I知 sitting in the school cafeteria
Apr 3rd, 2018, 02:23 AM
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I知 sitting in the school cafeteria
First day of school! Alliance Fran軋is. Just call me Madam Toujours en Avance. I got my student ID card and bought my books. I even sprouted a pimple in honor of this new beginning.
I took me an hour to get here on two buses but I passed the Grands Magazins, Palais Garnier, the Louvre, D丹rsay, les Deux Magots... bus 95.
wish me Bon Chance!
I took me an hour to get here on two buses but I passed the Grands Magazins, Palais Garnier, the Louvre, D丹rsay, les Deux Magots... bus 95.
wish me Bon Chance!
Apr 3rd, 2018, 06:02 AM
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"Just curious, why bus instead of Metro?"
Not answering for Belinda, but in my case I always take the bus when it's an option over the subway (and time allows). So much more to see above ground and in Belinda's case, in Paris especially!
Good luck, Belinda!
Not answering for Belinda, but in my case I always take the bus when it's an option over the subway (and time allows). So much more to see above ground and in Belinda's case, in Paris especially!
Good luck, Belinda!
Apr 3rd, 2018, 08:45 AM
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Which is precisely why I will never be fluent. I don't think (at my advanced age) I'll ever get the masculine and feminine straight. Just like I'll never get the use of etre or avoir for passe compose straight. There doesn't seem to be an obvious rhyme or reason.
As for the bus, I may need to rethink that. It took me two hours to get home today! There traffic was a nightmare and everything was rerouted around Gare Saint Lazare. Looking at google maps right now, everything is red. I've never seen a bus do so many U-turns! But normally I prefer the bus because I hate being underground and don't like the metro.
I don't think this post was wrong being in the lounge because it's not useful to people doing searches on Paris (unless they plan to stay for quite a long time) and because I was posting it for people who have asked me to share some of my experiences in my new life here in Paris.
As for the bus, I may need to rethink that. It took me two hours to get home today! There traffic was a nightmare and everything was rerouted around Gare Saint Lazare. Looking at google maps right now, everything is red. I've never seen a bus do so many U-turns! But normally I prefer the bus because I hate being underground and don't like the metro.
I don't think this post was wrong being in the lounge because it's not useful to people doing searches on Paris (unless they plan to stay for quite a long time) and because I was posting it for people who have asked me to share some of my experiences in my new life here in Paris.
Apr 3rd, 2018, 09:32 AM
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And unless you're planning to teach French at the Sorbonne, there's no reason you need to get those things straight at this point in your life. Just enjoy the class and the progress that you make, however much or little it may be. If a French person criticizes your use of "their" language, you can just smile sweetly and ask, "So how's that provincialism working for you?"
Apr 3rd, 2018, 10:21 AM
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Moderator 3~~~ Why is this moved to the Europe forum?
It's a Lounge thread. People in the Lounge are waiting to hear & following (have been following all along) Belinda's move to Paris. It's not your usual Paris trip report.
It's a Lounge thread. People in the Lounge are waiting to hear & following (have been following all along) Belinda's move to Paris. It's not your usual Paris trip report.
Apr 3rd, 2018, 12:35 PM
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Which is precisely why I will never be fluent. I don't think (at my advanced age) I'll ever get the masculine and feminine straight. Just like I'll never get the use of etre or avoir for passe compose straight. There doesn't seem to be an obvious rhyme or reason.>>
nor me, Belinda. My last fortnight at an italian language school was more or less entirely taken up with lessons on the congiunctivo [subjunctive]. People keep trying to persuade me that it's essential if I want to sound like a well-educated italian but I'm not convinced that's that important to me, TBH. I just want to be able to talk to people. But here's a tip for knowing when verbs take etre or avoir [which I believe applies in French just as it does in Italian, Spanish and German for that matter] - if they can be followed by a direct object it's avoir, if they can't it's etre. For example - "I went to the shops" needs etre as the verb aller cannot have a direct object. But "I gave the book to Jean" would take avoir because the verb "donner" can have an object which is the book. much easier than thinking of verbs of movement or position or however else they have tried to explain it.
I hope you enjoy the school anyway - I've found them great for making friends as well as language learning.
nor me, Belinda. My last fortnight at an italian language school was more or less entirely taken up with lessons on the congiunctivo [subjunctive]. People keep trying to persuade me that it's essential if I want to sound like a well-educated italian but I'm not convinced that's that important to me, TBH. I just want to be able to talk to people. But here's a tip for knowing when verbs take etre or avoir [which I believe applies in French just as it does in Italian, Spanish and German for that matter] - if they can be followed by a direct object it's avoir, if they can't it's etre. For example - "I went to the shops" needs etre as the verb aller cannot have a direct object. But "I gave the book to Jean" would take avoir because the verb "donner" can have an object which is the book. much easier than thinking of verbs of movement or position or however else they have tried to explain it.
I hope you enjoy the school anyway - I've found them great for making friends as well as language learning.
