Archive for 'Culture'
L’Homme au Masque de Fer: The Man in the Iron Mask Posted by Hichem on Sep 30, 2011
Today’s article is about une énigme (an engima) of l’histoire de France. But don’t get too excited while reading the title above: It’s got nothing to do with any comics fictional character—Fans of “Iron Man“, really désolé, but stick around nevertheless! Usually, les secrets d’états (state secrets) take a few decades before they are divulgués (divulged) to le public, but it seems that some secrets are…
What Zaz Wants, “Je veux” (I Want) Posted by Hichem on Sep 30, 2011
What do you want from la vie (life), and what do you not want from it? Zaz, a young French singer, knows very well what she doesn’t want: La Tour Eiffel? Not for her! A chauffeur-driven Limousine? What is she to do with it? Just keep your luxurious mansions, your Chanel jewelry, your residential suites…
Une seconde, une minute, une heure Posted by Hichem on Sep 18, 2011
Today, you will review with us the basic unités du temps (units of time.) * D’abord (first), il y a la seconde (there’s the second.) “Le tour du monde en 80 secondes” (“Around the world in 80 seconds”)! Directed by two voyageurs: Romain Pergeaux and Alex Profit. A project completed in only 3 semaines (3 weeks.) This route is a tribute to the famous Jules Verne’s…
Thumbs Up for La Fête des doigts verts (green thumbs) Posted by Hichem on Sep 18, 2011
It all started as an informal “underground” social meeting, before blossoming over the years into a big rendez-vous uniting every doigt vert (green thumb) around the French capital! The “graines“(“seeds”) of the event, so to speak, were planted some thirty years ago, in the small town of Thiais, south of Paris, when les amoureux de…
Who’s the Best – Brel or Bowie? Posted by Hichem on Aug 24, 2011
Maybe this will sound like somewhat of a rhetorical question to some of you, but laquelle des deux versions préférez-vous (which one of the two versions do you prefer): The Jacques Brel or the David Bowie version? Of course, Jacques Brel is far from being un étranger (a stranger) to The French Blog! (See for example the still “hot topic”…
Traveling this Summer? French Conjugaison Wishes You a *Bon Voyage*! Posted by Hichem on Aug 15, 2011
Whether you’re packing your bagages (luggage) to spend your vacances d’été (Summer holidays) in France or somewhere else, The French Blog tips you on how to conjugate the French verb VOYAGER (to Travel), and, by the same token, wishes you a BON VOYAGE ! The nominal form of the verb voyager is voyage—as in the famous chanson “Voyage, voyage“! French CONJUGAISON…
Madame Édith Piaf and “Notre-Dame de Paris” Posted by Hichem on Aug 10, 2011
Madame Édith Piaf chante (sings)… * “NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS“: Dans le Paris de Notre-Dame In the Paris of Notre-Dame De Notre-Dame de Paris, Of Notre-Dame de Paris Y a un clochard qu’en a plein le dos There’s a bum who’s fed up De porter Notre-Dame sur son dos Of carrying Notre-Dame on his back Il se prend pour Quasimodo He thinks he’s…