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Lesson Introduction
Confronted with French people who think you’re one of their peers, it might be good to clarify things from the start that you are not an expert French speaker (yet). In today's podcast, we learn how to say you're American and even which state is on your driver's license. You'll get some nationality variations, too, if you're an Australian, a Canadian, or an American who just wants to pretend like you're Canadian or Australian when you're not in the mood for a lecture on US foreign policy.
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ericat says
Here are the 5 words that Amaury gave us at the end of the podcast: une questionMay 7, 2008
un gouvernement intelligent stupide une solution
chillosk says
May 11, 2008
woowwww.. i love the interface! (like Spod's!) can't wait to learn French!!
memmifer says
May 11, 2008
FrenchPod, welcome!!! Happy birthday! So, on top of learning Chinese and Spanish, now I get to learn French too -- yeah!
frenchpoddy01 says
May 12, 2008
Great!
lunetta says
May 12, 2008
Hi everybody! Let's tell each other where we're from.
Moi, je suis danoise. Je viens de Copenhague.
jpvillanueva says
May 12, 2008
Bonne idéeé!
Moi je suis de Seattle.
ericat says
May 12, 2008
Yes, bonne idée, lunetta!
Je viens de l'état de Michigan.
amaurylibeer says
May 12, 2008
Salut tout le monde... Thanks for bringing in your comments!
Je viens de Tournai, qui est une jolie petite ville en Belgique, juste à la frontière avec la France (la grande ville la plus proche est la ville de Lille, en France, à 15 kilomètres)... Et Bruxelles n'est pas loin, car la Belgique est un petit pays et tout est proche l'un de l'autre!!!
Petite question pour frenchpoddy01, tu viens d'où au Bélize? Belmopan?
oolung says
May 12, 2008
Je suis... ok, I assume a Pole will not be a 'Polonaine' but something like 'Polonaise', right? (Oh, the pain of learning a language from scratch!). So:
Je viens de Varsovie.
Will a boyfriend also be a 'cupine'? Probably not...
ericat says
May 12, 2008
oolung,
you're right, the word for Polish is 'polonaise,' if you are a woman. If you are a man, you say 'polonais' (the 's' is silent).
the word for boyfriend is 'copain'. You can find it in the vocabulary section as a supplementary word if you want to hear how it is pronounced.
oolung says
May 12, 2008
Merci beaucoup, Ericat! (cramming the phrase "Je sois polonaise, je sois polonaise, je sois...' AND trying to get the 'r' sound right).
As for the pronounciation of 'copain'... I just have to open my (sadly empty) piggybank, get a premium subscription, and I'll be back and all over here in no time! Proudly getting the pronounciation of cupine and copain raight! :D
fudawei says
May 12, 2008
Just a suggestion, I hope you guys don't get carried away with the sound effects during the actual dialogues.
danjo says
May 12, 2008
Je suis americaine. Je viens de l'état de New York.
I've been a loyal user of ChinesePod for about two years, so I'm excited about FrenchPod. I'll be going to France to attend a wedding in July (near Toulouse), and none of the other French podcasts I've tried were quite satisfactory.
anna8 says
May 12, 2008
Salut les amis de Frenchpod! I've been waiting anxiously for your podcast to begin and from what I've seen and heard so far, I love it!
Je suis americaine et je viens de l'état de Wisconsin.
But I have a question for you, Amaury -- In the dialogue, when the speaker says "Je suis americaine", I hear a liaison between the final "s" of "suis" and the initial "a" of "americaine", but I don't hear it when you are repeating the line. So is this because you are speaking slowly or is it an individual variant or am I just not hearing what you're saying very well?
Merci!
rish says
May 12, 2008
Bonjour tout le monde.
Je viens de Baku.
amaurylibeer says
May 12, 2008
Salut Danjo,
Glad to see you on FrenchPod!
The region around Toulouse is beautiful so we hope you'll have a great time over there (may I ask where is the wedding exactly?). It's quite hot in July as well.
To come back to French, you need to say : "Je suis américain" because you're a man.
amaurylibeer says
May 12, 2008
Salut Anna8,
Bienvenue sur FrenchPod!
You heard it right! You're supposed to make the liaison as in the dialogue. I didn't make the liaison in the translation because I was repeating the words more slowly.
amaurylibeer says
May 12, 2008
Salut Rish! from the FrenchPod team!
pituitaryadenoma says
May 12, 2008
Congratulation on the first lesson.
Wouldn't it be difficult for people who never know french to start with a lesson like this?
Can we have grammar explanation in the PDF?
I understand Praxis method work well for Chinese, but I am quite critical if it can work for French and Spanish. Chinese don't really has much grammar compare to French or Spanish.
I have been using Spanishpod for a while, the biggest downside is I find it difficult to get into the next level, for me, I have no knowledge of Spanish when I started learning, I have no clue about its grammar, I finished all 30 newbie lessons without much trouble, however, I bump into difficulty when I started listening to elementary lessons, the biggest issue is I don't understand the grammar behind those sentences, making it difficult for me to retain the information I learned in that lesson.
I hope Frenchpod, and may be Spanishpod can consider adding grammar points in the PDF, I really wish to learn the grammar of these 2 languages. Thanks.
lvalmoria says
May 13, 2008
Salut!
Je suis australienne. Je viens de l'état de Victoria, et mon copain est italien.
I really like how 'polonaise' is the French word for 'Polish' -- like the dance!
danjo says
May 13, 2008
Amaury,
Thanks for the tip, I wouldn't have realized that. The name of the town we are going to is Aurignac. We actually met the French couple in China, they live in Shanghai now. I did spend a week in Paris once but this trip will be much more meaningful, as I didn't even meet any French people the first time, and this is in fact the first wedding I will ever have gone to, French or otherwise.
anna8 says
May 13, 2008
Merci, Amaury!
echothesun says
May 13, 2008
Salut à tous!
Je suis Britannique, et je vis à londres en ce moment. J'ai une petite question pour l'équipe de frenchpod: pourquoi est-ce que vous êtes situé en chine? :)
vanierx says
May 13, 2008
Salut à tous, et bienvenue Frenchpod. Je suis américain, et je viens de la ville de Los Angeles. Je attend les leçons intermediates et avançées avec beaucoup de anticipation.
I learned French from Quebec radio and magazines. Interesting note to this lesson, in Quebec they say "ma blonde" for girlfriend (regardless of hair color) and "mon chum" for boyfriend.
An excellent online lookup source for French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese is wordreference.com. You can find almost any variation of any word you come across, and then they have links to forum discussions about the usage of those words.
yanming says
May 13, 2008
Je suis sino-québécois. Je vis à Montréal, Canada.
Vanierx, I see that your are familiar with our way of speaking french :)
ericat says
May 13, 2008
Those are valid concerns, pituitaryadenoma. We are traditionally taught that studying grammar is the essential element in learning a language, the starting point and ending point to all French learning endeavors. Maybe this is partly because many of the institutions where foreign languages have traditionally been taught focus very heavily on reading and writing, due to the nature and requirements of the environment where the language is being taught (example, large classrooms, evaluation tests, etc.)
There is nothing wrong with learning grammar. If a person's goal is to do some scholarly writing in the language than it will definitely come in pretty handy, that's for sure. It really depends on your own personal learning goals.
If your goal is to chat freely with a French-speaking person and eventually process the words you might hear around you in the Parisian métro with ease, or in today's case, learn how to ask someone which state they are from, then listening to FrenchPod daily (or as often as you can) will give you the skills you need to do that and your mind enough exposure to the French words and correct structure it needs to intuitively process grammar on its own, just as it did when we learned our own native languages.
The best thing to do at this stage is to feed your brain with French by listening frequently to the newbie podcasts, doing the exercises of the lessons when you have the time, and then allowing your mind to retain what it wants. When you feel like you want to move on to the next level, try the elementaries and if you feel any frustration or discomfort, just let us know and we will guide you through it.
JP and the rest of the SpanishPod team are fantastic teachers (I know this firsthand because they've been teaching me and the rest of the FrenchPod team for a long time!), so just let them know any troubles you might be experiencing and they will help you.
ericat says
May 13, 2008
Salut, echothesun! ChinesePod est le père fondateur de Praxis Language.
jinfulei says
May 13, 2008
Hello. everyone!
Je m'appelle Geoffrey. Je viens d'Hawaii, mais je vis en Californie.
dukey13 says
May 13, 2008
Bonjour! Je m'appelle Matthew. Je suis australien aussi et je viens de l'état de Victoria.
I have been trying to learn French for years and finally Praxis makes a podcast for that. SO EXCITED! :D
dukey13 says
May 13, 2008
Maybe be you should mention however that not everything is a cognate. Sometimes it's faux amis.
lilywhytelegs says
May 13, 2008
Je suis Canadienne. Je vis dans la province de l'Ontario.
I studied French many years ago...but, as they say, if you don't use it, you lose it. I look forward to improving with the help of FrenchPod.
ericat says
May 13, 2008
dukey13, you must have ESP! We talked about false friends (les faux amis) in the podcast that was published today - Cannes Film Festival.
eamuscatuli says
May 14, 2008
Salut anna8:
Je viens de Wisconsin aussi. Bonne chance avec vos études françaises!
shep1582 says
May 14, 2008
Hola frenchpod, oops wrong greeting, wrong website.
I'm a total newbie and don't even know how to say hello...yet! Je suis Américain. Je viens de Connecticut. Phew...okay I'm done. Very big Spanishpod fan and look forward to learning French. Ericat your comments to pituitaryadenoma was right on. I'm trying to get out of my way since I'm the stereotypical "type A". Although everyone does learns differently...
billkaulitzlover says
May 14, 2008
Bonjour à tous!
Je suis Dominicaine.
Bonne Chance à Frenchpod!
mei9 says
May 15, 2008
je suis egyptienne:) and i like french pod:)))
will1010 says
May 15, 2008
je suis de texas. et j'aime beaucoup spanishpod et chinesepod aussi!
spinkjk says
May 16, 2008
Je suis américaine. estat - Alabama
Total French newbie here!! I have been a regular listener to Chinese pod, but I began with a good foundation in Chinese. I am nervous and intimidated really to begin a language ike French where I know absolutely zero about the pronunciation, grammar, or anything.
I have been dying to learn French for some time, so I was so excited to see this podcast! But even this newbie lesson was over my head until I could look at what I was hearing. Do try to keep in mind that some of us are completely ignorant of even the most obvious things.
Thanks! is it merci?
ericat says
May 17, 2008
First, I commend you, spinkjk and all of the other French newbies who are coming to FrenchPod with no prior exposure to the language! It takes courage to start studying a new language when you aren't familiar with the sounds or any of the words and it often is a little overwhelming and intimidating at first. I've gone through those feelings every time I've started learning a new language in the very beginning. But I can promise you that it will go away very soon and you will become more and more comfortable with French as you go along.
If you're approaching French with absolutely no knowledge of it, then you probably won't retain everything you hear in the podcasts at first. Even if you only took away how to say "je suis américaine" from this lesson, then you've made progress and you're right where you're supposed to be at this stage. You'll find that as you listen to more and more lessons, you will retain a few more words and phrases each time and it will become easier and less intimidating as you go along.
It sounds, spinkjk, like you're a visual learner - me, too! I usually need to see things written down to be able to retain and process them. Exploring the tabs on the lesson page (dialogue, vocabulary, and expansion) is very helpful to visual learners to get the most out of the lesson. Looking at the dialogue written down can help visual learners feel a little more comfortable when they listen to the podcast. You might try experimenting over the next few lessons by looking at the dialogue before, during or after the podcast to find which one works the best for you.
I hope that helps. Bonne chance!
spinkjk says
May 17, 2008
Thanks Erica! You are totally right about me (completely visual). I have been practicing with the exercises, and they are definitely helping! Thanks!
mnrobertson says
May 18, 2008
Je suis americain. J'étais ne dans l'etat de l'Alabama, mais actuellement j'habite en Pennsylvanie. J'ai habite a Paris pendant deux annees. Mais c'etait il y a de 15 ans et je besoin de practique.
I am American. I was born in Alabama, but now live in Pennsylvania. I lived for 2 years in Paris, but that was about 15 years ago, so I need lots of practice.
I have been trying to learn Chinese for the last couple of years, and have found ChinesePod to be a great resource. So I was really excited to see FrenchPod come out. If it is half as good as ChinesePod, it will be well worth the money.
cjm408 says
May 18, 2008
Bonjour Erica,
First I want to say that I absolutely love your voice. It sounds so sweet, I listen to your podcast before I sleep :) Anyways, this podcast helps me a lot since I'm a begginer with French. In fact, I'm thinking about taking a French class in the fall at my community college in San Jose, California. Thank you so much for helping us out with French. Au Revoir.
-CJ
ericat says
May 19, 2008
Merci, CJ! Bonne chance in your learning adventure of the French language!
anna8 says
May 19, 2008
eamuscatuli -- tu es aussi une tête de fromage? Formidable!
whiteboarddave says
May 20, 2008
Salut, tout le monde. Hello, everybody.
Je suis américain et je vis pas loin de Washington, DC. (It's great living not far from Washington DC -- except for the traffic.)
My own level of ability in French is what's technically known as "fair to middling." I'm looking forward to seeing intermediate and advanced material.
I work in the training/learning field, so I'd like to reassure people who are new to French that yes, you can and you will learn French effectively here. You don't recall how perplexing it was to learn your native language; we embed not only the vocabularly but the structure and the rhythm. For a second (or third) language that we learn once we're adults, we're more aware of the process, so it feels strange and we feel at turns frustrated and awkward.
Remember that when you're working to figure things out, you're actually building new connections and even new cells in the brain. (And you thought you were just listening to La Vie en Rose.)
lydia1981 says
May 23, 2008
bonjour, je suis néerlandaise et ma copine aussi :-)
anna8, têtes de fromage?
that's how we dutch people are called! (cheeseheads)
anna8 says
May 23, 2008
Mais c'est trop drole, Lydia!
That's too funny, Lydia. Cheesehead is the nickname for people from the state of Wisconsin in the US. So the Dutch are also cheeseheads...
dscherer says
May 25, 2008
Moi je suis de Californie, specifically, Huntington Beach ("the o.c.").
juanthanh says
June 12, 2008
Je suis Vietnamien. Je viens de Sunny San Diego en l'etat de Californie. I love FrenchPod! I've been trying to learn french for years but all the books and CD's i've bought haven't been able to keep my attention. Maybe I'm A.D.D. But FPod is so fun to listen to. Even if it's not to learn, I'm drawn by the entertaining conversations btwn Ericat et Amaury.
I do have une question: Is there a situation when you don't voice a liason. I'm not talking about the difference because slow'd speech vs fast speech, as in anna8's question above. I'm talking about in a regular conversational speed. I only ask because in the vocab section "Tu as une copine?" I was expecting to hear "Tu a-Zune copine" but didn't.
empty says
June 12, 2008
Bonjour tout le monde. Je suis de Seattle aussi. I like the lessons here becuase of the humor. Plus intéressant que d'autres websites.
freddyfrinton says
June 14, 2008
Bonjour!
The link to the HTML version in the PDF does not work.
ericat says
June 15, 2008
Bonjour, freddyfrinton! C'est bizarre, it just worked for me. Try clearing your cache and see if that works...
freddyfrinton says
June 15, 2008
The link
http://frenchpod.com/files-redirect?v3id=0001
says
The text version of this lesson is not exist.
christof says
June 15, 2008
Hi Freddyfrinton,
I can see this issue, and I reported it, it should be fixed soon !
freddyfrinton says
June 17, 2008
Hi christof,
"merci" for solving this issue.
matello says
June 21, 2008
Bonjour tout le monde.
Je suis Anglais et je viens de Lancashire mais je vis en Essex.
Je vais en vacances tout annee, normalement Charente ou Vendée mais J'aime aller different places dans France.
This is such a great site to learn French.
rashlien says
June 21, 2008
Salut!
Je suis americaine et je vien de l'état de Colorado.
J'aime beaucoup FrenchPod. J'ai etudi francais en la universitie, mais je n'ai pas un person parler avec. Alors, mon francais est trop mal.
J'espere que me rappeler mon francais maintenent avec FrenchPod.
J'etudie avec ChinesePod et SpanishPod aussi. Je n'ai jamais avant etudie le chinois et c'est tres amusement
Merci!
-Rebecca
lames says
June 22, 2008
Je suis Omani
I'm Omani
I like this Lesson
Many Thanks for all
065303399 says
June 22, 2008
salut Rebecca je m'appelle Amal je suis d'origine marocaine j'aime bien la langue française mais aussi j'ai souffre pour parler en français pare ce que c'est plus importent au Maroc et mon niveaux scolaire très bas et bizarre… je suis très heureuse de parler de toi c'est possible merci bien ....et bon journée
Amal
azazaz1001 says
June 22, 2008
je suis egyptian
merci ..beacoup
cochonzac says
June 22, 2008
Salut,
je suis croate et j'habite a Londres avec mon amour, son nom est Zac, donc Zac in my nickname et cochon parce que il ronfle tout nuit. Il est francais de Paris (he wishes, de Normandie, Liseux) et tre paresseux to teach me french. Il est paresseux, il ronfle mais j'adore him. Ok Ok il est beau et charmant, but don't tell him that, he'll be pretentieu (being french is more than enough). En plus, tout de Normandie est le meilleur -d'appres lui!
A plus tard, cochonzac
mimi100 says
June 28, 2008
ماهذا لم افهم شئ
ericat says
June 28, 2008
Bonjour mimi100,
Thank you for your greetings and welcome to FrenchPod. Since most of our users don't speak or read Arabic, though, please write postings in English or French. Merci!
sendrila says
July 1, 2008
bonjour ericat where are you from my name is nancy from egypt if you want we be frinds that is my email semsema_flower2010_@yahoo.com and iwant to say merci
ericat says
July 1, 2008
Bonjour, Nancy! Je viens de l'état de Michigan. Bonne chance with your French studies and welcome to FrenchPod!
corvus says
July 8, 2008
Bonjour!
Bienvenue à frenchpod! Je suis russe et je viens de Moscou.
leahkkal1 says
July 8, 2008
Je suis américaine - je viens de l'état de Wisconsin (un autre tête de fromage!), mais j'habite en Washington, DC depuis neuf ans.
amaurylibeer says
July 8, 2008
Salut corvus et leahkkal1,
Bienvenue. Bonne chance et bon courage.
bejebew says
July 17, 2008
hei! got some questions here. when we say copain or copine (is it right to write it? i can't write french at all, it's too complicated! ahahha)
copain: is it just a normal friend, close, or boyfriend?
copine: is it just a normal friend, cloes, or girlfriend?
lot of french talk to me this way but i'm still not that sure, hahahah... thx for the help, anybody here stay in french but still learning the language? maybe we can help each other, ahaha...
see you
thx a lot
rashlien says
July 17, 2008
Salut bejebew!
Everything I've learned says that copain/copine is for a true boyfriend or girlfriend (someone you are dating).
For other friends it would be ami/amie and these would specify male or female depending on how they are written, but they pretty much sound the same when they are being said.
Hope this helps.
Rebecca
ericat says
July 19, 2008
Bejebew and Rebeccca,
I just posted a discussion on the board about the differences between ami and copain:
http://frenchpod.com/community/conversations/post/55
Hope that helps!
sunmnstrs says
July 19, 2008
Bonsoir!
Je viens de l'etat de Californie.
ericat says
July 19, 2008
Bonsoir, soleil-lune-étoiles (sunmnstrs) ;) and bienvenue à FrenchPod!
spanishlearners says
July 19, 2008
I know "Je viens du Qatar" thanks to kylep's help correcting me.
Need the other sentence though: Je suis Qatarine.
Is this correct? thanks for helping us with french.
ericat says
July 19, 2008
Spanishlearners,
A man would be qatarien and a woman would be qatarienne.
boucif says
July 19, 2008
boucif says
July 19, 2008
Bonjour,tout le monde!
anugrah says
July 19, 2008
Je suis Americain, de Oregon, mais j'habite a New York City. (sorry that I'm missing accent marks, .. American keyboards.)
jeffmathews says
July 19, 2008
Bonjour tout le monde!
Je m'appelle Jeff.
Je suis américain, de l'état de Missouri.
boucif says
July 21, 2008
Salut lilywhytelegs
_stephaniee__ says
July 23, 2008
Bonjour tout le monde! :)
Je suis belge et je vis en Belgique.. :) j'aime FrenchPod et SpanishPod beaucoup parce que j'adore les langues comme l'espagnol, le français,l'anglais,..
J'ai trouvé les mots synonyme en anglais pour les mots suivants:
1. une question - a question
2. un gouvernement - a goverment
3. intelligent - intelligent
4. stupide - stupid
5. une solution - a solution
Je trouve que FrenchPod et aussi des autres pod des langues (SpanishPod, ChinesePod,..) sont un bon moyen pour ne pas oublier les langues pendant les vacances d'été et aussi pour étudier. ;)
Alors, je vais continuer en anglais.. :)
Have fun!
x!
Stephanie
shanna3476 says
August 10, 2008
Bonjour Frenchpod & Frenchpod users!! So happy to have found you!
merci beaucoup!
S. :)
amaurylibeer says
August 10, 2008
Bonjour shanna3476 et bienvenue à FrenchPod,
Bonne chance dans ton étude du français.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any requests or suggestions.
bejebew says
August 11, 2008
je suis indonesien, je viens d'indonesie... hahaha... vous la conaissez? c'est au sud'est d'Asie..
mais maintenant j'habite a paris! a boulogne en fait, a cote de 16eme...
hehehe...
keke92mm says
August 11, 2008
il parle du 16e arrondisement de Paris
bonne continuation à tous !
sil2000 says
August 17, 2008
Bonjour,
Je suis de Brazil!
iamfromck says
August 19, 2008
bon soir
i suis de canada
rallyant says
August 21, 2008
Ahh this is so hard. I feel like it will never happen. Do you get over this lump at the start? If I just stick at it will it realy work?
Je suis australien :)
hubame says
August 23, 2008
salut pour tout le mond
mon nom est imane du maroc et je veux apprendre le français avec tout mon coeur,
ericat says
August 26, 2008
Rallyant, courage! It is very normal when you are first starting out to feel the way that you do. I know I experienced it! But it soon will pass.
The most important thing is to not try so hard to understand every single thing at this stage. You are not expected right now to remember, retain, master, and be able to repeat perfectly everything that you will learn in these newbie lessons after the first time. In fact, you might forget a lot of it and that's OK. Most of the content in Newbie lessons are very high frequency words and expressions that you will hear over and over, so you will have many more opportunities to learn the words and expressions in this and other Newbie lessons. And you will probably find that the next time around, the word will click very quickly because you have already heard it once before.
So keep your chin up and stick with it! Bonne chance!
nguyenhoangkhiem says
September 4, 2008
Bonjour, Je suis Khiem . Je viens de Vietnam!
alanchan says
September 6, 2008
Bonjour a tous, Je suis Alan. Je viens de Californie. J'adore parler Français :)
sergefrench says
September 7, 2008
Salut Alan!
Tu as raison de vouloir parler français, c'est une super langue!
Moi je suis français et j'habite à Paris. J'aime beaucoup l'anglais et j'adore l'utiliser sur ce site pour me faire comprendre de tous.
Tu as appris le français à l'école? Il y a beaucoup de gens qui parlent français en Californie?
alanchan says
September 7, 2008
Bonjour Serge,
Nice to meet you! Yes, I agree, French is really a special language! Very smooth and it just sounds really elegant. I am still learning though. I kind of understand maybe only half of what you said :)
I think you asked if I learned French at school? No, I did not know any French at all before listening to FrenchPod, actually. I have some co-workers who are French and sometimes I practice what I learned at FrenchPod by speaking to them in French and seeing if they understand what I said.
Here in California people usually take Spanish as their second language at school. But in the Northeastern states of the US (the ones that are near Canada), I think they do study French as a second language.
I also think you told me that you live in Paris, right. I would love to go to Paris one day, but with the exchange rates nowadays and the gas prices, it's probably gonna take a while. I have to save some "argent" first.
Meanwhile, I can hone my French language skills by listening regularly to Erica and Amaury :)
Great to have you here to help us out mon ami.
Salut!
sergefrench says
September 7, 2008
You're welcome Alan! If I can be of some help, that'll be a pleasure! And keep practicing with your French colleagues: that's a great opportunity for you to learn!
By the way, Erica is one of those wonderful Northeastern French speaking people you're talking about: she's from Michigan!
You said people in California usually prefer to learn Spanish first, and this is quite understandable. But I can assure you that it's reciprocal: this summer in Paris I came across a girl from Mexico City who spoke English just like any American! I wish we were all that fluent in English here in France...
A+ (=à plus tard =à bientôt)
alanchan says
September 7, 2008
Serge,
Thanks for being so helpful! By the way, I think your English is really good! I hope someday I can be as good in French as you are already in English.
I don't know anyone in Paris, but now I am glad to have you as a friend over there. :)
I am gonna try some French with you and will you let me know if they are correct?
Ou est tu dans Paris? Dans le centre-ville?
Je viens de Silicon Valley dans Californie. Je suis ingenieur informaticien. J'adore l'ordinateur.
Qu'est-ce que tu fais dans la vie?
Salut!
sergefrench says
September 8, 2008
Bonjour Alan!
Bon, je vais faire la Frenchpod Team pour ce coup là: presque tout est bon, sauf trois petites erreurs dans la première et la troisième phrases: 'Où es tu' (2ème personne) et 'Je viens de la Silicon Valley en Californie'.
Quoi? Comment? Tu habites la Silicon Valley? C'est très prestigieux tu sais... Moi je suis dans le vingtième arrondissement. Il est connu pour le cimetière du Père-Lachaise, où est enterré Jim Morrison notamment...
Le centre-ville, j'y travaille mais je n'y habite pas car c'est beaucoup trop cher pour moi. D'ailleurs je suis dans l'informatique comme toi: c'est drôle, non? Je fais du développement web en PHP.
A+
alanchan says
September 14, 2008
Hello Serge!
Sorry for not being able to reply back to you quickly.
Thanks for correcting my French. I really appreciate the help! :)
I do not really understand half of what you said actually, especially about the Jim Morrison thing. I had to search him up to figure out what you were saying. Hahah! But I hope to keep on improving my French and sometime soon I should be able to understand French at that level :)
I also think you said that you do not live in le centre-ville because it is expensive. Yeah, I can feel that too. It is the same here in the States too, especially around here in the Silicon Valley area.
It's nice to hear that we are actually in the same line of work. I used to do a lot of server side work like you do, but I have not worked on PHP. Mostly Perl and C#. Right now am I doing a lot of client-side work as well using JavaScript.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Salut!
-Alan
amir_akram says
September 16, 2008
bonsoir
mon nom est amir je suis au college des freres
j 'aime le francais et j ai l'etudie aussi
j' habite au caire j'aime que le francais sois ma prefere long
sergefrench says
September 16, 2008
Hi Alan!
Thanks for replying. I write in the Newbie lessons because I'm not subscribed, as I don't need to learn French at this level. However I really enjoy to hear about it in English and it's a good exercise for me to try to understand everything that Erica says!
I know you may not always understand written French, but you're probably aware of online translation tools like http://www.reverso.net, are you? (that's the one I use when I'm not sure about the meaning of a text in English...)
You seem to have a great motivation for learning, so I'm sure you'll soon reach a correct level for holding basic conversations with natives! We're very tolerant about mistakes and accents from foreigners. There are lots of different accents in France and in other French speaking countries - Hi Amaury! And I only hope Erica never gets rid completely of her so lovely American accent!
I enjoy The Doors very much, hence the reference to Jim Morrison. Of course I'm proud he chose Paris to end his life, but I'd have so much preferred him to live longer! Tragic destiny... but what a voice!
See you...
embuldeniyalj says
September 20, 2008
salut ça va
je suis Sri Lankaise
intéressant learning
merci beaucoup
Laxman
tinangothao says
September 20, 2008
salut , cava vous.
je juis vietnameence americaine.
amaurylibeer says
September 21, 2008
Salut laxman, tinangothao et amir.
Bienvenue à FrenchPod. Vous venez tous de pays différents. C'est vraiment intéressant. Vous êtes déjà allés en France?
saumya28 says
September 28, 2008
allo! je suis indianne . j'habite a delhi
ericat says
September 30, 2008
Bonjour saumya28 and bienvenue à FrenchPod! Good luck with your French studies!
BTW, thanks Sergefrench, for your nice comments! ;)
paperplane says
October 12, 2008
Bonjour
Je suis chinese,
Je viens de shanghai
p.s. I pick up a little french several months ago, but I almost forget it, it's nice to learn french again from this amazing site.
christela says
October 12, 2008
Bonjour paperplane!
Tu es chinois (chinoise?) Je ne sais pas si tu es un homme ou une femme.
Bienvenue sur le site! We hope it really is going to help you with your French studies!
sgalanis says
October 14, 2008
Bonjour,
Je m'appele Stephanie, et je suis canadienne mais maintenant j'habite a New York.
Je viens de Toronto et pour 4 ans j'habité Montreal. Alors, je connais un petit peu de francias, mais il me fait beaucoup de plaisir de le parler.
Je suis une nouveaux etudiante de frenchpod...alors feel free to correct!!
xx
amaurylibeer says
October 14, 2008
Salut Stéphanie,
Moi je m'appelle Amaury, je suis français mais maintenant j'habite à Shanghai.
Je viens de Lille en France et j'ai habité pendant 1 an à Madrid en Espagne. Alors, je parle un petit peu espagnol, mais cela me fait très plaisir de le parler.
Très heureux de t'avoir comme nouvelle étudiante!
sgalanis says
October 15, 2008
Merci Amaury.
Ca c'est une de (many) de raisons que je dois apprendre de frenchpod!
Est-ce qu'il y a une leçon que je pourrais etudier les regles entre "celui, cela, ceci" etc? I am not familiar with the appropriate uses of these little words.
charleighb says
October 15, 2008
I am so glad you used my exact country AND state in this lesson. It's like it was made for me! Anyway I'm a complete newbie at french and so appreciate your lessons. You guys are all great and entertaining! Keep up the good work!
ericat says
October 16, 2008
Bonjour, charleighb, and welcome to FrenchPod! Merci for the comments!
ericat says
October 16, 2008
Bonjour, sglanis,
One of the great things about this method is these little words will be coming up all the time throughout the dialogues, so it will really be able to help you grasp them more easily being able to hear them in different, real contexts.
Cela and ceci though are found more in the upper intermediate lessons, as they are a more "sophistiqué" French, as Amaury would say.
Bonne chance with your French studies!
nerio says
October 18, 2008
Bonjuor!
well, I want to learn French because I think that is important for me, besides I want to dialogue with people to speak French, I know many things about them
ericat says
October 19, 2008
Bonjour, nerio, and welcome to FrenchPod! Bonne chance with your French studies!
manara2010 says
October 21, 2008
bonjour a tous
bah je m'appelle manara et je suis une algerienne je viens de l'algerie
je veux bien aprandre la langue française car J'ai besoin d'elle dans mes études
ericat says
October 21, 2008
Bonjour manara2010 and welcome to FrenchPod! Bonne chance with your French studies!
obadaradamilola says
d idears are o.k uve got great thought.October 22, 2008
dkeir87 says
October 26, 2008
very interesting lessons! thanks!
je suis anglais!
ericat says
October 26, 2008
Bonjour obadaradamilola & dkeir87 and welcome to FrenchPod! Bonne chance with your French studies!
asilalsiyah says
October 29, 2008
bounjuor
je m appelle kenan, j habite a istanbul
je parle un peu français et jai besoin d`un peu de pratique
asilalsiyah says
October 29, 2008
bounjuor,
baylankenan@hotmail.com
asilalsiyah@yahoo.com
j ai besoin d un peu de pratique
sil vous plait aidez moi
a bientöt
ericat says
October 31, 2008
Bonjour Kenan and welcome to FrenchPod! Bonne chance with your French studies!
bilal30 says
November 2, 2008
bonjoure;
mmatau says
November 13, 2008
Bonjour!
Je suis Sud-Africaine, je viens de Johannesbourg.
Looking forward to learning and expressing myself in French :)
Merci!
amaurylibeer says
November 14, 2008
Bienvenue à FrenchPod mmatau,
Good luck with your French studies.
bettybooth says
November 14, 2008
Bonjour toute monde
Je suis Betty. Je viens a Taiwan and Je suis Taiwnese. Bonne chance pour apprendre francaise. ^^ --Betty
bettybooth says
November 14, 2008
Bonjour a tous,
Sorry with the poor french.....
I took french courses many years ago in Canada.
I was too excited to use frechpod to get my french back or even improve it. Thanks for the oppertunity!! :)))) Au revoir! from Betty
muther63 says
November 14, 2008
i try to explain
the french is vry nice
and so yo are my nice family
thank you all
love u
dannievictoria says
November 14, 2008
Bonjour, je m'appelle Danielle. Je suis américaine. Je viens de Floridie (I'm so sure than it's incorrect).
Au revoir!
ericat says
November 14, 2008
Bonjour Betty & Danielle and welcome to FrenchPod! Bonne chance with your French studies!
You were correct, Danielle- Je viens de Floride
fanfanw68 says
November 19, 2008
Je suis chinoise. J'aime frenchpod
amaurylibeer says
November 19, 2008
Bienvenue à FrenchPod fanfanw68 et merci pour ce commentaire.
penhui says
November 20, 2008
Je viens de San Antonio, Texas.
Aside from being able to read "enough French to get along" (cognates with English, cognates with Spanish, assorted bits and pieces of French that I've picked up in novels and such), I'm coming to this totally cold. And this was really fast for me. Is this regular conversational speed, or was it slowed down at all?
amaurylibeer says
November 21, 2008
Salut penhuizc,
Bienvenue à FrenchPod. The dialogues at Newbie levels are a bit slower than in the regular conversations between French people. But just a bit because it does sound natural and real. We do pay attention at the pronounciation to be sure it is very clear.
Good luck with your French studies.
panorama2008 says
November 26, 2008
Sgalanis
Je suis une nouveaux etudiante
"nouveau "is for male howver "nouvelle" for female
there must be " je nouvelle etudiante"
good luck
panorama2008 says
November 26, 2008
Sgalanis
Je suis une nouveaux etudiante
"nouveau "is for male howver "nouvelle" for female
there must be said " je suis une nouvelle etudiante"
good luck
sheriboo says
November 30, 2008
bonjour, I am new....French is a great language and I want learn it!!!!
sheshe says
December 4, 2008
Bon jour mon cherie,
Je suis une newbie. I just finished my first lesson and tres bien!!!! Je adore ce lecon!!! Je viens des Etats- Unis. Please bear with me as I try to think in French and translate my thoughts in print.
I just love the voices of Erica, so sweet and reassuring. Also Amaury, so french and how do you say sexy in french? I am so excited about learning french. Any other suggestions, please feel free to share.
Merci.......sheshe
amaurylibeer says
December 5, 2008
Toute l'équipe de FrenchPod te remercie pour ces compliments sheshe.
All the FrenchPod team thank you for these compliments sheshe.
In French, the word for 'sexy' is... 'sexy'!! : )
Good luck with your French studies.
cherprada says
February 3, 2009
Bonjour! je m'appelle Cher. Je suis Philippine. Je suis nouvelle etudiante de Francais. Je suis etudie Les Amis de la France, Institut Culturel Francais, Cebu City, Philippines. Im still a beginner. Just the basics but at least there is ;). I really want to learn French. It's a cool language!
amaurylibeer says
February 4, 2009
Bienvenue à FrenchPod Cher and good luck with your French studies.
nativi98 says
April 3, 2009
Welcome, cherprada! I haven't encountered very many French-speaking Filipinos, so it's interesting to hear about this Institut Culturel Francais. I'm actually from California but my parents are from the Philippines. They spoke to each other in Tagalog as I was growing up, but I never learned it. So now, I know more French than tagalog!
Hope you stick with FrenchPod!
ernanetrindade says
May 9, 2009
Je viens de Vitoria, Brasil.
jennylamchang says
May 10, 2009
Je suis venezueliene. Je viens de Cumana.
amaurylibeer says
May 11, 2009
Salut ernanetrindade. Merci pour ton commentaire.
Puis-je te demander où se trouve Vitoria au Brésil?
amaurylibeer says
May 11, 2009
Salut jennylamchang,
Même question pour toi qui es vénézuélienne : où se trouve la ville de Cumana au Vénézuela?
Merci pour ton commentaire.
peugeotlover1993 says
May 14, 2009
Amaury, being that I'm from Pennsylvania, what's the French word for Pennsylvania?
rishiraj says
May 16, 2009
Salut tous le monde / Hello everyboby
Je suis de l'Ile Maurice/ im from Mauritius Island
je parle Anglais et Francais/ i speak both English and French.
mon email est/ my email is : yashraj35@yahoo.com
alsramegy says
May 16, 2009
cher mon prof
c'est un grande opportunitee pour ecouter de cette manifique lecon.
amicalement vous
mohamedali alsramegy
amaurylibeer says
May 17, 2009
Salut peugeotlover 1993,
The translation of Pennsylvania in French is :
(la) Pennsylvanie.
D'où viens-tu en Pennsylvanie?
Where are you from in Pennsylvania?
amaurylibeer says
May 17, 2009
Salut rishiraj,
Bienvenue à FrenchPod!
amaurylibeer says
May 17, 2009
Cher mohamedali alsramegy,
C'est une grande opportunité pour nous de lire ton commentaire. Merci beaucoup.
Amicalement.
formerchurchwarden says
May 30, 2009
Salut,
Je m'appelle David, je suis Anglais, et je suis d'Angleterre.
David
amaurylibeer says
June 1, 2009
Bienvenue à FrenchPod David.
Tu viens d'où en Angleterre?
formerchurchwarden says
June 2, 2009
Hi Amaury,
Je suis de Wiltshire, et j'habite (ou je habite?) dans un petit village, quinze minutes de Stonehenge.
Could I also I have said 'Je viens de Wiltshire'?
formerchurchwarden says
June 2, 2009
I see that Amaury wrote "Je viens de Tournai" in an earlier post, so I guess I could have!
Alors, je viens de Wiltshire, mais je suis né à Liverpool.
amaurylibeer says
June 2, 2009
Exactly David, you can say 'Je viens de Wiltshire et j'habite dans un petit village, à quinze minutes de Stonehenge.'
"J'habite" is the correct form as "je" becomes "j' " in front of most of the verbs that start with a "h". e.g. : j'hésite (I hesitate).
You need to add the word 'à' in front of 'quinze minutes' as it's the expression '...être (which is not required, like in your example) à + time or distance from...' e.g. : La ville de Lille est à deux heures de Paris. Londres est à 490 kilomètres de Paris. Londres est à 2 heures en train de Paris. J'habite à Londres, à 490 kilomètres de Paris. J'habite à Londres, à 2 heures en train de Paris.
gansenbon says
November 4, 2009
Salut tous le monde,
Je m’appelle Xue. Je suis chinoise et je viens de la ville de north-east de la Chine. Mais J’habite en UK maintenant et j’ai habite ici depuis sept ans. J’adore FrenchPod. I’m a beginner. Hope I could improve my French with the help from this site.
Please do correct my mistakes from above.
Merci beaucoup
amaurylibeer says
November 5, 2009
Bienvenue à FrenchPod Xue,
Pas de problème, je vais corriger ton message :
Salut tout le monde,
Je m’appelle Xue. Je suis chinoise et je viens d'une ville du nord-est de la Chine. Mais j’habite en Grande-Bretagne (au Royaume-Uni) maintenant. J’habite ici depuis sept ans. J’adore FrenchPod. Je suis débutante. J'espère que je vais pouvoir améliorer mon français avec l'aide de ce site.
C'est un très bon commentaire Xue, bravo.
De quelle ville du nord-est de la Chine es-tu originaire? Dans quelle ville habites-tu en Grande-Bretagne actuellement?
Bonne chance et surtout n'hésite pas à poser une question quand tu as un doute (good luck and above all don't hesitate to ask a question when you have a doubt).
gansenbon says
November 6, 2009
Salut Amaury,
Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire. Je viens une ville qui s'appelle Anshan.Il est connue comme "fer ville" en Chine. J'habite dans Swindon de Wiltshire en Grande-Bretagne. Le vue sur la campagne de Whiltshire est tres belle.
Et vous Amaury, ou habite vous?
amaurylibeer says
November 10, 2009
J'habite à Shanghai Xue.
C'est marrant, j'ai fait le chemin inverse (it's funny, I went the opposite way).
Moi aussi, j'ai habité au Royaume-Uni, en Ecosse, pendant plus de cinq ans (me too, I used to live in United Kingdom, in Scotland, for more than five years).
Est-ce que tu es allée en Ecosse Xue? (Have you been to Scotland?) Je te le conseille, la campagne écossaise est magnifique (I advise you to go, the Scottish countryside is beautiful).
gansenbon says
November 11, 2009
Shanghai est une grande ville. How do you like it? (how to say it in French?) Que fais tu en Shanghai?
Tu as raison (about) Ecosse. Je suis allée à Edingburgh et Inverness quand j'etais a l'universite. C'est beau et il fait froid.Parce que je suis allee pendant Pâques.
(Sounds like) tu as visite beaucoup des pays. Quel est ton pay preferes?
amaurylibeer says
November 13, 2009
Oui, gansenbon, Shanghai est une très grande ville.
Alors 'How do you like it?' would be in French 'Comment tu t'y sens?' or 'Comment trouves-tu la vie à Shanghai?'
Comment je trouve la vie à Shanghai? Quand je suis arrivé ici, j'étais comme perdu car c'était la première fois que je venais en Asie. Il m'a fallu six mois pour m'y faire! (How do I like it? When I arrived here, I felt like I was lost as it was the first time for me in Asia. It took me six months to get used to it!)
Maintenant, je m'y sens beaucoup mieux car j'aime beaucoup le rythme fou de cette ville (now, I feel much better as I like the crazy pace of this city).
A propos de ton commentaire (regarding your comment) :
Tu as raison à propos de / au sujet de / concernant l'Ecosse. Je suis allée à Edimbourg et Inverness quand j'étais à l'université. C'est beau et il fait froid. Parce que je suis allée pendant les vacances de Pâques / à Pâques.
On dirait que tu as visité beaucoup de pays. Quel est ton pays préféré?
J'ai visité beaucoup de pays en Europe mais pas beaucoup en dehors de ce continent. Mes pays préférés sont l'Espagne, l'Ecosse et bien sûr la France! : )
Et toi, quels pays as-tu visités? Quel est ton pays préféré?
mohsenn says
November 19, 2009
bonjour a tous
Je suis mohsen de l'iran. et je veux appprendre francais
. i've tried already so many methods and softwares for learning french but i confess that they weren't what i expect. it's true that they are benefit and useful but after a while they get boring and making you bored with their practices and grammers. after that i was introduced with podcast and i found them very useful espacially this site that tries to teach us with dialogue not grammer.
merci beaucoup pour vos lecons
amaurylibeer says
November 22, 2009
Bonjour mohsen et bienvenue à FrenchPod.
Merci beaucoup pour ce commentaire.
Où habites-tu en Iran?
mohsenn says
November 23, 2009
Bonjour amoury
J'ai pensé que vous habitez en europe mais dans ton/ta profile j'ai vu que vous habitez en chinois
Moi, j'habite à téhéran, le capital de l'iran.
amaurylibeer says
November 25, 2009
Oui mohsen, j'habite à Shanghai, où se trouvent les bureaux de FrenchPod.
Concernant ton commentaire :
J'ai pensé que vous habitiez en Europe mais dans ton profil j'ai vu que vous habitiez en Chine.
Moi, j'habite à Téhéran, la capitale de l'Iran.
samiziko says
December 2, 2009
Je suis égyptien.J'habite au (à) Alexandrie.
Which one is right?
Merci beaucoup.
amaurylibeer says
December 3, 2009
"Je suis égyptien. J'habite à Alexandrie." is right samiziko.
In front of the name of cities, you need to use the structure 'habiter à'. e.g. "J'habite à Paris." / "Il habite à Tokyo." / "Vous habitez à Sydney." / ...
There are exceptions like "J'habite au Caire." because the name in French of this city is 'Le Caire'. Another example is : "Il habite au Cap, en Afrique du Sud". The name in French of this city is 'Le Cap'.
samiziko says
December 4, 2009
Merci pour ton commentaire.
alnosory says
December 6, 2009
hi
amaurylibeer says
December 7, 2009
De rien samiziko (you're welcome).
Salut alnosory et bienvenue à FrenchPod.
suz333 says
December 12, 2009
Bonjour. Je suis canadienne. Je suis originaire d’Ottawa, mais je vis au Québec. Je vais passer l’hiver en Floride pour la chaleur et pour améliorer mon anglais. J’aime bien aussi Spanish Pod. Cette année je vais essayer Chinese Pod et Italian Pod également.
Hello. I am Canadian. I am originally from Ottawa, but I live in Quebec. I will spend the winter in Florida for the warmth and to improve my English. I also like Spanish Pod very much. This year I will try Chinese Pod and Italian Pod also.
amaurylibeer says
December 14, 2009
Bonjour suz333. Commentaire parfait, rien à dire (perfect comment, nothing to say). BRAVO.
Où habites-tu au Québec? A Montréal? (Where do you live in Quebec? In Montreal?)
Je ne suis jamais allé en Floride mais j'imagine que c'est super, surtout en hiver, quand il fait froid partout au Canada (I've never been to Florida but I imagine that it's great, especially in winter, when it's cold everywhere in Canada).
nimam says
December 20, 2009
Je suis iranien. J'habite à Téhéran.
liawc says
December 22, 2009
Hello,
(Salut, Kumusta Na, Ni How, Hola, Salaam, Salaam Alaikum …)
Je suis americaine et j’habite a San Jose (Silicon Valley), California, pres de notre ville tres charmante, San Francisco. Je suis une liberale politiquement et socialement. Donc California est un etat certainement pour moi.
California is a beautiful and friendly state with an interesting cultural diversity, a perfect temperature, lots of good food of different ethnic groups, super talents from all over the world, countless parks, open spaces and beaches, etc, etc. People can have outdoor activities all year round. I can go hiking every weekend without weather restriction, I can ski and surf on one day. I love California but for some reason, I left my heart in Paris since I visited it.
“…or an American who just wants to pretend like you're Canadian or Australian when you're not in the mood for a lecture on US foreign policy.” This cracked me up! I can’t pretend to be someone I’m not. A good discussion is good for the soul. I welcome that.
Jolyn
samiziko says
December 23, 2009
Où étiez-vous né amaurylibeer ?
Merci
madelinesoo says
December 25, 2009
Bonjour!
Je suis né à a Singapour et etre d’origine Chinoise.Je suis americaine et en hiver je vis à Austin dans l’état de Texas et en éte à Vancouver de Colombie Bretagne.
J’aime Frenchpod . Les leÇons sont courants et interessants. Merci à tous des professeurs .
Amaury, could you please advise if there is a simple way to access the accents used in French? Right now I write in WORD doc inserting ‘symbols’ each time, then copy and paste in Frenchpod comment page. This of course is very cumbersome and takes a long time. Thanks in advance.
menchie_godoy says
December 25, 2009
madelinesoo
In Word 2007 (not sure about earlier versions) type
ctrl + ' + (vowel) to get á, é, í, ó, ú
(the ' is next to Enter - on the say key as " )
ctrl + ` + (vowel) to get à, è, ì, ò, ù
(the ` is below the esc key, on the say key as ~ )
You don't need to press all three keys together. If you want à, hit the the ctrl and ` keys together, then release. Then hit a.
samiziko says
December 27, 2009
Où étiez-vous né amaurylibeer ?
Merci
madelinesoo says
December 27, 2009
Thank you unclefester. merci beaucoup
amaurylibeer says
December 29, 2009
Bienvenue à FrenchPod nimam.
amaurylibeer says
December 29, 2009
Merci pour ton texte sur la Californie Jolyn, il donne envie d'y aller!
Comme d'habitude, je vais corriger ton commentaire:
"Je suis américaine et j’habite à San Jose (Silicon Valley), en Californie, près de notre ville très charmante, San Francisco. Je suis une libérale, politiquement et socialement. Donc la Californie est certainement un Etat pour moi."
Je n'ai presque rien eu à faire Jolyn, bravo!
amaurylibeer says
December 29, 2009
Je suis né à Tournai, en Belgique. C'est une ville de 60000 habitants, située à une dizaine de kilomètres de la frontière française.
Et toi, où es-tu né Sami?
amaurylibeer says
December 29, 2009
Salut madelinesoo,
Do you manage to get French accents now? Let me know please.
I'm going to have a look at your comment:
Bonjour!
Je suis née à Singapour et je suis d’origine chinoise.Je suis américaine et en hiver je vis à Austin dans l’Etat du Texas et en été à Vancouver en Colombie Britannique.
J’aime Frenchpod . Les leÇons sont intéressantes et enseignent le français courant. Merci à tous les professeurs .
Merci beaucoup pour ton commentaire madelinesoo, c'est vraiment très gentil.
shta says
December 29, 2009
Bencwer
madelinesoo says
December 29, 2009
Merci bien Amaury pour toutes les corrections. One does not realize what one hasn’t really learned until on l’écrire.
Merci pour your responsiveness to my query about accessing the French accents on the international keyboard, but I think I got it. I open up a Word doc, type out my message, then copy and paste on to the “coomments” page. Est-ce qu’il y a un moyen to access the accents sur cette page? MERCI
samiziko says
December 31, 2009
Je suis né à Alexandrie(Egypte)
Je pense que vous savez amaurylibeer.
Teacher of English Language In Egypt.
katy02 says
December 31, 2009
bsr
amaurylibeer says
January 1, 2010
Toute l'équipe de FrenchPod vous présente ses meilleurs voeux pour l'année 2010.
liawc says
January 1, 2010
amaurylibeer says
January 7, 2010
Salut shta et katy02,
Could you please write your comment again? It looks like words are missing.
Merci
amaurylibeer says
January 7, 2010
De rien madelinesoo, avec plaisir.
Je ne comprends pas bien ta dernière question:
Est-ce qu’il y a un moyen to access the accents sur cette page?
You can access the accents here the way menchie_godoy and I have advised you. Is it the question you meant?
amaurylibeer says
January 7, 2010
C'est vrai que je crois que tu me l'avais dit sami (it's true I think you had told me sami), mais j'avais oublié (but I had forgotten).
amaurylibeer says
January 7, 2010
Merci pour l'invitation Jolyn.
Je vais maintenant jeter un coup d'oeil à ton message:
liawc says
January 7, 2010
Merci beaucoup pour la correction, Amaury. Je suis contente de trouver ce groupe et je te dirai comment cet evenement s'set passe. Si je n'ai pas de chance de parler francais dans cette reunion, je te dirai combien de personnes presentes et si la pizza est bonne ou non.
This might be a sensitive question. Do you think I should introduce people in this meetup group to join Frenchpod.com or not if they're interested in French learning based on your assessment to the future of Frenchpod.com? Like many others, I truly and sincerely hope this site will last ...(I really love it!)
Jolyn
amaurylibeer says
January 8, 2010
De rien Jolyn.
Concernant ton commentaire:
Merci beaucoup pour la correction, Amaury. Je suis contente de trouver ce groupe et je te dirai comment cet événement s'est passé. Si je n'ai pas la chance de parler français durant cette réunion, je te dirai combien il y avait de personnes présentes et si la pizza était bonne ou non.
Concernant ta question:
I think you can tell them that you know a webiste that you appreciate and that helps you with your French studies. They can go and have a look for themselves then (free trial, newbie lessons are free). I don't think that we will publish new lessons this year but students can work on the existing content and I'm here to help.
Passe un très bon week-end.
madelinesoo says
January 8, 2010
Salut Amaury,
Je ne peut pas access des accents sur cette page. Je dois ecrire mon commentaire
on a WORD document then copy and paste here.
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any suggestions? Thanks
samiziko says
January 9, 2010
How can i ask " What do you do in your free time??"
Thank you
liawc says
January 9, 2010
D'accord, Amaury. Un bon week-end a toi aussi! (A weird feeling when I write this "week-end" as a French word. Hehe ...)
amaurylibeer says
January 13, 2010
C'est la même chose pour moi quand j'écris le mot "weekend" en anglais Jolyn : ))
Alors comment s'est passée la réunion?
chandarosalyn says
January 17, 2010
It would be super awesome if there was a grammar section attached to the early Newbie lessons, with an introduction to conjugation etc. I know this can also be found in the grammar section, but it makes sense to also have it paired to the dialogues. Maybe links with suggested grammar to review?
liawc says
January 18, 2010
Ca va, Amaury? Tu as passe un tres bon week-end?
pas parle francais beaucoup. C'est une tres bonne experience pour moi. Au moins, j'ai
essaye de mon mieux et ca, c'est important.
suz333 says
January 22, 2010
Bonjour Amaurylibeer, j’habite à L’Ange-Gardien, à la campagne. C’est près d’Ottawa-Gatineau. Présentement de suis à Naples, en Floride pour 4 mois.
In Canada, I live in L’Ange-Gardien, in the countryside. It’s close to Ottawa-Gatineau. Presently, I am in Naples in Florida for 4 months.
amaurylibeer says
January 26, 2010
Merci beaucoup pour ce commentaire et cette suggestion mandarosalyn.
amaurylibeer says
January 26, 2010
Ca va Jolyn, merci. Et toi?
J'ai passé un bon week-end, assez tranquille. Je suis content car j'ai réparé mon scooter et je peux l'utiliser à nouveau. En fait, je dis des mensonges: j'ai fait réparer mon scooter! : ) Par contre, ce qui est vrai est qu'il me manquait beaucoup.
Je te propose cette correction pour ton commentaire:
Ca va, Amaury? Tu as passé un très bon week-end?
amaurylibeer says
January 26, 2010
"L'Ange-Gardien" est un très joli nom pour une ville, suz333.
Concernant ton commentaire, 'présentement' est très peu utilisé en France, où on utilise 'actuellement', 'pour le moment'. Mais je crois que c'est beaucoup plus utilisé au Québec.
Regarding your comment, we very rarely use 'présentement' in France, where we use 'actuellement', 'pour le moment'. But I think that it's much more used in Québec.