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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in French Posted by Hichem on Dec 23, 2010
Connais-tu les prénoms de tous les rennes du Père Noël ? (Do you know the names of all of Santa’s reindeer?) At their first performance ever, borrowing their noms de scènes (stage names) from an early 19th century American poem, there were only eight rennes du Père Noël (Santa Claus’s reindeer.) Those original eight are…
Petit Papa Noël (A French Carol) Posted by Hichem on Dec 23, 2010
Joyeux Noël à tous! Eh oui, c’est déjà Noël ! * * * A cette occasion (On this occasion), we wish to present you a special French chanson de noël (Christmas Carol) interpreted by a famous Corsican named Tino Rossi (Hence the accent that sounds -can you tell?-more italien than French!) * * * * Petit Papa…
Éclipse lunaire (Moon Eclipse) et Solstice d’hiver (Winter Solstice) Posted by Hichem on Dec 22, 2010
Pendant que j’écris ces lignes (While I am writing these lines), two natural phenomenons are occurring in the same time dans notre ciel (in our sky), and the last time this cosmic coincidence happened, it was almost 400 years ago! Back then, Europe was still plunged into the so-called Guerre de Trente ans(Thirty Years’ War); there was…
L’Agence Tous Risques: The French A-Team Posted by Hichem on Dec 17, 2010
If you grew up in les années 80 (the 80’s) or are old enough to remember them, there is no way you have not seen or heard of this American series. You probably watched it in your own language, either doublée (dubbed) or with des sous-titrages (subtitles). In France, it was known as “l’Agence tous risques“…
European National Mottos in French Posted by Hichem on Dec 14, 2010
Quelques devises nationales en Europe (Some national mottos in Europe) – L’Union européenne: “Unie dans la diversité“ – Albanie: “Les Albanais placent leur foi dans l’Albanie” (Which would sound like “In Albania We Trust”) – Allemagne: “Unité et Droit et Liberté” – Andorre: “L’union fait la force” (But also “Touche-moi si tu oses”, meaning “Touch…
World Capitals – Part 2 Posted by Hichem on Dec 9, 2010
* Quelques capitales du monde (Some World capitals): – Libreville est la capitale du Gabon – Lima est la capitale du Pérou – Lisbonne est la capitale du Portugal – Ljubljana est la capitale de la Slovénie – Lomé est la capitale du Togo – Londres est la capitale du Royaume-Uni – Luanda est la capitale de l’Angola – Madrid est la capitale de l’Espagne…
Capitales du monde (World Capitals)—(Part1) Posted by Hichem on Dec 7, 2010
Cette fois-ci, nous allons faire un peu de géographie! (This time, we’ll do some geography!) Quelle est la capitale de ton pays?(What is the capital of your country?) Connais-tu le nom des capitales des autres pays? (Do you know the name of the capitals of the other countries?) If you’d like, we’ll go through some…