tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086987595843113662.post6749796633581893782..comments2024-03-29T06:37:09.622+01:00Comments on The Provence Post: Funny in FrenchJulie Mautnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03600036888193273854noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086987595843113662.post-73898883446652266622019-10-30T12:45:24.384+01:002019-10-30T12:45:24.384+01:00Great article.Great article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086987595843113662.post-49972489840630198312017-12-04T04:23:32.647+01:002017-12-04T04:23:32.647+01:00Hi Pavlo.Hi Pavlo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086987595843113662.post-6873941509317193652010-01-04T12:28:19.403+01:002010-01-04T12:28:19.403+01:00As a French reader I don't want to be rude but...As a French reader I don't want to be rude but will correct the mistake: "Il faisait beau hier, n'est CE pas ?" Very handy sentence in fact as Provence is a ever sunny country! :o)<br /><br />Again as French I fully understand your difficulties as I lived abroad several years (in english-american environment) and I do not hear the lyrics of songs but mostly melody. Everybody told me "listen to English music, you'll learn the language easy"... Peanuts !<br /><br />Changing topic my return to my home country is quite more difficult than I expected and would appreciate the contact of english-american expats in France. If you live close to Lyon and wants to meet a true French, able to handle a conversation and giving good pedagogic French grammar tips (I teach to my wife too) reach me all day on 06 61 25 07 13Alainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086987595843113662.post-71736371253185362872008-12-08T08:48:00.000+01:002008-12-08T08:48:00.000+01:00hi matt. you sound like you are quite content and ...hi matt. you sound like you are quite content and do not need any advice, but have you heard of the tomatis method of ear training? It is fascinating and trains one to hear the distinct and different vibrations of each language. as a musician this makes complete sense to me.http://www.thetomatismethod.com/<BR/>there is a centre in paris, and one in marseille i think. i have friends who have learned to speak the msuci of the langauge very quickly, not just the words. as to the humour, i have made several good jokes now in French. I think they stop and contrepetries which I find very unfunny! I guess we'll just have to keep it at home!ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16415770207731335935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086987595843113662.post-47271221061915579152008-12-02T19:39:00.000+01:002008-12-02T19:39:00.000+01:00Do not despair, Matt. I have been in France 14 yea...Do not despair, Matt. <BR/><BR/>I have been in France 14 years. Although for 25 years prior to that I had to decipher southern drawl from plain American, it was hardly preparation for what I have found. <BR/><BR/>First, I agree that French people do not listen to melodies. Their auditive functions must somehow be rewired to their occipital lobes. I can follow any amount of complexity up to when somebody turns to me and makes an off-the-cuff remark that somehow implies intimacy.<BR/><BR/>Second, I agree with the problem of French wives. You do not say your wife is French, but then nobody in their right minds would live in the shadow of the Alpilles unless they were desperately in love and thoroughly fed up with city life. <BR/><BR/>Thirdly, and finally, you may now speak English at home (as we still do) but with four kids and a French wife, our common language is more and more a matter of negociation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com