Tag Archives: French vocabulary
Vocab for Surviving a French Winter Posted by Elizabeth Schmermund on Feb 23, 2015
En écrivant ce poste à New York pendant un hiver particulièrement brutale, je me suis dit « Allez, je vais faire un poste sur la neige, la froideur, et tout le reste. » Looking out my window today, I see about two feet of snow on the ground and frozen branches on bare trees. My car thermometer…
La Famille D’Abord (Family First) Posted by Hichem on Jun 7, 2013
J’aime toute ma famille (I love all my family)! La petite (the small) as well as la grande (the extended.) Don’t you too? Do you also believe in the priority that says “la famille d’abord” (“family first”)? Today, we will “familiarize” ourselves, so to speak, with a set of French words and expressions related to…
Top 10 French Expressions Using the Verb “JOUER” (To Play) Posted by Hichem on May 6, 2013
Ever noticed that if you just add the letter “u” to the French pronoun “je“, it becomes a noun: “jeu” (“game”)! If you enjoy this kind of little tricks, that means that you like the corresponding verb of “jeu“: “jouer” (“to play.”) For example, you can say: “Charlie Chaplin aimait bien jouer au chat et à…
Top 10 French Expressions Using the Word FORT (Strong) Posted by Hichem on Apr 19, 2013
You want to be FORT (strong) in French? Well, then there is nothing better than learning new French idiomatic expressions… À plus forte raison (especially) if the said expressions contain the word FORT (strong.) * * * TOP 10 French Expressions Using the Word FORT (Strong): 10 – Fort en… The most obvious of all 10…
Top 10 Most Frequently Used French Verbs Posted by Hichem on Mar 27, 2013
There are countless ways of building a strong French vocabulary. One way to go is to learn the maximum of verbs. A good source for that is the very popular “501 French Verbs” by Christopher Kendris. But how to know which ones to start memorizing? After all, not all verbs are born equal in the…
Top 5 French Idioms with SAUTER (To Jump) Posted by Hichem on Feb 28, 2013
Today’s topic is a particularly exciting one! Selected just for you, the fans of the Transparent French Blog, our Top Five French idiomatic expressions which make a fine use of the verb SAUTER (To JUMP.) Now, sans transition (without further ado), let us jump right to it, shall we, mes amis? NUMÉRO CINQ (Number Five): Sauter aux yeux…
Top 10 Funniest French Names of Flowers (Part DEUX) Posted by Hichem on Jan 23, 2013
We pick up today from where we left last time: The Top 10 Funniest French Names of Flowers! Here’s the link to Part 1, if you missed it. * * * NUMÉRO CINQ (NUMBER FIVE): Lis queue de rénard: Eremurus Eremurus is called in French Lis queue de renard, literally “Lily-Tail-of-a-Fox.” Shamans and White Magic practitioners (whom we know for…