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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 33 of 60 14 August 2013 at 8:08am | IP Logged | ||
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- What a nicely detailed response; thanks! That French pun was pretty funny, too.
And Drummondville: I'm trying to remember - isn't there a "Paul" (from Michel Rabagliati's BDs) connection with Drummondville? - Was his father-in-law based there? By the way, I commissioned a friend who was visiting Montreal to pick up a "Paul" shopping bag for me: http://www.michelrabagliati.com/Cossins.html, available from Renaud-Bray. (I exercised restraint and didn't ask for "Paul" chocolate bars.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emily96 Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4426 days ago 270 posts - 342 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Finnish, Latin | Message 34 of 60 14 August 2013 at 10:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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Glad you appreciate it. I've only read one of the Paul BD's (paul a un travail d'été), and his father in law wasn't even in
it so i'm not sure. But it's possible! And yeah, those bags are pretty cool... but i definitely would have asked for Paul chocolate! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tsopivo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4469 days ago 258 posts - 411 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Esperanto | Message 35 of 60 14 August 2013 at 11:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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That sounds like a great trip. When people are switching to English, do not hesitate to ask them to switch back to French. In most cases, they only do that to accomodate you and will not mind switching back. I have watched the 1st season of Isabel and quite enjoyed it. I am looking forward to the next season.
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| Emily96 Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4426 days ago 270 posts - 342 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Finnish, Latin | Message 36 of 60 22 August 2013 at 6:01am | IP Logged | ||
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It's true, i should have been more determined to practice my french. I'm sure they would have switched back if i was
persistent. And yes, i've only watched one Isabel episode but so far it's pretty interesting! Quick update on FINNISH! : i haven't done as much studying as i wanted to these past two weeks, and consequently am very low on the 6WC scoreboard (although my overall score is starting to make a comeback). however, i went over to my grandma's (native finn) house last night and she asked me how my finnish was going. i spouted off some phrases and random vocabulary that was around us at the time, and she was impressed. it really wasn't much, but that's how grandmas are i guess, and it was very encouraging to see how excited she was about it =) now i'm even more motivated to get cracking on this! Oh, and super challenge update: i've just finished reading Therese Raquin in french, and picked up my Spanish harry potter book from the library today so i'm set for a bit. But looking at the stats on my page, there is almost no way that i'll finish in time, realistically speaking. I have to read 600 pages and watch 6 movies each week! Edited by Emily96 on 22 August 2013 at 6:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tsopivo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4469 days ago 258 posts - 411 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Esperanto | Message 37 of 60 06 September 2013 at 6:12am | IP Logged | ||
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That's quite impressive. Zola is not particularly easy to read.
I am glad I only registered for the half challenge, I only have 35 movies to go. That's a bit more than one "long" episode of a TV serie or movie every 4 days or one short episode every 2 days. Maybe you can downgrade your own challenge ? 600 pages AND 6 movies per week does sound impossible. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emily96 Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4426 days ago 270 posts - 342 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Finnish, Latin | Message 38 of 60 11 September 2013 at 6:08am | IP Logged | ||
Thanks! And yeah, i've decided that i'm not going to finish the Italian part of the super challenge. I've kind of fallen out of love and would prefer to focus on french and Spanish. Even that is going to be a stretch because at the moment i'm waiting for a book i ordered so i have no reading material and i've been rather busy with no time left at the end of the day to watch movies. Plus my french tv show got taken down from the RadioCanada website! I don't know what to do. I guess I have a lot of updating to do. The last few days have been super busy and i think i'm not going to be able to log anymore time for the 6WC. I did horribly target language wise, at least compared to the other rounds i've participated in, but it was really fun juggling 4 different languages so that my pie chart was always divided into perfect quarters. In order to do that i had to log the same amount of time per language each day, which was actually pretty motivating. If i spent 90 minutes reading in Spanish, i had to balance it out with 90 minutes in finnish! I had a few really good days like that, with 6 hours spent on languages. Finnish is still in the honeymoon stage, although i haven't been studying as much as i would have liked to. I also didn't get much done from my august to do list. However, i've been re evaluating my language goals and have decided that Italian and portuguese are not too high on my priority list. They're kind of just there for comparison and to be revived if i'm lucky enough to travel to one of those countries. French and Spanish are the ones that i hope to take far. i'm in the french higher level class at school, and i think i'll get a lot out of it since there are only 13 of us! On the other hand, i really miss my teacher from last year. This one is going to take some getting used to. As for spanish, i've been accepted as a peer tutor for the intensive class at my school, which means i'll get to keep everything that i've learned fresh in my mind as well as try some teaching. I love the teacher for that class. He uses spanish way more than my own teacher did and i am pleased to see that i can always follow the instructions he gives the class as well as any conversation that he starts with me. Even better - he speaks french too! Our conversations generally start in Spanish, with English words thrown in if he thinks i don't understand, and examples in french when he can't think of a good one in English. I love switching languages all the time and it's great to have someone who will actually be able to follow. However, i've noticed that i get the most interference (french words creeping into my Spanish) when i'm speaking. I think i'll be able to sort that out with a few weeks of practice. I think that's all for now. I have to stop anyways because i have things to do before bed. Maybe if i'm lucky i can throw in a few minutes of finnish?! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Tsopivo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4469 days ago 258 posts - 411 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Esperanto | Message 39 of 60 11 September 2013 at 6:34am | IP Logged | ||
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That sounds great.
While you are waiting for your books, you can always check library books, books that are available for free online (I can give you some links if you want) or other websites such as Veinte Mundos (short articles in Spanish with audio). I don't know what your French TV show was but I have recently watched season 1 of Les Revenants and I quite enjoyed it. There are only 8 episodes of 52 minutes though and then we have to wait a full year before season 2. A few other shows ere suggested here and on another forum; I have not tried them yet but I can tell you the titles if you'd like. Edited by Tsopivo on 11 September 2013 at 6:35am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Emily96 Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4426 days ago 270 posts - 342 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Spanish, Finnish, Latin | Message 40 of 60 12 September 2013 at 12:45am | IP Logged | ||
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The book i'm waiting for is actually being ordered from another library, since mine doesn't have anything but picture
books in Spanish. I've tried Veinte Mundos a few times but it's never really clicked for me. However, I am definitely interested in free online books! I was watching 30 vies, and although i can find other seasons online, i can't find the one that i'm in the middle of. It's very disappointing. I think i'll have to move on. I'm planning to start watching Les Parents, and i'll check out the show you recommended. A short season would be good for me because I can finish it quickly before my motivation runs out! Any other recommendations would be appreciated as well. Side note: just found out that the Spanish teacher has also dabbled in portuguese. this just keeps getting better and better. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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