DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 6153 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian
| Message 65 of 119 21 September 2012 at 12:28pm | IP Logged |
Spanky wrote:
I have set it to count down from a 1000 hours for my use in tracking study time and active listening to French language media time. I hope to have run the DCCA down to 0 hours by December 31, 2013 |
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We've the exact same goals and end date. Best of Luck. :-)
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5958 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 66 of 119 21 September 2012 at 4:40pm | IP Logged |
Thanks Daragh, and to you.
I borrowed the countdown idea from following your log. I am fully confident that you
will make it based on your progress, and I would be thrilled to make it as well.
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5958 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 67 of 119 23 September 2012 at 8:07pm | IP Logged |
Use of imparfait v. passé composé
imparfait v. passé composé,
including quiz
Edited by Spanky on 23 September 2012 at 8:10pm
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5958 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 68 of 119 23 September 2012 at 8:16pm | IP Logged |
recent past – passé récent
passé récent
venir + de + INFINITIF
Edited by Spanky on 23 September 2012 at 8:17pm
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5958 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 69 of 119 23 September 2012 at 8:54pm | IP Logged |
simple past - passé simple
passé simple, including
irregular forms
FAC: "if it looks weird, it is probably passé simple" (rough paraphrase, but
yep).
-ER endings:
-ai
-as
-a
-âmes
-âtes
-èrent
-IR and -RE endings:
-is
-is
-it
-îmes
-îtes
-irent
être
je fus
tu fus
il fut
nous fûmes
vous fûtes
ils furent
avoir
j’eus
tu eus
il eut
nous eûmes
vous eûtes
ils eurent
faire
je fis
tu fis
il fit
nous fîmes
vous fîtes
ils firent
venir
je vins
tu vins
il vint
nous vînmes
vous vîntes
ils vinrent
Edited by Spanky on 23 September 2012 at 8:56pm
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5958 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 70 of 119 24 September 2012 at 1:47am | IP Logged |
BBC Languages site - French
BBC - French homepage
Disappointed to see that French Steps is no longer available and that the videos for
Talk Franch are not available outside over here, but I do see some new content since my
last visit ages ago.
Listening -
foundation skills
"Finding the way" - revise and test - proves one does not have to understand everything
to understand enough.
Also started "Ma France" - looks very nicely produced. Using both the French and
English subtitles.
Ma France
Learned a bit about the îles du Frioul. Aussi, pour une tartiflette, on a
besoin d’une paire de chaussettes (though it is not entirely clear why).
Edited by Spanky on 24 September 2012 at 2:43am
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5958 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 71 of 119 24 September 2012 at 2:48am | IP Logged |
I have decided to begin working through FSI Basic French. Just because.
FSI French - Basic
(and boring)
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Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5958 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French
| Message 72 of 119 24 September 2012 at 2:54am | IP Logged |
DCCA: 980:21 hours
DRUMT: 464 days
Average per day now needed: 2h7m.
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