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How to conjugate the French verb pouvoir Posted by Hichem on Mar 17, 2011
When the American President Barack Obama launched his famous optimistic campaign slogan “Yes, we can”, several French newpapers labeled it as the strategic vision based on the good old proverb “vouloir c’est pouvoir“, which can be translated as “to want is to be able to.” Le jeux de mot (the pun) here was intended between…
Femme, comme… (Woman as in…) Posted by Hichem on Mar 15, 2011
In the French Blog, les femmes (women) are toujours à l’honneur (still honored), even a week after le 8 mars (8th of March.) Today, we will go through several case examples where the French word femme (woman) can be encountered. Femme, as in… la Femme Nikita * * * * Femme, comme… (Woman, as in…): Une jeune femme…
SIDILARSEN: Ancienne Étoile (Ancient Star) Posted by Hichem on Mar 12, 2011
Décidémment (it’s quite obvious), as of late, the charmingly quaint city of Montpellier appears de plus en plus (more and more) like the preeminently designated capital of French Nu Metal (and just as you’ve been duly warned last time, “nu” here is meant like the English “new”, not the French word for “naked”!) “RÉACTIVATION NUMÉRIQUE” is another album of…
Conjugaison of le verbe, “Conjuguer” Posted by Hichem on Mar 11, 2011
This week’s conjugaison post is a bit special, so make sure you don’t feel confus (if you are un garçon or un homme) or confuse (if you are une fille or une femme) about what we are conjugating here: It is tout simplement (simply) le verbe CONJUGUER, which is a verbe transitif direct, and belongs to…
The Real French Captain Sparrow: SURCOUF! Posted by Hichem on Mar 7, 2011
Brave crew of the French Blog ship: À l’abordage ! (Stand by to board!) While the personnage of Jack Sparrow remains nothing more than a Disney fictional concoction aimed primarily at entertaining the masses of moviegoers, the existence of a legendary French Pirate -or rather “corsaire“, s’il vous plaît!- who went by the quasi-onomatopoeian nickname of SURCOUF is bel et…
Conjugaison – Le verbe Danser Posted by Hichem on Mar 5, 2011
While we are on the subject of “la danse” and “danser”, with Stromae’s “Alors on danse“ and Jenifer’s “Je danse“, let us then at once bring la conjugaison to la piste de danse (the danse floor)! Pierre-Auguste Renoir, “La Danse à la campagne“ * * * L ‘ I N D I C A T I F Présent…
Jenifer – “Je danse” (“I dance”) Posted by Hichem on Mar 4, 2011
I could très facilement (very easily) picture today’s article being posted by Jennie! Do you remember her “Moi, Lolita” post, the song interpreted by the French chanteuse (singer) Alizée, who, just like this mademoiselle Jenifer, evokes very much a “Mylène Farmer-esque“ style? Alors, sans plus tarder (so, without further ado), after “Alors on danse” (yet another post by Jennie!), here is “Je danse”…