{"id":29309,"date":"2017-11-08T19:54:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=29309"},"modified":"2017-11-08T19:58:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T18:58:57","slug":"little-red-chaperon-rouge-fairy-tale-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/little-red-chaperon-rouge-fairy-tale-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Red Chaperon Rouge \u2013 Fairy Tale French"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was looking up the origin of the French expression, \u00eatre connu comme le loup blanc<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (to be known like the white wolf)<\/em>, I was reminded of the most famous story I know that features un loup<\/strong>: Le Petit Chaperon rouge<\/strong> (Little Red Riding Hood)<\/em>. That made me curious about les contes de f\u00e9es en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (fairy tales in French)!<\/p>\n

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“Jenna Red<\/a>” by Robert Bejil on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Il \u00e9tait une fois, dans un royaume lointain…\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOnce upon a time, in a faraway kingdom\u2026\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This familiar phrase immediately brings up thoughts of les contes de f\u00e9es<\/strong> and other fantasy stories like Harry Potter<\/a>. The common themes of les contes de f\u00e9es<\/strong> that begin with il \u00e9tait une fois<\/strong> <\/em>are magical creatures and old kings and knights from stories everyone remembers loving as kids.<\/p>\n

Many contes de f\u00e9es<\/strong> include un monstre<\/a><\/strong> (a monster) that is not necessarily magical, but still very scary. However, even if the protagonist needs help from une f\u00e9e marraine<\/strong> (a fairy god mother) or a righteous king, most of the time everyone knows how l’histoire<\/strong> (the story) ends:<\/p>\n

Ils vecurent heureux et eu beaucoup d’enfants.<\/strong>
\nThey lived happily ever after. (litterally: they lived happily and had many children.)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Le Petit Chaperon rouge<\/strong>, <\/em>it’s the famous grand m\u00e9chant loup<\/strong> (big bad wolf) that is le monstre du conte de f\u00e9es<\/strong>. Not only does le loup<\/strong> blow down the house of Les Trois Petits Cochons<\/strong><\/em> (The Three Little Pigs), he also eats la grande-m\u00e8re<\/a> du Petit Chaperon rouge<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

It’s a lot of fun to learn how to talk about les contes de f\u00e9es<\/strong><\/a> we all heard growing up! Take a moment to learn some fantasy vocabulary with ce petit vocabulaire des contes de f\u00e9es<\/strong> :<\/p>\n

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Image<\/a> by Normanack on Flickr. Licensed uner CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Little Red Riding Hood \u2013 Le Petit Chaperon rouge
\nThe Big Bad Wolf \u2013 Le grand m\u00e9chant loup (or simply le loup)
\nFairy God Mother \u2013 La f\u00e9e marraine
\nCinderella \u2013 Cendrillon
\nThree Little Pigs \u2013 Les Trois Petits Cochons
\nSnow White \u2013 Blanche-Neige
\nPrince Charming \u2013 Le Prince Charmant
\nTale \u2013 Le conte
\nFairy tale \u2013 Le conte de f\u00e9es
\nWizard \u2013 Le sorcier
\nWitch \u2013 La sorci\u00e8re
\nDragon \u2013 Le dragon
\nDwarf \u2013 Le nain
\nElf \u2013 L’elfe
\nTroll \u2013 Le troll
\nFairy \u2013 La f\u00e9e
\nPhoenix<\/a> \u2013 Le ph\u00e9nix
\nMonster \u2013 Le monstre
\nMagic wand \u2013 La baguette magique
\nStaff \u2013 Le b\u00e2ton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

When I was looking up the origin of the French expression, \u00eatre connu comme le loup blanc (to be known like the white wolf), I was reminded of the most famous story I know that features un loup: Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood). That made me curious about les contes de f\u00e9es…<\/p>\n

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