MadmoiZelle speaks English

[Sood]

Je pensais que c'était le sens de "state-managed".

Merci, je vais creuser dans ce sens là

 

[Glouns]

I try to speack english on my twitter but i'm so afraid by my speacking level.
My principal problem in english is my way of reading. I read since my 5years old (i red before my camarade in 6ième) and i read so fast (>_<). When i'm reading in french, i read like a tgv (says my teachers, ahah). And, in english, i don't have the patience to read more (less) slowly.
But my second problem is about gramar and conjuguaison (?). You can repeat, after and after the same code about "do" "did", grammar, etc...i don't "retenir' .
I watch english or american series in english with french subtitles, and i understand "la moitié", but i'm really frustrated to be so sad for learn an another language than french.

(oh god, je sens d'içi que ce que j'ai écris à le niveau d'un cm1, j'ai honte !)

Don't worry, le seul moyen d'améliorer ton anglais c'est de le pratiquer, et c'est ce que tu fais. Après, c'est sûr que le mieux, c'est de t'entraîner à l'oral avec des natifs et les structures viendront "toutes seules". As-tu des moyens de rencontrer des anglophones dans ta ville (à la fac par exemple) ?

 

[Ithurielle]

Eurgh, 5h de version de l'arabe à l'anglais, mon cerveau est mort, et j'ai même pas fini.

 

[Ithurielle]

Tu es anglophone d'origine ? (sinon c'est du thème)

Non, mais j'étudie en Angleterre, donc c'est plus ou moins de la version, vu que l'anglais fait office de français et que je ne passe jamais par le français pour traduire quoi que ce soit, version ou thème.

 

[Ithurielle]

Ok, je comprends. Tu fais quel parcours en ce moment ? (oh j'aurais adoré faire arabe en plus)

Russe et Arabe à l'université de Manchester, donc trois langues en un parcours, c'est top-moumoute

 

[Hello Brooklyn]

La Marquise

The more you practise (with your boyfriend or on Twitter for instance) , the more you get better . It takes time but you'll reach your goal don't worry

Watching series with french subtitles is very good too ! Personally i also search the lyrics of songs i like , and i try to sing (when nobody's home , of course ^^') on the rythm. It allows me to pronounce better . Then I read the translation of the lyrics and by this way, i learn new words or grammar constructions

 

[Ithurielle]

@La Marquise

The more you practise (with your boyfriend or on Twitter for instance) , the more you get better . It takes time but you'll reach your goal don't worry

Watching series with french subtitles is very good too ! Personally i also search the lyrics of songs i like , and i try to sing (when nobody's home , of course ^^') on the rythm. It allows me to pronounce better . Then I read the translation of the lyrics and by this way, i learn new words or grammar constructions

"the better you get" (Just replace the article you need by its comparative: "the darker it is, the less I can see", etc.)

 

[Ithurielle]

To the list of tests you can do to check how well you can understand English, listening to a deaf person is one that could definitely be added!

My Security Studies lecturer is profoundly deaf, yet she's managed to make herself audible to a whole lecture theatre, which I must say is an impressive feat!

I have my last lesson today, Russian translation, which sounds like it could be fun, we'll see how that goes. We had a social with the Russian Society, and it went brilliantly, tonight, I'm out with the Russian speakers, it's a bit more daunting!

 

[Ithurielle]

I want to ask my teacher if the subject that I've chosen for my research paper is "trop large" or "trop restreint", but I don't know how to say that.
Too large/wide subject?
and too limited/small subject?

thank you for your help!

Wide sounds fine, I'd probably use "restrictive" for "restreint"

 

[miss-ter]

Comment traduiriez vous "my little bearkin"? Je ne trouve aucune définition pour ce mot! Il s'agit des retrouvailles d'un couple, le mec dit ça à la nana et je bloque sur la traduction... Y a-t-il un terme affectueux en français qui y ressemblerait? C'est un dérivé d'ours, j'imagine...

 

[miss-ter]

Oui, certaine : je traduis les sous-titres d'un film, j'ai donc le mot sous les yeux. Il revient d'ailleurs ensuite. Et je ne parle pas la langue d'origine du film, donc pas moyen de savoir à quoi ça correspond. Tant pis, je mettrai un truc comme "ma petite chérie", puisqu'il semble que le précédent traducteur se soit fait plaisir! Merci :small:

 

[Afar]

Russe et Arabe à l'université de Manchester, donc trois langues en un parcours, c'est top-moumoute

Oh my God I'm your fan ! lol
What kind of studies are you doing ? I feel so stupid beside you.. (I'm only studying english spanish and of course french... you're studying the two languages that I'd love to learn for my future job but I know i'ts IMPOSSIBLE ) and How did you get the opportunity to go in Manchester?
And what would you like to do -as a job- in the future?
Oh and last question, I SWEAR! Were you a beginner in these languages or... ?