{"id":29369,"date":"2017-11-28T05:16:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T04:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=29369"},"modified":"2017-11-27T03:52:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T02:52:35","slug":"french-vocabulary-nap-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-vocabulary-nap-time\/","title":{"rendered":"French Vocabulary – Nap Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Thursday we celebrated the very American holiday of Thanksgiving<\/a>* here in the United States. And while Thanksgiving is not typically celebrated in France<\/a>, some of my best memories from my times in France happened on or around Thanksgiving time.<\/p>\n

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Food coma photo courtesy of Kathryn Hildreth.<\/p><\/div>\n

First some vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n

After dinner Thursday, I entered a state lovingly referred to in the US as a “food coma”. The French you will no doubt not be surprised to learn, do not have a word for this condition! The closest equivalent I’ve been able to find is somnolence digestive<\/strong> which I would translate as “sleepiness brought on by digestion<\/em>” … which is an accurate definition of a sleep coma, but much less evocative.<\/p>\n

As you can tell from the photo, my sleep coma knocked me out on le canap\u00e9<\/strong> (the couch) <\/em>o\u00f9 je me suis endormi** <\/strong>(where I fell asleep)***.<\/em> I was well rested after an hour or so, mais je me suis r\u00e9veill\u00e9** tout courbatu \/ avec des<\/strong> courbatures<\/strong> (but I woke up all stiff (or achy) \/ with muscle aches).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The verb s\u2019endormir (to fall asleep)<\/em> comes from the verb dormir (to sleep) <\/em>and is conjugated similarly in the present tense.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Je dors \/ je m\u2019endors<\/strong><\/td>\nI sleep (am sleeping) \/ I (am) fall(ing) asleep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tu dors \/ tu t\u2019endors<\/strong><\/td>\nYou sleep (are sleeping) \/ You (are) fall(ing) asleep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Il\/elle\/on dort \/ s\u2019endort<\/strong><\/td>\nHe\/she\/one sleeps (is sleeping) \/ falls asleep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nous dormons \/ nous nous endormons<\/strong><\/td>\nWe sleep (are sleeping) \/ We (are) fall(ing) asleep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vous dormez \/ vous vous endormez<\/strong><\/td>\nYou sleep (are sleeping) \/ You (are) fall(ing) asleep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ils\/elles dorment \/ s\u2019endorment<\/strong><\/td>\nThey sleep (are sleeping) \/ They (are) fall(ing) asleep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Et un peu d’histoire \/ une petite histoire<\/strong> (And a little history \/ a little story)****<\/em><\/p>\n

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A classic Halmark paper turkey (sur le buffet<\/strong> \/ on the buffet<\/em>), le drapeau am\u00e9ricain<\/strong> (the American flag<\/em>), and turkey-themed napkins complete the holiday decor (photo courtesy of Tim Hildreth).<\/p><\/div>\n

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It might be an American Thanksgiving, but there was still French Champagne! (photo courtesy of Tim Hildreth)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many years ago when I was away from home on my first trip to France<\/a>, my mother tried every way she could to make sure that I didn’t forget where I was from. One thing she did was to send me little care packages full of American-themed goodies. My host family had heard about Thanksgiving from their own son who was spending the year in the United States. So when my mother’s latest package arrived, they decided to use it to throw me my own French Thanksgiving. Coming up with the turkey and all the fixings was a trick (turkey isn’t often on the menu for dinner in France), but thanks to Mom (and her Hallmark shopping) we all got a little taste of America on a cold French November Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Pour finir<\/strong> \/ And finally<\/em><\/p>\n

Enjoy this classic French comptine <\/strong>(childrens song) <\/em>that features the verb dormir <\/strong>… and which might just help you dormir aussi<\/strong>!<\/p>\n