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    Structure using "Faire"

    in French Language

    Posted

    I've been doing the Michel Thomas courses and in the Language Builder course there is a particular structure he teaches using "Faire".

    Here's an example:

    Voulez-vous me faire voir?

    Will you let me (make me) see?

    I generally understand the structure using "Faire" including things like....

    Voulex-vous le faire nettoyer?

    Will you have it cleaned?

    Now, to my question.

    In the first example, if I want to say "Will you let me see it?

    Where should I place the "le"?

    Voulez-vous me le faire voir?

    or

    Voulez-vous me faire le voir?

    Any thoughts please.  I do realise I could say something similar in a different way, but I'd like to get this particular structure nailed.

    Many thanks

    Download of the Michel Thomas Booklets

    in French Language

    Posted

    [quote user="Benjamin"][quote user="DerekJ"]If anyone is interested you can download (for free) the accompanying booklets that come with his language courses.

    You don't get the CDs for free of course but the booklets are quite useful anyway.

    [/quote]

    Depends what you mean by downloading. Copying is certainly not authorised.

    [/quote]

    I mean free download. .... the side panel says... 

    Free, click here to download your accompanying booklet.  

    Is there some subtley I'm missing?

    [quote] They are pdf files and appear to be from a site that sells the courses [/quote]

    Exactly. Don't bother looking at the Introductory Course  as there is no real content.  The others contain the main content and structure of the CDs courses.

    Oh, btw, you need to page through the first few pages which are just an intro. The language content is a few pages in.

    frogs

    in Wildlife/Nature/Environment

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    Belle.  I'm not sure what advice you want people to give.  If you have frogs they will make noise. If that is unacceptable to you then you have a couple of choices.

    Move.... a bit drastic I would have thought.

    Or get rid of them.... as Chris has pointed out that they are protected then anything you do is likely to be illegal, therefore down to you if you go that route.

    I'm not sure that there any other options.

    Re: Favourite quotations...

    in The Lighter Side

    Posted

    I couldnt resist another Churchill quote.....

    Lady Astor to Winston Churchill: " Winston, if you were my husband, I should flavour your coffee with poison."

    Churchill's reply: " Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it."

    I can't see our Gordon coming out with something like that [:D]

    cependant, pourtant or toutefois

    in French Language

    Posted

    Thanks a lot Clair. I was unsure about whether there were subtle differences on when you might use one versus the other but thanks for the clarification about the interchangeability and it sounds like I wouldn't be getting it badly wrong regardless of which one I used.

    cependant, pourtant or toutefois

    in French Language

    Posted

    I'm trying to work out how I would choose any of the following.... "cependant, pourtant,  toutefois" to express "however". In other words, how would I decide which of them to use for any given circumstance.  I know there are also other words and expressions that can also express the general sentiment but it's the differentiation between these 3 words that interest me.

    Any thoughts please?

    Monsieur le Maire

    in French Language

    Posted

    [quote user="Benjamin"]You could always do what most of us here do. If it's a bloke you just call him mate and if it's a bird you call her love. Works every time for me. [6]

    [/quote]

    Thanks for that Benjamin.... very sound advice, I might just give that a try [;-)][:D]

    Monsieur le Maire

    in French Language

    Posted

    On Monday we are meeting with the vendor of our proposed purchase and the geometre to formally define the land boundaries prior to us signing the CdeV.

    We understand from the agent that the maire will also be in attendance. As we want to get off to a good start with the maire, can you confirm that correct way of initially addressing him (I understand the maire is a man) would be

    "Monsieur le Maire"?  I'd just like to be sure about this and that this wouldn't be either wrong or too formal?

    Thanks

    Oh my god i have become an emoticon

    in The Lighter Side

    Posted

    [quote user="Pads"]My teacher dosnt like me to speak english any more [:(], so when I dont know what to say[8-)] I have started to make faces like these little people [:$], I caught my self to day doing the woot , confused , blush, blink, big smile , little smile , and sad , how did this happen ............... I a  woman I am not an emoticon[:-))][/quote]

    Pads.  Now that really did make me smile.  It's a good job I wasn't having a cup of tea when reading it otherwise I'd be out looking for a new keyboard. [:)][:D]

    Cheers [B]

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