Jane in NC Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Long before middle school my son had exhausted all of the Asterix books (in English translation) that reside in a friend's house. Around 7th grade, the lad came home from a library book sale with several Asterix books in French and a French dictionary. "I'm going to teach myself French." He began spending long afternoons in his room with the books and the dictionary but found he was only making minimal progress. He told me that we wanted to learn French to read Asterix in the original, which seemed as good of reason as any. He began his French studies in 9th, concurrently working on Latin at a more advanced level. French has not been one of his favorite subjects and it became clear that he'd probably draw the line after two years of study, although he would continue with Latin. But an interesting thing happened today. He pulled out those forgotten French Asterix books. Lo and behold, he can read parts of the dialogue! The narrative boxes are harder, but much of the dialogue makes sense, particularly with the visual clues. So there is indeed a reason to study French and maybe even continue with it? One never knows... (especially if I invest in some more French Asterix and Tintin volumes!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 Astrix comes in Latin, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRILLIUM Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 We have TinTin books in French. You can buy videos too. I'm "nice" and let my kids watch TinTin once in English before they go to French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaLisa Posted February 8, 2008 Share Posted February 8, 2008 I just reserved a carload of Asterix books (English versions) from our library, after my two middle sons devoured Tin Tin. Glad to hear they are such hits! Blessings, Lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Asterix comes in Latin, too! yeah, and I even own one now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielle Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Petit Nicholas! Everyone in the house hates me when I (or now, dd) starts reading these! Hilariously funny and the humor is pretty untranslatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Le petit Nicolas didn't fly here with my kids. They couldn't relate to most of the school situations. I ended up being the only one laughing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I borrowed a cdrom called Asterix, Learn French, from the library the other day. Not sure if we will get around to looking at it, but could be a good supplement for someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I first encountered Asterix when I was age 7 and in Germany. My brother and I poured over German language editions and tried to piece together the dialogue. We later started collecting English versions. My boys are now Asterix lovers ~ even my 3 year old can spend a solid hour just sitting and "reading" Asterix. Most of our copies are in English, but we do have a couple in German, as well as one in Latin (which my mother purchased years ago, in Germany). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 My son loved it. We sent him to ps kindergarten (nice in our town) in case he ever had to go to school and so he got the humour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 The one nice thing about Asterix in multiple languages is that the jokes differ! I was so surprised the first time I read it in English. The untranslatable jokes were changed, and they were funny too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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