{"id":25446,"date":"2016-12-14T13:12:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T12:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=25446"},"modified":"2016-12-04T21:24:12","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T20:24:12","slug":"in-the-kingdom-of-the-winter-snowman-french-christmas-carols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/in-the-kingdom-of-the-winter-snowman-french-christmas-carols\/","title":{"rendered":"In The Kingdom Of The Winter Snowman – French Christmas Carols"},"content":{"rendered":"

La p\u00e9riode de No\u00ebl est ici <\/strong>(Christmas time is here)\u00a0! Every time I leave mon appartement<\/strong> (my apartment) I can hear les chants de No\u00ebl<\/strong> (Christmas carols) as I make my way to le march\u00e9 de No\u00ebl<\/strong><\/a> to drink du vin chaud<\/strong><\/a>. While listening to la musique<\/strong>, I was surprised that many of les chansons<\/strong> (the songs) that I grew up with in English have French versions<\/a> as well!<\/p>\n

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“Snowman<\/a>” by Toshiyuki Imai<\/a> on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Hearing a song you know par c\u0153ur<\/strong> (by heart) in another language can be a strange experience. It’s easy to hum along, but not knowing any of les paroles<\/strong> (the lyrics) can be frustrating.<\/p>\n

L\u2019autre jour<\/strong> (the other day), I heard a very familiar song that I could not chanter<\/strong> (sing): Au Royaume du Bonhomme Hiver<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t chanter<\/strong> because I only know la chanson<\/strong> in English<\/a>: Walking in a Winter Wonderland<\/em>! After humming along and doing my best to listen to les paroles<\/strong>, I knew I would have to learn la chanson fran\u00e7aise<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking up les paroles<\/strong> taught me du nouveau vocabulaire<\/strong> (some new vocabulary) like le tra\u00eeneau et le foulard<\/strong> (the sleigh and the scarf). It also taught me that la chanson<\/strong> is very different in french. Most importantly, I could chanter<\/strong> the next time I heard la chanson<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

\u00c9coutez la chanson<\/strong> (listen to the song) and get into l’esprit des f\u00eates <\/strong>(the holiday spirit):<\/p>\n