{"id":27175,"date":"2017-06-21T12:32:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T10:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=27175"},"modified":"2017-06-21T12:43:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T10:43:22","slug":"heat-and-thunderstorms-warm-thoughts-of-lete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/heat-and-thunderstorms-warm-thoughts-of-lete\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat And Thunderstorms – Warm Thoughts Of L’\u00c9t\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

With le mois de juin<\/strong> (the month of June) almost over thoughts of l’\u00e9t\u00e9<\/strong> (summer) fill the warm air. La canicule<\/strong><\/a> may be on everyone’s mind, but ce mois<\/strong> (this month) is also about la f\u00eate des p\u00e8res<\/strong><\/a> and, bien s\u00fbr<\/strong> (of course), mon anniversaire<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Photo<\/a> by Robert Meeks on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Les stores<\/strong> are open<\/a> everywhere to cool things down by letting in la brise<\/strong> (the breeze). La climatisation<\/strong> (air conditioning) is rare en France<\/strong> so you have to make do with les fen\u00eatres ouvertes et les ventilateurs<\/strong> (open windows and fans). While la chaleur<\/strong> (the heat) can make it hard to think of anything else, l’\u00e9t\u00e9<\/strong> also brings happier summer thoughts of le soliel<\/strong> (the sun) and les vacances<\/strong> (vacations).<\/p>\n

Personnellement<\/strong> (personnally), growing up en Floride<\/strong><\/a>, l’\u00e9t\u00e9<\/strong> always makes me think of la saison des ouragans<\/strong> (hurricane season). The change in seasons may be subtle in the sub-tropical state, but the increasing humidity and decreasing tourism are the signs of a Florida summer.<\/p>\n

En France<\/strong>, l’\u00e9t\u00e9<\/strong> is the height of la saison touristique<\/strong> (the tourist season). The colder months of the year<\/a> do not attract as many visitors, but the hot months of l’\u00e9t\u00e9<\/strong> bring in les touristes<\/strong> (tourists) from all over the world to France. It definitely makes it easier to voyager<\/strong> (travel) when you don’t have to worry about packing les v\u00eatements d’hiver<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n

La saison touristique en France<\/strong> always makes me smile, because it is the opposite of what I grew up with. En Floride<\/strong>, the hot summers mark the end of the la saison touristique<\/strong> and the start of les orages<\/strong> (thunderstorms). Chaque apr\u00e8s-midi<\/strong> (every afternoon) the sky turns dark and the sound of thunder fills the humid air.<\/p>\n

Remembering ces orages quotidiens<\/strong> (these daily thunderstorms) doesn’t just remind me of la Floride<\/strong>, but also that la foudre et le tonnerre<\/strong> (lightning and thunder) are somewhat rare en France<\/strong>. It gets very hot and there is even the occasional averse de gr\u00eale<\/strong> (hailstorm), but summer thunderstorms are few and far between.<\/p>\n

This became apparent when I tried to share mon exp\u00e9rience estivale<\/strong> (my summer experience) with mes amis<\/strong> (my friends) in France. They were used to the couple of weeks of la canicule<\/strong><\/a> and la f\u00eate de la musique<\/strong><\/a>, but mes amis<\/strong> had trouble imagining un orage<\/strong> rolling in every day!<\/p>\n

Voici un vocabulaire des orages :
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Photo<\/a> by Jacques Leblanc on Flicker. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

L’\u00e9t\u00e9 – Summer
\nEstival – Summer (adj)
\nLe temps<\/a> – Weather
\nLa m\u00e9t\u00e9o – Weather forecast
\nLa chaleur – Heat
\nChaud – Hot
\nL’orage – Storm, thunderstorm
\nL’ouragan – Hurricane
\nLa saison – Season
\nLe nuage – Cloud
\nNuageux – Cloudy, overcast
\nLa pluie – Rain
\nLe soleil – Sun
\nLa gr\u00eale – Hail
\nL’averse de gr\u00eale – Hailstorm
\nLa foudre – Lightning
\nLe tonnerre – Thunder
\nTonner – To thunder
\nLe tourisme – Tourism
\nLe touriste – Tourist
\nLa climatisation – Air conditioning
\nLe ventilateur – Fan
\nLa brise – Breeze<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

With le mois de juin (the month of June) almost over thoughts of l’\u00e9t\u00e9 (summer) fill the warm air. La canicule may be on everyone’s mind, but ce mois (this month) is also about la f\u00eate des p\u00e8res and, bien s\u00fbr (of course), mon anniversaire! Les stores are open everywhere to cool things down by…<\/p>\n

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