What other strange French custom do you know about?

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Jonathan

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Bonsoir à tous

Est-ce qu'il y a qqn qui peut m'aider écrire les phrases de cette audio de 06:00 à 6:20.

Merci par avance

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Cristiane

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There's no play button for any of the dialogue for lessons 13 - 23. We can only do it line-by-line. When will you brink back the play button, and why did you take it away?

Bonjour et merci pour votre message Peter Beatty !

Cette leçon sur le passé composé devrait vous aider : https://www.frenchpod101.com/lesson/lower-intermediate-3-you-came-you-saw-you-learned-more-french/

Quant au clavier je comprends que ce soit embêtant. Dans votre ordinateur vous pouvez choisir le clavier "Français" qui devrait vous donner des accents.

https://www.frenchpod101.com/lesson/lower-intermediate-3-you-came-you-saw-you-learned-more-french/

Bonne journée !

Marie Alice

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1. Mon ordinateur n'a pas les accents et, donc, les petits examens a la fin de chaque lecon sont difficles, encombrant.

2. La lecon derniere sur le passe compose ne s'a addressee pas comment on utilize le verbe auxiliarie "etre"

Hello John,

Thank you for posting.

Could you please tell us more about what you mean when you refer to notes?

Would you like to have more explanation?

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Lena

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In grammar they often discuss a verb tense but do not leave any notes on this which I would find useful.

thank you, I am enjoying your course and helpful hints.

Bonjour Sue and thank you for your interesting comment !

This kind of "fête" sounds nice !

Have a nice day !

Marie Alice

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Here is the UK a fête is also called a fête, if it's the sort of village-based event which might be similar to this one, or has stalls, games, and other entertainment.

Hello Jane de Vries,

Thank you for your comment !

You are right "la mascarade des souffles à cul" is a precursor of mardi gras ! In some villages this festival is still celebrated during Mardi Gras.

About the mentally ill, the expression "Péter un plomb/ un cable" is commonc in french. It does not make fun of the mentally ill. Indeed, in most cases, it refers to someone who gets significantly excited because of some events.

This may refer to a person getting very agitated,

Cheers,

Marie Alice

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Is this ancient custom a precursor of mardi gras? Also, Don't make fun of the mentally ill! It appeared that you were doing that in the last sentence.

Comme d'habitude, J'adore French pod et J'apprends beaucoup avec chaque lecon! Merci.

Hi Marcia,

Thank you for your comments and suggestions.

You can see the conversation in the Lesson Notes PDF, under "Download PDFs".

In the main audio, we always have the English translation together with the French translation, so you can follow the conversation and understand everything!

I hope it helps!

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Laura

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Why was there a translation in the last conversation?

It would help if I could see a print out of the conversations in French while listening to them. I would learn a lot more.

Hi Catherine,

Vous avez raison, you're right, the noun "un soufflet" is "bellows" in English. It is now properly spelled in the Learning Center.

As for the articles, I couldn't agree more! Our new lessons (for now, Absolute Beginners, and, soon to come, a new Intermediate series) have the articles included in the vocabulary list. Learning a noun along with its article is essential.

Merci encore pour vos commentaires, please comment more and more!

Virginie

In this lesson, you defined "soufflet" as "below, swipe." I think you meant to say, "bellow" rather than the preposition "below" or "au dessous de." Also, a question: when you formulate the vocabulary lists, why do you leave out the articles? I always find it much easier to learn and remember the gender of a noun when I always include the article while learning it. When I do this, it just never sounds right if I become confused and use the wrong article. Thanks for putting together such an original program.

I'm still trying to think of how to say "free show" in French. I remember coming across an expression written on a sign in France -- "Entrez libre". I think "Matez libre" would come close. It is interesting because one would think of "gratuit" when thinking of the word "free", as one line in the movie "Devoirs de vacances" goes: "Sue Ellen would let you see hers for a quarter."

I am also wondering how to say "intentionally". For some reason I keep thinking of the word "express".

I taught Japanese middle school girls English in Taiwan. They didn't want to study English. They tried teaching me the meaning of "chi kan". They used an example to explain the definition: a bad boy puts a mirror on his sneakers and looks up the skirts of girls. I don't know how to say that word in English, but it is similar to this lesson about men who use puffers to blow women's skirts up to look at their underwear.

1. What do you call men like that?

2. As this lesson advises, women who don't want men to see their underwear should wear pants, but I think there are some women who want to show everybody their underwear. Can you translate the following sentences into French?

She intentionally wears a dress during the masqarade des soufflaculs. She doesn't mind people looking at her underwear. She wants to give everyone a "free show".

Hey Careyxxx

What a scene to be a witness of! I enjoy watching streets scenes and imagining people thoughts! Sometimes My hubby and I pick up on the same things as a little kid enjoying his ice cream with a BIG smile on his face!

Your imagination is quite wild ! Let's see the translation of the lines you came up with:

Madame, je viens juste de terminer une mission au service de notre pays. Pourquoi ne pas m'embrasser oour me montrer votre appréciation?

Sincerely I don't think that would be a good line to charm a woman. Generally speaking patriotism lines or gestures aren't very popular except maybe for some extremists of course. It seems to me that we become more patriotic during soccer games! ;)

An opening line or pick up line would be .... I'm drawing a blank Hmmm maybe

"Une phrase pour séduire / flirter"

but it doesn't work as well as the English one. Help anyone?

Here are some you can check a bit nmore poetic:

- Est-ce que ton père a été un voleur ? Parce qu'il a volé les étoiles du ciel pour les mettre dans tes yeux.

(Was your father a thief? Because he stole the stars from the sky to put them in your eyes)

- La seule chose que tes yeux ne me disent pas, c'est ton nom.

(The only thing your eyes don't tell me is your name)

What line would you use with a man or woman you don't know?