MadmoiZelle speaks English

[Astyana]

@Gringo The welsh accent comes from Wales, the small country in the United Kingdom, near England to the west. Sorry if my english is not good, I have some difficulties to express myself in this language

 

[lele3383]

Hello, girls!
You can ask me any questions on this topic, I would love to help you with improving your level

 

[Amalgamz]

Hello girls! I'm planning to go on Erasmus next year, at Liverpool (i'm keeping my fingers crossed!) . But that means that I have to improve my English... So, here I am! I saw that you were talking about accents, and I must confess, I'm crazy about English and Scottish accents (David Tennant ).

 

[Léona B.]

Hi girls
(it is so weird to speak in English)

One of the student I'm tuoring asked me a few words last night when we wet, and I would need some advices.

We talked about Back to the future (the film) and I couldn't find a translation for "machine à remonter le temps" which is ... time machine. Same thing with "braquer" ... a hold-up !
I forgot "une heure de colle" was an hour's detention andd I didn't know "le code" was the highway code. I love this tutoring class, I always learn something

My questions: last night, I was wondering if in english we would rather use "panda" or "panda bear" and I found the 2 answers this morning on the internet. Another question: would you rather use "rescuer" or "first-aid worker" to explain you've done a training ?

By the way, I was quite proud of him. His english improved so well even if we haven't seen each other in about a month. He worked by himself and could understand me when I asked questions, I was pretty amazed. He doesn't hesitate as much as the last time, it's starting to be fluent

Thank you all and have a good day

 

[Bythesea]

Hi girls! I don't know what I could talk about, but I would say that I really need to read, write and talk more in English because I'm loosing it, little by little!! That's quite scary! So thank you for creating this topic

 

[olaflor]

I'm loosing it, little by little!!

si tu veux dire perdre c'est losing avec un seul "o". Loose veut dire lâche, desserré

 

[*DandelioOn*]

Hi everyone ! I live in London since one year but still not very fluent in english. Hope I'll better improve this language with you than with english guys on Tinder

 

[Gwennig]

Hello !
I'm new on this topic and I really need to improve my english, I think that this discussion could be a really good way to learn new things I didn't spoke (?) english since two years and now I have to read an article quite complicated with technical vocabulary for my studies. I'm sad to see how hard is it for me, whereas I had a pretty good level two years ago.
Also, I have a really bad accent and I don't know how to improve it ! Any idea ? I always watch my series and movies in vostfr but it doesn't change anything ..

Thank you,
kiss kiss

 

[Allons-y]

@Gwennig I would advise removing the subtitles from your movies, I truly improved once I started trying to understand everything by myself =)
As for your accent, mine is pretty bad as well (my canadian roommates tease me a lot) so I can't really help. As long as it doesn't keep you from communicating (some words' meaning can change drastically because of some pronunciation mishap, some others are just cuter/funnier with a French accent), I don't think it's that big of a deal tho.

 

[Gwennig]

@Allons-y Thanks for your advise, I will try without subtitle then. Maybe I should begin with Disney in order to understand everything ahah !

 

[lele3383]

@lele3383 Hello nice to meet you I don't know what to talk about...
I speak English rarely since I am graduated from school, i would love practice my English there
I saw The Suffragettes in English recently. I am not used to hear...British accent (?) so i looked often the subtitles during the film

Nice to meet you as well You already speak well
The secret is to try to practice more or at least constantly

 

[Allons-y]

@nerprun Perso' j'aurais mis
"I've been living in London since last year" & "I haven't spoken English for two years"
Je saurais pas l'expliquer par contre, je connais pas les noms des temps ... Donc c'est peut-être bien du present perfect