#French
Anna, a young #Russian woman, arrived in France 22 years ago to follow a course in #French literature. She met the one who will become her future #husband, Bernard, and will definitely settle down in our beautiful country.
They have been married for about 20 years and she still loves her man so much. They live in a nice house, sheltered from prying eyes.
#Podcast number three this morning is #Goalhanger’s #TheRestIsPolitics with Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart. Is Angela Rayner more popular than Keir Starmer? What’s going on in #Poland, where support for #Ukraine seems to be waning? Why do the #French love #KingCharles? https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PpDzucE96TbYrNKTIRn4z?si=MrNulW40TCa91brapyGbgA #Spotify
#French 17th #Airborne Engineer Regiment receives first #Fardier light tactical vehicles https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_september_2023_global_security_army_industry/french_17th_airborne_engineer_regiment_receives_first_fardier_light_tactical_vehicles.html
https://twitter.com/ArmyRecognition/status/1707337251967971448
Original tweet : https://twitter.com/ArmyRecognition/status/1707365510755602875
Out today! A sampler of French classics sing by Barbara Papendorp, with special guest Seth Kibel on clarinet. Hear "Amuse-bouche" on all the streams and Bandcamp! https://barbaraetlesbonvivants.hearnow.com/amuse-bouche #jazz #french #frenchjazz #newrelease #newmusic
I can’t do the thing, I’ve got a cat on my lap.
Guess I’ll catch up on my French with Duo.
Mon chat tonkinois s'appelle Boudica. S'il vous plaît, taisez-vous, elle se repose confortablement.
#CatsOfMastodon #Procrastination #LivingWithCats #Tonkinese #RescueCat #AdoptDontShop #French #DuoLingo
And then finally (for real this time), "Étrange Mélange" by Claire Laffut. Lyrics that will tear your heart out over just gripping music and a reggaeton backbeat. Lovely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swm0hyL23YI&ab_channel=ClaireLaffutVEVO
#MusicWomenWednesday #music #musician #HipHop #francais #french
Wait! I forgot these songs! I listened to these songs ON REPEAT over and over and over again. For my non-Anglo speakers, I first present "quand j'entends les gens" by Melodie Lauret. The hardest part of this was selecting only one song by her. Moody. Atmospheric. Beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOlLl8jo7r0&ab_channel=MelodieLauretVEVO
#MusicWomenWednesday #music #musician #HipHop #BlackFedi #BlackMastodon #francais #french
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#French troops will soon leave Niger - what happens then?
Decisions made by Niger's ruling juntas will be crucial as to how Islamist extremism spreads.
Often, I want to Toot, but the exercice of translating my thoughs in english act as a filter, and I end up tooting sparsely.
Can I toot in #french?
Meine Französisch-Kentnisse benötigen Auffrischung! Und ich auch, darum Kaffee und Croissant. ☕🥐🎲🎲🎲🎲🎲
#ttrpg #pnpde #jdr #JeuDeRôle #polyglot #French #StarWars #GuerreDesÉtoiles #croissant
I think the English made a big mistake when they borrowed the word "disgorge" from the French.
Luckily, I'm not a lawyer, otherwise, I'd have a fit of giggles every time that word is used in court.
Mind the warning:
NOT FOR EASILY DISTURBED PEOPLE. IT IS PRETTY DISGUSTING! YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!
#English #French #disgorge #lawyer #law #court #giggles #disgusting
The Best French Movies of the 21st Century, from ‘Amélie’ to ‘Cache’
#IndieWire #Features #General #Amélie #CélineSciamma #French #HolyMotors #MichaelHaneke
https://www.indiewire.com/feature/best-french-movies-films-21st-century-so-far-1201848966/
#338 W.F.H. Whitmarsh - Simpler French Course for First Examinations. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd, London, 1965, 2nd edition, 12th impression. #WFHWhitmarsh #LongmansGreenAndCo #French #Languages #BookOfTheDay
@onthisday
248yrs later... Montreal is #French-speaking, #British forces remain in... Britain, and #America stretches from sea to shining sea thanks to countless treaties with numerous tribes that it's double crossed.
All the while, those aforementioned tribes are to be content on their small plots of land "gifted" to them by a people that never had any right to the tribe's original land in the first place.
Citroen 2 CV
#Citroen #Citroen2CV #France #French #ClassicCars #VintageCars #Cars
#French #artist Emeric Lhuisset recreates the famous painting “Cossacks Write a Letter to the Turkish Sultan” in a photo with Ukrainian military
The author said he had been working on the project for a year. The photo shows soldiers of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade. And in the center is Roman, a soldier from Zmiinyi Island who became the author of a catchphrase for Ukrainians: “Russian warship, go …”
#French family planning agency turns to British TV show Sex Education
Le Planning Familial says it is working with Netflix to promote its free sex education phone line.
🔴 President Emmanuel #Macron has said #France will withdraw its ambassador and end all military co-operation with #Niger following a coup
"France has decided to withdraw its ambassador. In the next hours our ambassador and several diplomats will return to France," Mr Macron said
He added that military co-operation was "over" and #French troops would leave in "the months to come"
A comic strip from 2017 by #French artist, Boulet. Of #Miyazaki's .... let call it a bit. Or running gag. Miyazaki has said that #TheBoyAndTheHeron would be his last movie. Recent news says he is, again, back with new ideas for a next #movie.
You can see more of Boulet's art at his site. Even some Eng comics. https://bouletcorp.com/
📻 Our first radio interview!
Thanks to Antoine for welcoming us to his show Mélotonie, on Radio M's, for two episodes. 🥰
(Note: in French 🇫🇷)
https://soundcloud.com/allflowers/sets/interview-sur-radio-ms
Hope you enjoy this adorable bulldog called "Bright Eyed Bridget", new to my dog collection! Happy Sunday:)
Can Be Purchased Here..https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/bright-eyed-bridget-tina-lecour.html
#dog #dogsofmastodon #dogs #animals #cute #mastoart #fediart #fedigiftshop #artbooster #creativetoots #art #artist #artwork #arte #buyintoart #ayearforart #wallart #artforsale #french
Watching some TV on holiday (subtitles on) helps refresh & progress our French 🇫🇷
Un dîner presque parfait is their version of the UK's Come Dine With Me but with separate scores for cuisine, entertaining & decor.
Scott had low expectations of Neil's paella. We'd already watched him cooking it. He included the usual, plus tinned carrots, soy & sweet chilli sauces. When it wasn't ready in time, he increased the heat & burned it.
Attempted translations in Alt.
#france #french #food #holiday
#BilboToday
Bilbo: Let's go back to bed! I don't want to walk now.
Twolegs: We have to walk. Look at this beautiful meadow,the sun!
B: All others are still in bed. Nobody walks.
T: But the fox, the heron ...
B: No dog. It's cold and wet, terribly wet.
T: As a beagle, you should be adapted to #British-like weather!
B: I'm a #French beagle. We wait in bed for the smell of fresh baguette!
T: You are just a #beagle!
B: In sit-in strike now. Take me home!
T: Okee, but the baguette is for me! #DogLife
#French rapper MHD gets 12 years in jail for murder
MHD, a pioneer of "Afro trap" music, was tried for the gang murder of a young man in Paris in 2018.
Rugby World Cup: Wales, Australia fans ready for Lyon's den
Supporters of Wales and Australia prepare for Rugby World Cup showdown in the #French city of Lyon.
Age of Dusk: "Hidden Treasure"
https://princeofnothingblogs.wordpress.com/2023/09/23/test-post/
So I went grocery shopping this morning. I'm glad it is done. The weather was not terrible, but it is going to get worse as the day goes by.
I got to speak #French a little with some employees. I asked them something, and they were deliberating in creole, most likely Haitian creole.
#NewRelease
#Rone is back with 4 unreleased tracks taken from his live performance album L(OO)PING with the #OrchestreNationalDeLyon, fine-tuned into a totally fresh listening experience ➰
https://rone-music.bandcamp.com/album/enc-o-re
EN(CO)RE
1. Vood(oo)
2. So So So
3. Parade
4. Bye Bye Macadam
#music #electronicmusic #orchestra #live #dolbyatmos #french #bandcamp
King's diplomatic speech to #French Senate receives standing ovation
His speech, delivered in French and English, touched on climate change and the invasion of #Ukraine.
King Charles III makes #French-language toast at star-studded banquet
The monarch raises a toast to his hosts in Versaille, President Macron and his wife Brigitte.
Michael row un beau ti-char, alleluia.
(The joke is multilingual. :catthinking: You might also need to be high to get it. )
#French ski resort closes permanently because there’s not enough #snow
https://www.cnn.com/travel/france-ski-resort-closes-la-sambuy-climate-scn/index.html
" #GlobalWarming has shrunk its ski season to just a few weeks"
Tous les francophones veulent discuter avec un débutant complet qui essaie d'apprendre la langue?
Any French speakers want to chat with a complete newbie who is trying to learn the language?
It's a good day. After a quiet, smoky day at home yesterday, I started in #kimchi, made aloo palak with eggs for breakfast, watched the second-last episode of #MyLovelyLiar with my #kdrama peeps in 3 countries, and now, it's time to finish the kimchi and get the laundry done.
I'll start yoga strong classes this week as well as a #French discussion group. #hangul learning is going quite well. I made a Quizlet set with a lot of common words/phrases in K-dramas.
#sewing coming up on Wednesday.
A #French language question. I just realised I'm making a fundamental error.
From Wiktionary ( https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/longtemps#Adverb )
> C’était comme ça il y a longtemps, mais plus maintenant.
> It was like that for a long time, but not now.
Is that translation correct? I thought you could use "longtemps" to denote not just the duration of a time, but to measure the difference in time between now and then.
I mean, the French phrase above, I thought it meant "It was like that a long time ago, but not now", that the action happened far away in the past, not that it happened for a long duration and stopped, possibly recently.
(This seems like an aspectual confusion I have: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical_aspect )
I am looking to find one or more cycling podcasts in French. I am looking to expand my language skills (or lack of same.) Cooking videos or podcasts in French would also be appreciated!
The time my Dutch and my English start fighting has finally arrived.
After the first ignored things - forgetting how to say "atm" and referring is mentally as pin-automaat, I forgot the word for French "voie" (in train stations) and can only find "spoor". I will have to do the walk of shame to translate the words #french #english #dutch #languages #languagelearning #languagelearner #languagestruggles
French regulators ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12 because the energy absorption is 5.74 watts per kilogram which is above the EU standard electromagnetic radiation levels of 4 watts per kilogram
#apple #appleiphone #iphone #iphone12 #electromagnetic #radiation #eustandard #regulation #french #regulators
#French woman shot through wall in Marseille drug shooting dies
The 24-year-old was shot in her bedroom after an attack aimed at a drug-dealing hotspot in Marseille.
Duolingo French gets it. Dusting and gardening should be once a year or not at all jobs because, whatever you do, it all comes back.
Après bien trop longtemps, je me suis enfin décidé de faire mon post de #presentation
je suis un papa (avec l’humour qui va avec) qui bosse dans l’ #informatique dans la région de #Bordeaux.
Je repartage beaucoup, je réponds souvent, et parfois je parle de #musique (à écouter ou à pratiquer #Basse #guitare #saxophone ), de #technologie, d’ #imaginaire au sens large ( #livre , #bd , #film , #séries , #jdr ).
Et dans ce domaine je suis particulièrement sensible à l’horreur cosmique de #Lovecraft . (D’aucun pourraient parler d’obsession)
J’écris essentiellement en #français, mais j’interagis tout autant en #anglais
Si j’ai par le passé écris un peu pour le plaisir, aujourd’hui je me concentre d’avantage sur la musique et la photographie (vous trouverez d’ailleurs mon compte #Pixelfed dans ma page de profil)
In English:
It has been overdue for a long time, but finally, here is my #introduction post.
I’m a dad (with the associated jokes and humour) working as a #dev around Bordeaux in France.
I mainly reboost, answer often, and sometimes I do post about #music (to listen or to play #Bass #guitar #saxophone ), about #technology, and about #SF and #Fantasy (be it #book , #Comics , #movie , #series , #rpg ).
And in this theme I am especially receptive about #CosmicHorror and Lovecraft. (Some would even say I am slightly obsessed about it).
I mainly write in #french but I interact just as much in #english .
I used to write some #fiction for my own pleasure, but nowadays I prioritize making music and #photography (you can find my pixelfed account in my profile page).
@lowqualityfacts actual fact: the last death by Guillotine happened in 1977 in France. Rare fact. I looked it up again to be certain and it happened today September 10th. Wooeowoow #french
Arsenal Women 3-3 Paris FC (2-4 on penalties): Gunners knocked out of Women's Champions League
Arsenal suffer a shock exit from the Women's Champions League qualifiers as they are beaten on penalties by #French side Paris FC.
#BBCNews - #French shrug off Muslim upset at #abaya #ban in schools
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66753665
#France 2-0 Republic of Ireland - Aurelien Tchouameni & Marcus Thuram give #French win
The Republic of Ireland's slim hopes of qualifying for Euro 2024 are further dented as France run out comfortable winners at Parc des Princes.
King's #French language skills to boost state visit
King Charles will be on a charm offensive on this month's rearranged state visit to #France.
Emmanuelle Béart: #French actress says she was victim of incest
The star of Mission: Impossible and Manon des Sources reveals the alleged abuse in a new documentary.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66721298
(c) #BBC #News #Entertainment
#French state schools turn away dozens of girls wearing Muslim abaya dress
Dozens of girls are sent home after turning up at school wearing the now-banned abaya robe.
...oh, mais oui, they do.
But "Paris doesn’t depend on #Russia for its security of supply," says a general delegate with the #French #Nuclear Energy Society.
Then why still buy from them?
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-russian-nuclear-relations-radioactive-rosatom-sanctions/
fresh beautiful curves
french kissed music to my ears
she's bold and brassy!
ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/french-horn-life-musical-instrument-art-sharon-cummings.html
#art #artwork #fediart #mastoart #poetry #writing #haiku #AYearForArt #artist #colorful #colorfulart #writingcommunity #life #poet #poets #christian #christianity #buddhism #celtic #writinglife #writers #writerslife #french #frenchhorn #horns #brass #classical #classicalmusic #music #musica #musical #musician #musicians
Paris says au revoir to rental e-scooters
The ban comes after a vote in the #French capital - but is it democracy in action?
Jet ski tourists shot dead off coast of Algeria
Coastguards reportedly kill two #French-Moroccan tourists who strayed into Algerian waters from Morocco.
Exciting news about the @Fairphone #FairPhone5 !
My #FairPhone4 is more than enough for me, so I won't invest in a new device. But I hope more ppl will join the community with this new model.
A review in #French:
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2023/08/30/on-a-teste-le-fairphone-5-un-smartphone-ecoresponsable-enfin-convaincant_6187064_4408996.html