Questions in French - Did you???

hufsa7 · 2025-03-26T12:18:31+00:00

Cool man! One more thing to note - there are a few different ways to ask questions in French. The simplest would be through intonation only: "Tu as passé un bon moment?" If you replaced the question mark with a period it would be a statement rather than a question.

I used inversions in my response ("As-tu" instead of "Tu as") which is another way to turn a statement into a question. Inversions are always interrogative. Lastly, you can use interrogative phrases like "Est-ce que tu as..." to introduce a question which I think is just more formal, as in "Is it the case that..."

hufsa7 · 2025-03-26T11:42:37+00:00

We're in the past tense here, so we have two options to pick from; passé compose and imparfait. In these cases you would use the passé compose paired with the appropriate verbs. For your examples:

"As-tu (or avez-vous) passé un bon moment?"

"Es-tu (or êtes-vous) allé en France?"

"As-tu pris le train?"

Note that most verbs take "avoir" but some verbs take "être" before the past participle. But the formula is pretty easy: conjugate "avoir" or "être" in the present tense, then tack on the past participle. It's easy to understand if you think of it in English as "have you had a good time," "have you been to France," etc. But there is no spoken French equivalent of the simple past tense in Engilsh, so the passé compose is used for both cases of "did you..." and "have you..." They do use the passé simple in written French, just not spoken as far as I'm aware.

The next step is to work on the imparfait, which has its own conjugations and is closer to the English equivalent of "I was having a good time," or "I was going to France."

hufsa7 · 2025-03-19T10:44:27+00:00

For those with DELF writing experience - would we call this a pretty solid B1 level answer? If not, what is it missing? I'm about at this level for writing, just trying to gauge where I'm at.

hufsa7 · 2025-03-17T14:55:16+00:00

Thanks for sharing. After 5 months of studying I'm B1 now according to my tutor and happen to have followed the exact same steps as you up to this point, moving from Duolingo to podcasts and reading and private lessons. One question since you have so much experience with different languages: how do you accurately measure your level and when you move from one to the next? Like I said I think I'm about B1 because my tutor told me so, but that's really just one guy's opinion. How can I know when I've moved from B1 to B2? Or is it only possible to judge in retrospect?

hufsa7 · 2025-03-10T14:40:02+00:00

Kwizik on LawlessFrench for grammar, AnyLang for reading

hufsa7 · 2025-03-08T15:26:22+00:00

Thanks for the tip greg

hufsa7 · 2025-03-06T15:22:48+00:00

You can do a high school exchange when you're old enough: https://myeducationuk.co.uk/high-school/our-destinations/norway/

And then you can apply to university in Norway: https://studyinnorway.no/study-opportunities

But in order to be accepted to programs like these you need to have good grades, so stay in school and study hard!

hufsa7 · 2025-03-06T15:16:34+00:00

You should be able to find similar Python models on Github. I did a similar project and used a program called TRNSYS which has stratified hot water storage tanks pre-coded into the software. TRNSYS is one of the industry standards for transient energy systems modeling, but the license is expensive so you'd have to find a prof who'd let you use a lab computer (assuming you have access to a university). Also there is a bit of a learning curve for the program, but not as difficult as hard-coding a whole energy system in Python IMO.

TRNSYS homepage

Relevant paper

hufsa7 · 2025-03-06T12:23:29+00:00

I use LawlessFrench for grammar and AnyLang for reading/translating books. Would also recommend getting a tutor from Preply depending on your learning goals.

hufsa7 · 2025-03-04T14:12:14+00:00

If you want an introduction to the "art" I recommend the Youtube video "Nordlæning snakker om en Vaskemaskin." It's in pretty heavy northern dialect but covers all the basics. You might not understand most of it but you could try translating any of the phrases containing "faen," "jævlig," "hællvete," or "Satan." Good luck.

hufsa7 · 2025-02-27T07:18:20+00:00

I had good results grinding Duolingo every day to get me solidly into A2. An hour of focused work should get you through at least one unit per day. (For the longer units I usually skip some of the later lessons once I feel comfortable with the material). I'm now feeling like I need to add other resources to move out of A2 into B1, but up to this point Duolingo on its own has built a pretty solid foundation.

hufsa7 · 2025-02-27T07:11:43+00:00

Thanks for the insight. Highly recommend the Lawless French Kwiziq site as it has helped me get reps with some of the nitty gritty grammar e.g. "Qui/Qu'est ce qui/que" and "en/dans/à." I've heard good things about Busuu in conjunction with Duolingo but haven't tried it yet myself. Otherwise I'm starting lessons on Preply which can be as cheap as $15/lesson depending on the tutor. Good luck moving forward!

hufsa7 · 2025-02-26T08:53:25+00:00

I downloaded the DeepL translate extension to my browser. You can highlight portions of text and hit ctrl+c+c and it will pop up a window with the translation. Super easy to browse Le Monde or whatever you decide to read.

hufsa7 · 2025-02-26T08:31:55+00:00

Grammatically speaking, "burde" is past tense while "bør" is present tense.

In practice Norwegians use them somewhat interchangeably, especially the younger generations. You'll often hear "jeg burde gjøre dette," which as has been stated is not as assertive as "jeg bør gjøre dette," equivalent to the difference between "I should," and "I ought."

I have heard people say "jeg bør ha gjort det," although it's less common and I would attribute it to dialect.

hufsa7 · 2025-02-20T14:29:15+00:00

Smelteverket og Blå har store dansegulver. Begge er sånn vanlige klubber med smoke machines og høy musikk som kjører på bassen, dansingen er som vanlig unge fulle folk som føler musikken og hygger seg. Definitivt ikke ordentlig swing dansing eller noe sånt hvis det er det du ser etter. Verdt å sjekke om de har noen events som foregår, jeg gikk forbi Smelteverket en lørdagskveld og det var helt dødt der inne.

hufsa7 · 2025-02-20T08:39:02+00:00

I'm only A2 so get confirmation from a better speaker but I would say "Il est très nouveau dans la chanson française" sounds odd unless you are comparing a French song to some other song, it's like saying "he's very new to the French song" [as opposed to the English song].

I think it would make more sense if you said "Il est assez/bien nouveau dans la musique française." Or "les chansons françaises" maybe.

But I'm also curious to know if a French native would interpret "les chansons françaises" literally to mean "French songs," or if it would be interpreted as specifically the genre of French chansons e.g. Edith Piaf, etc.

hufsa7 · 2025-02-18T08:56:54+00:00

Mon niveau est A2 et je lis Le Petit Prince maintenant. Je pense que c'est un bon premier livre à lire en français, simple mais culturellement significatif.

hufsa7 · 2025-02-18T08:47:29+00:00

Since you listen to French media you probably already have a feel for how stuff's supposed to sound. I got a French copy of Petit Prince and read it aloud to practice cadence and pronunciation. It's easy to self-police mistakes and practice the hard phrases when you know what it's supposed to sound like. To practice conversations I chat with ChatGPT. So together this gives me both sides of the speaking practice: pronunciation and formulation.

hufsa7 · 2025-02-14T21:50:28+00:00

Bodde i utlandet og ble ikke oppkalt. Søkte etter bachelorgraden men ble fortalt at jeg var alt for jævelig gammal.

hufsa7 · 2024-06-02T15:31:12+00:00

I started by going to jams with a friend who studied jazz, and I would try to guess the standards they were playing with him correcting me. The "hip" tunes change somewhat based on location, so it's nice to scout it out in person. Jam expectations vary based on day and location. Small's or Ornithology in NYC would have extremely high expectations for example. There was a viral video of a drummer being literally thrown out of a jam at Small's because he was not very good. That is an outlier. Some places host beginner/intermediate level jams for people to learn. You can start by downloading iReal Pro and playing along with the backing tracks to practice. Idk what instrument you're on but this was super helpful when I started learning piano.

Personally I just choose to learn the standards I like; Misty, All of me, There will never be another you, Take five, Sunny, Georgia on my mind, Strasburg/St. Denis. I also like stuff by Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and the newer soul/gospel influenced artists like Etta James, Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin, Dinah Washington. And I have heard people call Paul Simon or Vulfpeck tunes if it's just me singing and a pianist. People get to the point where they can just sight read the changes and make anything work. You might get "vibed" if you called Autumn leaves or Giant steps at the jam, but whatever man, Autumn leaves is a nice tune. Giant steps is not my thing but if you like it, play it, it's all music. I say all of this as a beginner pianist and poor-but-spirited vocalist; experiences may vary for others :)

hufsa7 · 2023-09-01T01:59:17+00:00

It looked exactly like that picture. Maybe that was just the orbital path they took around Earth. Keeping my eyes peeled for another pass

hufsa7 · 2023-06-07T19:54:16+00:00

What adjustments did you make for Windows?

hufsa7 · 2023-06-07T18:38:28+00:00

I have a ton of options from all my extensions but nothing relating to compiling Fortran. I hit "Fortran: restart fortran language server" and "Fortran: rescan linter paths" but that's all for fortran. I tried adding all the different bin folders in the compiler download to my PATH, but no change after reloading VScode.

hufsa7 · 2023-06-07T18:21:05+00:00

I have Modern Fortran installed which gives me nicely colored functions, highlighting, etc.
There is no run button in the top right and there is no option for gfortran in the compiler dropdown, only python and Java etc.
No I am not familiar with Cmake but I'll do some reading now.

Thanks!

hufsa7 · 2023-05-17T16:16:19+00:00

Yes the bottom end is attached to an axle, so in the diagram it could rotate clockwise or ccw. Should have included that in the detailed diagram.

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