est-ce que tu fait francais pour le leaving cert?

geo

est-ce que tu fait francais pour le leaving cert??

phreak

oui. je fais Français.

Je ferai le leaving cert cette année!

Dun

Grace à Dieu, je l'ai déjà fait! [shameless brag]J'ai été le seul de recevoir un 'A' dans notre classe - et le premier dans l'histoire de l'école de recevoir un 'A' en espagnole (honours) [/shameless brag]

What level are you doing? Keep an eye out for events in current affairs, as the paper is being written around this time AFAIK. Obtain copies of a couple of articles of relevance, say a couple international and a couple about things going on in France. Even if they don't come up it really helps you get into reading French.
Of course, number one rule in comprehension exercises is that you should try and get the gist before getting bogged down in any details. In most cases the questions end up being arranged so that knowing what certain paragraphs mean isn't necessary.

phaxx

Je fais Français, mais je suis nul.

Dun

Originally posted by phaxx
Je fais Français, mais je suis nul.

C'est seulement de la pratique qui est nécessaire en réalité. Un peu d'engagement (commitment) et une demie-heure (au dehors des devoirs ) deux ou trois fois par semaine peuvent faire des miracles. Il y a ceux qui font les cours de français pour parler (assez courrament) le français, mais la plupart veut seulement (et ce n'est pas mal) réussir au Leaving Cert.

phaxx

Was asked my name in class once, misheard it and replied "Je suis nul!", thinking I was being asked how I was. (was a monday morning :P) I didn't see the funny side of it for a few minutes afterwards and I was there laughing like a complete moron for a minute while everyone looked at me.

Dun

Hehe - I was in France for a while, going round saying "Merci Beaucoup", but prouncing it beau - ku (like the 'u' in tu). Sounded like i was saying "Beau Cul" which would mean "Thanks, Nice Ass". A French girl thanked me for the compliment before putting me right!

Explains why the local baker used to give me a big smile and was grumpy to everyone else.

[Edited]for spelling [/Edited]

pickarooney

Eeh, "queue" is actually "cock" in French. Did Mr. Boulanger throw in a few sausage rolls and give you the glad eye? And the town tranny caught your eye?

Dun

Silly me - an almost synonym. I meant 'cul' :rolleyes:

And it was Madame la Boulangère.

CYC

Tu as raison pickarooney, queue est un synonyme de pénis, également de bite ou pine ou quéquette. Dans le cas de dun_do_bheal le derrière d'une personne peut-etre appelé vulguairement le cul (prononcé sans le L).

Une faute bien marrante
dun_do_bheal! hehehe

CYC

Incroyable, dun_do_bheal tu as écris ton message plus vite que le mien ahah

Dun

Vive la vitesse

pickarooney

Well, as long as you weren't communicating with the aid of post-its, you were probably safe enough

Pourvu que tu n'avais pas laissé ta baguette ouverte.

Dun

lol - je ne crois pas

Sev

Cet forum n'est pas tres actif quel dommage.
J'ai besoin de quelque'un a m'apprendre comment on utilise les mots "auxquel" et "duquel".

Dun

Donc, c'est a toi de créer un nouvel sujet (thread) avec le titre "Usage of auquel/duquel" ou bien "Comment utiliser «duquel» et «auquel»"

Je reponderai demain quand je peux (si personne n'a répondu déjà) - maintenant c'est l'heure de m'encoucher (en fait, il y a une heure et demi a été cette heure :rolleyes: )

androphobic

Hey

Je vais écrire en anglais parce que les pronoms ne sont pas facile de comprendre!

Here's what i know about "auquel" and "duquel", etc.:

They are types of relative pronouns like "que" and qui"-

eg1: Ma soeur, qui sappelle Ciara, est...


However, if you have to also use a preposition such as "à" or "de" or "sans" or "avec" (etc, etc, etc), you can't always use "qui" and "que" and this is where "lequel" and "laquelle" come into play.

"Lequel" is masculine
"Laquelle" is feminine
"Lesquels" is plural

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with the preposition "à" :

"Auquel" is masculine (à lequel = auquel)
"à laquelle" is feminine
"Auxquels" is plural (aux lequels = auxquels)

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with the preposition "de" :

"Duquel" is masculine (de lequel = duquel)
"de laquelle" is feminine
"Desquels" is plural (des lesquels = desquels)

(Note: here you can also use "dont" instead of "duquel" and "de laquelle").


eg2: Ma soeur, à laquelle vous téléphonez, est...

or: Ma soeur, à qui vous téléphonez, est...

[The verb "telephoner" is used with the preposition à - telephoner à quelqu'un].

However, in the case above, you can use "a qui" OR "à laquelle" as "ma soeur" is a person. With objects, you can only use "lequel"/"laquelle"/etc.


eg3: La classe, de laquelle vous parlez, est...

As I'm sure you know, the verb "parler" is used as "parler de" - i.e. to talk ABOUT something. So here, we use "de laquelle".

"La classe, de qui (or de que) vous parlez..." is WRONG as "la classe" is not a person.


Hope I've cleared this up a bit and haven't insulted your intelligence in any way - wasn't sure what exactly you knew and didn't know.

I'd be glad to clarify anything that's not completely clear - also, I take no responsibility for any mistakes.. I study french but I'm not fluent:) But as far as I know what I've written is grammatically correct.

Bonne chance!

-andro

Dun

(off the hook - phew!)

pickarooney

AFAIK, you wouldn't use auquel/duquel in either situation.

Ma soeur, à qui vous avez téléphoné.
La classe dont vous parlez.

"La classe à laquelle vous avez assisté", wouldl probably work though.

"La voiture de laquelle est descendue", also, maybe??

I think the distinction is between de meaning of and de meaning from.

domeara01

la forum. cest pour les francais dans la bac nos cest pour Francais utilizers le boards?

androphobic

"à laquelle" can be used instead of "à qui"

"dont" can be used instead of "duquel/ de laquelle"


they're just random examples used to illustrate the point

Samba

Wesh le man,


Il faut vraitment avoir la peche pour cettes exams

You can use that phrase in your oral j'ai la peche!
There is a very good chance the examiner will never have heard it but if they take marks off you sue the state!

It means I am peachy (just in case)

The examiner should be well impressed

Bonne chance le gas.


If anyones accent needs some polishing up dont hesitate to ask

lili

cool!
i'm impressed by your french.
well, for duquel and auquel and all those stuff. it's only a repetition of a word already said.
example :
le paragraphe auquel je faisais référence.
le paragraphe au sujet duquel je faisais référence.
le paragraphe dont je t'ai parlé.
l'heure à laquelle je t'ai réveillé.