Archive for 'Vocabulary'
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”…
Le mot spécial du jour: Figurer Posted by Hichem on Mar 3, 2011
Since there was no “Special Word of the day” in the past few days, which incited scores of our French Blog fans to feel already nostaligiques about it, here is rien que pour vous (only for you) a special édition of the “Word of the Day”: It’s called -yes, you’ve guessed it- “Le mot *spécial* du jour” (“The *Special Word of the Day*)…
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…
Three-Wheelers Are Back in Geneva! Posted by Hichem on Feb 26, 2011
After the Mondial de l’Auto, Paris 2010, comes now the turn of the Salon international de l’automobile de Genève (The International Geneva Motor Show) to start rolling! (French Intro here) If you happen to be anywhere near the trans-Alpine region beginning of next week, or if you’ll be in one of the neighboring countires (la France, par exemple!) it could…