{"id":10537,"date":"2011-10-25T21:50:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T01:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=10537"},"modified":"2017-10-19T16:20:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T14:20:41","slug":"jaime-bien-dormir-i-like-to-sleep-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/jaime-bien-dormir-i-like-to-sleep-well\/","title":{"rendered":"J’aime bien dormir! (I like to sleep well)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you are a\u00a0d\u00e9<\/em>butant<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(beginner) or\u00a0un pro<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>in French, you will always need to build up a better\u00a0vocabulaire:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Today, we’ll be giving you a lot of useful\u00a0vocabulaire<\/em><\/strong>, French words\u00a0and expressions, all\u00a0related to one central topic or concept: DORMIR <\/strong><\/em><\/span>(to sleep.)<\/span><\/p>\n

So keep vos<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0yeux <\/em><\/strong>(your eyes) wide open, and watch out for\u00a0le marchand de sable<\/span><\/a> <\/em><\/strong>(the Sandman)!<\/strong><\/span>
\nOf course, if you have some words, expressions, or topics that you’d like to suggest and share with everyone,\u00a0n’h<\/em>\u00e9sitez surtout pas \u00e0 le faire\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(don’t hesitate at all to do it)!<\/span><\/p>\n

After\u00a0une longue journ\u00e9<\/em>e de travail<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(a long day of work),\u00a0c’est bien normal d’avoir\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>sommeil<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(it’s fairly normal to\u00a0feel sleepy<\/strong>), but if you can’t fall asleep, then you probably suffer from\u00a0une insomnie<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(insomnia.)<\/span><\/p>\n

If you go to bed early, then you are a\u00a0couche-t\u00f4t\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(early sleeper); if not, then you’re a\u00a0couche-tard\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(late sleeper)!<\/span><\/p>\n

To go to bed in French is called\u00a0aller au lit<\/strong><\/em>. You can also say:\u00a0“Je vais dormir”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(“I’m going to sleep”) or\u00a0“Je vais me coucher<\/strong>.<\/em>”\u00a0<\/strong>In French Slang (l’argot<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/em>), you can hear some people use the word “roupiller<\/strong><\/em>” (“to snooze”), “pieuter<\/em><\/strong>“, or the expression “aller au pieu<\/strong><\/em>” (“pieu<\/em>” being a slang word for bed.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Before you do so, it would be nice to wish everyone\u00a0une bonne nuit\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(a good night) and tell them “dormez bien<\/em><\/strong>” (“sleep tight”), or\u00a0“faites de beaux r\u00ea<\/em><\/strong>ves”\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(“Sweet dreams”)… Of course, if you watched a scary movie in that evening, chances are, you will instead end up having\u00a0un cauchemar<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(a nightmare)!<\/span><\/p>\n

And if -like we said earlier- you have\u00a0une insomnie<\/em>, then you are an\u00a0insomniaque<\/strong><\/em>. The next day, you would complain: “J’ai pass\u00e9 une nuit blanche”\u00a0<\/em>(literally “I spent a white night”),“<\/em>Je n’ai pas pu fermer l’\u0153il de la nuit<\/em><\/strong>” (literally “I couldn’t close [my] eye the whole night.”)<\/span><\/p>\n

And if all solutions fail, like\u00a0compter les moutons<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(to count sheep), or, say, trying to kick out\u00a0ton<\/strong>\u00a0camarade de chambre<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(your roommate)\u00a0qui ronfle beaucoup<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(who snores a lot),\u00a0then you most likely would have to start thinking of taking\u00a0des somnif<\/em><\/strong>\u00e8re<\/em><\/strong>s\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(sleeping pills)…<\/span><\/p>\n