{"id":27924,"date":"2017-10-04T17:50:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T15:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=27924"},"modified":"2017-10-04T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T15:51:10","slug":"french-raisin-juice-dried-grapes-and-false-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-raisin-juice-dried-grapes-and-false-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"French Raisin Juice – Dried Grapes And False Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Misunderstandings can be the best way to learn un nouveau mot<\/strong> (a new word), as long as you eventually figure out what you didn’t understand. I have learned many nouveaux mots<\/strong> from not understanding something, par exemple, les piles<\/a> et la lessive<\/a><\/strong> (for example, batteries and laundry detergent).<\/p>\n

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

Grapes and wine bring up thoughts of France, but learning le vocabulaire de <\/strong>la viticulture<\/strong> (the viticulture vocabulary) involves many nouveaux mots<\/strong> and sometimes falling for des faux amis<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If cette phrase<\/strong> (that sentence) was confusing to you, ne vous inqui\u00e9tez<\/strong> pas<\/strong> (don’t worry), I had the same thought:<\/p>\n

\u00ab Viticulture \u00bb est un mot que je ne connais pas en anglais, encore moins en fran\u00e7ais !<\/strong>
\n“Viticulture” is a word that I don’t know in English, never mind in French!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For those who are curious, voici la d\u00e9finition de viticulture selon le CNRTL <\/strong>(here’s the definition of viticulture according to the CNRTL<\/em>; Centre national de ressources textuelles et lexicales, <\/b><\/strong>National Center of Textual and Lexical Resources<\/em>):<\/p>\n

Ensemble des techniques permettant de cultiver la vigne pour produire du vin.
\n<\/strong>Set of the techniques that allow the cultivation of grapevines for the production of wine.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Similarly, I didn’t know the word for grapes<\/em> in French until one day I was \u00e0 l’\u00e9picerie <\/strong><\/a>(at the grocery store). While looking for everything on ma liste de courses<\/a><\/strong> (my shopping list), I saw something on the shelf that stood out to me:<\/p>\n

Jus de raisin\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I knew that jus<\/strong> <\/em>was juice<\/em>, but made the mistake of thinking in English<\/a> and assuming raisin<\/em> en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> was the same thing as raisin<\/em> in English. I thought I was looking at raisin juice<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Alors qu’est que c’est le jus de raisin ?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSo what is le jus de raisin<\/strong>?\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I could not imagine how les Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (the French) managed to make juice<\/em> from raisins<\/em>. It was such an absurd idea to me that I started laughing in the middle of l’\u00e9picerie<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Je devais l’acheter.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nI had to buy it.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Une fois rentr\u00e9 \u00e0 la maison<\/strong> (once I got home), I thought maybe I should\u00a0add some water<\/a> to le jus<\/strong> in order to make it more palatable, but decided I wanted to first try pure raisin juice<\/em> before adding anything to it.<\/p>\n

I poured a glass of le jus de raisin<\/strong> <\/em>and wondered if I would regret it. Heureusement<\/strong> (fortunately), as soon as le jus<\/strong> hit mes papilles<\/strong> (my taste buds) I knew what it was.<\/p>\n

C’est du jus de raisin !\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIt’s grape juice!\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had to look up how to say raisin<\/em> en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> before I realized my mistake<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Le raisin<\/strong> \u2013 Grape\u00a0<\/em>
\nLe raisin sec<\/strong> \u2013 Raisin\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The word for raisin<\/em> is literally dried grapes<\/em>, but my confusion came from how normal grapes<\/em> share the same name as the English word for the dried fruit<\/em>! I still have never had raisin juice<\/em>, but remembering my mistake<\/a> assures that I never forget how le raisin<\/strong> is not the same thing as the raisin<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Misunderstandings can be the best way to learn un nouveau mot (a new word), as long as you eventually figure out what you didn’t understand. I have learned many nouveaux mots from not understanding something, par exemple, les piles et la lessive (for example, batteries and laundry detergent). Grapes and wine bring up thoughts of…<\/p>\n

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