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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:11 am    Post subject: Livres en francais~ Reply with quote

is anyone a francophone here? French Immersion? I want to start reading French books. My boyfriend said he read a lot of French novels while he was in French Immersion and that helped him with vocabulary. But I don't know where to start. I've taken up to Gr11 French and I don't think I can read novels... but some picture books are too easy.

je ne sais pas quoi lire~ <-- i don't even know if i wrote that right :P

aidez-moi? :3?
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Everything you wrote was perfect Happy

I'm francophone, but I don't read that many french books =$ Good ones to start off with would be anything by Dominique Demers, her Marie-Lune series is a great, easy teen read.

I can also suggest reading translations of English books, however you have to be careful because some translations are better than others because sometimes some puns or whatever get lost in translations or the vocabulary isn't too great. Good ones I've read so far: anything by Philip Pullman (author of that golden compass thing) and the Harry Potter series.

Hope this helps!
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 5:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ouii~ merci :3

je chercherai les livres Marie-Lune quand je suis au Québec~

i guess i should try reading the HP books in french... e_e is it hard? In English, it is considered a children's book... a very long children's book... but it would be good since I already know the story~
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

IN FRENCH

Tu te débrouilles bien en français Razz ! Il y a seulement une petite erreur :

"Je chercherai les livres Marie-Lune quand je serai au Québec."

Je me demandais où tu allais te procurer des livres en français, mais maintenant que je sais que tu vas venir au Québec, voici mes suggestions :

- Une famille et demie, Des vacances à temps partiel et Un automne entre parenthèses d'Élyse Poudrier (les deux derniers livres mettent en scène les mêmes personnages)

- À fleur de peau et Le Grand Vertige de Martine Latulippe

- Chanson pour Frédéric, Les Fausses Notes, Les Naufrages d'Isabelle, Envers et contre tous, En plein coeur, Sur les pas de Julie et Sur la pointe des pieds de Tania Boulet

Mon livre préféré de cette auteure est Les Naufrages d'Isabelle. Les deux premiers livres parlent de Maxine et les quatre derniers racontent la vie de Clara et de son amie Julie.

- La Lumière blanche, La Deuxième Vie, La Chambre d'Éden I et II d'Anique Poitras

Au lieu d'acheter les quatre livres séparément, tu pourrais acheter Le Roman de Sara qui les regroupe tous en un volume.

- Ta voix dans la nuit et Marie-Tempête de Dominique Demers

Marie-Tempête englobe les trois livres relatant l'histoire de Marie-Lune : Un hiver de tourmente, Les Grands sapins ne meurent pas et Ils dansent dans la tempête.

L'ensemble de ces romans font partie de la collection Titan de la maison d'édition Québec Amérique. Ils sont faciles à lire et ils traitent des tourments de l'adolescence. Je pense qu'ils pourraient être un bon début pour toi.

Si tu recherches des livres qui représentent un plus grand défi, tu pourrais lire Là où la mer commence de Dominique Demers. C'est une version modifiée de l'histoire de La Belle et la Bête ^^ !

Il y a aussi les romans policiers de Chrystine Brouillet comme Le Collectionneur et Chère Voisine. Ses autres livres sont beaucoup plus gros et difficiles à comprendre. J'ai beaucoup aimé Le Collectionneur, parce qu'on est tenu en haleine jusqu'à la fin.

Je n'ai pas vraiment d'autres idées de livres québécois en tête. Je crois que c'est dû au fait qu'on lit beaucoup de traductions de livres anglophones. On lit aussi des classiques de la littérature française que je ne te conseille pas, puisqu'ils sont écrits en vieux français.

Bonne lecture Wink !


IN ENGLISH *if you don't understand it in French*

You're pretty good in French Razz ! There's only one mistake :

"Je chercherai les livres Marie-Lune quand je serai au Québec."

I was wondering where you would have find French books, but now that I know you will come in Quebec, here are my suggestions :

- Une famille et demie, Des vacances à temps partiel and Un automne entre parenthèses by Élyse Poudrier (the last two books present the same characters)

- À fleur de peau and Le Grand Vertige by Martine Latulippe

- Chanson pour Frédéric, Les Fausses Notes, Les Naufrages d'Isabelle, Envers et contre tous, En plein coeur, Sur les pas de Julie and Sur la pointe des pieds by Tania Boulet

My favorite Tania Boulet's book is Les Naufrages d'Isabelle. The first two books talk about Maxine and the last four ones tell Clara and her friend Julie's life.

- La Lumière blanche, La Deuxième Vie, La Chambre d'Éden I and II by Anique Poitras

Instead of buying the four books separately, you could buy Le Roman de Sara that puts them together in a bigger book.

- Ta voix dans la nuit and Marie-Tempête by Dominique Demers

Marie-Tempête includes the three books that tell Marie-Lune's story : Un hiver de tourmente, Les Grands sapins ne meurent pas and Ils dansent dans la tempête.

All of those novels belong to the collection Titan from the publishing house Québec Amérique. They're easy to read and they deal with the adolescence torments. I think they could be a good start for you.

If you are looking for books that are more challenging, you could read Là où la mer commence by Dominique Demers. It's a modified version of The Beauty and the Beast story ^^ !

There are also Chrystine Brouillet's detective novels like Le Collectionneur and Chère Voisine. Her other books are bigger and harder to understand. I liked a lot Le Collectionneur because we are kept in suspense until the end.

I don't really have in mind other ideas of books from Quebec. I think it's due to the fact that we read a lot of English translations. We also read French literature classics that I don't recommend to you since they are written in an old French.

Good reading Wink !
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 3:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

graphic novels in French. I can't think of any off the top of my head. But those are good, too because you get active images along with it as well.
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