French Language Learners discussion

While it is still early December any suggestions for reads?

Did you guys read in the fall? Alas, I took up knitting, and mostly just listened to audiobooks.

unfortunately, no we did not complete fall.

oh well. it's not like we would fail out of goodreads ;)

Csilla wrote: "oh well. it's not like we would fail out of goodreads ;)"

So true, although they might make an exception for us.
Come across any good french audiobooks?

I barely have the patience for English-speaking ones. :/ personal issues...

I got recommended two authors from Quebec:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
the best part: their works are relatively short: 150-ish pages.
Let me know if one or the other peaks your interest, and I will commit to read it as well in January.

Csilla wrote: "I got recommended two authors from Quebec:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
the best part: their works are relativ..."

I don't know about these two, but a while ago, for my French class I bought a novella called Rap pour Violoncelle Seul. It's a very short and small-sized book, and it is written by a Quebecois author in Quebecois French ( it contains some words specific to Quebec, and sometimes you see some Quebecois slang in the dialogues). The setting is also in Montreal, which was kind of interesting to me. It's not that difficult to read and that's why I liked it.
--Just a suggestion in case you are interested.

Thank you for suggesting those two authors btw. These short French books are the only French books I can read to practice and enjoy French.

Nevîd wrote: "Csilla wrote: "I got recommended two authors from Quebec:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
the best part: their wo..."

qui est l'auteur?

Csilla wrote: "I got recommended two authors from Quebec:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
the best part: their works are relativ..."

Bien, Merci!!!
Victoire par Michel Tremblay pour Janvier?

Ouiiiii ! Je suggère ce livre de Michel Tremblay ... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Alex wrote: "Ouiiiii ! Je suggère ce livre de Michel Tremblay ... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."

I would not be able to get this delivered in a timely fashion. Any other suggestions?

Calla wrote: "Alex wrote: "Ouiiiii ! Je suggère ce livre de Michel Tremblay ... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."

I woul..."
The book I suggest it's part of this compilation:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
This one is too long for reading in a month but, if you can get it, we can start with the first one.

Are we agreed on tremblay victoire? It's still early we can complete it.

Alex wrote: "Calla wrote: "Alex wrote: "Ouiiiii ! Je suggère ce livre de Michel Tremblay ... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2......"

I will try to obtain some of these for future readings. Ill post back and let you know which ones I was able to get.

In the meantime, I'm proposing Tintin. It's a (n almost a century old) comic, but it was the most popular comic in its time, and I haven't read one yet.
Here: this one is early on in the series, read out loud so we'd be exposed to the correct pronunciation, it's free and only 2 hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z-vq...
Yeah, I'm not big on comics either, but let's just give it a try. Some people here in Quebec are crazy for Tintin. it's time I find out why.

Sounds good. I'll start today. :)

Okay, I'm halfway through this, and it calls for a drinking game. Not that I drink alone, but if we do it again, I might reconsider.
So, something like:
drink when:
-Tintin is captured
-Tintin escapes
-Milo speaks and you wonder who (if anyone) can understand him/does he really speak, or it's just Tintin's inner voice
-every character except Tintin looks the same
-racism
Drink two times when a female character appears, three times if she has a line. Has it happened? Will it happen? Who knows?!

open to suggestions.

okay, I'm done. i know it was my idea, but let's not continue with Belgian Scooby Doo meets MacGyver in February. ;) I guess it's cute if you are a child in 1960. or you were a child in 1960 and enjoy nostalgia.
spoiler alert: there was a named female character! 50% of passing the first criteria of the Bechdel test. lol

French-wise, I think it was okay. there was some deviation from the written script but not too much, I had no trouble following it. The English dude had some English accent, which was nice.
(I just wish the plot wasn't all deus ex machina.)

Je finis la video et c'était ennuyeuse. I really like the idea of watching those on youtube though and I like that you get audio as well as written. également j'ai trouvé un livre intéressant.

L'Ecole de la nuit (Le Livre perdu des sortilèges (2)) (French Edition)
par Deborah Harkness ???

Also we should pick a book for February