Arrivée

(Arriving)

After looking at the dates of my last half dozen (douze) posts I realize une fois que deux semaines (once a two weeks) seems to be what je suis (I am) averaging.  

Side note on the douze:  these posts take me awhile to écrire because as je suis (I am) typing je suis revising so je can use mon français (my french) and then are running to a translator so I can check mon spelling.  This can take awhile as je play around with what word gets me the français je sais (I know).  Then there is the proof reading to include the anglais (translations), by the way je never trust mon own translations. So on to the amusement with twelve.  Je always try and take a crack at the français before I hit the translator, and je typed DOUZE, regarde (looked) at it and thought there is no way that is right.  To my not so trusty translator at which point je realized je had not idea how to spell twelve in english.  Je did have an idea but was wrong and the translator does not spell check in your own language for you.  So a side step to google, back to the translator to realized je has spelled it correctly in français to start.  While I am excited to relearn this first grade word in the privacy of my own home, and then share it with the internet, and not while in the middle of écrire une chéque (writing a check) valuable minutes lost as well as often my train of thought.

Back to the main point.  Daniel et je are now in Connecticut, by way of ma maison de parents (my parents house) in West Virginia, where ma soeur (my sister) was able to see us for dîner (dinner).  A stop off in New Jersey to visite deux trés bon amines (visit to very good friends), then just une nuit dans un hôtel et nous sommes ici (a night in a hotel and we are here).  Only six jours (days) in transit!  More and hopefully frequent Connecticut updates to come!

Additional Side Note: accidentally typed diner instead of dinner and the translation was wagon-restaurant, anyone else find that interesting? 

Tonight's Picture:

Un photo de moi quand mon mari était supposent photographier les fleurs.

Pervious Picture:

The little rabbit is wearing a pretty flower. 

Apologies to those of you that have just been dying to figure that one out.

Gauche, Gauche, Gauche, Droite, Gauche

(Left, Left, Left, Right, Left)


There has not been much posting the past deux semaines (two weeks) and that is because there hasn't been much frenching for the past deux semaines. Nous (we) moved me out of my SC apartment and back into our NC maison (home) just in time to pack up for a été (summer) in Connecticut.  Daniel est travaillent (is working) for an acoustic consulting firm ( I can barely spell it in english let alone français).  Je ne sais pas (I don't know) what I will be doing other than enjoying the the Connecticut coast so that will leave plenty of time for a focused French effort.   

Now to the French, currently working on time, directions, and position or as I like to think of it as the important but supremely frustrating things.  For one, aside from pronunciations I have had a simple time knowing my numbers from dix to soixante (10 to 60) but things just got weird.  70 or soixante- dix, more accurately 60 plus 10.  Very odd why not just come up with un plus (one more) word for a number, but no problem 80 will be soixante-vingt, nope.  80 is quarte- vingts (4 times 20)  90 is quarte - vingts- dix  (4 times 20 plus 10).  WHAT THE HELL? Can I remember this formula sure, will I be able to understand someone one when ils parlent (they talk) to me?  Was this really easier than creating trois (three more) numbers?  So apparently I am not in love with absolutely everything french.

Tonight's Picture:

Le petit lapin est porte sa belle fleur. 

Pervious Picture:

This chair cost $35 if you want it

This is still true, nous (we) are still trying to sell it along with plenty of other crap.

Sortir

(Moving out)

I have started closing down mon (my) apartment in South Carolina which invovles selling some of my furniure.  Selling the furniture help us deux (two) fold.  Premiere (first) we have realized we like our maison avec moins (home with less) things in it, so we have elected to not bring maison most of the furniture we took to moi apartment.  Le deuxieme (the second) advantage we get from this plus d'argent (more money) for the travel fund.  Nothing coûtez plus de trente dollars (cost more than thirty dollars) but I figure the television will pay for most of a déjeuner bon marché de café (a cheap cafe lunch).  J'amine (I love) that "bon marché" literally translate to "good market". While I think this is very polite of the French, but what about when tu (you) want to call something cheap in the negative meaning.  Once again I find myself wondering how I will be able to be my wonderful quipy self in french.

This selling of furniture makes moi empty apartment even barer and crack den like.

Trip Update:
Moi British Airways carte de credit (credit card) came in mail and with un $5.25 d'argent achat (one lunch purchase) I have secured my billet (ticket) to Frane!  Now nous (we) have to spend 2,500 on le carte dan 90 jours (days). Je think je am up for it.

Tonight's Picture:

Cette chaise a coûté trente-cinq dollars si tu la voulez.

Pervious Picture:
The girl in the blue dress is with her parents.

Fin d'un Travail

(End of a job)

So I have put the tres (third) and final show up at the college je travaille á (I work at), while je sais (am) always happy to be done with a show it is a bit sad. It is the last show I will do ici (here).  This year I took a job in South Carolina that is tres hours away from where my mari et je habite (my husband and I live) in North Carolina.  I was offered to return next automne (fall) but I want to be home next an (year).  This year has been hard for my mari et je but je feel we are coming out better for it, though would not recommend it. While I am counting down the jours (days) until we close down mon apartment, I have enjoyed mon travaille and will miss it.  J'enseigne  (teach) some really good étudiants (students) and have grown rather attached, turns out I am the maternal type.  I am sure they will bring in a wonderful replacement for me that is most likely more experensesd than me as je suis deux ans (I am two years) out of grade school, but I still hate to leave them. I have also made some bon amis (good friends), which I hate to leave as I am just getting to know them.

Well this post seems lourd (heavy) on me and legere ser français (light on french), I guess my real life happens sometimes.  Now that my show has finished I have had some time to french and have now competed Level Un.

Tonight's Picture:

Mon chien assist dans le judgement de toi.

Pervious Picture:
 Two of my good friend, we look like sisters. I don't know what Kisten is doing with her hands.

L'anglais

(The English Language)

In learning a new language it makes tu (you) very aware of your own.  Je (I) have started noticing all the oddities of language tu just happen to learn not from étude (studying) but just vie (living) in the language.
Start écoutez (listening) to the l'anglais (english) especially phrases you have always used but never thought about the individual words that make it up.  "Some way, shape or form" it is awfully repudiative isn't, these things are no so weird until you are piecing them together word by word.  How does a language program enseignez (teach) you "rolling with the hommies""roulement avec les habitants à la maison" some how I bet it does not translate.

Will je be able to be sarcastic en français?  Je ne sais pas si je sais ( I don't know if I know) how to interact with people if I can not be sarcastic or silly.  Hope level cinq (5) covers early 90's slang and snide wording.  Because ils sont français (they are french) will ils even notice I am being sarcastic?  Despite being dans l'amour (in love) with the pays (country) I can still make fun of it.

Done with the reflective. I brought a costume maison (home) but forgot to bring the instructions with it.  Instead of getting ahead in my show I am behind on I baked cookies and frenched.

So je  am willing to admit the picture captioning part of the blog is probably silly.  Je am trying to use it as another tool to practice words or phrases that may not come up in casual typing.  Sometimes I have trouble coming up with a picture ideas, je tend to let my limited vocabulary pick my pictures.  I would like to ask for photo suggestions.  Still tied to my limited vocabulary I will try to captain as accurately or creatively as I can, given what I have.  Ensuite un est sur vous  (So next one is on you).

Tonight's Picture:

Ils regardent le concert l'extérieur. 

Pervious Picture:

The brown toy and the purple flowers.

Daniel got those for me on our anniversary last ans (year).

Printemps Vacances

(Spring Break)

J'ai vingt-sept ans ( I am 27) and yet still manage to have a printemps vacances (spring break, well literally it is spring vacation but I think I got the idea across).  I now understand the attraction to the dark side of educational théâtre plus et plus (more and more).  How have I been spending this possible last glimmer of spring break heaven, being as boring as I can manage.

After deux (2) conferences, a lazy few jours (days) sounded nice.   Mon mar et moi ont regardé la télévision et ont joué sur les ordinateurs. (My husband and I have watched television and played on our computers).  While this relaxation has been très bon I have done a few productive things.  I have been propre ma maison (cleaning my house), mon chien (my dog) likes to keep the place as furry as possible.  Those of you who saw her picture in an earlier post, let alone know her in person, will understand.  I also managed to start travail (work) on a costume for my upcoming show.  It is a children's théâtre piece so I am making a bleu kimono ( I assume the word is the same in french). Once the show is done I may even post some pictures. Enfants (children) shows always have great pictures.

Daniel woke up malade Mardi (sick Tuesday) so this has slowed productivity a bit.  Currently, je ne suis  pas malade (I am not sick) and we are hoping it stays that way.  He has almost completely lost his voice and is a few jours (days) from tech semaine (week).  So here is hoping it is short lived.  I am looking on the bright side and am happy to finally get to use malade which is a word I have known for awhile.

Français Progress:

• Have not frenched in over a semaine or deux.  
• Acheté una livre (Bought a book) of fables in both Français et Anglais. ( Waiting for Godot was my other bilingual choice, yea I think I made the right choice too)
• Daniel and I have started parler (speaking) Français a bit at home.

Tonight's Picture:

Le jouet marron et la fleurs violet.

Previous Picture :
The woman has the smallest dog.

I would like to point out that is not a puppy but a near full grown dog.

Je Vous Manqué

(I have missed you)

Life has been a bit busy lately.  It has been conference season in the theatre realm so I have been running around for that. Une conference was Atlanta, Georgia which I took mes (my) students to.  J'enseigne a l'université (I teach at a university) is a petite town in South Carolina.  I needed to conduis (drive) down in the van with the students, which was fun and loud.  That was deux samedis (two weeks) ago, this past samedi I was in Charlotte North Carolina at a strictly technical théâtre conference. Je préfère ça (I prefer) this conference quite a bit, there are so many bon (good) workshops to go to.  These conferences also give me a chance to catch up with mon amines (my friends) I have not seen in ans (years).

Currently I am at home on my printemps (spring) break.  I have plenty to do this samedi with catching up on work for the ever approaching end of the semester but hopefully this relaxed schedule will allow me to refocus on étudié français (studying french).

Fun Note: I have noticed my spell check can tell when I spell a french word wrong but never has a guess for how to spell it correctly.

More Trip update: nous (we) have enough for un round trip ticket ! At some point I will list the random things we are doing to accumulate points.

Tonight's Picture:

La femme a le plus petit chien

A bon amine (good friend) of mine who I hope doesn't mind her cameo


Pervious Picture: It's winter for the tree.