Pas de lieu Rhône que nous ...

I don't know if you have tried Google Translate at all. It can be very helpful if you are stuck with a phrase or sentence and can't work out what it means by conventional methods. As long as it's not too slangy or obscure, Google Translate will generally come up with something near the awful truth.

But don't try this... Pas de lieu Rhône que nous.

 

BUT ....
here's something else you can do with it, especially if you are all on your own with learning French and have nobody to bounce off or to correct your mistakes....

Here's what you do... you go on to Google Translate, set the left-hand box ( the one you type into) to French.... and then start typing away in French and see if the English translation on the right is what you thought you were writing!

So you might type...  Je m'en fous  . and on the right it comes up with  I do not care.

And you think ... blimey, I think I'm getting the hang of all this !!  Mind you, it doesn't quite carry the undertones of the original, but never mind.

By the way, as you go along it tells you what it says so far... which can be interesting....

So, if you type  Cette parapluie  it says  This umbrella...

then you might enlarge somewhat ...

Cette parapluie, c'est fou  ..... and it tells you  This umbrella is crazy. 

That's the basic idea, and then you can ...

[a] change some of the words.... a noun maybe..... Cette horloge, c'est fou..... etc
                                                       or maybe a verb ....... Cette horloge, il parle .... 
                                                 or perhaps the person ....Ces horloges, ils  vont fondre ...
                                                 or negativise it ................ ....Ces horloges, ils ne  vont pas  fondre

[b]  Or make it conditional, or make it into a question, or put it into the past .. all depending on the level you are at. And all the time Google Translate is letting you see if you have got it right.

[c]  Start writing the next sentence,or the previous sentence...

[c] Copy and paste its translation back onto your side and see how it would have written it in Welsh.

It's  like having someone by your side who shows you if you are getting it more or less right. Which is useful.

So... give it a try............. and remember, Google Translate is totally free!!

Music Time again .... let's have another one from Mickey 3D .... La France a peur ...

J´allume ma télé
Je vois un p´tit gars bien sapé
Il me dit qu´ça craint
Que dehors faut pas y´aller
Que si je veux me sentir bien
Et puis pour ma sécurité
Alors je dois rester chez moi
Aujourd´hui j´ai pas le choix
Je me dit qu´il fait froid
Qu´il a peut-être raison
Il a l´air tellement sérieux sous ses allures de pauvre con

La France a peur
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
La police vous parle
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
La France a peur
(Ouhhhhh)
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
(Ouhhhhh)
La police vous parle
(Aillez confiance)
Tous les soirs à vingt heure

Ensuite ils font parler un type
Qui a pas l´air de manquer de fric
Il me dit que si je veux respirer
Ben c´est pour lui qu´il faut voter
Prendre ma carte du parti
Lui filer quelques billets
Il me dit que si l´air est pollué
Si les francais sont stressés
C´est la faute des immigrés, des clochards et des pédés

La France a peur
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
La police vous parle
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
La France a peur
(Ouhhhhh)
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
(Ouhhhhh)
La police vous parle
(Aillez confiance)
Tous les soirs à vingt heure

Alors écoute bien mon petit gars
Toi qui trône à la télé
Si un jour tu crève de froid
Chez moi faudra pas venir sonner
Et puis si un jour par malheur
Les fachos prennent le pouvoir
Dis toi bien qu´ça sera pas d´la faute
À tous les gens qui broient du noir
De toute facon ne t´en fait pas
Ils auront surement quelque part
Une jolie petite place pour toi
T´aura bien fait ton cinéma (2X)

La France a peur
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
La police vous parle
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
La France a peur
(Ouhhhhh)
Tous les soirs à vingt heure
(Ouhhhhh)
La police vous parle
(Aillez confiance)
Tous les soirs à vingt heure

Salut alors là c´est PPD et j´vais vous
raconter une histoire drôle.
Alors là vous voyez au Soudan y´a
150 000 d´mort, mais on en a rien y´a
branler du Soudan parce qu´ya
Germaine, elle s´est coupée le doigt,
et ça fait vachement mal de se couper le
doigt, et y´a Marcel il fait des chaussures
en bois, c´est vachement joli les
chaussures en bois.
Alors tu vois les mecs qui crèvent au
Soudan on en a rien à branler, mais
alors la rien du tout, on en a rien à
foutre!

Hey.... just out of interest, here's what Google translate makes of those paroles ...

I turn on my TVI see a well-dressed little guyHe told me qu'ça fearsOutside that should not y'allerWhat if I want to feel goodAnd for my safetySo I have to stay homeToday I have no choiceI said it's coldHe may be rightHe looks so serious in looking like a assholeFrance has fearEvery evening at twenty hoursPolice speakEvery evening at twenty hoursFrance has fear(Ouhhhhh)Every evening at twenty hours(Ouhhhhh)Police speak(Hate it trust)Every evening at twenty hoursThen they talk about a typeWho has not run out of money airHe told me that if I want to breatheWell, it's that we should vote for himTake my party cardHim spin a few ticketsHe told me that if the air is pollutedIf the French are stressedIt is the fault of immigrants, tramps and queersFrance has fearEvery evening at twenty hoursPolice speakEvery evening at twenty hoursFrance has fear(Ouhhhhh)Every evening at twenty hours(Ouhhhhh)Police speak(Hate it trust)Every evening at twenty hoursSo listen well my little guyThou throne on TVIf one day you die of coldI will not come in ringAnd if one day unfortunatelyThe fascists took powerSay you will be well qu'ça not the faultTo all the people who grind blackAnyway do not worryThey will surely somewhereA nice little place for youYou have done your good cinema (2X)France has fearEvery evening at twenty hoursPolice speakEvery evening at twenty hoursFrance has fear(Ouhhhhh)Every evening at twenty hours(Ouhhhhh)Police speak(Hate it trust)Every evening at twenty hoursSalvation then it's you I'm gonna PPD andtell a funny story.So there you see there's Sudan150 000 dead, but there's nothing weWhat's w*** Sudan becauseGermaine, she cut the fingerand it hurts something awful to cutfinger, and there's Marcel he made shoeswood, it's really nice towooden shoes.So you see guys who die inSudan we had nothing to m*********, butthen nothing, we have nothing tof***!

I've edited out the ruder bits in case any young people are tuning in.
As I mentioned at the start, Google translate isn't perfect, but it can help.