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  • 01-05-2005 12:52pm
    #1
    lateasever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 180 ✭✭



    ok heres what i need. how the hell do you write a short story in french.
    its supposed to be around 300 words. i cant put a sentence together. what the hell can i do?
    i cant even find general essay type phrases on the net that i could throw in.
    help.


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    DrIndy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭DrIndy


    Why don't you write about someone who has thought block for writing a short story? :D

    All you need is something to get your brain started and once that is overcome, the story spills out!

    The first sentence is always the hardest.....


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    #3
    lateasever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 180 ✭✭lateasever


    no you see they start you off with some crap intro, and then you have to continue. i just have no french vocab and cant write anything above a damn basic french sentence


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    Kevin_rc_ie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Kevin_rc_ie


    will somebody just write the kid a story in french.


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    #5
    DrIndy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭DrIndy


    I would, but am really rusty at french.......

    Come on folks - this person also posted on UCD board and we need to beat them to helping out first!!! :D


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    bonzai bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 535 ✭✭✭bonzai bob


    lateasever wrote:
    what the hell can i do?
    .

    Probably shouldn't have done french in Trinity!! heh heh ;)


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    #7
    ApeXaviour
    Registered Users Posts: 5,523 ✭✭✭ApeXaviour


    Moved from Trinity forum to Français (French)..


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    #8
    embraer170
    Registered Users Posts: 2,434 ✭✭✭embraer170


    Is this LC or college?


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    snappieT
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    *Cough* http://www.google.ie/language_tools?hl=en

    Sorted.

    Just check your grammar, sometimes it goes a bit crazy. Good idea to translate back to english and make sure everything is solid.

    ~snapscan


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    #10
    embraer170
    Registered Users Posts: 2,434 ✭✭✭embraer170


    I really don't think that is much use. Though it may seem ok to you, a native standard speaker will easily pick up something machine translated.


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    #11
    Caixa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭Caixa


    Write the thing in English, and then translate it across into French.


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    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,472 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    You could start by giving us the intro you have to use.


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