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pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
May 21 2010 07:40 GMT
#1
I've decided that I want to learn French and I'm not going to tell any of you why because you'll laugh at me, but I can assure you that my effort is sincere and I have nothing but free time now that the semester is over.

As a result, can any of you recommend me good TV series to watch? I've found a series called Un, Dos, Tres which is actually a French-dubbed Spanish series, but I really like it and I want more shows like this, please.

Thank you, my darling French-speaking friends.

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minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
May 21 2010 07:46 GMT
#2
I'm sorry that, since I'm shamefully ignorant of French culture/pseudo-culture, I can't recommend you anything except Fantomas and Taxi (lol), however,


tell us why you want to learn it instead of just making it intriguing -.-
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
May 21 2010 07:47 GMT
#3
On May 21 2010 16:40 pubbanana wrote:
I'm not going to tell any of you why because you'll laugh at me

a girl ?
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
May 21 2010 07:59 GMT
#4
On May 21 2010 16:47 Boblion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2010 16:40 pubbanana wrote:
I'm not going to tell any of you why because you'll laugh at me

a girl ?


Yeah. Donc je peux dit comme ca.

I hope I said that correctly. T.T
Wachet, stehet im Glauben, seid männlich und seid stark.
vlaric
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States412 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 09:00:27
May 21 2010 08:16 GMT
#5
On May 21 2010 16:59 pubbanana wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2010 16:47 Boblion wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:40 pubbanana wrote:
I'm not going to tell any of you why because you'll laugh at me

a girl ?


Yeah. Donc je peux dit comme ca.

I hope I said that correctly. T.T


I think parler would be better in this case, however a native French person would be the better judge. You also conjugated dire incorrectly for this circumstance

"Donc je peux le parler comme elle." would be how I would structure it. Any French experts out there feel free to correct me.

To help yourself out, you should probably invest a few minutes into enabling the french keyboard setting so that you can start typing it as well.

Additionally, if you haven't already, you should buy some books/other learning resources in order to learn more about to language to augment the learning process, because IMO watching French television shows will only get you so far.

Bon courage, travaillez bien et vous reussirez.
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KarlSberg~
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
731 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 08:32:14
May 21 2010 08:28 GMT
#6
It depends on your current level and what style you are looking for.

If you like "Un, Dos, Tres" you can find tons of french teen soaps. In general they are absolutely dumb but still funny and enjoyable. They were produced by the hundred during the 90s, that's not so recent so I don't know if you can easily get them.

My favourites would be "Premiers baisers" and "Les filles d'à coté"
There are 01 kind of people who know binary. Those who understand little endian and those who don t.
PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 08:36:04
May 21 2010 08:32 GMT
#7
On May 21 2010 17:16 vlaric wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2010 16:59 pubbanana wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:47 Boblion wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:40 pubbanana wrote:
I'm not going to tell any of you why because you'll laugh at me

a girl ?


Yeah. Donc je peux dit comme ca.

I hope I said that correctly. T.T


I think parle would be better in this case, however a native French person would be the better judge. You also conjugated dire incorrectly for this circumstance

"Donc je peux le parler comme elle." would be how I would structure it. Any French experts out there feel free to correct me.


This is syntaxically correct but doesn't make much sense. This sentence would translate to "thus, I can speak it like her". I have no idea what pubbanana was trying to say here though. "So I can speak to her" would be "Pour que je puisse lui parler" or "Pour que je puisse parler avec elle".

edit: "so I can speak it (French) like her" => "pour que je puisse le parler comme elle".
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Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
May 21 2010 08:32 GMT
#8
"Plus belle la vie" xD
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
May 21 2010 08:34 GMT
#9
On May 21 2010 17:32 Boblion wrote:
"Plus belle la vie" xD


Oh please.

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Itachii
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Poland12466 Posts
May 21 2010 08:35 GMT
#10
I can just recommend webiste which basically has everything you need http://french.about.com/
amazing language, bonne chance!
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KarlSberg~
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
731 Posts
May 21 2010 08:39 GMT
#11
On May 21 2010 16:59 pubbanana wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2010 16:47 Boblion wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:40 pubbanana wrote:
I'm not going to tell any of you why because you'll laugh at me

a girl ?


Yeah.

I can't think of a better reason.
There are 01 kind of people who know binary. Those who understand little endian and those who don t.
vlaric
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States412 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 09:00:55
May 21 2010 08:56 GMT
#12
On May 21 2010 17:32 PoP wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2010 17:16 vlaric wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:59 pubbanana wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:47 Boblion wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:40 pubbanana wrote:
I'm not going to tell any of you why because you'll laugh at me

a girl ?


Yeah. Donc je peux dit comme ca.

I hope I said that correctly. T.T


I think parle would be better in this case, however a native French person would be the better judge. You also conjugated dire incorrectly for this circumstance

"Donc je peux le parler comme elle." would be how I would structure it. Any French experts out there feel free to correct me.


This is syntaxically correct but doesn't make much sense. This sentence would translate to "thus, I can speak it like her". I have no idea what pubbanana was trying to say here though. "So I can speak to her" would be "Pour que je puisse lui parler" or "Pour que je puisse parler avec elle".

edit: "so I can speak it (French) like her" => "pour que je puisse le parler comme elle".


Thank you, appreciate your assistance. Could he have also said "Je veux parler français comme elle"?
Wannabe zerg player
PoP
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
France15446 Posts
May 21 2010 09:19 GMT
#13
On May 21 2010 17:56 vlaric wrote:
Thank you, appreciate your assistance. Could he have also said "Je veux parler français comme elle"?


Yep.
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KarlSberg~
Profile Blog Joined September 2003
731 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 09:28:36
May 21 2010 09:28 GMT
#14
EDIT : Misread...
There are 01 kind of people who know binary. Those who understand little endian and those who don t.
eSen1a
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia1058 Posts
May 21 2010 09:41 GMT
#15
thats keeeeeeeeen
good luck with it :D
Kanin
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
75 Posts
May 21 2010 10:23 GMT
#16
I strongly recommend the Assimil series. It is by far and away the best course for learning French (and German as well, can't comment on the Spanish one)

If you do it properly, it should get you to a decent standard (proper conversations, not 1 liners about ordering pizza) with a few months study and then it's a case of reading books/newspapers etc to pick up all the extra vocabulary.

Get the pronunciation down first though, or you'll end up reading everything wrong so when you do eventually start speaking it'll be very difficult to break your habits.

And finally, the older Assimil versions do tend to be better than the newer ones, although some of the colloquialisms will be out of date. That's not to say the new ones aren't good though, on the contrary, they're amazing.

Good luck
*squeak* ^-^
EPO
Profile Joined August 2009
Canada341 Posts
May 21 2010 11:29 GMT
#17
On May 21 2010 17:39 KarlSberg~ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 21 2010 16:59 pubbanana wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:47 Boblion wrote:
On May 21 2010 16:40 pubbanana wrote:
I'm not going to tell any of you why because you'll laugh at me

a girl ?


Yeah.

I can't think of a better reason.

lol yeah... why would he try to hide that.
Tyrran
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
France777 Posts
May 21 2010 11:46 GMT
#18
Unfortunately there are not many good french TV seris, but you migth want to try out "Clara Sheller"

And also :

On May 21 2010 19:23 Kanin wrote:
Get the pronunciation down first though, or you'll end up reading everything wrong so when you do eventually start speaking it'll be very difficult to break your habits.


If it's for a girl, dont.

Most french people find it cute when you have a strong accent. ( Well, at least make sure that you are understandable :p ). But other than that I agree that the Assimil series are great for learning another language
Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.
bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
May 21 2010 11:46 GMT
#19
If you aern't too pained in doing so, you could try to watch some normal shows, but in French aka. CSI [where-ever] , dubbed in French

Oh, and you might want to read some Baudelaire (Les Fleurs du Mal) if you're thinking of ever performing (for the love of God please search for a recording to hear how its pronounced so you don't sound like a neanderthal).
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MGreeN
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
France50 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 12:15:41
May 21 2010 12:15 GMT
#20
Besides watching TV series and learning by reading books, the best way to learn french easily (or any other language) is to look out for a pen friend to talk with daily
Aylear
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Norway3988 Posts
May 21 2010 14:36 GMT
#21
Les mondes engloutis. Known in English as Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, and in Norway as Shagma.. I guarantee you you'll never get those songs out of your head.

Damn epic family shows.
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Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 14:46:02
May 21 2010 14:41 GMT
#22
http://www.tetesaclaques.tv/le_willi_waller_vid30

It's a special kind of french canadien humour. You probably don't want to speak this kind of french XD
tarpman
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada720 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 15:55:30
May 21 2010 15:55 GMT
#23
I remember watching Café des Rêves in HS >.>



edit: in french class that is, not on my own time
Saving the world, one kilobyte at a time.
pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
May 21 2010 17:01 GMT
#24
On May 21 2010 17:28 KarlSberg~ wrote:
It depends on your current level and what style you are looking for.

If you like "Un, Dos, Tres" you can find tons of french teen soaps. In general they are absolutely dumb but still funny and enjoyable. They were produced by the hundred during the 90s, that's not so recent so I don't know if you can easily get them.

My favourites would be "Premiers baisers" and "Les filles d'à coté"


Exactly, those teen soaps from the 90s - early 2000s would be optimal. They're way too dramatic, but what can I say, I love them.

Un, Dos, Tres is uploaded with full episodes on Google Video, if you can think of anymore shows I might be able to find there, please tell.

Also, thanks everyone for the advice so far. I do have quite a few books and I've read some of them already, but not just books for learning French, I also have some Albert Camus novels in the original French.

Wachet, stehet im Glauben, seid männlich und seid stark.
Flaccid
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
8887 Posts
May 21 2010 17:08 GMT
#25
Tintin.

The ground-breaking portrayal of the indigenous peoples of the Congo was particularly progressive.

[image loading]
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pubbanana
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3063 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-05-21 17:11:10
May 21 2010 17:09 GMT
#26
On May 22 2010 02:08 Flaccid wrote:
Tintin.

The ground-breaking portrayal of the indigenous peoples of the Congo was particularly progressive.

[image loading]


Oh, I love Tintin. I have all the books in English and you can find the cartoon here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Alxmir23

And also Asterix, that's another good one.
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