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bonjour maudin and luckystar

merci beaucoup maudin for website address but I can only use it when I go to the library as I am on a digibox and access this site via tvemail.

maudin bon chance on your exams.

bon accord

mme kat

Bonjour Ellen

kat

Here is a petit Francais Quiz.

1. Who invented Champagne?
2. What is the Bacclaureat?
3. Who is the current President of France?
4. What is the game of boulles?
5. What is the Societe Nationale des Chemines de Fer Francais?

katrine

1.
2. arent they the french equivalent of A levels?
3. President Chirac
4. Boulles- a game of French origin, similar to Bowls, also known as petanque, traditionally played on open dusty ground in public places. Boulles is played with heavy metal balls.
5.Do I get a clue?

Bonjour Greg

1. A Benedictine monk called Dom
Peron. It's the second favourite drink of James Bond.
2. Is correct.
3. Is correct.
4. Is correct.
5. It is the French Railway system SNCF.

The prize is 2 magnums of Dom Peron Champagne

bonjour!

oh la la , je savais les answers, too. Est-ce que le deuxième prize est one bouteille de champagne, par hazard? Vous voyez, je suis already content avec very little.

please translate Ellen I do not know that much French. It would take me an hour to just translate what you have typed.


kat

"oh la la ,I knew the answers, too. Does the second prize happen to be one bottle of champain? As you can see, I'm already happy with very little."

Je suis vraiment désolée que j'aie écrit quelque chose que tu n'aies pas compris. Mais il n'est pas facile de savoir quels mots sont faciles à comprendre par le contexte et quels mots sont plus difficiles. Peut-être tu comprends déjà plus que tu penses en devinant et en cherchant des parties de mots que tu connais déjà. En tout cas, j'espère que tu aimes encore le français et que tu ne te laisses pas décourager par quelques mots que tu ne comprends pas (ou par des gens qui sont parfois trop paresseux pour chercher le mot correct anglais ).

Translation:
I'm really sorry I wrote something you didn't understand, but it's not easy to know which words are easy to understand through the context and which ones are more difficult. Maybe you can understand more than you think, simply by guessing and looking for parts of words you already know. Anyway, I hope you still like French and you don't let some words you don't understand (or some people who are sometimes too lazy to look for the right english word )discourage you.

Ellen

merci beaucoup Ellen, I am only going to go to start beginners French lessons in September. The French phrases I know are all from my French phrase book.

Here is your magnum of Dom Peron Champagne.

katrine

a magnum

Don't I get a prize? I like Champagne too

If you'd just asked what the SNCF was, I would have known immediately

Oh well

I'll share mine: pour tout le monde!

Bonjour Greg and Mel

Here is a magnum of champagne for you Greg.

Je suis Leo
Je viens de Grays, Essex
J'ai 40 ans

Comment allez-vous Greg?
Comment allez-vous Mel?


katrine

Do something radicale avec a boring committe meeting cum cafe matine/soiree.

kat

mmm!

Boring commitee meeting, sounds stimulating

Bonjour tout le monde
*hello everyone

Je suis en France en ce moment et j'espere que ma francais peut ameliorer pendant le prochain annee
*I am in france at the moment and I hope that my french may improve during the next year.

Desolee de tout qui trouve mon dernier poste dificile de comprendre. Ce n'etait pas ma intention. Mais je pense que si vous utilisiez un dictionnaire vous pouvez comprendre plus. Je sais que c'est difficile, mais le dictionnaire peut etre soit votre ami! Je sais que quand je lire les textes francais j'ai besoin de un dictionnaire et souvent j'ai besoin de un GRAND dictionnaire
*Sorry to all who found my last post difficult to understand. It wasn't my intention. But I think that if you use a dictionary you may understand more. I know it's difficult but the dictionary may be your friend! I know that when I read french texts I need a dictionary and often I need a BIG dictionary.

Amities
*best wishes
Helen

Je cannot trouve ton dernier post!

Ou dans France es-tu?

hi luckystar

thank goodness for the french desk

i have got a large french dictionary.

i will go and ask loup what you mean lucky star.

translating a whole paragraph takes a very long time especially if your a beginner.

i will attempt a joke
bien tou (ben too) why not anne tou.

kat

Mon dernier poste est sur le page avant (peut etre deux). Cherche le poisson !
*My last post is on the page before (perhaps 2). Look for the fish

En Caen ou je travaille pour le prochaine annee.
*in caen where I am working for the next year.

Mel

helen i do use a dictionary but before it was only a small one. i have not bought a larger one. it takes me a long time just translating a small paragraph since i am only beginning to learn french. your french is more advanced than mine. i have started to learn french formally. i am not know where near gcse or a level french.

kat

Quand j'ai commencer mon course francais a l'universite j'ai seulment ma GCSE et ca avoir 3 ans! Mais si to n'a pas de formation francais je comprende que c'est difficile ici. Mais pour bien apprendre le vocabulaire c'est meilleur de utilise un dictionnaire pour lire les postes francais et remplir les mots tu connait en francais dans tes postes!
*When I started my french course at uni I only had my GCSE and that was 3 years old! But if you don't have and french experience I understand that it's difficult here. But to learn the vocabulary well it's best to use a dictionary to read the french posts and fill in the words you know in french in your posts!

Mel