
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