Harry Potter à L'école des Sorciers (French Edition) Kindle Edition

I need to learn French really well for school, but reading scholarly articles and dull books gets boring after a while. A friend recommended I check out the Harry Potter books in another language and enjoy reading something that helps build my vocabulary, particularly in more common communication patterns, and offers a fun way of getting used to medium grammar. And she was right! What a fabulous idea! I love Harry Potter, need to speed up my reading in French, and see new things about both the language and the plots that I wouldn't have otherwise seen.I do have a few cautions, however. The wizarding/witchcraft vocabulary that abounds in the books will be of little obvious value in the real world. But looking them up in the first quarter or half of the first book will get rather frustrating unless you know the books forward and backward and don't need to look them up. But the vocab is surprisingly varied and difficult and will help anyone not fluent in French. The vocabulary is, on the other hand, generally pretty straightforward. So anyone with a semester of college study or a year of high school study will be fine. Even this may not be necessary, but I find my patience tested in looking up vocab all the time, and I've taken 5 semesters of French and have read much more for research.Still, anyone looking for a fun and challenging way to practice their French should look into buying them in another language.

I've been teaching myself French for quite awhile now using a free online site. I thought I could better my "exposure" and understanding of the language if I read a book I'm quite familiar with that has been translated into French. I haven't had the book long and I've already reached the point when Harry gets his Nimbus 2000 from McGonagall. I do think it a bit funny what some of the names have been translated to, and wonder why some changed but others didn't. Google Translate works well if I can't figure out what character is being referenced or is speaking, as well as figuring out certain sentences. I'm acutally understanding a lot more than I thought I would. It's been great so far. I hope to get the audio CD soon and follow along with the narrator. I don't know if the book is abridged or not, but it's still worth owning for the French practice.

I’m an adult/unconventional college student. I’m learning French again and I wanted to go all in. I listen to francophone music from around the world. My professor said this was great, but that reading would help too. I picked this up because I had already read in English. I’m an intermediate speaker so this is perfect. I read aloud often too. There are words I don’t know and name changes because : Latin/mythology/romance language variation , but it’s a doable challenge and it’s enjoyable.

I am always going to love Harry Potter. I got the first book in French to see if I was able to understand/remember any of it since I studied French in High School and College. I was able to understand about 25-30% without having to refer to the English version or a dictionary. I found it interesting that the names of some characters, the houses, and even the money was different though from the English version and the French Version. Examples are below the French Version will be in Parentheses.Madame Promfrey (Madame Pomfresh)Hogwarts (Pudlard; This one translates correctly. I'm sure most do but I didn't check all)Knuts (Noises)The Daily Prophet (La Gazette du Sorrier)Muggle (Moldus)Griphook (Gripsec)Galleons (Gallions)Mornilles (sickles)Madame Malkin (Madame Guipure)Slytherin (Serpentard)Hufflepuff (Poufsouffle)Scabbers (Croutard)Gryffindor (Gryffondor)Ravenclaw (Serdaigle)Draco Malfoy (Drago Malefoy)Snape (Rouge)Mr. Filch (Mr. Rusard)Madame Hooch (Madame Bibine)Mrs. Norris (Mrs. Teigne)Professor Sprout (Professor Chourave)Fang (Crockdur)Oliver Wood (Oliver Dubois)Neville Longbottom (Neville Londubat)

I'm going to be entering college in the fall, and I really wanted to read a book in french beforehand. I've had 4 years of french in high school and consider myself an intermediate student. I've always enjoyed the Harry Potter series, and since I'm so familiar with the story, I figured this would be a great book to read in a foreign language. From an educational standpoint, I would say that the grammar is great for students since it's simple enough to understand without being so simplistic that there is no value in it educationally. The reason I gave it 4/5 stars is for those who aren't as familiar with the story. Some of the names are altered in this text, so one may get hung up on a seemingly unknown word that is just an alternate name. if you are well-versed in Harry Potter, I would definitely recommend this as a great starter novel. But remember, keep a dictionary with you while reading just in case!

Great for learning French

What better way to study French than to get a book you practically know by heart (with all of the rereading) in French. If I ever learn another language, you can bet that I will be getting Harry Potter in that language as well! And if you're feeling up to the task, get the audio-book as well and try to follow the story that way. What's strange is I can normally understand the written language well, but I can't follow along when it is being spoken.(On a side-note, some of the words have changed in translation. Muggle is no longer muggle, etc. If you know the story, you'll follow along well.)Happy reading!

This was the second book I read during my French studies and I loved it. I watched all the movies and so that helps me know that I'm on track in the plot. Totally doable for an advanced beginner or lower intermediate learner. I recommend checking our Olly Richards book on French short stories for an explanation on how to read as a beginning language learner. Once you get the hang of it, it's such fun!

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Comprei de presente para uma amiga que fala frances, ela amou. O livro é lindo e bem pequeno e leve. Infelizmente acabamos se afastando por uns problemas ai. Mas ainda guardo muita lembrança boa dela, e da saga HP também.

Tamaño perfecto para traerlo contigo, apegado a otras traducciones que he leído.

Très bon livre que je recommande vraiment bien à lire. L’univers de Harry Potter me toujours fascine toujours.

C’était une excellente traduction. J’aimait le format etc. et on pouvait utiliser le dictionnaore déjà téléchargé pour les nouvelles expressions et mots.