Sunday, November 23, 2008

Language Audio Files: French I

Before reading this post, note that this is a response to a previous post called "The Need To Speak". Read that if you'd like to know the reasoning behind this.



And so, I've finally uploaded it. I simply feel silly, but I know its for the greater good. Did I mention that I hate the sound of my voice?

Here is the text of what I read:
Student 1: Alores, qu'est-ce que je peux faire à Montréal en trois jours?
Student 2: Trois jours seulement? C'est difficile à dire... il y a énormément à faire en ville. Commence par le Vieux-Montréal, le cœur historique de la ville. Par exemple, la place Jacques-Cartier, avec ses bâtiments du XVIIIe siècle, l'hôtel de ville, le château Ramezay et son musée. L'architecture est splendide. Et, bien sûr, une visite de la basilique Notre-Dame est indispensable.
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4 comments:

  1. Caroline BawedinNovember 24, 2008 at 12:43 PM

    Good job! Just noticed some mistakes: 1)Don't say the "T" in Montréal.Pronouciation->"Monréal"
    2)Words to improve: énormément,architecture,basilique,indispensable.
    Keep up the good work :D

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  2. AnonymousNovember 24, 2008 at 3:13 PM

    I'd add "siècle", too. Should be closer to "see-ECK-luh".

    By the way, if you're ever feeling adventurous, here are a few tongue-twisters:

    Un chasseur qui sait chasser sait chasser sans son chien de chasse.

    Les chaussettes de l'archiduchesse sont-elles sèches ?

    As-tu été à Tahiti ?

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  3. Ryan MasonNovember 24, 2008 at 3:19 PM

    @Oops
    I just tried saying that. Made it to the "chien" then had to stop. lol

    @Caroline
    Thanks for the tips. I'll try to work on them, however, I don't have anyone here who really speaks French, so I'm at a lost. Maybe you should start making files as well.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 24, 2008 at 3:42 PM

    Don't know why you were worried -- you have quite a good broadcast voice.

    It was hilarious to hear you revert to English with 'indispensable' ;) Try, try again.

    One thing I'd suggest is to add a link in the blog post back to your original posting on the motivation for this (The Need to Speak). That way, if someone finds the post on its own, they will know what's going on. Also, makes it more amenable for people to link to the audio posts directly.

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