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| I Am Steve Newbie United States Joined 4919 days ago 17 posts - 17 votes Studies: French | Message 1 of 8 31 May 2011 at 4:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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My singing voice is OK. I like singing.
Anyone ever hear of the French pop music artists Mylene Farmer or Alizée? Their songs are catchy and sound seductively beautiful. I listened to their music years before choosing to study French. I'd accidentally start singing their songs when I was out in the world. . . sometimes the words were correct, though I had zero clue what they meant, and sometimes I automatically filled in blank spaces with gibberish that fit the music. Yesterday I was listening to "Parler tout bas" by Alizée, and since I'm studying French, thought I'd take a look at the lyrics to see if I could translate any of them. It turned into me reading the lyrics as the song was playing and singing along, all the while trying to mimic. I don't know if it was useful. But it was fun. Try it out. Edited by I Am Steve on 31 May 2011 at 4:49pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lianne Senior Member Canada thetoweringpile.blog Joined 5106 days ago 284 posts - 410 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Toki Pona, German, French | Message 2 of 8 01 June 2011 at 7:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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That's pretty much what I do with Jacques Chenier. He's a French-Canadian children's performer. I have some of his CDs, and I've always just kind of sung along, saying what sounded right. A few days ago I started learning French, and as my warm-up each day (to switch from Esperanto mode to French mode) I listen to a few songs of Jacques Chenier, but now I read the lyrics. Sometimes I try to sing along, and sometimes I just listen, because my pronunciation is still pretty bad. I'm finding this helpful. Now I know that "il y a" is often pronounced "ya". Crazy!
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| I Am Steve Newbie United States Joined 4919 days ago 17 posts - 17 votes Studies: French | Message 3 of 8 02 June 2011 at 7:31am | IP Logged | ||
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He takes 'il' (he) out? Interesting.
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| Amandasmile Newbie United States Joined 4918 days ago 8 posts - 5 votes | Message 4 of 8 02 June 2011 at 10:27am | IP Logged | ||
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[QUOTE=I Am Steve] My singing voice is OK. I like singing.
I heard music of Alizee,her voice is wonderful.I am a Chinese girl and learnt French for a year.So I think listening to music is a good way to learn French .Because we not only enjoy ourselves but also learn French.Reading lyrics is also a method to learn the vocabulary. Edited by Amandasmile on 02 June 2011 at 10:28am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6573 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 5 of 8 02 June 2011 at 2:23pm | IP Logged | ||
In my experience, taking it out is more common than leaving it in, at least in non-formal contexts. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lianne Senior Member Canada thetoweringpile.blog Joined 5106 days ago 284 posts - 410 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Toki Pona, German, French | Message 6 of 8 02 June 2011 at 3:17pm | IP Logged | ||
I think in Canadian French (or at least Franco-Manitoban French) it's almost always left out. My dad (who's Franco-Manitoban) has been telling me about the quirks of Canadian French. Like how "il n'y a pas de..." sounds like "ya put..." I'm not sure how much of that is done in France French. I'm still at the beginning of my learn-crazy-French-pronunciation journey. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| I Am Steve Newbie United States Joined 4919 days ago 17 posts - 17 votes Studies: French | Message 7 of 8 02 June 2011 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Cool info, people. I'll personally move onto informal only when I've mastered the formal.
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| Lianne Senior Member Canada thetoweringpile.blog Joined 5106 days ago 284 posts - 410 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Esperanto, Toki Pona, German, French | Message 8 of 8 02 June 2011 at 4:56pm | IP Logged | ||
As much as I'd prefer to do that, my goal is understanding Quebecers, and their French is about as informal as it comes. :) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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