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humbert

Quote from: scarface on August 21, 2021, 01:24 PM
Maybe you have heard of the American series Melrose Place, Silk stalkings and Baywatch (known in French as “alerte à Malibu”).

I'm not familiar with Melrose Place or Silk Stalkings. I did watch Baywatch until I got fed with with watching so many fake, silicon-infested b00bs. 😁

scarface

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Algeria cuts off diplomatic relations with Morocco. Algiers accuses Rabat of being involved in the fires that killed at least 90 people in the country this summer. Western Sahara, border between the two countries, rapprochement of Algeria with Iran and Morocco with Israel… The conflict between the two neighboring countries is not new. What are the historical origins of this rivalry?
A documentary in French.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6fddeJh2Lw



A birthday dinner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0l2T7iF0Ro



A documentary about hitler (for humbert who is interested in history)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTE2Cl42fME



Why 99% of ocean plastic pollution is "missing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsjvwQclGLo


humbert

The study of history is very important. It's the only way to really know a country and its people. The dispute between Algeria and Morocco [for example] cannot be understood unless you look at the history. There are quite a few English videos on the subject on Youtube.

Funny you showed Hitler in his 1940 meeting with Francisco Franco. Franco was ready to enter the war on Hitler's side on the condition that the Axis powers essentially return some sort of Spanish empire (I don't remember the details). Hitler was outraged. He and Mussolini won the Spanish Civil War for Franco and this is how he repays him. After that they never was each other again -- fortunately for Franco.

scarface

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A documentary about the city of Cairo in Egypt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKzeyrlzwt4



The story of the decline of Atlantic City and what has happened to this once gambling hub of the east.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHPM83AMBmg



Does 0.999 equal 1 ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4mh9OCO6jE


humbert

Quote from: scarface on August 29, 2021, 09:35 PM
Does 0.999 equal 1 ?

I remember posing that question to my math teacher many years ago in high school. He proved it another way: 9/9 as we know =1. However, with long division you divide 9 by 9 and get .9 - 9 x 9=81  subtract 90-81 and get 9. This repeats forever. I know this is a confusing way to say it but I don't know how to do the division so it can be understood.

Another video I saw on there is if 00 =1. This made no sense to me despite the fact that every calculator says 00 =1. It turns out this is a limit and not a true value. No need to explain further, you guys know what limits are. Truly an interesting video.

scarface

Tonight, new videos are available on the forum.


Goldeneye â€" casino scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2pCZFpq9aA



Maher, shadow.97 and humbert have certainly never seen this. This is a caillette ardéchoise (pronunciation: ky-yet)
Caillette is a large meatballs made of ground pork meat, pork liver, Swiss chard, spinach, pig’s blood, and herbs, wrapped in caul fat, that lacy piece of fat that surrounds the stomach in pigs, keeping the caillette moist. This dish comes from southern France and dates back to the 16th century. Caillette is a regional specialty that has been around for centuries; in the 1700s it was known as “petit pâté.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0SNd0SkDvg



Mo-Do - Megamix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyISp-1dcE



humbert

Quote from: scarface on September 05, 2021, 04:56 AM
Goldeneye â€" casino scene.

The casino in the scene. Is that in Montecarlo? Somewhere I heard men have to wear fancy tuxedos to enter the casino. Have you ever been to Monaco?

Quote from: scarface on September 05, 2021, 04:56 AM
This is a caillette ardéchoise (pronunciation: ky-yet)

That prompts an interesting question. As you know, in Spanish ll is always pronounced like y. How is it in French? In caillette ll = y. In the French national anthem “La Marseillaise” ll=y. However, in the 2nd line of the chorus "Formez vos bataillons!" ll=l. What's the rule?

scarface

Quote from: humbert on September 06, 2021, 04:51 AM
The casino in the scene. Is that in Montecarlo? Somewhere I heard men have to wear fancy tuxedos to enter the casino. Have you ever been to Monaco?
Yes it is Monte Carlo, or more precisely Monaco, since Monte Carlo is a district (the most famous) of Monaco.


I've spent one day in Monaco in April 2000 to see the tournament of tennis Monte Carlo. Actually, the tournament takes place in the tennis club of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, a commune that borders on Monaco.



Quote from: humbert on September 06, 2021, 04:51 AM
That prompts an interesting question. As you know, in Spanish ll is always pronounced like y. How is it in French? In caillette ll = y. In the French national anthem “La Marseillaise” ll=y. However, in the 2nd line of the chorus "Formez vos bataillons!" ll=l. What's the rule?
I'm happy to see that you are learning French. No doubt you'll be able to come to southern France pretty soon. When you are at the butcher, you'll say "Je voudrais des caillettes et quelques saucisses" but you need to build vocabulary, master pronunciation, and develop listening and communication skills first.
Actually, I don't understand your question. In the word "Caillette", the first syllable "Cai" is pronunced "ky" (like in Mount Sinai). But in the word "maison" (house), you say "mé.zÉ"̃".
As for the words caillette, Marseillaise, and bataillons, in each case ll is pronounced as in the Spanish word llamar.
Note that English is not more logical since xylophone is pronunced "xailophone" but syllable is pronunced "seellable".

humbert

Quote from: scarface on September 06, 2021, 08:09 PM
Yes it is Monte Carlo, or more precisely Monaco, since Monte Carlo is a district (the most famous) of Monaco.

So I see. I was under the impression MonteCarlo was the capital of Monaco the same way Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein. And yet according to Google Maps the casino we're seeing is called Casino de Monte-Carlo. I don't see any others.

Quote from: scarface on September 06, 2021, 08:09 PM
I've spent one day in Monaco in April 2000 to see the tournament of tennis Monte Carlo. Actually, the tournament takes place in the tennis club of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, a commune that borders on Monaco.

A ticket to the tournament must have cost a fortune. Is it true that spectators in a tennis match are constantly moving their heads back and forth like constantly saying no? If so it must be dizzying.

Quote from: scarface on September 06, 2021, 08:09 PM
I'm happy to see that you are learning French. No doubt you'll be able to come to southern France pretty soon. When you are at the butcher, you'll say "Je voudrais des caillettes et quelques saucisses" but you need to build vocabulary, master pronunciation, and develop listening and communication skills first.

If I had the opportunity to practice it that would be great. Here there's just English and Spanish, but no French. In fact, even in Québec you'd have trouble practicing it. My lady studied there a few years. She says if you address them in less than perfect French, they promptly switch you to English.😣 In this hemisphere the only place I can think of is maybe Martinique or Guadeloupe.

Quote from: scarface on September 06, 2021, 08:09 PM
Actually, I don't understand your question. In the word "Caillette", the first syllable "Cai" is pronunced "ky" (like in Mount Sinai). But in the word "maison" (house), you say "mé.zÉ"̃".
As for the words caillette, Marseillaise, and bataillons, in each case ll is pronounced as in the Spanish word llamar.
Note that English is not more logical since xylophone is pronunced "xailophone" but syllable is pronunced "seellable".

I became confused because I was under the mistaken impression that bataillon was pronounced as a single L, but now I'm seeing that in French the LL is just like in Spanish. For that reason I asked what the rule was.

And yes, English is probably the least phonetic language there is. It's a total disaster when it comes to spelling versus pronouncing, plus there are no accents of carets to at least give you a clue. What can you expect from a bastard language that's basically a mix of Old English and French (Hastings 1066)? As you know, Old English is nothing like today's language.

scarface

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Quote from: humbert on September 08, 2021, 04:53 AM
So I see. I was under the impression MonteCarlo was the capital of Monaco the same way Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein. And yet according to Google Maps the casino we're seeing is called Casino de Monte-Carlo. I don't see any others.

The "Casino de Monte-Carlo" is located in the neighborhood of Monte Carlo in Monaco indeed. Since it's a city state, there is no capital in Monaco. You can find other city states without capital like Singapour or even countries like Palestine...
Note that the citizens of Monaco are forbidden to enter the gaming rooms of the casino. The casino was designed by Charles Garnier in 1878, the architect who had designed the Paris opera house known as Opera Garnier.


Quote from: humbert on September 08, 2021, 04:53 AM
I became confused because I was under the mistaken impression that bataillon was pronounced as a single L, but now I'm seeing that in French the LL is just like in Spanish. For that reason I asked what the rule was.

And yes, English is probably the least phonetic language there is. It's a total disaster when it comes to spelling versus pronouncing, plus there are no accents of carets to at least give you a clue. What can you expect from a bastard language that's basically a mix of Old English and French (Hastings 1066)? As you know, Old English is nothing like today's language.
I'm glad to see that you are discovering the particularities of the French language. But there are exceptions: a double l in French does not always mean that you are pronuncing it "ll". Let's take the verb "appeler" - a.pə.le - (to call). If you use it in the first person singular, for example "j'appelle Maher" (I'm calling Maher), you won't pronounce a double l: you will say "apɛl". This is because the last e of the word is a silent letter. And in the first person plural, there is only one l: "nous appelons". Note that the double p is useless too...