{"id":30304,"date":"2018-05-09T21:40:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T19:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=30304"},"modified":"2018-05-09T21:40:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T19:40:06","slug":"le-trajet-and-rising-water-levels-commuting-vocabulary-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/le-trajet-and-rising-water-levels-commuting-vocabulary-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Trajet And Rising Water Levels – Commuting Vocabulary In French"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who has ever commuted, whether it’s \u00e0 l’\u00e9cole<\/a> ou au bureau<\/a><\/strong> (to school or to the office) knows just how annoying anything that slows the the daily trip can be.<\/p>\n

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Image<\/a> from Pixabay. Licensed under CC0.<\/p><\/div>\n

En France<\/strong>, there is a stereotypical reason for commutes to be delayed that most students and workers have had to use at least once:<\/p>\n

La gr\u00e8ve<\/strong>
\nWorkers strike<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While la gr\u00e8ve<\/strong> exists all over the world, with how common they seem to occur en France<\/strong> they are something of a private joke<\/em><\/strong><\/a> among les Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (French people).<\/p>\n

Ceci dit<\/strong> (that said), En France<\/strong> and around the world, la gr\u00e8ve<\/strong> is unfortunately not the only reason le trajet<\/strong> (the commute) can be disturbed. Sometimes roads are closed or subway lines are down for regular maintenance or new construction. Peu importe<\/strong> (no matter) the reason, anything that makes le trajet<\/strong> a little longer is annoying for daily commuters.<\/p>\n

En janvier dernier <\/strong>(last January), during the coldest days<\/a> of the year, a rather unique situation affected my personal commute \u00e0 Paris<\/strong><\/a>. On my way home from mon boulot<\/a><\/strong> (my job), I arrived at a stop where I normally changed lines on my way home, but on this particular day toutes les entr\u00e9es<\/strong> (all the entrances) were blocked. Before I could ask anyone what was going on, I heard the disappointing announcement:<\/p>\n

Ligne ferm\u00e9e \u00e0 cause de la mont\u00e9e des eaux<\/strong>
\nLine closed due to rising water levels<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

La crue de la Seine<\/strong><\/a>! In a panic to find a way home I checked le plan de m\u00e9tro<\/strong> (the subway map) to find the quickest route. With the sudden closure of our normal trajet<\/strong>, I was stuffed into an incredibly crowded subway car as I slowly made my way home.<\/p>\n

While it wasn’t the most pleasant experience, I will now never forget how to say:<\/p>\n

Ferm\u00e9 \u00e0 cause de la mont\u00e9e des eaux<\/strong>
\nClosed due to flooding<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Voici un vocabulaire de trajet :<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Image<\/a> from Pixabay. Licensed under CC0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Le trajet – The Commute
\nFaire la navette – To Commute
\nSe rendre \u00e0 – To Commute To
\nLes transports en commun – Public Transportation
\nLe m\u00e9tro – The Subway
\nLe bus – The Bus
\nLe RER – The Commuter Train (in Paris)
\nLe tramway – The Streetcar
\nLe plan de m\u00e9tro – The Subway Map
\nLa carte – The Map
\nLa gr\u00e8ve – Workers Strike
\nLes travaux – Construction
\nLa crue – The Flood
\nLa mont\u00e9e des eaux – Rising Water Levels
\nLa voiture – The Car
\nLe covoiturage<\/a> – The Carpool
\nLe trafic – The Traffic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Anyone who has ever commuted, whether it’s \u00e0 l’\u00e9cole ou au bureau (to school or to the office) knows just how annoying anything that slows the the daily trip can be. En France, there is a stereotypical reason for commutes to be delayed that most students and workers have had to use at least once…<\/p>\n

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