samedi 11 février 2012

Mr 73 - available online until 26 February 2012

For those in Australia at least the film 'Mr 73' is available online via SBS on demand until 26 February 2012.  I am unable to confirm if available to view from France and New Zealand.

Film synopsis: The discredited and alcoholic Detective Schneider, a washed-up Marseilles cop, earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents. Directed by Olivier Marchal and stars Daniel Auteuil, Olivia Bonamy and Catherine Marchal.

You can view the film trailer before deciding if you would like to watch the entire film:


Mr 73 online via SBS on demand: Mr 73

mercredi 8 février 2012

Comment ouvrir une bouteille de vin avec une chaussure

Some practical advice for that emergency situation when you have wine but no corkscrew. Not sure that this situation would arise in France. What self-respecting French woman or man would be without a corkscrew?


Faites votre propre chemin dans la vie

The images in this slideshow have been created by Erik Johannson, a very talented Swedish photographer.  Citations have been added to them, making them even more memorable and special.  Amusez-vous !  

lundi 6 février 2012

10 fundamentals of learning - Les 10 fondements de l'apprentissage

Thanks to Ruth from New Zealand for having shared this informative slideshow.  Although general in nature, I found it useful to reflect on my own learning of French.

Merci à Ruth de la Nouvelle-Zélande d'avoir partagé ce diaporama riche en enseignements. Bien qu'il parle en termes généraux, je le trouve très utile pour m'aider à apprendre le français.


Merci à Fraussie (Aussie in France) d'avoir corrigé mon français.

dimanche 5 février 2012

Homographes et homophones français


Un grand merci à Ghislaine de Nouvelle-Calédonie d'avoir partagé ces exemples.

En français : deux mots composés des mêmes lettres se prononcent toujours de la même façon !
En êtes vous bien sûr ?

Homographes non homophones
Voici quelques exemples d’homographes de prononciations différentes !
Sortant de l’abbaye où les poules du couvent couvent, je vis ces vis. Nous portions nos portions, lorsque mes fils ont cassé les fils. Je suis content qu'ils vous content cette histoire. Mon premier fils est de l’Est, il est fier et l’on peut s’y fier, ils n’ont pas un caractère violent et ne violent pas leurs promesses, leurs femmes se parent de fleurs pour leur parent. Elles ne se négligent pas, je suis plus négligent. Elles excellent à composer un excellent repas avec des poissons qui affluent de l’affluent. Il convient qu'elles convient leurs amis, elles expédient une lettre pour les inviter, c’est un bon expédient. Il serait bien que nous éditions cette histoire pour en réaliser de belles éditions.
Homographes homophones
Voyons aussi quelques exemples d’homographes de même prononciation !
Cette dame qui dame le sol. Je vais d'abord te dire qu'elle est d'abord agréable. A Calais, où je calais ma voiture, le mousse grattait la mousse de la coque. Le bruit dérangea une grue, elle alla se percher sur la grue. On ne badine pas avec une badine en mangeant des éclairs au chocolat à la lueur des éclairs. En découvrant le palais royal, il en eut le palais asséché, je ne pense pas qu'il faille relever la faille de mon raisonnement.
Homophones
Voici le meilleur exemple d’homophone (mot de sens différent mais de prononciation identique) !
Le ver allait vers le verre vert

jeudi 2 février 2012

Opéra de Paris - Palais Garnier

Palais Garnier, which was constructed between 1861 and 1875, is arguably one of the most beautiful places to visit in Paris. If you can't get there in person then you can do a virtual visit. The link provides access to various spectacular views which I highly recommend exploring. In addition to these virtual visits this 360° view gives you some idea of the beauty within this building.


Opera de Paris in Paris

I have done a guided tour of Palais Garnier in French and can recommend it to advanced level French language learners. Tours are also conducted in English but I do suggest reserving ahead of time if you don't want to risk disappointment and miss out.  Reservations can be done online or or by dropping in to their ticket office in the foyer when you are there.    

The great staircase, foyers, museum and auditorium (for artistic or technical reasons, it may not always be accessible) can be visited unaccompanied every day from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm with the exception of:
  • Sunday 4 March 2012
  • Friday 16 March 2012
  • Wednesday 21 March until 1 PM
  • Wednesday 11 April 2012
  • Tuesday 1 May 2012
  • Friday 25 May 2012
If you visit Palais Garnier your ticket entitles you to a reduction when visiting Musée d'Orsay, Musée Gustave Moreau and the Centre national du costume de scène. Conditions of course apply. SNCF (French train network) also has a number of deals which provide discounts on train tickets and event tickets.  Information on discounts

Opéra National de Paris - Palais Garnier
Place de l'Opéra,
75009 PARIS
www.operadeparis.fr


mercredi 1 février 2012

Paris: The unexplicable lure


What is it about Paris that captures our imaginations and takes hold of our hearts?  It would be easy to say I wish I knew, but truthfully I don't care too much if I don't know.  I am more than content that Paris takes over my being.  Analysing it won't change how I feel.

I smiled when I read the post 'The Heart Rules the Head' by Susan Ross Donohue. She eloquently captures my feelings and emotions about Paris.  She and I share the same sensation on arriving at Charles de Gaulle.

ABCs of Travel  - Greatest feeling while travelling: Flying into Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris.  I get very emotional. I feel that I am coming home in spite of never having lived in France although I am convinced that in another life I lived there. 

Mind you, n
othing very romantic or alluring about Aérogare 1.


Susan provides her list of 'comfort places' where she needs to get to as soon as she can upon arrival.  So it's not just me after all!  My list is not exactly the same as Susan's but it is interesting to see that there are quite a few common elements. I arrive at 6.00am after more than 22 hours of travelling but no rest for me. I need my Paris fix  and to reassure myself that everything is where it should be, and as it should be.  


Susan mentions thousands of others exhibiting this 'crazy behaviour'.  I am glad to know that I am not alone.  I have a circle of female friends who to varying degrees are under the Paris spell but I don't know of any men that have succumbed in the same way to the lure.  They must exist.  I am sure of it, even if they represent a small proportion of the Paris 'groupies'.


Whilst I am inextricably drawn to Paris, I still spend more of my time in France out of Paris than in Paris.  I am attracted not just by one region but by many.  So there it is.  I admit it.  I don't have just one French love, but many.  Each of them special.
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