5. Pronouns, preposition, and other descriptive

Pronoun
"In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun (Lat: pronomen) is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun (or noun phrase), such as, in English, the words it (substituting for the name of a certain object) and he (substituting for the name of a person). The replaced noun is called the antecedent of the pronoun."
from wikipedia

Here is a list of some pronouns:
Je: I
Tu: You (familiar/informal)
Vous: You (polite/formal)
Nous: We
Il: He
Elle: She

Possessive
Sa: Her (as in possessive)
Son: His
Ses: Their

Ma: My (feminine object)
Mon: My (masculine object)
Mes: My (plural object)

Ta: Your (feminine object)
Ton: Your (masculine object)
Tes: Your (plural object)

Notre: Our (singular object)
Nos: Our (plural object)

Preposition
"Prepositions (or more generally, adpositions, see below) are a grammatically distinct class of words whose most central members characteristically express spatial relations (such as English in,under, toward) or serve to mark various syntactic functions and semantic roles (such as English of, for).[1] In that the primary function is relational, a preposition typically combines with another constituent (called its complement) to form a prepositional phrase, relating the complement to the context in which the phrase occurs."
from wikipedia


Some examples of prepositions:
above, on top of: au-dessus de
ahead, in front of: devant
behind: derrière
backwards: en arrière
between: entre
among: parmi
forward: en avant
beside, next to: à côté de
next: prochain
nearest: le plus proche
of: de
for: pour
on: sur
in: dans, or sometimes à
out: en dehors
on the left: à gauche
on the right: à droite
opposite, facing: en face de


Other descriptives
Some other descriptive words
a: un/une
a little bit: un petit peu
about: à propos de
all, everything: tout/toute (PL: tous/toutes)
also, too: aussi
because: parce que
far: loin
here: ici
if: si
no one, nobody: personne
none, not any: aucun
nothing: rien
other, another: autre
some, any: qulque
someone, somebody: quelqu'un
something, anything: quelque chose
together: ensemble

4. Days and Numbers

Let's start with numbers
1: un
2: deux
3: trois
4: quatre
5: cinq
6: six
7: sept
8: huit
9: neuf
10: dix
11: onze
12: douze
13: treize
14: quatorze
15: quinze
16: seize
17: dix-sept
18: dix-huit
19: dix-neuf
20: vingt
21: vingt et un
22: vingt-deux
30: trente
31: trente et un
32: trente-deux
40: quarante
50: cinquante
60: soixante
70: soixante-dix
80: quatre-vingts
90: quatre-vingt-dix
100: cent
101: cent un
102: cent deux
200: deux cents
300: trois cents
400: quatre cents
500: cinq cents
1,000: mille
1,000,000: un million

Expressing Age
To express your age, instead of using "I am" you use "I have", thus the pattern became like this:
"I have ____ years" instead of "I am ____ years old"
or "J'ai ___ ans" in French

Example:
J'ai quatorze ans (I am fourteen years old)
Elle a vingt ans (She is twenty years old)
Nous avons douze ans seul (We are only twelve years old)
Ma mère a quarante-quatre ans (My mother is forty-four years old)


Here is the expression to ask someone's age
"Quel âge as-tu?"
or for a more formal/polite approach, you could say "Quel âge avez-vous?"

Days
Monday: lundi
Tuesday: mardi
Wednesday: mercredi
Thursday: jeudi
Friday: vendredi
Saturday: samedi
Sunday: dimanche


Aujourd'hui: today
Hier: yesterday
Demain: tomorrow
Après-demain: the day after tomorrow

Expressing dates
But before, first you should know the name of the months in French:
January: janvier
February: février
March: mars
April: avril
May: mai
June: juin
July: juillet
August: août
September: septembre
October: octobre
November: novembre
December: décembre

This is the pattern to tell date in French:
C'est/On est/ Nous sommes + le + date + month + year (optional)
Example:
C'est le 31 (trente et un) octobre
On est le 17 (dix-sept) août
Nous sommes le vingt-six mars

*Notes: except for the first date of the month, like January 1st for instance
It's January 1st -> C'est le premiere janvier

3. Adjectives

I will give you lists of adjective examples, but first thing first, these are the rules you have to remember concerning adjectives


1. Adjective's gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular/plural) agrees with the noun
Example:
Adjective: intelligent (clever)

Masculine
Singular
Un garçon intelligent (A clever boy)

Plural
Les garçons intelligents (Clever boys)

Feminine
Singular
Un fille intelligente (A clever girl)

Plural
Les filles intelligentes (Clever girls)

To learn further about this, check the agreement of french adjectives. Of course, there are also some irregular forms of the agreement

2. Unlike English, in which the adjective is placed before the noun, French adjectives are placed after the noun


un oiseau blanc (a white bird)
un livre utile (a helpful book)
une vache lente (a slow cow)
la peau douce (soft skin)

3. Exception of the number 2, there are some adjectives placed before the noun, which are:
Adjectives which describe of the following,

Beauty

Age

Good or Bad

Size*

*except for grand (big)

Some adjectives that are supposed to be placed after the noun for the literal meaning, could mean differently when placed before the noun. For further explanation about this, look here

Those are the rules. Now, let's get down to business. I will give you a list of adjectives:

affectueux: affectionate

seul: alone

en colère: angry

magnifique: beautiful

ennuyeux: boring

commun: common, joint

chacun: each

égal: equal

chaque: every

drôle: funny, weird

amusant: entertaining

beau: handsome

difficile: hard, difficult

interessant: interesting

gentil: kind

paresseux: lazy

seulement: only

uni: plain

puissant: powerful

joli: pretty

fier: fire

rare: rare

malade: sick, ill

petit: small

grand: big

étrange: strange

suffisant: sufficient

fatigué: tired

inutile: useless

utile: useful, helpful

très: very

bien: well

merveilleux: wonderful

jeune: young

vieil: old

athlétique: athletic

cassé: broken
chauve: bald

maladroit: clumsy

fou: crazy

frisé: curly

actuel: current

enchanté: delighted

assez: enough

célèbre:fa mous

plat: flat

bon: good

mauvaise: bad

génial: great

heureux: happy

triste: sad

intelligent: clever

merveilleux: marvelous

nerveux: nervous

agréable: pleasent

poli: polite

possible: possible

véritable: real

serieux: serious

lisse: smooth

mince: thin

doux: soft

raide: straight (hair)

vrai: true

sauvage: wild

2. Verbs (and its conjugations)

In French, the usage of a verb is pretty complicated. It has its own form depends on what subject you use (I, you, he, she, or we). But to know how to form the verb, first you must understand the verbs in the infinitive form in which when you translate directly to English, have "to" in front of them. (Example: attendre: to wait, parler: to speak, courir: to run)

Verbs in the Infinitive Form
This is the basic form of verb. Usually in sentences, you change its form according to the subject you use. But not necessarily, if you already have another verb. Or sometimes, you don't have to put in a subject, for example: Allons danser (Let's dance) although allons is based on aller which means "to go". See that's what I meant, if you already have a verb that has changed form (in this case: allons). So the other verb stays in the infinitive verb (in this case: danser). But let's not confuse you with these now. You'll get it by time.

So, the  verbs in the infinitive form is divided in to three by its suffix (-er, ir/ire, or ir/oir/re). Every each has its own way to change form, but like English and perhaps any other language, it also has irregular verbs which I will explain to you later.

Example:
attendre (to wait)
parler (to speak)
marcher (to walk)
manger (to eat)
finir (to finish)
courir (to run)
lire (to read)
dormir (to sleep)
voir (to see)
prendre (to take)
suprendre (to surprise)

Pronouns
Before I explain to you about the conjugations, you probably should first take a look at the pronouns we will use. Now, in the pronouns I will explain later in the fifth chapter as I've summarized, I will give you the list of all pronouns. But here, we need only to know about the subject we use to state what somebody's doing.

Je : I
Tu : You (familiar)
Il : He
Elle: She
Nous: We
Vous: You (formal)*
Ils: They

*Vous sometimes can mean as "you" in plural. But when you combine it with a verb, the conjugation stays the same whether you mean "you" as in one person or "you" as in more than one person

These are important to remember, as I will give you example with these pronouns when I give examples of the conjugations.

Radical and Terminaison
I'm not really sure of this, I mean I don't understand this completely. But I have read it in some book, so I'm pretty sure it's accurate. In the purpose to easily understand about conjugations, we could remember this thing. So a verb consists of  radical (the root of the verb) and terminaison (suffix). We can not change the root of the verb, but the suffix could be change to match the subject and tense. In conjugations, we only change the suffix to fit it with the subject and the tense.

Example:
Trouver
Trouv (radical) -er (terminaison)

Conjugation Pattern


To not get you mixed up, every verb and conjugation I will explain here are all present tense. If you want further reading, you could check here

1. Verbs which end with -er (in the infinitive form)
For this kind of verb, change the suffixes to:
 -e for Je
 -es for Tu
 -e for Il/Elle
 -ons for Nous
 -ez for Vouz
 -ent for Ils

The pattern is pretty much like this, to help you see it clearly:
 Je + Radical (R) + e
 Tu + R + es
 Il/Elle + R  + e
 Nous + R + ons
 Vous +R + ez
 Ils + R + ent

Example:

TROUVER ->

Je trouve

Tu trouves

Il/Elle trouve

Nous trouvons

Vous trouvez

Ils Trouvent


trouver: to find

Additional notes:
For radical that ends with the consonant 'c' (avancer, menacer, commencer, balancer, remplacer, etc). You change the "c" to "ç" for the subject Nous. The purpose is to avoid any hard "c" sound, as in cone, candy, , caramel, etc

Example:

Commencer

Je commence

Tu commences

Il/Elle commence

Nous commençons

Vous commençez

Ils commencent

commencer: to start

For radical that ends with the consonant 'g' (manger, arranger, bouger, changer, voyager, partager, nager, etc). You add 'e' before 'o' for the subject Nous. The purpose is to avoid a hard "g" sound as in gorillas, grain, gamble, etc

Example:

Manger

Je mange

Tu manges

Il/Elle mange

Nous mangeons

Vous mangez

Ils mangent

manger: to eat

2. Verbs which end with -ir/-ire (in the infinitive form)

This kind of verb is pretty complicated. It has different radicals for the singular subject (je, tu, il/elle) and plural subject (nous, vous, ils). I will give you three examples

But before, you must remember the terminaison for this kind of verb

-s for Je

-s for Tu

-t for Il/Elle

-ons for Nous

-ez for Vous

-ent for Ils

Example:

FINIR

r: Terminaison

Radical

Fini-  

(For singular subject)

Finiss-

(For plural subject)

Hence the conjugations:

Je finis

Tu finis

Il/Elle finit

Nous finissons

Vous finissez

Ils/Elles finissent

finir: to finish


Example:

PARTIR

ir: Terminaison

Radical

Par-

(For singular subject)

Part-

(For plural subject)

Je pars

Tu pars

Il/Elle part

Nous partons

Vous partez

Ils partent

partir: to leave


Example:

ÉRCRIRE
re: terminaison

Radical
Écri
(For the singular subject)
Écriv
(For the plural subject)

Je écris
Tu écris
Il/Elle écris
Nous écrivons
Vous écrivez
Ils écrivent

écrire: to write

To help you see it more clearly, here is the pattern:

Je + Singular Radical + s

Tu + Singular Radical + s

Il/Elle + Singular Radical + t

Nous + Plural Radical + ons

Vous + Plural Radical + ez

Ils + Plural Radical + ent

The thing that you have to remember to conjugate this kind of verb is, you have to know which is the radical, and which is the terminaison. Sometimes the terminaison is the -ir, and -ire itself, or sometimes it's just the -re or -r. Sometimes the radical for the singular subject and the radical for the plural subject is the same, sometimes it's not. Although most plural radical ends with -ss (look at my first example)

3. Verbs which end with -re/-oir (in the infinitive form)

This kind of verb has to kind of terminaison:

For the verbs with the endings -re, it is:

-s for Je

-s for Tu

nothing for Il/Elle (look at the examples)

-ons for Nous

-ez for Vous

-ent for Ils

Observe carefully, I will give you the conjugations of verbs which radicals end with -d before -re (dre) and verbs which radicals end with -t before -re (-tre). If you look at the examples below, you will understand what I meant with nothing for Il/Elle

Verbs with -dre in the infinitive form

Example:

ATTENDRE

Je attends

Tu attends

Il/Elle attend

Nous attendons

Vous attendez

Ils attendent

attendre: to wait

Example:

PERDRE

Je perds

Tu perds

Il/Elle perd

Nous perdons

Vous perdez

Ils perdent

perdre: to wait

Additional notes: 

Except for verbs with pren before the -dre (like prendre -> to take or comprendre -> to understand) for this kind of verb, you need to change the d to n for Nous and Vous and change the d to nn for Ils.

Look: prendre

Look: comprendre

Verbs with -tre in the infinitive form

Example:

PROMETTRE

Je promets

Tu promets

Il promet

Nous promettons

Vous promettez

Ils promettent

promettre: to promise

Example:

PERMETTRE

Je permets

Tu permets

Il permet

Nous permettons

Vous permettez

Ils permettent

permettre: to allow

For the verbs with the endings -oir, it is:

-x for Je

-x for Tu

-t for Il/Elle

-ons for Nous

-ez for Vous

-ent for Ils

*note: for the singular subjects (je, tu, and il) add 'u' in the verb before x/t

Example:

VOULOIR

Je veux

Tu veux

Il/Elle veut

Nous voulons

Vous voulez

Ils voulent

vouloir: to want/wish

Example:

Je vaux

Tu vaux

Il vaut

Nous valons

Vous valez

Ils valent

valoir: to be worth

The conjugations varies for this kind of verb (with the ends -oir). In voir (to see), you add -s instead of 'u' and -x and change the 'i' into 'y' in nous and vous. The same apply to verbs that also ends with -voir like revoir (to see again). It is applied simmilarly to recevoir (to receive) savoir (to know), or devoir (to must/have to). Except for pouvoir (to can/be able to), which changes form the same with vouloir (to want).

*Note: pouvoir, vouloir, and devoir act as modals in English (can, want, must- respectively). For further reading about modals in French, check here

Note that there are a lot of rules for conjugations in French. It is even hard for me to remember it all. Some of the examples I gave you might even be categorized as irregular verbs. Well, the most regular conjugations are all of the first example I gave you. The others could be categorized as irregular, but since it still has pattern so I added it here. To be fluent with the conjugation pattern and stuff, I suggest you read a french book, watch a french movie, read a french instructions (like the one you found from cosmetic bottles), or maybe read a more advanced french lesson. To learn more about the pattern of conjugation, check this out. And to look at the conjugation list, I suggest you look here. Or if you weren't clear with my lesson, you could check here.

Common Irregular Verbs

Like english, french also has common irregular verbs. These verbs has no pattern, so you really have to remember it by yourself. There are 4 most important irregular verbs you have to remember, être (to be), avoir (to have), aller (to go), faire (to make/do).

Être (to be)
This is the most important verb of the French language, or maybe any other language for that matter. In english, être act as to be (is, am, are). And it does literally mean to be. Sometimes it is used as an auxiliary verb

Je suis

Tu es

Il/Elle est

Nous sommes

Vous êtes

Ils sont

Example:

Je suis malade

I am sick

Tu es très jolie

You are very beautiful

Avoir (to have)

This verb does literally mean "to have". But sometimes it is also used as an auxiliary verb in past tense.

J'ai

Tu as

Il/Elle a

Nous avons

Vous avez

Ils ont

Example:

J'ai un chien

I have a dog

Tu as mangé des crevettes

You ate shrimp
J'ai perdu mes bagages
I lost my luggage

Aller (to go)
Means "to go" in English, as in when you are going somewhere, to a place. Sometimes it is used as auxiliary verb for the future tense. More accurately, somewhere near the future. The conjugation form "Allons" to be used alone, means "let's" in English

Je vais

Tu vas

Il/Elle va

Nous allons

Vous allez

Ils vont

Example:

Je vais à l'hôpital
I am going to the hospital
Allons visiter Paris
Let's visit Paris
Allons danser
Let's dance
Il va lire le journal
He is going to read the newspaper

Faire (to do)
This verb means "to do" or "to make" in French. "To do" in the sense of doing a work- like doing the dishes, doing the homework, doing the laundry, etc. "To make" in the sense of making something (a noun) like making  a  new friend, making a cake, etc. Well, it actually pretty much the same as it is in English

Je fais

Tu fais

Il/Elle fait

Nous faisons

Vous faites

Ils font

Example:

Nous faisons un gâteau

We are making a cake
Je fais la lessive
I am doing the laundry
C'est le tone qui fait la musique
It's the tone that makes the music
Enchanté de faire votre conaissance
Delighted to make your acquaintance

I guess that's pretty much it you need to know about verbs (and its conjugations). This is the least basic, if you need to know more you could always check out the links I preferred before. You could also buy a book about french grammar, or the best way to learn it is to take french lessons. I hope this is helpful.

1. Articles: Homme/Femme and Nouns

In french, most things has articles. Article is what you use to describe whether it is a feminine, or a masculine. You could memorize all of the articles, whether it is a masculine, or a feminine. But I think from what I have seen so far, most articles are masculine and only some of them are feminine. I sometimes re-check it on the internet though hahaha, but if you want to be a fluent French speaker, maybe you should memorize it.

Indefinite Articles
Or in English, we use "a" (a house, a building, an airplane, etc). In French, "un" is the article for the masculine noun, and "une" is the article for the feminine noun- I think it also works on adjectives. Those are for the singular nouns. If the noun is plural, the you'd use "des" whether it is masculine or feminine.

Example:
un avion (an airplane)
un bateau (a boat)
un chat (a cat)
un cheval (a horse)
une valise (a suitcase)
une plage (a beach)
une pomme (an appel)
des crevettes (shrimps)
des pommes (apples)
des bateaux (boats)

Definite Articles
The definite articles in English uses "the" and in French it is "le" for masucline and "la" for feminine. And then again, it is "les" whether it is masculine or feminine

Example:
le père (the father)
l'homme (conjucted from le homme means "the man" or "man")
le pays (the country)
le pont (the bridge)
la valise (the suitcase)
la mère (the mother)
la mer (the sea) haha you must becareful with this one and the one above, it kinda pronounced the same
les étoilés (the stars)
les couleurs (the colors)
les parents (the relatives)

Note: Where as in English we won't use "the", sometimes in french we add these articles although it doesn't literally translates as "the"

For example:
normally people would say "J'aime la magie" rather than "J'aime magie" although in English we would mean "I love magic", not "I love the magic"
So use "J'aime la magie"


Demonstrative Pronouns
"this", "that", "these", "those" in english. There are some of these things such as ceci, cela, and ça but I don't fully understand those. I could try to explain it to you but I would sound stupid and it wouldn't accurate. So it's best to look here if you want to learn it further. What I understand for demonstrative pronoun is "this" which translate as "ce" in french. As usual, "Ce" is for masculine and "Cette" is for feminine, and so "Ces" is for plural whether it is masculine or feminine. Although there is something else, you use "Cet" when the noun begins with mute h (for example: cet homme)


Example:
ce jardin (this garden)
ce navire (this ship)
ce billet (this ticket)
cet homme (this man)
cet hôtel (this hotel)
cette tour (this tower)
cette femme (this woman)
cette signature (this signature)
ces livres (these books)
ces poissons (these fishes)
ces animaux (these animals)


Plural Nouns
As you have seen earlier, the plural nouns for example in the previous articles, some simply end with "s" but some don't. You see in French, to make a noun plural mostly you just add "s" to it (and also change the article of course). But if the noun already ends with "s", "x", or "z" you don't need to add anything. Add "x" to make nouns plural which ends with "eau", "eu", or "ou" (e.g. l'oiseau -> les ouiseaux). Change "al" to "aux" to make noun which ends with "al" plural (e.g. animal -> animaux)


But you don't have to worry about the pronunciation (it's the writing you have to worry about, haha seriously) because usually there aren't any difference in pronunciation between the singular noun and the plural one. Well, it's not certain. The pronunciation really depends on the sentences. The best you could do is listen to a lot of french sentences or stuff to enhance your pronunciation. Mispronuncation could mean very different things in French.


Example:
la étoilé -> les étoilés (star/stars)
la valise -> les valises (suitcase/suitcases)
le pays -> les pays (country/countries)
le bureau -> les bureaux (office/offices)
le taureau -> les taureaux (bull/bulls)
l'oiseau -> les oiseaux (bird/birds)
l'hôpital -> les hôpitaux (hospital/hospitals)
le animal -> les animaux (animal/animals)

Les Couleurs
In addition to your french vocabs, I would like to teach you the colors I know in French. Just for fun.
Black = Noir
White = Blanc
Red = Rouge
Pink = Rose
Green = Vert
Brown = Marron
Blue = Bleu
Purple = Violet
Yellow = Jaune
Orange = Orange
Gray = Gris
Blonde = Blond
Brown (as in hair) = Brun

Survival French: A quick lesson of French

Before I say anything, I merely do these 10 posts of french lessons for a school assignment of my computer class (IT class? Idk what it's really called). You see, we have to make this blog and post 10 posts. But since I already have a blog, so- This theme "Quick Lesson of French" just occured in my mind when I was learning it. I admit that I am a very amateur in French and only understand the scrapes of it. So if you think you know better, please correct me- and forgive me.

Disclaimer(?):
If you'd see some phrases, or writings that look or seemed familiar like the ones you see from books/internets well maybe I got some from them. Maybe the ones you saw are the ones I learn my French from. But know that I don't like completely rip it off from those things, but I changed it a little bit and mix it up.


Oh another thing, as I have said, I'm an amateur in French, but I'm interested to learn this language. I really love this language and to be able to speak it like I speak English would be a blast. So if I make mistakes, please correct me. You'd think that why would an amateur in French give a quick lesson in French? Well it is for my assignment and I just love this language and I prefer to make this thing as an assignment, and I thought I'd just share what I know.

So anyway, I have to make like 10 posts, yeah? And this should be count as one, so I only need 9 other posts that I would make as chapters. So I've summarized it to 9 chapters:

1.       Articles: Homme/Femme and Nouns

2.       Verbs (and its conjugations)

3.       Adjectives

4.       Days and Number

5.       Pronouns, preposition, and other descriptives

6.       Polite Conversation

7.       Common French Phrases

8.       Insults

9.       Daphnee – Daphnee’s phrases

Anorexia, Bullimia, oh wait there's more; Orthorexia Nervosa

"Other questions concerning those who may be suffering from orthorexia provided by Davis on the WebMD (2000) website are: Do they spend more than 3 hours a day thinking about healthy foods? When they eat the way they're supposed to, do they feel in total control? Are they planning tomorrow's menu today? Has the quality of their life decreased as the quality of their diet increased? Have they become stricter with themselves? Does their self-esteem get a boost from eating healthy? Do they look down on others who don't eat this way? Do they skip foods they once enjoyed in order to eat the "right" foods? Does their diet make it difficult for them to eat anywhere but at home, distancing them from family and friends? Do they feel guilt or self-loathing when they stray from their diet? If yes was answered to two or more questions, the person may have a mild case of orthorexia" 
(source: Wikipedia)




Yes, yes, yes, a million times- yes. The planning of the menu, the stress if you don't know what to eat for tomorrow, the condescending of people who don't eat "right" (remember my earlier post? yeah that is one of the main prove), the guilt- and self-loathing when I stray from my diet- you know, let me tell you something, I have once- bail on school because of this. I was too stressed of planning out my menus, to eat the "right" diet, and I was feeling very guilty and uncomfortable because I don't eat the "right" diet- so there that morning, I cried. Yeah, I know ridiculous, right? But it did happened. And I was supposed to take my midterms then, but I didn't. Because I was too "stressed", I was crying, and I had a temper tantrum. So I told them, "I don't feel like it." They made me go to the guidance counselor.


Lately I have been reluctant to eat outside, except if I had plan it for days earlier. And the boost of self-esteem when I eat "right". God, this is like seeing myself on mirror- only in the form of text. I know it sounded stupid, excuse my stupidity. I knew it, I am mental. I knew there was something wrong with me all along, but I've never figured out what it is. So, turns out I'm mental- anyway, I have never known this such thing exist. So what is this about anyway?




According to Steven Bratman, Orthorexia nervosa, as he originally defined it, indicates an unhealthy obsession with eating healthy food. The term is derived from the Greek "ortho", which means "right", or "correct", and is intended as a parallel with anorexia nervosa.The difference between Orthorexia and Anorexia is he said, "While an anorexic wants to lose weight, an orthorexic wants to feel pure, healthy and natural. Eating disorder specialists may fail to understand this distinction, leading to a disconnect between orthorexic and physician." He also said, "At times (but not all times) orthorexia seems to have elements of OCD. It mat also have elements of standard anorexia. But it is often not very much like typical OCD or typical anorexia."


OCD, huh? Well my mum is a huge time OCD and I was raised OCD by my mum. Well thanks mum maybe that what caused me to bare orthorexia nervosa. Hahaha jk mum. But seriously though, she's freakin OCD.


Point taken, although there are no biological disadvantages of eating healthy as in orthorexia nervosa, (of course there isn't- except if it's too much though, and if there's a wrong concept about the "right" diet) but there's this obsession that could damage some way in life. For example, if we're eating for three hours about what food we should eat, it would do some harm, wouldn't it? Three hours, try whole day- that's what happened to me. And the self-loathing, self-conscioussness towards food- isn't healthy. And in my experience, tiring. Sometimes I wish I had a food nutritionist, a chef, and they'd just tell me what to eat and what time to eat. Or sometimes I wish I'd just be an anorexic because it seems easier that way.

Yeah, right. Look at the underlined words

Seriously just look at it.

Familiar?

Cigarette Smoke

Today I'll just leave you with this following song

Acqua di Gioia

I am still in love with this commercial. And the product.

Yeah, I got to get my father buy me that like- real soon. God, she just look so lovely there, why do models have the perfect complexion, face features and everything? Actually I am just in love with the pictures, well the pictures made me in love with the product. Call me a victim of advertisement, but it's the truth. Il est le verite.

Anyway here is a behind the scene video of this shoot

Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels

This is a very popular statement, or motto should I say. Which was made popular by Kate Moss who said, and I quote "There are loads of mottos. There's 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels'. That's one of them"

Kate Moss, the model, has been accused of encouraging teenage girls to become anorexic after claiming she lives by the motto: “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.”

I mean, who in the right mind would rather eat burgers, fries, and steaks all day than be skinnier? That is, if they had control over their mind and body. I still stand by it, nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. Once you've been skinny, you just want to be that way forever- you're addicted.

Sure, for some people who are lucky they could eat meat- steaks, burgers, whatever you name it anytime they'd like. These people who have fast metabolism or anything- just something in their body allowing them to say skinny all the time. But for unlucky people like me, for instance. For me, there is nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. It's an accomplished fact. Eating right gives you the peace and sincere you need, and the freedom of moving without feeling like being held back, or the embarrassment of being seen in wearing clothes. And maybe for adults, when they do 'athletic activities'. On the other hand, being fat and blubbery- gives you the uneasiness to move, the shame in getting dressed, the pain when you're looking at the mirror, the queasy feeling if you're in a binge eating.

"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" may encourage teenagers to be anorexic. But the matter is, that statement really is true. Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels- for people who'd say they'd rather eat sirloin steak than be skinny well- those things does work for people who are infact, skinny. Those who, if they eat less they would die. Well not die, but look pale and too bony. But for fatsos who says that, come on, you're just making a self-defense mechanism. Deep down you know you wish you were skinny or at least doing something to become skinny, and you could. Eating right is just a matter of self-control. Some people are driven- nay, most people are driven by emotion to eat- not the purpose of survival.

But this motto, which is I think true, could become dangerous to people who eat less because they are perfectionist- because they are just insecure about theirselves they don't know how to make them selves better. This could lead to, anorexia. So it is just best to stick with 'you are what you eat' than 'nothing tastes as good as skinny feels' because it would affect badly to people who aren't fat. But it is a good motto for fat people who want to start changing their diet. Well anyway, as long as you eat healthy, and comfortable with your body, you actually have no problem. But like truly comfortable, not some sort of self-defense.

Klaxons

I'm obsessed with these british indie songs. It makes me want to watch skins later (idk somehow it seems kind of related). Right now I'll just post my favorite, klaxons. Forever and always.

Prague, Prague

Yes, Prague. If you travel back to one thousand years ago- you'll get the beauty of this city, or even if you don't- the city will get you there. Being in this city caught you up in the atmosphere of the past. The gothic architecture, the  astronomical clock, and the goulash soup (they have their own kind of goulash soup) builds the city of what it is- beauty.

A Dutch Girl: Milou Sluis

Just got off of Fashion Model Directory and saw the model of the month; Milou Sluis. I actually haven't heard of hear before, but she is so- she is just too- oh I just can't describe her with words. She is too beautiful.

MILOU SLUIS FOR ARMANI EXCHANGE FALL WINTER 2011 CAMPAIGN BY MATTHEW SCRIVENS

(pictures from: here)

Blugirl Fall 2011 Campaign | Milou Sluis by Michelangelo di Battista

Did you always wanted to be a model, or did you stumble upon it, get discovered etc.? Who or what inspired you to become a model? How did you get started in the modeling business?

Well, I never really thought about it until I got scouted on the internet. My mom and I went to the agency who had approached me and it seemed like fun so I gave it a try. I was still in school so I started by doing some small jobs in the weekend and when I finished school I started doing it fulltime.

What is your favorite or most exciting aspect about being a model? What do you like least? Have you encountered any surprises along the way? What has been your most awkward moment (of your modeling career)?

It is amazing how many beautiful places you get to see and how many different people you get to meet. I think my favorite part is that it is not predictable every job is something new and it never gets boring!

How would you describe yourself as model in three words?

Professional, funny and kind I guess

Out of all the places your career has taken you, where was the most memorable?

I think it was my trip to St. Tropez just because it was so much fun. The team was great the weather was amazing and the shoot was so much fun It didn’t even feel like I was working!

What was the hardest photo shoot for you, and why?

Once I did a job in Italy and me and the photographer really just didn’t connect, it was really hard for both of us to make the best out of it because it was such a struggle.

Is there a difference in posing when you are doing a cover and an editorial?

That probably depends on how the picture is taken and what they want really. I think posing is different most of the times there are so many different ways.

Did anyone in the industry ask you to change your look, name, etc… If so, what did you do?

Not really, sometimes people talk about changing my hair color or stuff like that but no bigger changes than that and certainly not my name ha ha.

What tips and advice do you have for aspiring models just starting out, something you wish someone would have told you?

Oh gosh I wish people had told me so much haha. It is better though I guess to find out on your own.

Have you had any negative experiences with model agencies, talent scouts? What are top 3 warning signs to look out for?

Now I think about it I don’t really think I have ever had a bad experience with one of my agencies or a scout.

Would you share some of your future goals, your life motto, any words of wisdom that get you by in life and professional career?

Well lately I’ve discovered that I will do anything as long as I’m happy. I tend to say yes to everything even if it doesn’t feel right. I don’t really have a goal or motto I am just so happy that I can do what I like and experience so much, I am just enjoying it.

What should a relationship between an agent and model look like?

Professional but close as well. You should be able to talk about work and thing around work but also feel like you can tell your booker a personal problem.

Best Jean?

My Armani jeans with a lot of wholes in there I love the most!!!!

What things in your wardrobe would you never throw away?

Anything really ha ha I cant throw away ANYTHING that’s why I have so much stuff I haven’t worn in 3 years.

Who is your style icon?

I am to uncool to have a style icon I guess.

What are your best beauty secrets?

Well, I wish I knew some secrets but for me it is just the regular stuff. Drinking lots of water getting enough sleep and just taking good care of your body.

Do you have any beauty / skin care tips or tricks to look fresh and rested for early morning photo shoots?

I have to admit I don’t always do it but I keep telling myself to take off my make up before I go to bed even if I come home late always clean your face!!!

Do you believe in homemade recipes? Do you have one to share with us?

Sure I believe in them I am just not one of those people who likes to make things like that haha. Well what I always do when I wake up is make myself a smoothie. I put fruits in the freezer and mix them with yoghurt this is the best breakfast ever!!!

How much attention do you pay to meditation & exercise, or is it all natural? How do you stay in shape?

Exercise is something I like but I forget how I like it so I have to really motivate myself to do it! I go running in the woods when I'm home or go to beachyoga which is a really good way of working out for me!

What is your favorite part about your body?

Actually I like most parts of my body ha ha. If I have to name something I like my tummy most.

Favorite kind of food:

Too hard to pick a favorite kind of food!!! I really like food in general. Pasta, a good piece of meat, fish, aarrgghh getting hungry while writing this!!!

When models say they eat healthy, what do they mean by that?

Probably just watching what they eat. It doesn’t mean that they only eat fruit and vegetables but that they treat their body well by eating good food!

If you could have one superpower, what would you choose?

I would want to have I time machine in which I can transfer myself from one place to another in just a couple of seconds it would save me so much time being in the plane!

What would you like to change about yourself if you can choose only one thing?

Ha ha I would like to be able to say (without lying) that working out is my favorite thing to do!!!

What are your favorite things to do in your free time?

Seeing my friends definitely and chilling with my boyfriend!!!

Do you have a mentor? Who? What is it about them that affects you? Why?

No I wouldn’t call anyone my mentor but my mom helps me out with a lot of stuff though, but she just does the things moms do I guess ha ha.

Where do you see yourself in ten years? What could be your next career?

Ohh I really like to think about that! I see myself being really happy. Living in a beautiful apartment in Amsterdam with a big dog. I don’t have any ideas about my job in ten years who knows what will happen!

Do people act different around you since you’ve become a model?

Not really, I mean people ask about it but that is just showing their interest. There is one thing that everyone thinks though, since the moment I started everybody thinks I am really rich and earn loads of money every day! It is funny but can get annoying sometimes.

Do you have any model friend that you would suggest for the next model of the month on FMD?

Celine van Amstel definitely she is so cool!

Favorite kind of music? Favorite television series or movie?

Same thing as the food question! Too many good movies and television series. The most recent film that I watched was Arthur and I watched it twice in one week because it was so good!!!!

I'd like to meet …

Terry Richardson! Just to see what he is like.

Happiness is

… Peace in your heart! Sure ha ha it is so true but these kind of motto things freak my out a little ha ha.

People have said I look like …

Duffy (but taller), Cameron Diaz and Brooke Shields are the names I hear the most.

An interview I got from fashion model directory. Anyway, more from here