Tag Archives: French vocabulary
A Very Catchy “Bric-À-Brac” (Mish-Mash) of French Vocabulary! Posted by Hichem on Jul 4, 2011
A Very Catchy “Bric-À-Brac” (Mish-Mash) of French Vocabulary! Priscilla – “Bric-À-Brac” (“Mish-Mash”) J’ai décidé I decided Mes désirs, mes idées, My desires, my ideas De les garder To keep them Comme barricadés Like barricaded Car les aider Because helping them À s’évader, à minauder, To escape, to simper M’avait désaccordée Made me out of…
French Vocabulary – The Months of the Year Posted by Transparent Language on Nov 12, 2009
Here’s a little chant/song called Janvier, Février to help you learn the months in French. The lyrics were written by Anny Versini and Jean-Marc Versini, who also sang them on the children’s song album Les Comptines de la Marmotte – Vol. 2 Une Souris Rose. Janvier, février, Mars, avril, Mai, juin, Juillet, août, Septembre, octobre…
Street French II – Food Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 18, 2009
French argot (slang) can be difficult to understand, but it’s really quite fun. So, today, we’ll talk about some expressions involving food that don’t have so much to do with food really, but might be useful to know. For example, if you want to say that you are a bit down in the dumps, you…
French Word of the Day – Péniche Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 1, 2009
Some of you may have noticed the Word of the Day to the right of the blog articles. It is a helpful way to learn vocabulary little by little in context. You can even hear the word pronounced by a native speaker or see other forms of the word like the difference between the plural…
French Vocabulary – Face Riddles Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 27, 2009
I was working on some vocabulary with my daughters and I came up with an idea for a blog article that I thought might be fun. First of all, let’s go over some face vocabulary: la bouche mouth la joue / les joues one cheek / cheeks le front forehead le menton chin le nez…
French Vocabulary – Word Building Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 19, 2009
Building funny French phrases is a way to learn more vocabulary and even improve your grammar. The challenge lies in finding a root word and then expressing the same word as a noun, adverb, verb and adjective all in the same sentence. Here are some examples: La commode commode a été accommodée commodément. Le commentateur…
Basic French Phrases I Posted by Transparent Language on Oct 16, 2008
We had a request from LaDawn for some basic phrases, so that’s what I’ll write about today. I’m always willing to try to please the readers! Let’s start with the very basics and given that it’s basic…this is all language you will use with friends or people you know – in other words, people you…