Calla Reviews (كالا)’s Comments (group member since Feb 05, 2019)

Calla Reviews (كالا)’s comments from the French Language Learners group.

lol. no not obsessed, observant. I'm at about 5%.
I will look into vampires. I saw it but paid no attention to it.
I will get Les Gens.

ah, this book has such a tinge of sadness and isolation(loneliness)
I wonder why the Prince only seemed to run into one entity on each planet? Those entities seemed to be isolated and alone. Why did the Prince have no companion on his journey? The book is filled with a sense of sorrow and loss. (I could be projecting :) )

I truly wonder if this was Exupery's way of dealing with his loneliness and Isolation. Perhaps a depressive episode he was going through at the time.

Did the Prince die at the end? it may be my mis-translation but something about the ending of the book made me feel the Prince died.


Okay enough of my musings on to camus

je finis Le petit Prince et je commence l'etranger.

Bienvenue Ashley.

We are doing a book a month challenge feel free to join us and post often.

Can we start the next book in March? . I have the kindle versions but I want to grab the physical copies to read instead?

Je n'ai pas fini. Je suis desolee.

Have we all agreed on l'etranger for fevrier?

Bienvenue Amy.

hmm, very interesting connection. As psych major, I missed the connection but then again the book itself it tough reading.

I've been reading in my very spare time, but am putting together a schedule. It seems the more I read in french the better my comprehension of the meanings get. I hope to finish this book before Monday.

I have also found it on YouTube with audio an am planning on going through that after I finish the book.

How is your reading coming along?

Csilla wrote: "Nous sommes trois, ca a l'aire. Je suis bien contante.

I have a sentence for us to discuss, if you are up for it.
'J'eprouve tant de chagrin a raconter ces souvenirs.'
I was a bit baffled, because..."

I think the sentence may have been written that way because the book is fairly older. I think it was written around 1943. So the way people spoke may have been a bit different.

Im not sure I follow this train of thought
(I am also wondering, is Saint-Exupery had Aspergers). What makes you believe he has a disorder?

I am on chapter 4 but hope to clear more today :) I feel like a need a dual language petit prince but I am trucking along.

réflexions et commentaires

Csilla wrote: "Do you want to open a different topic for each book we read, or will we just discuss them here? I've started Le petit prince, it is easy to read, but I am not rushing it. (we all know the story any..."

Je commence le petit prince aussie. C'est un difficle livre pour moi.
Lets start in a new tooic so we can just post all monthly reads there.

Amy wrote: "Le Petit Prince sonne bien! Je commencera le lire cette semaine.

Also, I am up for trying to read a book a month, and L'Etranger sounds like a good book to read!"

Awesome

commencons. Let's aim for a book a month shall we.

Csilla wrote: "Hello, is this group still alive? I moved to Quebec 6 years ago, so my spoken French is fairly good. However whenever I try to write something in French, I feel like a 6 year old would do a better ..."

Bienvenue Csilla! We are still active.

Csilla wrote: "I guess nobody was up for the challenge. ;) Have you read them since? I can join you for the Little Prince, or the young-adult fiction if I find it as an e-book. (kindle's built-in vocabulary is in..."

Oui,
I am ready with Le Petit Prince when you are. I have not read it as of yet! Then we can move on to Dumas I have yet to read that as well. If you are up for it we can pick a book every month or every week and read through it.
Currently I have l'etranger and Le petit prince but can grab the others as well and new reads.
Shall we start next monday?or sooner?
As far as Maupassant's book, I think it depends on the level of reading. They may be short stories but if the vocabulary and sentence structures are advanced they may take a while to read.

Is anyone/ everyone up for a group book read?

If so please list your books below and we can take a poll.
my picks are:

Le Petite Prince
Candide Voltaire
Sixtine Livre 1: Caroline Vernalle

Natalie wrote: "Salut ! Je m'appelle Natalie et j'apprends le français depuis sept ans. Mon livre français préféré est Le Petit Prince.

Hi! My name is Natalie and I've been learning French for seven years. My fav..."

Bienvenue Natalie.

Carmen wrote: "Bonjour! I learned basic French through a self study course many years ago but never really mastered grammar. That’s what I’d like to work on the most through reading French books. Back then I work..."


Bonjour Carmen!
It will be nice to have you in the group as we go along our french journey. Feel free to chime in whenever you can.I'm always excited to see what everyone is reading. Never know what good books you may come along.
Bienvenue!!

Bienvenue and Salut Dianabeat,

Est-ce que genres des livres Intérêt vous?