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Conjugaison: Le Verbe Voyager Posted by Hichem on Mar 24, 2011
The nominal form of the verb voyager is voyage—as in the famous chanson “Voyage, voyage“! (By “Desireless”) * * * * Conjugaison du verbe: Voyager I N D I C A T I F Présent je tu il nous vous ils voyage voyages voyage voyageons voyagez voyagent Imparfait je tu il nous vous ils voyageais voyageais…
Victor Hugo: Au bord de la mer (At the Seaside) Posted by Hichem on Mar 18, 2011
“Au bord de la mer” – Victor Hugo Vois, ce spectacle est beau. – Ce paysage immense Look, this spectacle is beautiful. This landscape is huge Qui toujours devant nous finit et recommence ; Which always in front of us ends and starts again Ces blés, ces eaux, ces prés, ce bois charmant aux yeux…
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 – 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”…
Baudelaire invites you to a Mystery Voyage Posted by Hichem on Mar 1, 2011
In his “Commentaires des fleurs du mal“, Robert-Benoît Chérix says: “L’invitation au voyage évoque une terre par une série de touches discrètes, mais suffisantes pour l’identifier.” Meaning: “The ‘Invitation to the Journey’ evokes a land through a series of discrete strokes, but enough to identify it.” Would you be able to guess which country Charles Baudelaire had à…