Do you learn French for Alizée?

[Greg (Polonais)]

French is one of the most important world languages. It is so important in fact that I decided to learn it, even though I don't have any particularly strong reason to do that. In fact I tend to dislike the present-day France, its role in the EU and the contemporary French culture. It was really difficult for me to find any positive associations with France that would boost my motivation until I came across Alizée (ok, she's not exactly French, but we can stretch the facts a bit).

I can't say I'm learning French only becease of her, but she is one my strongest motivators. It is nice to think that I can understand what she says or read about her or send her birthday greetings.

Judging by the popularity of the programmes for learning French among the users of Alizée DC++ hub, I think Alizée deserves a great credit for promoting French language in the world. Indeed, I think she should be given some kind of official recognition for it from Alliance Francaise or some such organization. I wonder how many people feel attracted to French principally because of Alizée. :?:

It's a poll^^^ so vote please!

[Ayan]

I can't say I'm learning French only becease of her, but she is one my strongest motivators. It is nice to think that I can understand what she says or read about her or send her birthday greetings. Same here greg. Even though She is my 'strongest motivator', i also think, that the french language could be useful even then if i am not using it only to speak/write to Alizée

... or something like that.

[DavidAlizée]

Yeah.. i started learning french around 2 years ago. Using a small program that wasn't much good. So i was on the internet and i found pimsluer website. I bought the first 10 lessons from them, money back if i wasnt happy with it... and i was. Ever since then, i got all 96 lessons , CD 1, 2 and 3. Now its fun and easy to learn it at my own pace. I did start to learn this because of Alizée.. now its useful as i can communicate with french customers in my job as well understand most of her interviews and such.

French is so much fun to learn... 8)

[Petsku1]

yes... do i need to say something else? :mrgreen:

and i'm sure that there was a similar thread earlier.

[BLADEEK]

Yeah ...i'm trying to learn it....but it's kinda difficult for me since i'm not latin lang man....we're using curillic here....so it's kinda difficult to learn french....seems to me harder then eng...but i'll still learn it...for Alizée!!!!

[Greg (Polonais)]

Yes, DavidAlizée, Pimsleur is a very effective programme and I must thank you for bringing it on the hub. Of course it's just a beginning but it's a very good beginning because it gives you the confidence that you can really use the little of French that you have learned to communicate in typical everyday situations. I think learning to speak and understand spoken French is the most difficult thing and Pimsleur does a good job. By the way, I have added some new stuff to my French lingo file (Routlege Colloquial French and French Language Builder) - it's a pity you're passive.

[BLADEEK]

Who can advise some good french manual in russian for me? :wink: :cheesy:

[DavidAlizée]

ur welcome Greg :)

By the way, I have added some new stuff to my French lingo file (Routlege Colloquial French and French Language Builder) - it's a pity you're passive.

Yeah, i hate being passive , its a nightmare somtimes. But, those sound realy cool.. Next time ill log on.. ill have a go at trying to be active.. or ill ask one of the others like Chromex or Thunder to download them , and ill get it off them.

Thanks Mate 8)

[Napoleon]

i started learnign in middle school but high school did not offer it- sucks- wish i knew it instead of spanish.

and i would love to learn it for alizee.
anyone else-nah

[BLADEEK]

David agreed to help me...so i'm on the 7th heaven due to that!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Backinblack]

I didn't start learning French because of Alizée (she was only 9 years old when I started :P ), but if it wasn't for her, I probably wouldn't be as proficient in French, and I definitely wouldn't have had as much fun learning the language.

I agree with Greg concerning Pimsleur; in the one lesson that I listened to, just for fun, it seemed like a good program, giving you practical French that you could use if you stepped off the plane in Paris tomorrow.

[BLADEEK]

Well said in second paragraph BIB!

[Greg (Polonais)]

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or ill ask one of the others like Chromex or Thunder to download them , and ill get it off them.


I think Thunder is learning French so he might be interested in these and if not Chromex is bound to help. I haven't used them yet but as far as I can see, they are worth having - not as effective a learning tool as Pimsleur but they have some very useful vocabulary and you can listen to them while driving (mp3) or wherever.

You're always welcome Mate! :D

[junior_151]

Im not sure wheather to vote yes or no. I've always wanted to visit france even before I found about Alizée but I never really though about learning french cause I thought it would be hard. When I heard people talking about pimsleur on the DC++ hub it got me curious about so I got it. Its a very good program to use and the lessons arnt that long, even though I've gotten frusrated a bit I just remind myself that I could one day meet Alizée and actually have at least a small conversation with her. So I guess ill vote yes. Thnx David for bringing it on the hub :thumbup:.

[Artszfar]

I started to learn about 3 months ago. First I used the French For Dummies book whichI boroowed from the library, then from a website, and now from a software that i bought. I dunno how good am I now. still sucks at it I think :roll:

[squeaky ladida]

i started learning french 3 years ago, i only found Alizée a few months ago
in short, no, i didn't start learning french just for Alizée, but she brings a lot more to the language now that I know of her
just another plus for learning the language

[jon]

I'm too caught up in other languages to start a new one now. That would make it 4 at once...hmmm... maybe some kind of record. :P

[Max_07s]

tomorrow i will find a french software that artzfar suggest to me...eheheh....

[Joseph]

I've had German for 4 years and can speak it kinda well but next year I'm having French along side it.

[Wespe]

Alizée certainly is the spotlight that leads me to the French path, but also the entire Française chanson cercle would make great effects on my determination to enhance that.

[Artszfar]

tomorrow i will find a french software that artzfar suggest to me...eheheh....

Good Luck! The software is:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v253/artszfar/Learn_French_Now.jpg

The pic is version 8. You should find version 9 now

[Max_07s]

yeah..at last I had bought that cd..thanks artszfar... :D

[N1ght]

in fact i dont learn french at school, but i often read lyrics of alizee and german translations, so i learn some words but im too lazy to start really practicing it

[Ayan]

Thats how i started too :mrgreen:

[a.c. ajaccio]

i can understand enough french to get by but never really saw the point in speaking it fluently ya know, its not like im ever gonna be in france for more than a couple of weeks

[DavidAlizée]

i know what ur saying ac... but there are alot of people who speak french. You dont need to be in france to speak it. Its so handy to learn, as well as cool : )

[squeaky ladida]

the first complete phrase i learned to say is written in my sig, "Je suis un sac a dos"

:P :P :P :P :P

[Ayan]

" Im a backpack" ? weird.

[squeaky ladida]

yeah, it's true :P
it's just the first sentance i was able to complete on my own
and i've remembered it ever since... hehe

[John]

I took three years of french in highschool. My teacher was cool so I was eager to learn it. Though its been 3-4 years since I really studied it I lost quite a bit. Listening to Alizee though has refreshed my memory dramatically and in my spare time I go back to my old books and I still remember so much. My spelling is horrible though, Id rather speak it with my bad accent then spell it :)

[touring21]

I am going to start. I tried listening to the English version of, errrrr... brain fart. Anyway, it didn't sound right. I want to know what she is singing about, lol.

[squeaky ladida]

u have a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right, hehe

[touring21]

u have a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right, hehe

Hehe, it was "I'm Fed Up". After a long day, the ole brain just didn't want to work. :D

The song just sounds more plesant to the ear in French, and to me anyway, kinda odd in English. Therefore, I must learn French, hehe.

[Piece Of Paradise]

If I were to learn French, my brain would say that 95% of the reason I want to learn it is because of Alizée.

[Max_07s]

I had started learn by cd..its a good cd..but better if I buy a french book..so anyone can suggest, what french learning book is good for me?

[Artszfar]

^The Oxford English-French Dictionary :cheesy:

[Piece Of Paradise]

That's a bit too difficult and time consuming, I mean learning a word for word meaning?

[IronRodent]

(ok, she's not exactly French, but we can stretch the facts a bit)

Wait a second. Alizée is not exactly French? Did I miss something?

And no, I didn't start learning French because of her. I'm rather a francophile so liking Alizée would have come sooner or later. But she's certainly an inspiration for me to learn it with more vigor and enthusiasm; and to listen to other French music as well.

[D4sser]

Before Ali get into my live, i hated the french :cry: ( school traumas ) ...

But now, it's my favourite language then the italian

[DavidAlizée]

Wait a second. Alizée is not exactly French? Did I miss something

lol, yes you did. She is from Corsica, they have there own language. It is close to france.. that all.

[IronRodent]

Wait a second. Alizée is not exactly French? Did I miss something

lol, yes you did. She is from Corsica, they have there own language. It is close to france.. that all.

Yeah but Corsica is part of France is it not?
I didn't know that they have their own language though.

[Backinblack]

Everyone there (except for maybe really old people) speaks French as their native language. You can learn Corsu as a second or third language in school though.

[DMB]

So would Corsu be much different than French?

[Greg (Polonais)]

So would Corsu be much different than French?

The Corsicans like to think of it as an independent Roman language, but it is mostly considered as a dialect of Italian. If you want to hear it, download "Corsica" by Petru Gelfucci. A very nice song. Alizée was asked to say "good evening" in Corsu during the interview after the second Ma Priere performance. I don't know if she knows much more of it, but I doubt it for if she did she would probably also understand Italian. However, she is proud of her origins and apparently thinks of Corsicans as slightly different than the French.

[D4sser]

Yeah, the Corsu is a mix of french and italian

[Greg (Polonais)]

I had started learn by cd..its a good cd..but better if I buy a french book..so anyone can suggest, what french learning book is good for me?

I'd suggest starting with an audio programme like Pimsleur. You will easily pick up the basics, which will encourage you to go further. Besides, speaking and understanding spoken French is much more difficult than reading it, and that's what the programme will teach you.

I think it is dangerous to start learning French from books only, because you tend to forget about the phonetics, and you might develop bad habits of pronunciation, especially if your native language is spoken the way it is written. I guess Malay is. If you're Chinese, it could be even more difficult, but don't lose heart anyway. :D Backinblack should be able to advise you better.

[Laikade]

So would Corsu be much different than French?

The Corsicans like to think of it as an independent Roman language, but it is mostly considered as a dialect of Italian. If you want to hear it, download "Corsica" by Petru Gelfucci. A very nice song. Alizée was asked to say "good evening" in Corsu during the interview after the second Ma Priere performance. I don't know if she knows much more of it, but I doubt it for if she did she would probably also understand Italian. However, she is proud of her origins and apparently thinks of Corsicans as slightly different than the French.
It's an interesting subject :wink:
I think that when you are from an island you get very attached to it, more than if you are from a continental region. I'm sure Alizée is proud to be Corsican as much as she is proud to be French.
In my opinion when she performs in "mainland" France (On tv or stage) she is proud to represent her island (Corsica) ... But when she is abroad (out of France) she is proud to represent her country (France). She said it about 1000 times in interviews.
I regret she didn't perform any concert in Corsica, I won't say she is not popular there, she has probably the same proportion of Fans than in the rest of France, but it was probably not profitable to make just 1 or 2 concert(s) there.

As for Corsu, it is extremely closed to Italian, and Alizée probably knows some words and expressions she heard here and there.

[Max_07s]

I had started learn by cd..its a good cd..but better if I buy a french book..so anyone can suggest, what french learning book is good for me?

I'd suggest starting with an audio programme like Pimsleur. You will easily pick up the basics, which will encourage you to go further. Besides, speaking and understanding spoken French is much more difficult than reading it, and that's what the programme will teach you.

I think it is dangerous to start learning French from books only, because you tend to forget about the phonetics, and you might develop bad habits of pronunciation, especially if your native language is spoken the way it is written. I guess Malay is. If you're Chinese, it could be even more difficult, but don't lose heart anyway. :D Backinblack should be able to advise you better.

is the Pimsleur in cd? I mean cd audio?

[Piece Of Paradise]

It's a computer program, and I think it can be found on Kazaa.

[Max_07s]

I had bought French Deluxe cd..so is Pimsleur s better than DEluxe..just want to know.. :?:

[Piece Of Paradise]

Never heard of both actually, so :?: .

[Greg (Polonais)]

I had bought French Deluxe cd..so is Pimsleur s better than DEluxe..just want to know.. :?:

I don't know French Deluxe. Pimsleur consists of 3 parts. Each contains 30 half-hour lessons plus some written materials. One part, if it is zipped or packed somehow, should be around 200MB. But if someone shares an unpacked Pimsleur, you can download it lesson by lesson. It will be much larger then. Try the first several lessons and see if you like it. I did and many other people too. You can also find it on the Alizee hub. It was DavidAlizée who first brought it there.

[Max_07s]

can somebody give it to me through winmix..I will ask Davidalizee for it..thanx greg..

[squeaky ladida]

i have some weird 5cd french learning CD i got to brush up on my french before school starts again...
if i'm not too lazy i'll make ISOs for them