{"id":22241,"date":"2015-07-15T18:06:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T16:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=22241"},"modified":"2017-10-23T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T14:08:37","slug":"the-14th-of-july-french-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-14th-of-july-french-fireworks\/","title":{"rendered":"The 14th of July: French Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cette semaine on f\u00eate le 14 juillet ou la f\u00eate nationale<\/strong> or Bastille Day as it’s known in English speaking countries. Le 14 juillet<\/strong><\/a> is something like la version fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (the French version) of the fourth of July.<\/p>\n

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Pendant le 14 juillet<\/strong> there are a few big celebrations: le d\u00e9fil\u00e9 militaire<\/strong> (the military parade) during the day and then at night les spectacle de feux d’artifice<\/strong> (the fireworks shows). However, cette semaine<\/strong> (this week) I learned something about les feux d’artifice<\/strong> that I didn’t know before.<\/p>\n

Au 13 juillet<\/strong>, while at home I suddenly heard the loud bangs des feux d’artifice<\/strong> going off in the distance. I thought I’d missed le spectacle<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

It turns out that les spectacles de feux d’artifice<\/strong> are spread out over a few days. Smaller towns have their spectacles<\/strong> earlier so that everyone is sure to come to the bigger cities during la f\u00eate nationale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One other way to f\u00eater<\/strong> (celebrate) is, bien s\u00fbr<\/strong>, to have a good time avec tes amis<\/strong> (with your friends). Just be careful, if you have too much fun you might wake up the next day with la gueule de bois<\/strong> (a hangover)!<\/p>\n

Voici un petit vocabulaire de feux d’artifice\u00a0:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black snake, Pharaoh’s serpent le serpent du pharaon<\/strong>
\nBottle rocket la fus\u00e9e<\/strong>
\nFirecracker le p\u00e9tard<\/strong>
\nFirework le feu d’artifice<\/strong>
\nFireworks show le spectacle de feux d’artifice<\/strong>
\nFountain la fontaine<\/strong>
\nRoman candle la chandelle romaine<\/strong>
\nSparkler le cierge magique<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Cette semaine on f\u00eate le 14 juillet ou la f\u00eate nationale or Bastille Day as it’s known in English speaking countries. Le 14 juillet is something like la version fran\u00e7aise (the French version) of the fourth of July. Pendant le 14 juillet there are a few big celebrations: le d\u00e9fil\u00e9 militaire (the military parade) during…<\/p>\n

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