{"id":21803,"date":"2015-03-18T13:43:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=21803"},"modified":"2015-03-18T13:41:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T12:41:17","slug":"celebrate-french-tell-me-10-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/celebrate-french-tell-me-10-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate French And Tell Me Ten Words!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While listening to RFI<\/a><\/strong>, I learned that this week is la semaine de la langue fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (French Language Week) as part of the celebration for la journ\u00e9e de la francophonie<\/a><\/strong> (Francophonie Day) on March 20th.<\/p>\n

On l’\u00e9mission<\/strong> (the show) they talked about one of the fun events going, Dis-moi dix mots<\/a><\/strong> (Tell me ten words), where dix mots<\/strong> (ten words) are chosen to celebrate la langue fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (the French language). This year la th\u00e9matique <\/strong>(the theme) is, “dis-moi dix mots… que tu accueilles” : une invitation au voyage<\/em> (“Tell me ten words… that you embrace”: an invitation to travel).<\/p>\n

Les dix mots<\/strong> were chosen to highlight words that la langue fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> has borrowed and integrated from other languages.<\/p>\n

Voici les dix mots<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amalgame<\/strong> [amalgam] n.m.\u00a0 Origine arabe
\nMixture, jumble, hodgepodge; amalgam; conflation, conflating, conflate<\/p>\n

Bravo<\/strong> [b\u0280avo] interj. et n. m. Origine italienne
\nBravo!, well done!; applause, cheering<\/p>\n

Cibler<\/strong> [sible] v. tr. (conjug. 1) Origine al\u00e9manique suisse
\nTarget, aim at<\/p>\n

Grigri<\/strong> [g\u0280ig\u0280i] n. m. Origine inconnue
\nUtilis\u00e9 en Afrique et dans les Antilles (Used in Africa and in the Antilles).<\/em>
\nCharm, talisman<\/p>\n

Inuit, e<\/strong> [in\u0265it] n. et adj. Origine inuktitute
\nCourant au Canada o\u00f9 l\u2019emploi de \u00ab esquimau \u00bb est officiellement proscrit (Common in Canada where the use of \u201cEskimo\u201d is officially prohibited)<\/em>.
\nInuit<\/p>\n

Kermesse<\/strong> [k\u025b\u0280m\u025bs] n. f\u00e9m. Origine flamande
\nCharity fair, street party<\/p>\n

Kitsch<\/strong> [kit\u0283] adj. inv. et n. m. inv. Origine allemande
\nKitsch<\/p>\n

S\u00e9rendipit\u00e9<\/strong> [se\u0280\u0251\u0303dipite] n. f\u00e9m Origine anglaise
\nSerendipity<\/p>\n

Wiki<\/strong> [wiki] n. m. Origine hawa\u00efenne
\nTerme emprunt\u00e9 par l\u2019interm\u00e9diaire de l\u2019anglais (Borrowed into French via English).<\/em>
\nWiki<\/p>\n

Z\u00e9nitude<\/strong> [zenityd] n. f\u00e9m. Origine japonaise
\nZen-ness<\/p>\n

During l’\u00e9mission<\/strong>, high school students presented short stories and poems they had written using all ten of the words, called une cha\u00eene de mots<\/strong> (a string of words). Can you cr\u00e9er une histoire<\/strong> (create a story) using les dix mots<\/strong>? Take a look at what cha\u00eenes de mots<\/strong><\/a> other people have already come up with, and try creating your own!<\/p>\n

Remember les dix mots<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

amalgame, bravo, cibler, grigri, inuit, kermesse, kitsch, s\u00e9rendipit\u00e9, wiki, z\u00e9nitude<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

While listening to RFI, I learned that this week is la semaine de la langue fran\u00e7aise (French Language Week) as part of the celebration for la journ\u00e9e de la francophonie (Francophonie Day) on March 20th. On l’\u00e9mission (the show) they talked about one of the fun events going, Dis-moi dix mots (Tell me ten words)…<\/p>\n

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