fastforward Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 For anyone who may speak Quebecois French, do you have recommendations for books or materials for someone to learn or brush up on their French, but this particular "dialect"? (I put it in quotes because I'm not sure if QF is truly a dialect since I've read it's more of an original, older style of French. Forgive any ignorance I may be showing!) I have been to Montreal many times and used my (poor) HS french to get by, but I'm planning a visit to Quebec City in a few months and am looking to brush up on my skills a bit more. Merci beaucoup en avance! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 If CleoQc doesn't see this, you might need to PM her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastforward Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 Thanks. If I don't hear from her on this thread, I'll go ahead and PM her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 You might like the podcast "French word of the week" from CBC radio. http://www.cbc.ca/cestlavie/ It's part of the "c'est la vie" radio show, but you can get just this segment as a podcast all on its own. http://www.cbc.ca/cestlavie/word/ They discuss one word every week, give examples of how people across Canada use it, and generally discuss it. Lots of idioms, etc., are included. I believe you can get the archives, too, so you don't have to wait a week for the next one - they've done a ton over the years. (Podcasts are basically radio shows downloadable in .mp3 format. You don't need an iPod to listen - you can use any .mp3 player including most computers.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastforward Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'm listening to those podcasts right now and they are both entertaining and informative. I could never remember half of the expressions, but it's fun to listen to. Thank you for the links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awtl Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'm doing the French Carnegie-Mellon Open Initiative courses, and it seems that it is mostly, if not all, Quebecois French. http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses/french Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastforward Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 I'm doing the French Carnegie-Mellon Open Initiative courses, and it seems that it is mostly, if not all, Quebecois French. http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses/french Thank you for this link! I've been using this as a refresher for the past 2 days and it's been helpful to jog my memory. It also reminds me that I have a heck of a lot of trouble with remembering where the accents go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen in NS Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Thanks. If I don't hear from her on this thread, I'll go ahead and PM her. And there is also Tonia, who lives in Quebec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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