Post by waldenwriter on Jan 28, 2010 15:38:05 GMT -5
In my French class, we just learned about a couple questionnaires that used somewhat mundane questions (what is your favorite color, what is your favorite flower, etc) to determine things about people, like their tastes, personalities, and so on. I thought you guys might be interested in trying them on yourselves or your characters.
The first is one made famous by writer Marcel Proust: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questionnaire_de_Proust
The other was created by French TV host Bernard Pivot. James Lipton adapted it for his program Inside the Actors' Studio: www.philo5.com/Penser%20par%20soi-meme/QuestionnaireBernardPivot.htm
That second one doesn't have translations for the questions, so here's what the questions mean:
1. Votre mot préféré? - What is your favorite word?
2. Le mot que vous détestez? - What is your least favorite word? (literally "The word that you hate?")
3. Votre drogue favorite? - What is your favorite drug? (Lipton substituted his "what turns you on/off" questions for this)
4. Le son, le bruit que vous aimez? - The sound, the noise that you love?
5. Le son, le bruit que vous détestez? - The sound, the noise that you hate?
6. Votre juron, gros mot ou blasphème favori? - Your favorite swear word, bad word or blasphemy? (The French use the term gros mot, which literally means "big word," to mean "bad word" or "cuss word" for some strange reason).
7. Homme ou femme pour illustrer un nouveau billet de banque? - What man or woman would you like to illustrate a new banknote? (This makes more sense in Europe where, before the euro, they used to put famous persons' faces on their bills. Lipton simply skips this question in his version).
8. Le métier que vous n'auriez pas aimé faire? - What profession would you not like to do? (Lipton turns this into two questions, asking "Which profession, other than yours, would you like to attempt?" and "Which profession do you definitely not want to try?")
9. La plante, l'arbre ou l'animal dans lequel vous aimeriez être réincarné? - In which plant, tree, or animal [form] would you like to be reincarnated? (This one is skipped in Lipton's version, for obvious reasons).
10. Si Dieu existe, qu'aimeriez-vous, après votre mort, l'entendre vous dire? - If God exists, what would you like, after your death, to hear him say to you? (Lipton phrases this as "If heaven exists, what would you like God to say to you when you arrive at the pearly gates?").
Just thought I'd share that with you all.
The first is one made famous by writer Marcel Proust: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Questionnaire_de_Proust
The other was created by French TV host Bernard Pivot. James Lipton adapted it for his program Inside the Actors' Studio: www.philo5.com/Penser%20par%20soi-meme/QuestionnaireBernardPivot.htm
That second one doesn't have translations for the questions, so here's what the questions mean:
1. Votre mot préféré? - What is your favorite word?
2. Le mot que vous détestez? - What is your least favorite word? (literally "The word that you hate?")
3. Votre drogue favorite? - What is your favorite drug? (Lipton substituted his "what turns you on/off" questions for this)
4. Le son, le bruit que vous aimez? - The sound, the noise that you love?
5. Le son, le bruit que vous détestez? - The sound, the noise that you hate?
6. Votre juron, gros mot ou blasphème favori? - Your favorite swear word, bad word or blasphemy? (The French use the term gros mot, which literally means "big word," to mean "bad word" or "cuss word" for some strange reason).
7. Homme ou femme pour illustrer un nouveau billet de banque? - What man or woman would you like to illustrate a new banknote? (This makes more sense in Europe where, before the euro, they used to put famous persons' faces on their bills. Lipton simply skips this question in his version).
8. Le métier que vous n'auriez pas aimé faire? - What profession would you not like to do? (Lipton turns this into two questions, asking "Which profession, other than yours, would you like to attempt?" and "Which profession do you definitely not want to try?")
9. La plante, l'arbre ou l'animal dans lequel vous aimeriez être réincarné? - In which plant, tree, or animal [form] would you like to be reincarnated? (This one is skipped in Lipton's version, for obvious reasons).
10. Si Dieu existe, qu'aimeriez-vous, après votre mort, l'entendre vous dire? - If God exists, what would you like, after your death, to hear him say to you? (Lipton phrases this as "If heaven exists, what would you like God to say to you when you arrive at the pearly gates?").
Just thought I'd share that with you all.
