Archive for 'Vocabulary'
French Current Events – update on les gilets jaunes Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jan 8, 2019
It’s been about a month since I first reported on les manifestations (the protests) in France being led (?) by les gilets jaunes (the yellow vests). Sadly, while the ampleur (scale/volume/size) of the manifestations has gone down since then, they have become more violent. Les dernières infos / The lastest updates Since their peak in…
Transparent Language French Blog: Top 10 For 2018 Posted by John Bauer on Jan 3, 2019
With the end of la saison des fêtes (the holiday season), 2019 is here! Le nouvel an (New Year’s) is always a good time to look back at the previous year and so like in year’s past, I thought it would be good to look at our French Blog’s Top 10 for 2018. Every year…
French language and culture – remembering New Year’s Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jan 1, 2019
Bonne Année 2019! Happy New Year! Le jour de l’an (New Year’s Day)* is a time for looking ahead and for looking back. And looking back over the last year got me thinking about the related vocabulary of memories. Like English, French has multiple words for remembering. For the most part, they mean the same…
French Culture – C’est Noël Posted by Tim Hildreth on Dec 25, 2018
Nous sommes le mardi, 25 décembre et c’est Noël! (It’s Tuesday December 25th… It’s Christmas!). Whether you are celebrating the holiday or partake of different seasonal traditions, it seems like a perfect time to highlight a few more of my favorite holiday traditions from France. La bûche de Noël / The Christmas log Not to…
French Vocabulary – The spirit of the season Posted by Tim Hildreth on Dec 18, 2018
The news from France hasn’t been the best lately. As of this past weekend, les gilets jaunes are still protesting in the streets of Paris – despite concessions from the French government – and of course there was the sad news out of Strasbourg of l’attaque du marché de Noël (the attack of the Christmas market). But…
French Music – Katty Line Posted by Tim Hildreth on Dec 11, 2018
December is here and the holidays are right around the corner! After the last few weeks looking back to World War I and the recent protests that have rocked France, I thought we could all use something a little lighter … something like this great groovy 1960’s hit from Katty Line. Qui est Katty Line?…
Talking About Babies In French Posted by John Bauer on Dec 5, 2018
After telling my family the embarrassing story of mispronouncing oncle (uncle), I may have accidentally given myself a knew nickname. Unfortunately for me, la langue française (the French language) was hiding even more baby problems! I’m un expert at learning the hard way that I don’t know how to say something. Whether it’s looking for…