Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) — Charles Baudelaire Posted by Hichem on Aug 26, 2010
Est-ce que vous l’avez remarqué? (Did you notice it?) Ici, au French Blog, nous aimons les fleurs (Here, in the French Blog, we like flowers), and that you can see mostly through les articles of Jennie, especially “Les Fleurs!” and “Les Tournesols.” Today, we invite you to discover (or re-discover) a classic of French poésie (poetry), extracted from “Les Fleurs du…
French Slang Expressions with the Letter G (Part 2) Posted by Hichem on Aug 25, 2010
La dernière fois (last time), we dealt with la première partie (the first part) of the letter “G“, as we introdued the slang words: “gaga” (senile), “galère” (tough time), “gamin” (a kid), and “géant” (awesome.) “G comme…”: “G as in…” : * GIVRÉ: Just as in “dingue” (see “D comme…” B.A.-BA de l’Argot (the ABC of French Slang…
French Recette Extraordinaire: Financiers Posted by Jennie on Aug 24, 2010
Je viens de passer (I just spent) toute la soirée à fouiller dans tout mon appart pour une recette (the whole evening searching my whole apartment for a recipe). Ce n’est pas une recette ordinaire. If you learn about anything from this blog, it’s probably my obsession with baked goods- les cupcakes, les cookies (petits…
Beginner French Post: Être Posted by Jennie on Aug 20, 2010
Bonjour beginners! In the last, inaugural Beginner’s Post, we explored the verb avoir (to have). Aujourd’hui (today), another crucial French verb: Être : to be. Conjugaison : Je suis : I am Tu es : You are (informal) Il/ elle/ on est : He/ she/ “they” are* Nous sommes : We are Vous êtes…
Hair de chien and other remedies Posted by Jennie on Aug 18, 2010
I’m not saying it’s right, but la gueule de bois seems almost inevitable after a big night out. So, in the constant struggle to live my life like the French, what else but to explore… French hangover cures? Avoir la gueule de bois (to have a hangover) is defined well by medecine-et-sante.com: “le lendemain d’une…
How to Age Like the French Posted by Jennie on Aug 13, 2010
It’s no secret that French women are esteemed around le monde to be among the most alluring and beautiful women around. The New York Times published a list of 10 Ways to Age Like a Frenchwoman in July (on my birthday, en fait!), and I’ve been mulling it over ever since. Let’s see what vous…
Les Fleurs: French for Flowers Posted by Jennie on Aug 6, 2010
The absolute first thing I did in Paris (when I got there two years ago, to spend a year studying) was work out my nerves on le chauffeur de taxi, the taxi driver. (I wanted to know the names of all the buildings we passed—ça marchait pas trop bien. This didn’t work too well.) The…