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Mar 07 2010 Sundaz

I can’t sleep at night...aww… This sounds a little bit crazy, but I am getting up at 3 am to study French.

Today, I learned nothing new; I spent my time revising my past lessons. I found something that may cause problem in the future when I am writing the date of today’s session. That’s the number of 31, trente et un. Originally, 21 (vingt-un) is read as ‘twenty one’ (this is kind of obvious ). But why the 31 is pronounced as ‘thirty and one’. Is it a difference between different sources or it’s just the truth? I will find it out later.

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Mar 06 2010 Saturday

The medicines make me dizzy. I need better ones.

J’ai très mal à la gorge.

I’ve got a really sore throat.

Il faut de les comprimés.

I need tablets (lozenges).

Key words:

J’ai mal à... – My ... hurts

La gorge – throat

La capsule - capsule

Le désinfectant – disinfectant

Vous avez…? – Do you have ... ?

La t^ete – head

Le ventre – stomach

If I am also having a trouble with my stomach, then I should ask the chemist:

J’ai mal à le ventre. Vous avez quelque chose pour ça ?

My stomach hurts. Do you have anything for that?

Despite I spent more (1.5 hours) on today’s session, I am content with what I’ve learned. It’s always fun to discover and learn.

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Mar 05 2010 Friday

As Alice is feeling better, I felt sick. I can’t stop blaming the weather for constantly changing. Well, at least I have to know some basic vocabs before I start murmuring at the weather.

Sun – un soleil

Wind – un vent

Rain – une pluie

Snow – une neige

Hail – une grèle

Ice – une glace

Thunderstorm, - un orage

Fog – un brouillard

Cloud – un nuage

Sky – un ciel

Time to get some rest. On est mieux lit alors! ( we’re better off in bed)

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Mar 04 2010 Thursday

Today I learned how to order food… Finally, I learned something that I can actually depend on it. Although the wording is simple and the sentence is not complicated at all, I find today’s session very important. My life depends on it if I ever set food in France. Here is a list of new and essential new vocabs or phrases:

Le plat du jour – the dish of the day

L’addition, s’il vous pla – the bill, please

Vous avez choisi ?(asked by the waiter) - Are you ready to order?

Pour une personne - For one

Une carafe d’eau - a jug of water

Un pot de vin - a small bottle of vine

I am very sleepy when I am go through this session. I don’t think I can remember all the new phrases today, but at least I can recognize the words or word sequences and tell the meaning. One step at a time, I will finish them all in time.

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Mar 03 2010 Wednesday

Today I continued to follow French steps on starting a conversation. Today’s session is very ‘practical’ as the host demonstrated how to start a conversation with a total stranger. He starts with

1. asked for something

2. flattering

3. Ask some more questions

4. To be friendly, offer s/he a drink

This sequence gave me a pretty good introduction to what the French are talking in pubs and coffee shops. If such conversation happens in Hong Kong, people would probably go away. Are the French generally nicer or they are just being polite? Hmm…I will find it out.

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Mar 02 2010 Tuesday

Today I learned how to say what I do. The sentences are a bit long and more difficult to read. Since the recording was going so fast, I repeated the following sentence 8 times to get a clear pronunciation:

Oui, je suis réceptionniste dans cet hôtel.

Yes, I'm a receptionist in this hotel.

Besides, I’ve learned a very useful question:

Vous parlez anglais ?
Do you speak English?

Today’s study is still unproductive but not tiresome. I will do some revision in the coming days.

Apprendre le Français est intéressant!

Learning French is interesting!

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Mar 01 2010 Monday

I followed the French Steps on the topic of family. It involves some basic salutations and also talks about age.

Tu as quel âge ? - How old are you?

J'ai trente ans - I'm thirty years old

When doing introduction :

Voici Jean. - This is Jean.

Je te présente John ? - May I introduce John ?

New phrases :

Bon anniversaire – Happy Birthday

Elle est mignonne. – She is cute

Today’s learning is not hard at all, except my sleepy condition. The vocabs about family learned today is not enough, I learned more in here:

Les members de la famille

I was not able to finish the whole chart, as it is too complicated therefore difficult for me to finish under such an unproductive condition of mine.