Bonjour Khoi,
Thanks for letting me know about the typo - it's fixed.
And thank you for your good wishes. We didn't suffer any human or building damage from Maria, but most of our trees were damaged or destroyed. :-(
Getting that for you now...
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Laura is a French expert and KwizIQ editor. Online educator since '99 and published author, Laura is passionate about language, travel, and cooking. She's American by birth and a permanent ex-pat by choice - freelancing made it possible for her to travel extensively and live in several countries before settling permanently in Guadeloupe. Laura is the creator of Lawless French, Lawless Spanish, and several other websites and books on French, Spanish, Italian, English, and vegetarianism. She spends most of her spare time reading, playing with food, and enjoying water sports.
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Bonjour Laura,
I just wish that you are safe from the Hurricane Maria.
With concern,
One of your many online students,
Umi
Thank you for your account of the hurricane. You may not believe it, but I had been thinking about you and hoping that you were okay. Yes, I should have written en français, mais l’heure est tard.
Good morning Laura, Thank you very much for a well-written story about hurricane Irma and Guadeloupe. I'd like to point out a little typo in the translation. "Houle" was translated as "sweel". It should be "swell".
I saw in the news that Hurricane Maria left a trail of destruction as it hit the Caribbean island of Dominica as a Category 5 storm and then battered Guadeloupe with powerful winds early Tuesday morning. Hope all is well with you and your family. Take care.
Khoi.