Where can I go for 2 to 4 weeks this summer to learn French that includes housing? Immersion programs would be perfect.
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posted by thebrokenmuse
on Mar 26, 2008 -
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I'm staying with friends on the border between Switzerland and France for about six weeks this summer and would like to find a school that offers intensive French lessons. Ideally I would leave for France sometime in the beginning of June and stay until mid-July, though my dates are flexible. I speak intermediate level French now and would be willing to come into a course a little late, if necessary. Thanks!
posted by pkuras
on Mar 21, 2008 -
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I know there is a movie version of The Stranger (l'Etranger), where can I order it online?
Also, is it any good, if you've seen it?
posted by zenja72
on Mar 14, 2008 -
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I need some help finding French poems that meet some specific guidelines. I'm currently in my 5th year of high school French. I'm going to a competition where I'll be reciting some memorized poetry, but I haven't had much luck finding anything good to memorize. I need some suggestions of French poems that are *good*, fairly long but not too long, and use moderately advanced vocabulary. I've looked, but I need some guidance from people who know more about this than me.
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posted by MadamM
on Mar 13, 2008 -
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Help me truly cite this Antoine de Saint Exupery quote: "A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
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posted by josh.ev9
on Mar 13, 2008 -
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I am looking for an old, black and white photo (circa early 1900s?) of some French bicycle racers, some with cigarettes dangling from their mouths.
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posted by everichon
on Feb 14, 2008 -
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Martha Stewart prepared a soup base using only carrots, celery and onion and then she said there was a French phrase for this method but I couldn't catch it.
posted by cda
on Feb 1, 2008 -
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"He's a dirty jade!" "Go ahead and sleep with him you dirty jade!" This insult was used repeatedly in the Zola book I was reading last night. When I searched for it this morning, Google returned results for other uses in at least three other Zola novels. What does it refer to? (As the more inside explains, I think it's actually an English-language insult, as the original contains something else.)
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posted by OmieWise
on Jan 15, 2008 -
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Can someone provide me with the original French language version of Albert Camus's essay "Return to Tipasa"? Preferably an online version, because time is off the essence and I won't be able to wait to order a paper copy from somewhere.
posted by Vic Morrow's Personal Vietnam
on Dec 24, 2007 -
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How do I search French ebay effectively for lots of used French childrens clothing?
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posted by taff
on Dec 18, 2007 -
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Help me help a TEACHER!
I have a friend who has 25 years experience teaching French and German in a private school. She's a talented and extremely hard-working teacher, but receives little support, compensation (low-pay), and respect from the school's all male administrators. She feels very stuck-- and unable to change her situation. If she switched over to public schools, she'd likely have to start over, in terms of retirement years put in.
And, like most teachers, she takes a LOT of work home-- and puts in 8-12 hours every weekend grading papers and even offering free tutoring. All of this is NOT compensated. She does it because she's diligent and loves her kids.
I've been trying to convince her that her skills are VALUABLE and the PRIVATE SECTOR would love to have her language skills.
AM I WRONG? Are there jobs in the corporate / non-profit / NGO fields which could use her French / German teaching / translation skills?
I thank you and she'll thank you-- if we can help her get out of a dead-end job!
posted by iam2bz2p
on Dec 10, 2007 -
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I'm looking for a French grammar-for-francophones blog. I remember it was written by one or more editors attached to a newspaper. It was very much focused on common mistakes and missteps that francophones make while speaking French. Anyone know what I'm talking about, or that can point me to similar blogs?
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posted by flibbertigibbet
on Dec 9, 2007 -
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Francofilter (part 1): I would like to start listening to French music. Can you recommend places online to find good, (legally) free music with French singing?
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posted by solotoro
on Dec 7, 2007 -
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I am looking for a specific poster, and any information about where I could find one would be greatly appreciated. It's a poster with colorful illustrations or photographs of equipment found in a radio station (mics, headphones, midis, volume control, etc.) and all the vocabulary is in French. I know such a thing may be impossible to find, but I need to try.
posted by comfortinsound
on Dec 6, 2007 -
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I'm looking for popular books, novels, magazines, comic books...in European French (not Canadian French). I'd also like to be able to easily order/purchase them from home (preferably from places like Amazon.com).
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posted by iamkimiam
on Dec 4, 2007 -
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How do you say the commonly used phrase "raison d’etre"? Anybody have a sound file I could listen to?
posted by survivorman
on Nov 26, 2007 -
33 answers
Can anyone direct me to information on/analyses of language politics in Algeria under the French?
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posted by anonymous78
on Nov 25, 2007 -
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I'm looking for comics, cartoons, and jokes that focus on Quebec-French vs France-French. Could you help me find some?
posted by mustcatchmooseandsquirrel
on Nov 20, 2007 -
6 answers
My wife and I want to move to Canada; Montreal, specifically. What do we need to know? (Currently living in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. of A.)
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posted by wmeredith
on Nov 8, 2007 -
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How do I get over my fear of speaking in public... in a foreign language? I can barely function when speaking in my second language, partially because of this fear.
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posted by flibbertigibbet
on Nov 6, 2007 -
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Does anyone have a suggestion for where to go in Montreal to improve my written French?
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posted by mikel
on Nov 1, 2007 -
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How do I found out about books, museums, exhibitions, and artifacts relating to Buddhism in Paris in the 1920s?
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posted by arcadia
on Oct 19, 2007 -
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What kinds of music are hip French 19 year-olds (or any hip people for that matter) listening to? Who are some popular artists?
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posted by baserunner73
on Oct 4, 2007 -
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Where can I find a copy of the play by René Fauchois that Jean Renoir's film
Boudou Saved From Drowning (
Boudu sauvé des eaux) is based on? Does an English translation exist?
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posted by StopMakingSense
on Sep 22, 2007 -
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I'm making a list of Cognate words within the Indo-European/Romance Languages and am looking for words to add to it.
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posted by complience
on Sep 19, 2007 -
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Ok, so my french isn't just bad -- it's nonexistant. Can anyone identify the singer and/or title of the song of which there is a snippet inside? If not the singer, can you give me the proper title, or spelling of some of the lyrics so I can google them and perhaps find the singer that way? I love the smooth sound of this clip and would love to find more. It's a great rumba! :)
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posted by jwhowa
on Sep 1, 2007 -
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Gimme your recommendations for children's books, in French (...the books, not your two cents, natch).
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posted by Mrs Hilksom
on Aug 27, 2007 -
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Getting married next week and need a French reading. We're bilingual but our ceremony is all in English. As acknowledgment of the French side of our culture (an as a concession to the French side of the family) we'd like to have a French reading as part of our ceremony. The only problem is that we don't know any appropriate French poetry or other nice words that could be read. The wedding's in a week and I'm starting to freak out a bit, although the worst thing that could happen is we skip the reading (deep breaths....)
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posted by JPDD
on Jul 21, 2007 -
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I'm looking for French films featuring American characters in France. The years I'm most interested in are between 1945 and around 1970, but if there's something more contemporary I'd be glad to know about it too. I've already looked at a bunch of Jean-Luc Godard's films; now I'm looking to branch out.
posted by BackwardsCity
on Jun 28, 2007 -
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I want to try every French pastry, over time, and be systematic about it. Walking into a big patisserie, we’re overwhelmed by choice, so before our next trip to France, I’d like to make up a life list. But I haven’t been able to find a complete list of pastries on the web nor in cookbooks. What resources am I overlooking? Let me know your own favorites, including regional specialties. Also, if you know any outstanding patisseries/boulangeries in Normandy or the Loire Valley, please share. My sweet tooth thanks you.
posted by sevenstars
on Jun 23, 2007 -
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I'm looking for some good resources - be they blogs or just websites about French politics. I'm lost!
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posted by tozturk
on Jun 10, 2007 -
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My wife and I want to spend about 6 months in France learning French intensively. Where should we go to study?
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posted by rongorongo
on May 24, 2007 -
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Can anyone help me get a copy of DragonDictate in German or French, or point me towards a discrete speech voice recognition program in either language that's currently on the market?
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posted by Soliloquy
on May 20, 2007 -
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I am trying to remember the of a SNES game I used to play that had been redone and was made available for PC. There was a post about it on me-fi about a year ago but I can't find it.
The premise was that your character was transproted to an alien word and you have to escape their prison and find out how to get home.
I have searched the following tags on me-fi: alien, game, games, videogames, and Nintendo. I remember the post mentioning that the creator was French so I even searched that and got nothing. I have searched other places with no luck.
All I need is the name of the game and I will be set.
posted by graham1881
on May 13, 2007 -
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I'm looking for good resources for upright bass DIY education—especially regarding bowing basics and other physical/form questions.
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posted by cortex
on May 4, 2007 -
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