tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post7342628593990181922..comments2024-03-27T23:17:01.193-07:00Comments on A corner of France: Bonjour Line, et merciMark In Mayennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-73173695960343613162020-04-03T14:41:09.123-07:002020-04-03T14:41:09.123-07:00I identify with this completely. My 3rd year Junio...I identify with this completely. My 3rd year Junior (now year 5) teacher was very keen on teaching French and used Bonjour Line. Sadly this wasn't followed through the following year and my Comprehensive School used an old fashioned techincal book method from the 1st year and were dismissive about the work some of us had done on audio-visual courses. I studied to 'O' Level, but didn't do well. And yet, when we visit France, I find myself more able to communicate than I would expect.Dusty DCMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12829786833485417191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-21467782835912905122019-06-09T13:04:58.452-07:002019-06-09T13:04:58.452-07:00Jeux de Questions with Line et le Professeur
Bonj...Jeux de Questions with Line et le Professeur<br /><br />Bonjour Line<br />Bonjour Monsieur<br /><br />Qu'est-ce que c'est?<br /><br />C'est un bonhomme<br /><br />Qu'est-ce que c'est<br /><br />C'est une boule<br />Q'uest-ce que c'est<br />c'est une carotte.<br /><br />Par terre qu'est ce qu'il y a?<br />Il y a de la neige.<br /><br />C'est très bien, Line, Merci<br />Au- revoir<br /><br />Junior School 1964 running in tandem with the adventures of Michel and Alice of which Line was questioned and as 10 yr old pupils we did role play. Still remembered by heart and a good foundation for the written French in the years ahead.toborobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-9265183470831351872012-03-29T00:11:53.907-07:002012-03-29T00:11:53.907-07:00Et pour les yeux? Il faut deux caillouxEt pour les yeux? Il faut deux caillouxMark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-43453907879509987492012-03-28T12:38:47.825-07:002012-03-28T12:38:47.825-07:00Yes, 'Bonjour Line' ... Le petit déjeuner ...Yes, 'Bonjour Line' ... Le petit déjeuner ... Le bonhomme de neige ... ! "Voici un carrot." - "Pourquoi faire ?" - "Pour faire le nez !"mikewhitnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-10812726728991292642012-01-29T08:39:42.723-08:002012-01-29T08:39:42.723-08:00J, I would strongly recommend the Tin-Tin series o...J, I would strongly recommend the Tin-Tin series of books. The story line might be aimed at kids but the dialogue is well-represented, and the plot just about holds adult attention. If you can discipline yourself to make sure you can translate every speech bubble into English, you will learn a lot. Asterix the Gaul is also good, but the wordplay can be a bit subtle: I miss a lot of it.Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-81714992703393652772012-01-29T07:38:37.515-08:002012-01-29T07:38:37.515-08:00Towards the end of my third year of high school I ...Towards the end of my third year of high school I broke a bone in my right hand by hitting another boy (amicably, I like to think) on the head in some dormitory horseplay. Having missed the exam to decide our sets, one of the French teachers collared me in a corridor one Saturday morning a week or two later, sat me down in a classroom and presented me with a pen and the test paper. So I failed to make the grade and spent two frustrating years at the top of the CSE class where we only learned the present and perfect tenses. A few years ago I took Spanish GCSE just for fun but my first love was French. Adult ed beckon, methinks. Or at least some French comics and a dictionary.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10412300721454784537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-29816896979183608862012-01-28T12:29:50.161-08:002012-01-28T12:29:50.161-08:00I'm glad you can still remember, Tim!
I did...I'm glad you can still remember, Tim! <br /><br />I didn't realise that Cosa Rican Spanish is different, but then I suppose it probably would be. I'll be interested to know if you found anything...Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-40172506479242357482012-01-28T06:17:33.296-08:002012-01-28T06:17:33.296-08:00I'm going to have to look for something simila...I'm going to have to look for something similar for Costa Rican Spanish...My husband speaks Spanish Spanish which really confuses people...the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130463693430089737.post-44406616365384394852012-01-28T01:36:13.402-08:002012-01-28T01:36:13.402-08:00We had a fierce, petite French (really French) mis...We had a fierce, petite French (really French) mistress, and I started learning at 8 as well. I can still write out the pluperfect of avoir! How strange, then, to be on a train in France and the only word I could think of for "good morning" was "beaujourdoi"!Tim Trentnoreply@blogger.com