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Do you love conjugaison? Le verbe aimer (to love) Posted by Hichem on Feb 19, 2011
You must have already noticed that, on the “French Blog“, the verb “aimer” is very much “à l’honneur” this week of la Saint-Valentin… * CONJUGAISON DU VERBE AIMER: I N D I C A T I F Présent j’aime tu aimes il aime nous aimons vous aimez ils aiment Passé composé j’ai aimé tu as…
Je dis AIME (I say love) Posted by Hichem on Feb 17, 2011
As promised, here is la suite (the follow-up)! -M- “Je dis aime“—le clip (the music video) which you could virtually hear for a while on all les stations de radio françaises… * * * …et les paroles (and the lyrics), written by his grand-mère, the late Andrée Chedid, who left us only a few days ago (the English translation…
Une grande romancière, mère et grand-mère Posted by Hichem on Feb 16, 2011
As the national attention of her pays natal (native country), l’Égypte, was overwhelmingly occupied by the stunning popular uprisal qui battait son plein(at its height) just a few days ago, the disappearance from this world of l’enfant du pays(the native child, or literally “the child of the country”) -who was also of Lebanese extraction and later became French…
Joyeuse Saint-Valentin!—Avec une chanson d’amour française Posted by Hichem on Feb 14, 2011
Whether you see la Saint-Valentinas an authentic fête de l’amour(love celebration) or merely un prétexte purement commercial(A purely commercial pretext), today’s post presents to you a French song by a singer who has been singing for l’amour, and about l’amour, not only in Valentine’s, but also during the other 364 days of the year. His name is Frédéric François(—Not Chopin, just…
Brave Native Canadian Rap – en Français! Posted by Hichem on Feb 13, 2011
We have seen recently that the word brave is actually a native “Gaulois“ term which made its way into today’s French. But how about “la paix des braves”? Way before the failed attempt of le General de Gaulle at quelling the Algerian Revolution, the term “Paix des Braves” (“Peace of the Braves”) was used to…
Les Victoires de la musique de 2011 Posted by Hichem on Feb 11, 2011
Comme chaque année (Like every year), the musicians who are considered the best are awarded a prestigious trophee called “une victoire de la musique” (a “Music Victory.“) In the first part of this vingt-sixième édition(Twenty Sixth Edition) of the music ceremony, the organizers put the focus on “la récompense de la jeunesse” (“the reward of the youth.”)…
French Disney – The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Posted by Hichem on Feb 10, 2011
Those who have read Victor Hugo‘s work and then watch the movie adaptation would easily notice the major differences between the two— But then again, what would a Disney movie be without a “tout est bien qui finit bien” (“All is well that ends well”)! * * * French…