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Spanky
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 Message 81 of 119
14 October 2012 at 9:48pm | IP Logged 
Back on the trail of the thief or thieves in L'affaire du confret - units six
through dix. units 6-10.
Honestly, any good antiquities thief would have bolted long ago.

Unit 2 of Ma France

Spent a bit of time trying to figure out where the closest mime school might be, just in
case I need to know this in a year or so.

DCCA: 967:58
Daily average needed: 2:11 per day
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Spanky
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 Message 82 of 119
15 October 2012 at 7:55am | IP Logged 
FSI Basic, unit 1, tape 1.2.

Two tapes down, only 187 left to go.
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 Message 83 of 119
15 October 2012 at 10:13am | IP Logged 
Spanky wrote:
FSI Basic, unit 1, tape 1.2.

Two tapes down, only 187 left to go.


Hang in there, Spanky! I too have the FSI, in the Barron's "Mastering French" incarnation, but found that even
with that version's relatively attractive cover (it was in colour, at least), it seemed to call for an attitude of Grim
Determination. (Is it horribly shallow to be influenced by the appearance of a book?)   

I had slightly better luck with the Random House/Living Language series. - They don't have the extensive drills
that FSI does, which is both a good and a bad thing (I'm sure my French grammar would be far better if I hadn't
abandoned the FSI), but they are a lot more accessible to the average non-mime-candidate.

There's no rule that says you have to use only one thing; if you'd like to try the RH/LL series, they're
available in a full Beginner
to Advanced
version, an easy-peasy
Avoid the mimes
version, and even an all-audio audio_french">I'm not in the mood to read French version, the latter two even as e-books.

p.s. Sorry about the wonky formatting. Unfixable (by me, anyway).



Edited by songlines on 15 October 2012 at 10:22am

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Spanky
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 Message 84 of 119
16 October 2012 at 7:47am | IP Logged 
That’s awesome songlines, thanks – right down to current local library availability!!   
The mime industry stands little chance in the face of that sort of support.

I will definitely check out (in both senses of that phrase) the recommended material. I
am also going to keep digging away at the dusty FSI materials for a while, just to see
if my bet with myself as to how far this time I will get with FSI proves correct
(spoiler alert: my prediction does not extend to double digits in terms of number of
units I will complete before getting distracted or abducted by aliens again).

Unfortunately grim determination is not one of my attributes, though ironically, I
understand that “Grim Determination” is covered as an advanced topic in mime school.
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Spanky
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 Message 85 of 119
16 October 2012 at 8:39am | IP Logged 
FAC - imperative mood

conjugation of
l'imperatif


avoir: aie, ayons, ayez
etre: sois, soyons, soyez
savoir: sache, sachons, sachez
vouloir: veuille, NIL, veuillez

mini-quizlette on imperative
conjugation


imperative word order

- word order (pronouns, en/y) trickier than I had realized.

test re: negative v.
affirmative imperative word order


Edited by Spanky on 16 October 2012 at 8:40am

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Spanky
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 Message 86 of 119
16 October 2012 at 9:03am | IP Logged 
Ma
France - unit 2 - directions (and humouring the English blokes pronunciation)
-
videos again and activities

DCCA: 965:22

Edited by Spanky on 16 October 2012 at 9:05am

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Spanky
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 Message 87 of 119
17 October 2012 at 8:18am | IP Logged 
Past imperative

ie. Soyez partis à midi.

conjugation of
l'impératif passé


imperative of auxillary + past participle



Edited by Spanky on 17 October 2012 at 8:18am

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Spanky
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 Message 88 of 119
17 October 2012 at 8:45am | IP Logged 
FAC: l`infinitif

word order associated with
l'infinitif


test re: infinitive


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