a2, to apple
@a2@social.lol avatar

👋 Hey everyone, I’m Alex (he/him).

Formatting my as a main post with replies for my various interests.

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funcrunch, to random
@funcrunch@me.dm avatar

I'm watching an episode of "Une Famille En Or", the version of , on YouTube. I'm not using subtitles as I'm trying to learn the language, which I'm much better at understanding written than spoken.

This round asks the contestants to make the sound of a farm animal. It's interesting to see how differently these onomatopoetic words are rendered in French versus English. Can you guess what animal makes each of these sounds? (No cheating if you already know French!)

emarktaylor, to Tennis
@emarktaylor@mastodon.online avatar

Via BBC News Top Stories @bbcnewsfeed

Nadal handed plum draw against Zverev in Open

Rafael Nadal starts what is expected to be his final French Open with a tough first-round draw against fourth seed Alexander Zverev.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/articles/cgee0e00qw7o


@tennis

manu, to Quebec French

Langues utilisées sur les réseaux sociaux au Québec

#RéseauxSociaux #Québec #langue #LangueFrançaise #anglais #french #english

BenHigbie, to history
@BenHigbie@mastodon.social avatar
rorystarr, (edited ) to books
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itonaoki, to books Japanese
@itonaoki@mastodon.social avatar

Where can I find old novels whose copyrights have expired? I'd like Gustave Flaubert's a few, I'm learning french.

jszym, to random
@jszym@cosocial.ca avatar

The word for "frenemy" is way better than its English counterpart.

https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/publications/media-soc-eng.html

LordWoolamaloo, to goodyearwelt
@LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scot avatar

"ces chaussures sont beaucoup plus jolies que les tiennes" ("these shoes are a lot prettier than yours")

Hmm, DuoLingo is getting a bit childish and mean in this evening's lessons!

animated gif from the classic1940s British film The Red Shoe, with Moira Shearer's ballerina running excitedly towards the titular red shoes, which magically attach themselves to her feet

pootriarch, to Trains
@pootriarch@eldritch.cafe avatar

where'd my go? i know i had one pinned… whatever. i boost things, , , if they're outrageous enough (they're a dime a dozen here, gotta be selective). i'm highly political and try to keep it off masto (including filtering hot-button topics from my own feed). i buy local and post my haul. i live in an english-speaking country but occasionally break out jacques clouseau to torture people. my shift key hasn't worked since about 2006. and i only in posts.

WoodooProd, to DOOM French
@WoodooProd@mastodon.cloud avatar

Sorti le 28 Mars 2024!
"Le gars qui a fait DOOM"

adelinej, to random French
@adelinej@piaille.fr avatar

Je ne sais pas s’il y a des profs de français langue étrangère ou de langue seconde comme moi, je suis au 🇨🇦, sur Mastodon?

Si oui, connaissez-vous vous des ressources en rapport avec les animes japonais niveau A2/B1? J'ai un nouvel apprenant adulte qui essaie d'en lire en français car il adore ça, et j'aimerais utiliser cette ressource avec lui mais je n'y connais absolument rien.

Je prends donc toute suggestion de ressources ou d'animes en ligne adaptés à ce niveau si jamais vous en connaissez. 😁

adelinej, to random French
@adelinej@thecanadian.social avatar

Je ne sais pas s’il y a des profs de français langue étrangère ou de langue seconde comme moi, je suis au 🇨🇦, sur Mastodon?

Si oui, connaissez-vous des ressources en rapport avec les animes niveau A2/B1? J'ai un nouvel apprenant adulte qui essaie d'en lire en français, et j'aimerais utiliser cette ressource avec lui mais je n'y connais absolument rien.

Je prends donc toute suggestion de ressources ou d'animes en ligne adaptés à ce niveau si jamais vous en connaissez. 😁

thejoliesfleurs, to poetry French
@thejoliesfleurs@mastodon.top avatar

la mer échevelée

de soleil

court, errante
furieuse

elle frappe ses jupes
—parfois vermeil

à grandes volées
haletantes

sur la ville mangeuse
de corps perdus.
la mer obscure

et folle
éparpille

dans le sable

ses ailes
aux battements

papillons
et efface le long

des passages
le temps des traces.

https://thejoliesfleurs.com/2018/06/19/parfois-vermeil/

ArtThatMakesYouSmile, to Flowers
@ArtThatMakesYouSmile@mastodon.social avatar
golgaloth, (edited ) to writing
@golgaloth@writing.exchange avatar

Yes, my book is set in an alt-history, fantasy version of France. Yes it contains some French. Yes, you will have to work it out from context if you don't speak French.

Launching tomorrow on Kickstarter (please boost):
https://kickstarter.com/projects/1496661694/cruel-provocations

@bookstodon

KlausGerdGiesen, to nuclear
@KlausGerdGiesen@mastodon.social avatar

Unlike other , has chosen to reprocess its nuclear on a massive scale, first at La Hague and then partly in... .While this saves 20% of in nuclear ,the is politically highly questionable, since not only has it already accumulated 100 tonnes of stored in France, which represents an enormous , but it also contributes to financing the and, consequently, its in .

fsfe, to random
@fsfe@mastodon.social avatar

`Ada & Zangemann' wins the 2024 Youth Book Prize of the InCyber Forum Europe!🎉🏆

Thanks to @cfeditions for editing it for speakers!

syntaxseed, (edited ) to ChatGPT
@syntaxseed@phpc.social avatar

Just watched a local production of a play (in French) titled "J'ai pêté du théâtre."

GPT when pronounced in sounds like "J'ai pêté" which means "I farted".

So the the title of their play is "I farted theatre". (Or "GPT Theatre".)

About a writer who uses to write scenes for their play & the hilarious nonsense it creates.

The teens have already nailed down the meta joke about this whole situation & it slapped. 🤣

benjamingeer, to Catroventos
@benjamingeer@zirk.us avatar

A dad joke I could make only because my kids speak French and English: “I don’t understand why French people say ‘garlic’ when they hurt themselves.” Kid 1: “That joke is so bad it’s good.” Kid 2 whacks me repeatedly, and I say: “Garlic. Garlic.”

jdmccafferty, to random
@jdmccafferty@mastodon.online avatar

26 Mar 1668: Charles II attends William Davenant's [or D'Avenant if you like] playhouse at Lincoln's Inn Fields to see what would be Davenant's final play, 'The Man's the Master' - based on a work, published posthumously in 1669 (ECC/eebo)

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thinkle, to detroit
@thinkle@urbanists.social avatar

On Sunday, March 24, Detroiters banished the Nain Rouge from the city for another year at the annual Marche du Nain Rouge. Legendary among the early settlers of Detroit, the Nain Rouge (French for "red dwarf") was purported to appear at various times throughout the city's history just prior to a catastrophic event, such as the great fire of 1805, the surrender of to the British during the War of 1812.

A costumed Nain Rouge with an oversized head drives a go-kart.
A supporter of the Nain Rouge holds a sign that reads "Be Nice to Nain" at the 2024 Marche du Nain Rouge in Detroit.

JSharp1436, to Ukraine
@JSharp1436@mstdn.social avatar

:twitter:

🔴 Overnight, and missiles in the hands of well practiced Ukrainians rained over Russian Crimea destroying a variety of Russian garbage.

  • 2 Russian ships (Azov and Yamal)
  • 2 Su-27 jets
  • Russian communications hub
  • oil infrastructure
  • a military base, eliminating 40 Russians

Estrella, to linguistics

The way normal people count in tens:

The way French decided to play with us:

            1. 60 10. 4 20. 4 20 10. 100!

Language is mad.

thejoliesfleurs, to Catroventos French
@thejoliesfleurs@mastodon.top avatar

🇬🇧🗣️ 'doesn't exist' and is just badly pronounced , linguist claims 🇫🇷

« Bernard Cerquiglini, a linguistics professor from Lyon, points out that the English uses thousands of words taken from French about 1,000 years ago »

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13181993/English-exist-badly-pronounced-French-linguist.html

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