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So I'm a bit of a weird one. What I'm doing right now is pursuing a method of language learning heavily based in community rather than in any particular language school or text book. Hence my presence on this website!
It all essentially boils down to an hour or two with a language helper on here each day, followed by a couple of hours desperately attempting to assimilate what I've learnt before heading out to practice in the community of the French town in which I live to try it out.
Any help or advice (paid for or free) as I pursue this language and this method of learning is appreciated. We shall see where this leads!
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The hills In the countryside.
I drove my car in the countryside.
There were some hills and I went up and down them.
The road up of the hill [not technically wrong but often it doesn't read quite right if you use the possessive to describe one inanimate object as belonging to another. Put in another preposition (like up) and you'll be fine] was narrow and a steep slope. [This is also technically fine, but sounds more natural if you just use the word "steep"]
So I had to dieve drive carefully to pass some oncoming cars.
Sometimes I gave my way to them when the car was coming from below uphill ['From below' sounds a little like your car was on top of them! 'Uphill' works better, especially when describing driving]
But there were was no space to stop the car, so we narrowly passed each other on the road of the hill hill road. [Same as above, although you could just use 'road' or stop after the word 'other' and it would sound fine. Sometimes less is better :) ]
In Europe, there is no border inspection on the highway. So we can drive to other European countries
across the border.
Is this sentence correct?
The plan you said is much better than the one which I said earlier.
(In this case, " better than mine " is also OK?)[Yes, this sentence does work, but it is a bit wordy - you don't need the word 'which' and 'better than mine' would improve it]
0 votedMay 30, 20171- Aujourd'hui ... rein. Hier ... tout! En ce moment, ma vie est très calme. J’ai aidé mes amis à déménager le week-end dernier, mais pas pendant un long temps. C’était trop tranquille pour moi ! Cependant, ce sera change. Hier ma vie sera très occupé – je visiterai beaucoup des gens, peut-être quatre groupes différents. Mon enseignant, une groupe de discussion, un vieux monsieur et sa femme, et mes amis dans une autre ville. Je pense que ce n’est pas idéel non plus ! Quoi je pense que j’ai besoin de c’est un équilibre ; ni trop peu de chose, ni trop ! Mais un équilibre est très difficile à continuer, spécialement parce je suis un étudient et je compte de mes enseignants. Juste aujourd’hui un m’a posé un lapin ! Mais, je me suis plaint trop pour une journée ! Si vous avez quelque conseil, je l’apprécierais.May 30, 201710
- Un réfrigérateur explosive! Hier, quand je parlais avec un ami, il y avait un son bizarre. C’était comme un serpent était dans le cuisine avec nous! J’ai tourné et c’était une fontaine d’eau venant de l’arrière de le frigo! Nous coursions à fermer l’eau, mais quand nous avons fermé la soupape, c’était trop tard. Le cuisine était plein d’eau. Nous utilisions tout l’après-midi à nettoyer le désordre. Mais, je suis content que j’étais là-bas, parce que mon ami est vieux et j’ai pu l’aidé.May 24, 201701
- L'operation de ma grand-mère Hier, c’était une journée très tranquille à mon travail, mais dans ma tête, c’était effrayant. Ma grand-mère a quatre-vingt-douze ans, et elle avait une opération. Elle a eu besoin d’une nouvelle hanche! Je pensais à elle toute la journée, et j’ai prié quand j’ai me souvenu. C’était trop stressant! Quand, dans le soir, ma mère m’a dit qu’elle étais bien, c’était un grand joie. J’espère j’entendrai plus aujourd’hui.May 23, 201740
Part 2:
"One thing you must know about him is that he was already remarked known for his endurance when he was young. At the age of eighteen, he had just started to work at the hospital, when he was called into the military service. You father was built just like both of you : lightweight, but with strong shoulders and endurance, able to run for hours - "built like a cat", they used to say. That's why after physical tests, he was sent to the paratroopers, the "13e RDP" [13th Paratroop Regiment]" - "The Dragoons !", I said. "Yes, the hardest one", he replied. "We hardly knew him when he came back on leave, you wouldn't believe how muscular he had become ! ... At the time, one of the missions of that unit was to plan the drop of some tough guys into eastern Germany, on behalf of the Military Intelligence ; after that, they would have to come back on their own, with nothing else other than their legs !... So, lightweight and endurance endurance and being lightweight, as you can understand, were the sought after qualities. But your father definitely couldn't stand their mentality. The professional soldiers of the regiment, as well as the officers, for most, were mostly only fools. One of their things for instance, was like, the first who finished the obstacle course, could stop ; but the second had to make a second lap ; the third, two more laps ... In your father's section, there was this guy suffering from asthma - and your father supported him, as much as he could do, and because he supported him, he also had to take for care of him. The asthmatic guy was exhausted, choking on the ground - and the sergents and corporals were around him, dragging him in the mud and kicking him. That's when your father realized he had to get out of this that hell."
0 votedMay 22, 20172Part 1:
Last Sunday, we were having lunch in as a family : my brother and his wife, the grand-parents, our aunt and uncle, and our cousin. Our parents, as for them, had gone for a journey (a trekking in Morocco). I don't remember exactly how we came to this topic : I think that my brother, who's got for several months has been into a frenzy for running, was talking about the remarkable physical condition of our father, now 56 years-old, and who's been doing the trip to his work by bike, around a twenty kilometers round-trip every day since 1991, even facing in the wind, under the rain or snow. That's when our uncle, brother-in-law to our father, who was very close to him several years ago, began to tell us about a time of in his past about which we both hardly knew a thing, for our father nearly had never told us a word of it.
A story of about my father - Part 10 votedMay 22, 20172- Une conversation je voudrais à avoir avec ma bibliothécaire. Moi: Bonjour, ça va? Elle: Bonjour, ça va bien, merci. Et toi? Moi: Ça va, merci. Elle: Alors, je peux faire quoi? Moi: Avez-vous des livres sur l’histoire locale? Elle: Oui, ce sont ici. Moi: Merci Madame. Depuis combien de temps que travaillez-vous ici? Elle: Depuis deux ans, je crois. Moi: Oui? Est-ce votre travaille préféré? Elle: Ça marche. Mais, dans ma jeunesse je voulais être une comédienne. Moi: Ah bon! C’est chouette. Elle: Et toi? Moi: Je voulais être un inventeur! Mais, je suis très content avec mon travail maintenant dans une charité. Elle: Oui. Moi: Donc, merci pour le livre et votre aide. Elle: De rien. Avec plaisir.May 22, 201730
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