Video Interview: Jean-Marc with Kristi at the vineyard in 2009
Saturday, January 22, 2022
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I have followed you for YEARS, and LOVED your positive flow from afar! Notwithstanding, the Handsome Husband, 'Chief Grape'! :) I have ALWAYS wondered, with GREAT disappointment, that when you send us your 'French Word-a-Day', that you have never allowed us how to actually pronounce the word. You give the French word with its meaning, but you do not elongate HOW to say the word accurately. I have never understood this.
So, I have to look up the word on google, and hear it.
Well, once again, I enjoy the reads from you and your Perseverance! :)
Merci,
Dawn
Posted by: Dawn Hamilton | Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 02:25 PM
Dawn, there are “sound files” in each newsletter. Jean-Marc reads the French words, so we all can hear how the words are pronounced.
If I open mail on my phone, I do not see the text when the sound file opens. If I use a larger screen, I can see the words as I listen to him saying the words.
Now you can compare his accent to the one on Google translate.
Posted by: Sarah LaBellle | Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 04:17 PM
I love listening to you speak French despite not understand anything - oh spirituality - got that one :-) I so want to learn this beautiful language …
Gorgeous you and handsome husband both look the same!
The secret?
It must be the wine (for him) and the garden ? (for you?) or the love? And of course the beautiful French countryside … voila.
Love your way
Posted by: Kristina | Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 04:23 PM
Wow, so wonderful to hear you speak French so fluently and well. The interviewer spoke so fast that I had a hard time following. Bravo!
Posted by: Diane Covington-Carter | Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 02:29 AM
Thanks Kristi for sharing... great video... cracked me up at the end.
Posted by: Pamela Roberts | Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 10:57 AM
BRAVA!!!
Posted by: Patricia Sands | Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 03:57 PM
What an excellent glimpse behind the scenes, as it were. I was especially thrilled to see what I assume was Smokey in the background!
Merci pour tous les efforts et l'aide!
Posted by: Dee | Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 08:48 PM