Question

French help??

Answer 1

Listen and decide when this event takes place: A.Saturday
B. Monday
C.Thursday

D.Friday

Answer 2

@zepdrix
@mathmate
@jabez177
@imqwerty
@Koikkara

Answer 3

not loading :P

Answer 4

Really? :/ That's weird... Let me try to attach the audio again

Answer 5

Hopefully the audio loads this time :/
From this audio I concluded that they are talking about mardi gras, but I need a second opinion on that. Plus I need to know what date they say in the audio that the event takes place

Answer 6

Is it working for you? @mathmate

Answer 7

? @mathmate

Answer 8

Yes, the audio works well! The volume is a little soft but discernable, maybe my computer, loudspeaker, or my ears, lol.
So what do you make of it?

Answer 9

Show us what you transcribed, and hence deduce from there.

Answer 10

Well I think they are talking about mardi gras because I picked up on the words "carnaval" and "costume" and "mask" however I am now not so sure because for the question that says what day does this event take place, Tuesday is not an option, and Mardi Gras is Fat Tuesday.

Answer 11

So I just want to know if you also think it's talking about Mardi Gras, or just some other party. And I can't really decifer from the audio what day this festivity is taking place, so if you could help me with that, maybe your ears are better trained than mine, lol.

Answer 12

You probably missed the first sentence, which is very tricky to understand.
To throw people off, he didn't mention any day of the week (that would be too easy!), nor
did he say "mardi gras", but used a replacement. "carnaval des rois".
So to find out the day, you just follow the tradition.

Answer 13

Haha, they are a tricky bunch. But yay, so I was right about them talking about Mardi Gras :) however now I am stumped, because isn't Mardi Gras usually on Tuesday? However Tuesday is not an option in the word bank they gave me :/

Answer 14

The options they gave me were: Saturday, Monday, Thursday, and Friday

Answer 15

Mardi Gras __finishes__ on a Tuesday (when everybody get fat, I suppose! lol).
Read all about it at the following links:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_gras
and
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89piphanie

You can switch it back to English on the left of the page if you wish.

Answer 16

Oh, ok :) thanks.
Can you help me with one more question? It's my last one and it has me confused.

Answer 17

ll va chercher sa commande à _______________.

Answer 18

The important information is in the last sentence!

Answer 19

Ok, give me a sec to hear the last sentence again

Answer 20

:)

Answer 21

Hmm... I hear "la semaine dernière"
Am I correct?

Answer 22

Yes, that's is correct, but the important part is what's before that.
Try to transcribe ALL the words you hear, and make a link of the ideas together. Then listen a few more times, to confirm the blanks that you filled in. By doing that, you will train yourself to catching more keywords.

Answer 23

Thank you so much! And also, in regards to the Mardi Gras question again, after reading the articles I concluded that the date would be Sunday, however Sunday is also not an option. So do you think I should put Monday, which is the day after Epiphany and the day before Mardi Gras?

Answer 24

True! That's what I thought too.
Can you reread the articles and decide on when the Carnaval __starts__?

Answer 25

Yesss, it is Monday!! I just had a light bulb go on in my brain. Because it doesn't say that it has to start ON Epiphany, it says on OR AFTER. So it could very well be Monday. Thanks for all your help :)

Answer 26

You figured it out!!! lol

Answer 27

So did you transcribe the last sentence? It starts with "Je vais à...."

Answer 28

I know it's "Je vais a le librarie ... le livre ... je commande la semaine derniere" but I'm having problems filling in the blanks where the dots are, lol

Answer 29

But I think what it means is that he is going to the library to return books that he checked out last week... Am I right or am I way off? Lol

Answer 30

You are close.
Note that in French, librairie is a bookstore. A library is called a bibliothèque (hence discothèque, vidéothèque, etc).
He did not say return books. He said "...chercher le livre que j'ai commandé...".
Now, reread the question, and try to figure out the answer.

Answer 31

I'm not too sure about that one, I was stumped so I decided to move on and come back to it later.

Answer 32

I was actually going to ask you your opinion on one question. To answer Quel match de sport a-t-il ? I was going to put Un match de hockey. But would it be "hockey" or "dix heures"?

Answer 33

I was afk. Back now.

Answer 34

Oh, lol, don't worry :)

Answer 35

I just asked one more question ^^

Answer 36

Oh and one more thing, just to verify. "Qui est chez le médecin?" means "for who is the medicine?" right?

Answer 37

Yes, your answer to the last question is correct.
His leg hurts, and doens't know if he can play. He will take an aspirin and decide by 9 o'clock to see if he can play.
Listen to the message again to make sure you understand all that. Which leg hurts?

Answer 38

"chez le médecin" means at the doctor's, just like "chez moi" is at my place.
I suppose you understand the part "Qui est..."

Answer 39

Oh so it's "who is at the doctor's?"

Answer 40

Yes, that's correct.

Answer 41

Hint for the bookstore question:
"Je vais à la banque " means I go _to_ the bank.
"Je vais à l'école" means I go _to_ school.
So reread the question and see what they expect as an answer.

Answer 42

Oh, ok, thanks :)

Answer 43

You're welcome!
If you have other questions, you can tag me.
Now that you're posting in the right section, you will have the benefit of getting help from others too!
Keep up the good work!

Answer 44

Thank you so much!! :) And yeah, haha, I'm making it a habit to post things in the right section now, lol.

Answer 45

One more question?
Comment est le prof de math? Il est sévère et ________.
I can't understand the word after severe

Answer 46

^^ @mathmate

Answer 47

@sweetburger
@Atsie
@.Sam.

Answer 48

Nevermind, I got it

Answer 49

Yes, I did :)) I'm proud of myself for that one, lol @mathmate

Answer 50

"Il est sévère et ennuyeux".

Answer 51

Great! You're doing well!