French Feedback and Comments

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confused

one is given the translation (i can't find it any more) from the french, je ne le trouve plus. i've two problems with it 1. is this the most accurate translation 2. is this the most common way a french person would say it

3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 30, 2012

another problem

Lesson 12.2 making a complaint,we are given this sentance (Vous l'avez portée?) doesn't portée mean reach

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 30, 2012

translation problem

Lesson 12.2 making a complaint, we are given this expression (en la mettant) should it not be en la mettant sur.

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 30, 2012

Dialog-Only File?

As I conclude this first stage of the Premier French Course, I am thinking that it would be wildly beneficial to have a single, downloadable file containing just the dialogs between Paul and Claire, without the lengthy commentary provided by Paul in the ...

2 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 30, 2012

too old?

I am wondering that at 58 if I'm too old to learn a new language? People a lot younger than me probably retain more information than I.

24 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 30, 2012

Adobe PDF files - No sound

Hello, I want to use the grammar/text documents supplied, however; I cannot seem to open any 'sound' files within Adobe Reader. I place the cursor over the audio link, click the left mouse button, and nothing happens. I have researched the Adobe site,...

4 replies - Last post by andre-t - December 26, 2011

Paul's Pronunciation

I think it is a bad idea to have Paul pronounce french words "in an English way" when speaking English because the (wrong) English pronunciation may get stuck in one's mind. The words should be pronounced in perfect french. For example, in less...

7 replies - Last post by jeena-- - November 17, 2011

iTunes

I looked for a little while and did not see it... How do I get the download to show up and work in iTunes? Thanks.

4 replies - Last post by MichaelJS47 - September 4, 2011

12.1 Si Clauses

Je passerai à la pharmacie du coin si tu as besoin de médicament. I’ll go the chemist across the street if you need medicine. I thought it would translate as the pharmacy on the corner? am I too literal with my translations:: Sandie

1 reply - Last post by Pascal-P - August 14, 2011

RF Software & PDF

Hi, I purchased RF back in February and I remember that I downloaded a software that includes the main software that includes all the pdfs lessons, games and vocabs. However, I'm can't find it on my computer anymore and try to re-download but I can't fin...

2 replies - Last post by oaktree05 - July 20, 2011

MegaFrench Software

Does anyone know where the above can be downloaded other than from within the Level I course? I skipped over that to Level II and therefore don't have access to the Level I material; and I don't see MegaFrench anywhere in the Level II material.

1 reply - Last post by Rocket-Languages - June 9, 2011

FRENCH PEN PAL

Salut! Je m'appelle Blair. Iam looking for a pen pal who is aussi apprendre francais. I am 18 years old and would prefer someone around that age, but it doesnt matter. This way we can practice our french together! Let me know!

12 replies - Last post by KUMBUNJA-D - June 6, 2011

Virtual keyboard

Bonjour tout le monde! I just wanted to let you know that when you are typing in Rocket French - forum, notes, vocab - that there is now a virtual keyboard that will pop up below which has all the accents you need to write correctly in French. C'est gén...

0 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - April 28, 2011

Download transcripts

Just a suggestion: I have taken up learning French as I have a new job taking me all over Europe. It means I am spending a lot of my time on planes. I have downloaded the audios to my ipad and it is great to listen to them when I am travelling but for me ...

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - April 28, 2011

Future tense - Etre

It will be hot = il fera chaud (see lesson 4 chapter 3) why 'fera' and not 'sera'

3 replies - Last post by Eyram-K1 - March 23, 2011

French for Grade 7/8

Hey! Could you post some links from Rocket French for Grade 7 Level French? Thanks ;) Chris

1 reply - Last post by Eyram-K1 - March 23, 2011

Audio does not work inside Fife fox browser. 3.6.8

I get logged in normally, but the audio player does not load. It says that I need a plug-in, but when I click on download plug-in, a message comes up that says there is no suitable plug-in available. I have re-downloaded Flash and Shock- wave player. Ever...

3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - March 8, 2011

members locations

salut all, I was just wondering how interesting it would be to find out where some of the members who are studying Rocket French live. I would love to hear from some of you at least to know where you live, what country etc. Since we are all learning toget...

13 replies - Last post by zhuegar-z - February 27, 2011

Can we have a section on writing please?

Salut Marie-Claire Do you think it's possible for you to open a section on Essay Writing for those who are keen to practice writing a given topic in French? If you can suggest some topics we can start practising writing in French. In case we make a mista...

4 replies - Last post by ipiklu.ninja91 - February 22, 2011

Extra Vocab Track?

Hi, I've been learning french for a year with rocket french now and would like to make a suggestion. In the grammar sections of the course there are lots of additional words but there is no audio. I think it would be really useful to have audio for this a...

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - February 21, 2011

Quiz for Audio Lesson 10.4

Bonjour, In the dialog of this lesson, Eric clearly states, "nous allons arriver à Bordeaux plus tard en janvier...," yet the answer to the question, "Quand va Eric à Bordeaux?" is indicated as "en février." Yes, Eric makes the hotel reservation for the f...

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - January 25, 2011

Le petit 't'

In expressions like 'neige-t-il' or 'y-a-t'il', what is the meaning of the 't'? Is it an abbreviation?

1 reply - Last post by Pascal-P - January 13, 2011

Good movies or songs in French?

I just watched "I've Loved You So Long", A French movie with English subtitles. A really good movie, by the way, worth watching, even if I was trying to broaden my learning techniques. I can look on Amazon, I guess, but maybe someone out ther...

7 replies - Last post by Robin-R - January 10, 2011

French Music & Movies

Bonjour tout les mondes! (I hope I said that right!) I was wondering, could anyone recommend some good CLEAN french music? And possibly some good CLEAN movies in french as well? That would be greatly appreciated, as I was looking high and low this morning...

2 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - December 23, 2010

December Updates

Hi Everyone Jason here, the CEO of Rocket Languages. Those that have been with Rocket Languages for a while will have noticed many gradual changes and face-lifts over the last couple of years. Most of these changes have come from suggestions that members...

0 replies - Last post by jason-oxenham-founder - December 10, 2010

5.3 bring or fetch

HI I am currently in lesson 5.3 & in the extra vocab it has "Je t’apporte ça" & translates it to "I fetch you that " i really think you mean to say " i will bring that" or a little mor slang get that.... just a thought thanks

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - December 8, 2010

Text of lessions

Hi Everyone, I have just bought Rocket French but am very disappointed to not be able to find how to print or download the whole text of a lesson. I hope I am missing something, because without the whole text for a lesson I don't see how you can do revisi...

3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - October 15, 2010

Speed and frequency?

Hello, I recently purchased my copy of Rocket French; I'm a student in University (Moved from South Africa to the great country of USA). I know this is a silly question and is different for each person, but how many lessons is a good amount to complete e...

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - October 15, 2010

Quiz answers...

Can someone please direct me to where the quiz answers are??? merci

2 replies - Last post by jmoi - October 1, 2010

Interactive audio

For some reason I don't seem to have access to the interactive lessons or have the ability to download to MP3. This could well be me missing something simple. Any help would be appreciated

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - September 19, 2010

Newsletters

May i suggest that you number the newsletters as you send them out so that if we haven't managed to work on them when you send them we don't have to keep counting up on our list where we have saved them to find the one we want to work on next. T...

5 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - September 19, 2010

MegaVocab/MegaAudio

HI, I cant find where these parts of the course, Is there a tab or button where I can find them??? Thanks Si

2 replies - Last post by Gasman118 - September 19, 2010

typing in french

How can I use my qwerty keyboard to type in French \\\\\\9with accents etc)? Can anyone advise? Gabriel

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - September 14, 2010

sentence replay

I would like to suggest a replay button so you hear a single sentence over and over again, like how you can click on word to add to My Vocab, but instead, pause the lesson and repeat the sentence over and over to help get it to stay in your head. Just an...

2 replies - Last post by noisette - September 14, 2010

do you think....?

watching dvd's of favourite sitcom as an beginner, will it help? say if I know a lot of the sitcom verbatim?

0 replies - Last post by Gasman118 - August 30, 2010

Printing Rocket Premium Plus Lessons

Hi, I have just ordered the newly release Rocket Premium Plus. The additional lessons are showing up in my course area. I can print the lessons one at a time. However, to print the entire Premium Plus set, what do I have to do? By the way, is there addi...

3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - August 12, 2010

Problems Getting Started

Am I alone in being confronted by a pop up box explaining: 'Want to build your vocabulary.......' which is constantly refreshing itself and thus preventing me from kicking off the first lesson ?

1 reply - Last post by JPM - August 11, 2010

Pronuncation of consonants before "et"

Bonjour tout les mondes; I have a question. I've noticed that when I hear "et" spoken after a word that ends in a consonant, the et is said by itself, there's no "dragging", if you will, of the consonant from the last word onto the be...

0 replies - Last post by happycatholic - August 6, 2010

language and culture lessons

Hi, i don't know if it is a mac computer thing but I dont have any language and culture lessons? I have have looked everywhere on the learners lounge and cannot find them, they are not anywhere on my course either, can anybody help me? Also while im here ...

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - August 6, 2010

Wheres the help when you need it!

Ok, so bought the online version this afternoon, have absolutly no instruction of where to begin, where are the mega games and mega cards etc..... if I just wanted audio learning without any games etc, I would have bought something else. Also I have no id...

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - August 3, 2010

Problems with text when posting topics

The menu buttons don't appear to be working when you try and highlight text for posting to the forum. By this I mean "bold", "Italics", "Underline", "Font Colour" etc When I select them I get these respective texts ...

3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 25, 2010

Quiz content not covered in lessons

The quizzes often seem to ask about things not covered yet in the lessons or vocabulary. For instance, the quiz for lesson 3.1 "On the Highway" asks what the word for "toll" is. This is not in the lesson. There are many other examples....

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 25, 2010

Is it me?

I have listened to lesson 1.4 Avoir soif, about five times now, and I am still having problems remembering answers to Paul's questions. I have improved but should it take the (average) person this long? I would be interested in staff and user replies, pl...

3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 22, 2010

Interested in doing an advanced course

Hi, I have just completed Rocket French Premium. Do you have a more advanced course I could purchase?

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 22, 2010

Avec Ca

I travelled to France on holidays last year. While shopping in the markets the use "Avec Ca" was very common. Can you explain its meaning in a shopping context. Does it mean "anything else?"

2 replies - Last post by carlos - July 15, 2010

Looking for study partners

Salut tout le monde, I joined Rocket French on June 21st. Je vien de Inde. I am looking for study partners to study along with. Merci (in advance) :)

7 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 12, 2010

Urgent!!

Bonjour Marie madame, I don't think i will be able to learn french for 6 months, after my college starts. There is no computer in the hostel. So will i able to access my account after the long gap. I really want to learn French. Merci Somdeb

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - July 6, 2010

erreur

S'il vous plaît vérifiez 11.8:"When using the verb avoir, "to be," the helping verb, it does not normally require an agreement in the compound tense." Merci

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - June 23, 2010

move to france to learn language

I'm 58 years old. If I move to France can I learn the language or am i too old? I would like to learn the language before i die.

3 replies - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - June 16, 2010

Pronounciation

In lesson 1:10 the lady says " Y a-t-il des fleurs dans votre jardin? " But I hear "Il y-a-t-il" Is my hearing failing or am I right? Don

1 reply - Last post by Marie-Claire-Riviere - June 15, 2010

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