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| agantik Triglot Senior Member France Joined 4424 days ago 217 posts - 335 votes  Speaks: French*, English, Italian Studies: German, Norwegian | Message 97 of 252 14 January 2014 at 9:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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The TV series is based on the novels by Jean-François Parot, if you're interested...
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| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4147 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 98 of 252 15 January 2014 at 7:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you Godmother. Yes, I am interested in entertaining historical crime fiction. To be honest I have only seen 2 episodes, but I liked how they speak.
If you have a suggestion for another similar series/books I'd love to know! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4147 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 99 of 252 15 January 2014 at 8:34am | IP Logged | ||
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After a helpful post by kanewai, I decided to add FSI French phonology to my studies. The manuals I use these days don't have audio, so it's a helpful addition. They are great, but no audio.
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| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4147 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 100 of 252 15 January 2014 at 10:14pm | IP Logged | ||
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Turkish
As an experiment (hopefully succesful) I will use TY along with FSI. That's quite a big decision, but I think I can manage. I have been neglecting russian for a few days now, but I find myself going back to french and turkish. I will try unit 2 of my russian course tomorrow, and I hope that during the weekend (away from the internet) I shall be able to do the turkish exercises and finally move on!  Edited by renaissancemedi on 15 January 2014 at 10:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Mohave Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Mohave1 Joined 3796 days ago 291 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 101 of 252 15 January 2014 at 11:53pm | IP Logged | ||
I would love to hear your thoughts about the FSI Phonology course. I will have the first wave of FWT done in about 30 days. I do plan to start Using French, but I am considering doing the FSI phonology course first. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| renaissancemedi Bilingual Triglot Senior Member Greece Joined 4147 days ago 941 posts - 1309 votes Speaks: Greek*, Ancient Greek*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Russian, Turkish, Modern Hebrew | Message 102 of 252 16 January 2014 at 8:11am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, so far I have completed chapter 1, and I was very pleased. It litteraly drills into you how to pronounce some things automatically. It focuses on some English speaking pronunciation mistakes, which is a good thing even if you are not a native English speaker. I recommend it, and I will continue using it myself.
In fact, I will use FSI for my Turkish along with TY, and I would use it for Russian too, but I really like my other course. As for French, I am past the beginner stage, so the FSI courses are not for me. However the phonology is very helpful, even if one has audio with one's course of choice. I was almost ready to do subsaharan french, because I guess I likd the exotic aspect of it, but then I don't need to hire a cook etc. I like that sort of accent though. The metropolitan french, as alluring as it is, can also get on my nerves if overpronounced (that long eeee at the end of words...). Drills are very effective, since repetition is the mother of all learning. I assume it can get boring, but I kept thinking that with every little exercise I sound more French. I saw it as a bit of a game, which helps a lot! Just this first chapter made me realize that, in the word midi for example, the french -di and te greek -di, are not the same -di! I mean, there is really some fine tuning going on if you really really listen. Edited by renaissancemedi on 16 January 2014 at 8:21am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| agantik Triglot Senior Member France Joined 4424 days ago 217 posts - 335 votes Speaks: French*, English, Italian Studies: German, Norwegian | Message 103 of 252 18 January 2014 at 10:13pm | IP Logged | ||
You could take a look at Viviane Moore's novels : she wrote several detective novels set in the Middle Ages, I can recommand "la saga de Tancrede le Normand", a 7-book series with a good plot, and instructive historical setting but not too much. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Mohave Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Mohave1 Joined 3796 days ago 291 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 104 of 252 18 January 2014 at 10:27pm | IP Logged | ||
Thank you very much for your review! I think this is something I need to do! Edited by Mohave on 18 January 2014 at 10:28pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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