{"id":26061,"date":"2017-02-21T05:51:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T04:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=26061"},"modified":"2018-03-23T12:32:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T11:32:48","slug":"lets-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/lets-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s eat!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone knows that the French love to eat (and that they know how to set a fancy table<\/a>!). But do you know all of the different ways to talk about food in French? This week, we’ll review key vocabulary around eating . . . and drinking while we’re at it. Bon app\u00e9tit!*<\/strong><\/p>\n

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On mange avec la bouche.<\/strong> (One eats with the mouth.) <\/em>The verb manger<\/strong> is a regular -er verb. The present tense conjugations are:<\/p>\n

je mange \/ tu manges \/ il-elle-on mange \/ nous mangeons** \/ vous mangez \/ ils-elles mangent<\/em><\/div>\n

On boit avec la bouche aussi.<\/strong> (One drinks with the mouth too.<\/em>) The verb boire<\/strong> is an irregular verb. The present tense conjugations are:<\/p>\n

je bois \/ tu bois \/ il-elle-on boit \/ nous buvons \/ vous buvez \/ ils-elle boivent<\/em><\/div>\n

You can manger une bouch\u00e9e <\/strong>or boire une gorg\u00e9e<\/strong> (eat a bite\/moutful <\/em>or drink a sip\/swallow). <\/em>Grignoter <\/strong>is a verb which means ‘to snack\/snack on<\/em>‘ (it literally means ‘to nibble<\/em>‘ or ‘to munch<\/em>‘ . . . and like savourer<\/strong> (see below) can apply to more than just food. Grignoter<\/strong> can also mean ‘to eat away at something’<\/em>.) On grignote des chips. <\/strong>(One munches on chips.)<\/em>
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Go\u00fbter<\/strong> is ‘to taste’ <\/em> but le go\u00fbter<\/strong>\u00a0is ‘a child’s afternoon<\/em> snack’.*** Le<\/strong> go\u00fbt <\/strong>is ‘the taste’ <\/em>of something (or ‘the flavor’<\/em> but watch out. You’ll also see parfum****<\/strong> for ‘flavor’ <\/em>and ‘taste’<\/em> espeically when it comes to ice cream).<\/p>\n

If you want to get fancy, you can also d\u00e9guster<\/strong> or even savourer<\/strong> your food and drink. D\u00e9guster <\/strong>implies tasting with a level of expertice or particular attention to the flavors of something. Savourer<\/strong> (‘to savor’<\/em>) means\u00a0‘to enjoy’<\/em> and can apply not just to food, but to experiences as well.<\/p>\n

Useful words for different tastes include: sucr\u00e9 <\/strong>(sweet\/sugary), <\/em>sal\u00e9<\/strong> (salty), <\/em>am\u00e8re <\/strong>(bitter), <\/em>and aigre<\/strong> (sour<\/em>).<\/p>\n

To siroter un boisson<\/strong> is ‘to slowly drink\/sip at a drink’.<\/em><\/p>\n

* I have heard the expression “bon app\u00e9tit!” (<\/em>or more commonly ‘bon ap’) <\/em>at just about every meal I’ve ever eaten with my French friends and family. This expression which serves to wish those you are dining with a ‘good meal’ (<\/em>or going back to the origins of the expression literally ‘good digestion’)<\/em> is as common as ‘bonjour’<\/em> in my experience. If you’re dining in family or with friends, throwing in a ‘bon ap’<\/em> of your own is likely to be fine, but in more formal settings, use caution! Would you believe that ‘bon app\u00e9tit’<\/em> is also a source of controversy<\/a>?!! According to some, its relationship to the very-bodily-related-function of digestion, it is apparently not fit for the dining table!
\n** Note that you keep the “e” at the end before adding the -ons<\/em> ending in the first person plural of the verb ‘manger’ (<\/em>and other verbs like ‘nager’ (‘to swim)<\/em>, ‘voyager’ (‘to travel’), <\/em>and ‘changer’ (‘to change’)).\u00a0<\/em>Adding the ‘e’ maintains the ‘soft g’ pronunciation of the word as otherwise ‘mangons’ would be pronounced with a ear-jarring hard g!
\n*** ‘le quatre heure’<\/em> is an expression for ‘after-school snack’ . . . <\/em>Many kids get home from school about this time in France.
\n**** ‘parfum’<\/em> also means ‘perfume<\/em>‘.<\/p>\n

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Everyone knows that the French love to eat (and that they know how to set a fancy table!). But do you know all of the different ways to talk about food in French? This week, we’ll review key vocabulary around eating . . . and drinking while we’re at it. Bon app\u00e9tit!*   On mange…<\/p>\n

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