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arelendil · 10-30-2002, 10:49 AM

I'm not sure if this is allowed and if it is where it goes so i'll put it here!!
I'm in the middle of my French GCSE and have to do an oral prsentation. now i'm trying really hard to make the teacher let me do it on LOTR. but of course doing useless things in school i have very little vocab. and of course this being a international site i thought someone could help! soo here's the problem, first of all would anyone be kind enough to send be anything about LOTRs in french! Plus you know the french rule of the silent 'S' on the end of a word does it apply to characters, i mean would you get "Le Legola" or is it total different!!
Please help i don't want to have to do the oral on jobs or something equally borning

LePetitChoux · 10-30-2002, 10:55 AM

Well I dont know french, just learning it but...
I think Legolas would be pronounced with the S, as it is a name from another language... but I'm just guesing

Melephelwen · 10-30-2002, 01:29 PM

I, too, am just learning French, and I would only be able to send you stuff like "LotR is a book" and such lines... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] But I would say Legolas with the S. It's not a French word/name, and in every other language I know, you pronounce the names as in their origin language. French shouldn't be different.
Guess I'm not at much help... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Meela · 10-30-2002, 03:35 PM

Le Seigneur des Anneaux
(the lord of the rings, obviously [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img])

um...ok... c'est un roman fantaisie.
Frodo, un'hobbit' (un race des personnes courtes) doit de*truire un anneau avant le mauvais seigneur Sauron le trouve. Il est aide* par une compaignie de huit.
mon caracte're favorite est le lutin Legolas, un archer et un guerrier. Comme tous les lutins, il a les cheveux longs et blondes, et les yeux bleus. J'aime aussi le guerrier Aragorn, qui est de*couvri comme un roi.
L'auteur, Tolkien, a e*crit un e*norme*ment d'histoire au sujet de Middle Earth, ou' le roman est pre^t.

"Its a fantasy novel. Frodo, a hobbit (a race of short people) must destroy a ring before the evil lord Sauron finds it. He is helped by a company of eight.
My favourite character is the elf Legolas, an archer and a warrior. Like all elves, he has long blonde hair and blue eyes. I also like the warrior Aragorn, who is revealed as a king.
The author, Tolkien, wrote a vast history about Middle Earth, where the novel is set.

ok... so i know not all the elves are blonde... but that doesnt really matter...
the *'s are for acute accents, and the ' is a grave accent, and the ^ is a roof, obviously. i dont know how to put in actual accents.
theres not much, but its all i could come up with off the top of my head, plus i was using a dictionary cos although i did french, its all gone out of my head [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
i dunno if all the words are correct... but... i tried [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

hope it helps

Meela · 10-30-2002, 03:48 PM

aussi, je trouve que Tolkien englobe beaucoup de sujets, comme amitie*, amour (une lutine (?) a donne* l'immortalite*e pour l'homme l'aimait), et la force a' resister le mauvais de l'anneau.

also, i find that tolkien covered many themes, such as friendship, love, and the strength to resist the evil of the ring.

that was also probably terrible ... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Arwen Imladris · 10-30-2002, 03:56 PM

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arelendil · 10-31-2002, 10:59 AM

That's loads of help i'll be able to go in on Monday and wipe that smile right off her face thanks you lot your the best! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

10-30-2002, 10:49 AM	#1
arelendil Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Eryn Lasgalen Posts: 202	GCSE I'm not sure if this is allowed and if it is where it goes so i'll put it here!! I'm in the middle of my French GCSE and have to do an oral prsentation. now i'm trying really hard to make the teacher let me do it on LOTR. but of course doing useless things in school i have very little vocab. and of course this being a international site i thought someone could help! soo here's the problem, first of all would anyone be kind enough to send be anything about LOTRs in french! Plus you know the french rule of the silent 'S' on the end of a word does it apply to characters, i mean would you get "Le Legola" or is it total different!! Please help i don't want to have to do the oral on jobs or something equally borning __________________ Nai Vardo eleni ilye lumenn' enomentielvo siluvar!

10-30-2002, 10:55 AM	#2
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	Well I dont know french, just learning it but... I think Legolas would be pronounced with the S, as it is a name from another language... but I'm just guesing __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

10-30-2002, 01:29 PM	#3
Melephelwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: May 2002 Location: the Middle of Nowhere Posts: 291	I, too, am just learning French, and I would only be able to send you stuff like "LotR is a book" and such lines... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] But I would say Legolas with the S. It's not a French word/name, and in every other language I know, you pronounce the names as in their origin language. French shouldn't be different. Guess I'm not at much help... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ We're all following a strange melody We're all summoned by a tune We're following the piper And we dance beneath the moon

10-30-2002, 03:35 PM	#4
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	Le Seigneur des Anneaux (the lord of the rings, obviously [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]) um...ok... c'est un roman fantaisie. Frodo, un'hobbit' (un race des personnes courtes) doit detruire un anneau avant le mauvais seigneur Sauron le trouve. Il est aide par une compaignie de huit. mon caracte're favorite est le lutin Legolas, un archer et un guerrier. Comme tous les lutins, il a les cheveux longs et blondes, et les yeux bleus. J'aime aussi le guerrier Aragorn, qui est decouvri comme un roi. L'auteur, Tolkien, a ecrit un enormement d'histoire au sujet de Middle Earth, ou' le roman est pre^t. "Its a fantasy novel. Frodo, a hobbit (a race of short people) must destroy a ring before the evil lord Sauron finds it. He is helped by a company of eight. My favourite character is the elf Legolas, an archer and a warrior. Like all elves, he has long blonde hair and blue eyes. I also like the warrior Aragorn, who is revealed as a king. The author, Tolkien, wrote a vast history about Middle Earth, where the novel is set. ok... so i know not all the elves are blonde... but that doesnt really matter... the *'s are for acute accents, and the ' is a grave accent, and the ^ is a roof, obviously. i dont know how to put in actual accents. theres not much, but its all i could come up with off the top of my head, plus i was using a dictionary cos although i did french, its all gone out of my head [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] i dunno if all the words are correct... but... i tried [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] hope it helps __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

10-30-2002, 03:48 PM	#5
Meela Denethor's True Love Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mirkwood. With Thranduil... swoon Posts: 2,049	aussi, je trouve que Tolkien englobe beaucoup de sujets, comme amitie, amour (une lutine (?) a donne l'immortalite*e pour l'homme l'aimait), et la force a' resister le mauvais de l'anneau. also, i find that tolkien covered many themes, such as friendship, love, and the strength to resist the evil of the ring. that was also probably terrible ... [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ 'The Hobbit' 1st impressions: 1. Thorin is hot... Oh god, I fancy a dwarf. 2. Thranduil is hotter. 3. Is that... Figwit! 4. Does Elijah Wood never age? 2nd: It's all about Fili & Kili, really. 3rd: BARD! OMG, Bard.

10-30-2002, 03:56 PM	#6
Arwen Imladris Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In a box with a fox Posts: 1,347	check out here __________________ "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up, sleepies, we must go, yes, we must go at once."

10-31-2002, 10:59 AM	#7
arelendil Wight Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Eryn Lasgalen Posts: 202	That's loads of help i'll be able to go in on Monday and wipe that smile right off her face thanks you lot your the best! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] __________________ Nai Vardo eleni ilye lumenn' enomentielvo siluvar!