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Hello, I studied French and Spanish in high school many many years ago -- and now I want to learn to actually speak French and Spanish! Wherever we travel I try to speak a few words of the local language, but now I want more. My husband and I live near the mountains and love to hike and bicycle. We go to the theatre a lot. I enjoy many kinds of music, bluegrass, jazz, blues, opera. I am a librarian. I really enjoy meeting new people, so right now I am looking forward to meeting new friends and teachers on italki. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Bonjour! J'ai etudié le français et l'espagnol au lycée et a lúniversité, mais il y avait longtemps. Quand je voyage j'essaie parler plusiers des mots dans la langue locale, mais maintenant je veux plus. Mon mari et moi habitons près des montagnes et nous aimons faire du velo et du rando. Nous allons au théâtre souvent. J'aime beaucoup de genres de musique, comme opera, jazz, bluegrass. Je suis bibliothécaire. J'aime rencontrer de nouvelles personnes et maintenant sur italki!
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Caroline L-B
French
Mar 23, 2019
C'était un plaisir de discuter ! Bon week-end !
Clemence NOLLOT
French
Mar 1, 2019
C'était une première conversation très agréable
Julie
French
Feb 20, 2019
That was an interesting first lesson. Marcia seems really motivated to practice and improve her French. À bientôt !
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    July 4, 2020
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    Le jour de l'Indépendance chez moi C'est le jour de l'indépendance aux États-Unis. Et aussi la veille de mon anniversaire. Quand j'étais très jeune, mon père m'a dit: "tous les défilés sont pour toi!" Et nous vivions à Philadelphie, le jour de l'indépendance était très important pour nous, Philadelphie était le berceau de l'indépendance aux États-Unis. Donc, chaque année, j'accroche le drapeau devant notre maison, quelle que soit la politique du jour, de l'année, du monde. Je célèbre l'esprit d'indépendance, la force de lutter contre la tyrannie, pour tout le monde. Donc, le 4 juillet est bon pour tout le monde!
    July 4, 2020
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    example sentences

    I wrote the example sentences below by using some new words that I learned. Would you please correct those?

    Introductory words should be followed by a colon, such as
    proclaim:
    snobbery:

    proclaim; The suspected thief proclaimed that he was innocent in <s>the </s>court. <em>in the court is accurate but we would more likely say in court. In fact, here I'd probably say "...proclaimed in court that he was innocent."</em>
    snobbery; In Japan, it is difficult to see snobbery but sometimes children <s>tried to</s> <s>do snobbery</s> acted like snobs by talking about <s>saying </s>their parents' jobs. <s>status</s>.
    desperate; I will be desperate to get a job in the near future.
    demeaning; In light of my condition, if I say I do not want to have a demeaning job, I <s>can not get a job forever </s>won't be able to get a job for a long time

    That's it.
    Thank you.
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    June 22, 2020
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    La chasse au parfait vélo électrique commence Au premier, quand est-ce qu'on dit vélo ou on dit bicyclette? Je fais du vélo électronique depuis deux ans pour aller au travail, au supermarche, à la bibliothèque, et pour faire des courses en général. Mais ce vélo a 8 ans, c'était un cadeau. Il y avait beaucoup d'améliorations technologiques depuis 8 ans. Alors hier j’ai commencé à chercher un nouveau vélo .Tellement de choix! J’ai besoin d'un vélo pas pour des montagne, pas pour la plage, pas pour des enfants, mais oui, quelquefois pour transporter des choses comme des plantes, des épiceries, des livres, une plat pour une fête, des choses comme ça.. Une fois j'ai transporté des palmes de plongée et une lampe. Mais je travais 24 km de ma maison, et il y a beaucoup de collines! Des collines difficiles! Bien, difficile pour moi, la route gagne seulement 162 metres. Faire du vélo le matin est super, l’air est frais, j’ai beaucoup d’energie, mais à la fin de la journée, quand je suis fatiguée et il fait chaud? C’est là quand je veux le vélo electronique!
    June 21, 2020
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    Les géraniums d'août Pendant plusieurs années, j'essayais de planter beaucoup de sortes de fleurs, de nombreuses couleurs. Elles étaient dans des pots sur ma terrasse. Mais chaque année, les fleurs mouraient en août. J'habite au Colorado et le temps est très sec et chaud en août. Mais il y a trois ans, j'ai décidé de ne planter que des géraniums en rouge, rose et blanc. Les géraniums me font plaisir, ils me rappellent les villages d'Europe, toutes les jolies fenêtres. Mais le plus important, mes Pendant plusieurs années, j'essayais de planter beaucoup de sortes de fleurs, de nombreuses couleurs. Elles étaient dans des pots sur ma terrasse. Mais chaque année, les fleurs mouraient en août. J'habite au Colorado et le temps est très sec et chaud en août. Mais il y a trois ans, j'ai décidé de ne planter que des géraniums en rouge, rose et blanc. Les géraniums me font plaisir, ils me rappellent les villages d'Europe, toutes les jolies fenêtres. Mais le plus important, mes géraniums ne meurent pas en août comme les autres fleurs!ne meurent pas en août comme les autres fleurs!
    May 25, 2020
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    The story of the crepe

    The crepe is a dessert based on flour, milk and eggs. It is usually round.
    A crepe has to be cooked on both sides with a frying pan. <em>I'd probably say in a frying pan</em>
    It could be eaten <s>it</s> hot or cold, salted or sugary. It could be a main dish or just a snack.
    We could add some things inside, for example, fruit<s>s</s>, whipped cream, sugar, jam or <s>some things</s> salted like mushrooms, ham, cheese, or salmon. <em>We'd probably say "something salty" or "something savory" And instead of sugary we'd probably say sweet. Also "some things inside" is correct, but we might also say "we could add fillings, such as"</em>
    In my country we eat it for parties..
    Generally, a dessert crepe <s>using for dessert </s>uses white flour <s>wherease </s><s>while </s>the <s>salted</s> savory crepe uses brown flour. <em>is brown flour whole wheat or buckwheat flour? In the USA we don't say brown flour, so I'm not sure what you mean. </em> <em>(whereas is correct but we'd use that in a formal business or legal document. I'd probably "while the savory crepe" or "while the dinner crepe")</em>
    Unlike the american pancakes, we don't use yeast. The crepe is thin and folds easily <s>easilly folding</s>.
    At Shrove Tuesday we cook crepes.
    This recipe is very common <s>commun </s>in my country and also in Belgium.
    In Quebec, people use wholemeal flour whole wheat <em>in the USA! </em>and eat it with cassonade, jam or maple sugar. This crepes are three times thicker <s>more thick</s> than French crepes. <em>I might translate cassonade as brown sugar but I think it's a little different, so not sure how to translate, I have had it in Brittany and it is lovely</em>
    Every county<s>ries</s> has its own crepes. The recipes are similar. For example, some crepes are <s>have </s>made with buckwheat, corn flour or chickpea flour.

    <em>Laetitia, this is a great story! You will be very popular in New Zealand if you prepare crepes for your new friends. - Marcy</em>
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    May 25, 2020
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    A new day

    Today, I<s> waked up</s> woke up very early in the morning. I told <s>me to </s>myself, "you have to write in English". I am trying <s>Try</s> to write some sentences that explain <s>which is your</s> my plan for today. First, I have to answer some emails. Second, I have to make some phone calls to our spare parts suppliers to ask them something<s>s</s> <s>(that we need to make maintenance labour.)</s> <em>not sure what this means, do you need labor pricing? it's not clear </em>In the afternoon, I am going to have a meeting with my boss by Zoom. In that meeting, the goal is review all phases that we will <s>take to</s> go through <em>take is OK, but I would probably say go through </em>return to work according new rules to prevent COVID-19. Really all activities are very important today.

    <em>sorry to put it under comments first instead of correction! You did a good job - Marcy</em>
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    May 25, 2020
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    May 25, 2020
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    J’ai visité mes amis! Hier, j'ai passé l'après-midi avec mes amis Naomi, Scott et Ilana, la première fois depuis longtemps. Nous nous sommes assis dans le jardin et avons parlé de la politique de notre petite ville, COVID, du gâteau au chocolat que Naomi avait préparé et, pour la plupart, de notre bonheur d'être ensemble. Bien sûr, nous nous sommes assis à près de six mètres l'un de l'autre
    May 18, 2020
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    My stay at Saint Martin (Sint Marteen)

    Some years ago, my sister, her husband and I, spent a week on the island of Saint Martin. It was around Christmas. The island is divided into two parts : one part is French and the second one is Dutch.   This is correct but instead of a colon we would probably use a comma.

    During our stay, we made some shopping went shopping OR shopped and visited the French part of the island.

    We went to the Princess Juliana Airport. In fact, we went to a beach near the airport. Many tourists go there because when the planes are about to land, they fly above the beach at a low altitude. Imagine that on the right there is the beach, on its left a road, then the airport. a little confusing, is this Imagine on that on your right there is the beach, on your left a road, and beyond that the airport ?  The beach is beautiful but it smells bad. It smells like kerosene. I was surprised some people were bathing  swimming and some people were sunbathing while the conditions are  were not that safe and healthy. There is a restaurant by the beach where you can read the time of departures and arrivals of the planes. So people come and see the planes taking off and landing but people also come to see the planes take off. Indeed, when a plane takes off, its engines are directed towards the beach and sometimes it blows so much "wind" that you can be blown away and fall violently on the ground. It can be dangerous. Moreover, the sand is whipped up and it hurts your skin. It's an experience to try but honestly after 10 minutes, it is enough. I wonder how some people manage to stay a whole hour on the beach or near the airport. It's not healthy and safe.

    We also visited a "butterfly farm". It was really cool, it was my first time. We could put some sugar (I think it was sugar) on our fingers and the butterflies came and landed on our fingers. There were butterflies of many kinds, sizes and colors. We had a good time.

    We also entered a casino for fun (for the first time). I sat by a slot machine and my sister took a pic of me. We were asked to leave because we were not clients. We visited some markets too.

    We visited Santa Claus' House. It's a house which is decorated for Christmas inside and outside. It attracts a lot of people. I've never seen a house being that decorated for Christmas.   hmm, "I've never seen a house being decorated for Christmas OR a house decorated for Christmas.  Two different meanings. There are music and decoration everywhere, even on the roof.

    I also ate for the first time at Burger King's and found that the size of the burgers was huge compared to the ones I was used to eating at Mc Donald's in France. that's interesting, I don't go there so didn't know that!

    Our room at the apartment building was good but the view was amazing at night. The colors were beautiful and every morning, we could hear a parrot in a tree.

    We enjoyed our stay at Saint Martin.

    Below was the view from our flat.
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    March 23, 2019
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