mardi 11 décembre 2012

Un Dia Sin Ti by Roxette




Came across this nice song "Un día sin ti" by Roxette (yeah I know it's old but I love it) and I didn't even know they sang in Spanish. I think it's beautiful. I've posted Italian songs here before so why not a Spanish one? The lyrics are pretty simple too. Note that the English lyrics are translated from the Spanish, which are not entirely the same as the original "Spending my time" lyrics.


Spanish/Espagnol/Español

Un día sin ti
¿Qué hora es?,
bienvenida la mañana.
Tan sola yo y el cielo tan azul.
En mi café, en mi radio y en mi tele
siempre estás tú.

Para empezar me levanto de la cama
y voy vistiéndome así como así.
Gracias a Dios tú no puedes verme
llorando por ti.

Un día sin ti
es una eternidad, es un adiós
que duele por dos.
Sólo esperar, la soledad.
Un día sin ti.

Busco tu voz y el teléfono me lleva
al puerto gris de tu contestador.
Ayúdame, yo no sé como pasarme
un día sin ti.

Un día sin ti
es una eternidad, es un adiós
que duele por dos.
Sólo esperar, la soledad.

Un día sin ti
es una eternidad, es un adiós
que duele por dos.
Es una pena.
Un día sin ti.

No tengo amigos
ni otra cosa que hacer
sólo pienso fuertemente en ti…Oh…
me niego a ser tu amor
a cambio de un día sin ti.

Un día sin ti, sin ti
es una eternidad, es un adiós
que duele por dos.
Sólo esperar
un día sin ti.

Un día sin ti, sin ti
es una eternidad, es un adiós
que duele por dos.
Es una pena
un día sin ti


English/Anglais/Inglés

A day without you
What time is it?
Welcome morning.
I'm so lonely and the sky is so blue.
In my coffee, on my radio and my TV
There's always you.

To start I get out of bed
I get dressed and I like that.
Thank God you cannot see me
crying for you.

A day without you
is an eternity, it's a goodbye
that hurts twice.
Just wait, loneliness.
A day without you.

Seeking your voice and the phone takes me
to the voicemail on your answering machine.
Help me, I don't know how to spend
a day without you.

A day without you
is an eternity, it's a goodbye
that hurts twice.
Just wait, loneliness.

A day without you
is an eternity, it's a goodbye
that hurts twice.
It's a shame.
A day without you.

I have no friends
or anything else to do
I only think of you ... Oh strongly ...
I refuse to be your love
in exchange for one day without you.

A day without you, without you
is an eternity, it's a goodbye
that hurts twice.
Just wait
a day without you.

A day without you, without you
is an eternity, it's a goodbye
that hurts twice.
It's a shame
a day without you


French/Français/Francés

Un jour san toi
Quelle heure est-il?
Bienvenue au matin.
Je suis si seul et le ciel est si bleu.
Dans mon café, sur ma radio et ma télé
C'est toujours toi.

Pour commencer je sors du lit
je m'habille et j'aime ça.
Je remercie Dieu que tu ne peux pas me voir
pleurent pour toi.

Un jour sans toi
c'est une éternité, c'est un au revoir
ça fait mal deux fois.
Attends la solitude.
Un jour sans toi.

A la recherche de ta voix et le téléphone me mène
à la messagerie vocale sur ton répondeur.
Aide-moi, je ne sais pas comment passer
un jour sans toi.

Un jour sans toi ...
c'est une éternité,
c'est un au revoir
ça fait mal deux fois.
Attends la solitude.
Un jour sans toi.

Un jour sans toi ...
c'est une éternité,
c'est un au revoir
ça fait mal deux fois.
C'est une honte.

Un jour sans toi.

Je n'ai pas d'amis
ou quelque chose d'autre à faire
il suffit de penser fortement à toi ...
Oh ... Je refuse d'être ton amour
en échange d'un jour sans toi.

Un jour sans toi ...

Un jour sans toi,
c'est une éternité,
au revoir
Ça fait mal deux fois.
Attends la solitude.

Un jour sans toi.
c'est une éternité,
c'est un au revoir
Ça fait mal deux fois.

C'est une honte.
Un jour sans toi.

Un jour sans toi ...
Un jour sans toi, sans toi
C'est une honte


dimanche 2 décembre 2012

Un Plan Parfaît avec Diane Kruger et Dany Boon

Continued from this post. So I finally went to see the film Un Plan Parfaît (A Perfect Plan).

It was a pleasant film, full of laughs and filmed in many interesting places. There was, however, too much CGI (computer graphics), it was too "Hollywoodesque" and unrealistic and the ending was totally predictable. It was definitely more like a Hollywood film than a French film. However for a bit of fluffy fun, it was well worth it to watch.

The two main stars Diane Kruger and Dany Boon are wonderful in this film and you can see in their interview (below) just how well they get along. They seem to be lovely people as well as actors.



I'm quite impressed with myself as I hadn't seen a French film in the cinema since last year (!!) and as all French films are UNsubtitled... I used to have difficulty with this but for the first time ever I understand nearly everything in the film. There were only 2 things I missed when they spoke too quickly (I knew I had missed something when the audience laughed and I missed what they were laughing about).. so I'm very happy that before I could understand maybe only 70% of a French film without subtitles and now I can understand around 95% of it. The problem is not so much vocabulary anymore it's just with the speed with which they speak. :D

dimanche 11 novembre 2012

French as spoken by non-native speakers

Something I noticed while doing all these tests for French proficiency is that after a certain level for the listening tests, they give you extracts that are NOT read by native speakers and/or with background noise. I think this really tests your listening skills because if everything was read by a native speaker, slowly and clearly with no background noise then 1) it would be too easy and 2) it would not be realistic as there is lots of background noise in every day life!

One of the hardest things I found at the start was making and receiving telephone calls because the line would undoubtedly be somewhat noisy and writing down telephone numbers was always hard...

Anyway I'm getting off the point I wanted to make.

I was looking at a trailer for Un Plan Parfaît and discovered that Diane Kruger speaks fluent French! She sounds like a native speaker to my ears. I did a bit of research and found out she went to Paris when she was 15 which I guess is still young enough to pick up a native accent. Of course she also speaks fluent German and English.




 J.K. Rowling (of Harry Potter fame) also speaks French. Here she is with President Nicolas Sarkozy (although she is reading and not speaking). She has an accent so I think it's good to watch this video for French listening practice.

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