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| pulper Newbie Canada Joined 5486 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Studies: French | Message 1 of 3 23 November 2009 at 2:40am | IP Logged |
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Hello everyone - i'm studing French using FSI and having some difficulty with lesson #9, practice drill A-17. It deals with using negatives, the past tense, and pronouns. If I take my time to do the student portion, I can get it but it just takes me way too long. I of course need to be able to understand what the tutor is saying more quickly and formulate a response quickly too. I have a feeling that I could go over this and the following lessons that deal with this over and over again and I'm not sure that I will get it. I have problems especially when the "me" and "vous" are thrown in (as I have to reverse it when I do my response). For example:
Tutor: Mes amis ne m'ont pas reveille Student: Pourquoi ne vous ont-ils pas reveille? I've had problems with me, nous, and vous before and worked hard to try to learn it, but it gets harder as it gets more complicated. I have less problems with the other pronouns. Other than just plugging away on the three lessons that deal with this a number of times, are there any tips on helping me learn this so I can respond more quickly? Thanks, Paul 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6774 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 2 of 3 23 November 2009 at 10:21am | IP Logged |
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I just suggest repeating some fixed expressions over and over (like "ne m'ont pas" and "ne vous ont-ils pas") until
they slide off your tongue naturally and also "trigger" the right thought in your head without having to translate all the bits first. That's sort of what I did for expressions like "n'y'en a-t-il pas" and "il n'y'en a pas". 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| pulper Newbie Canada Joined 5486 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Studies: French | Message 3 of 3 23 November 2009 at 12:19pm | IP Logged |
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thanks. i think that will help.
Paul 1 person has voted this message useful |
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