{"id":30949,"date":"2018-12-05T20:21:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=30949"},"modified":"2018-12-10T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T16:30:29","slug":"talking-about-babies-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/talking-about-babies-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking About Babies In French"},"content":{"rendered":"

After telling my family the embarrassing story of mispronouncing oncle<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (uncle), I may have accidentally given myself a knew nickname. Unfortunately for me, la langue fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (the French language) was hiding even more baby problems!<\/p>\n

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I’m un expert<\/strong> at learning the hard way that I don’t know how to say something. Whether it’s looking for l’interrupteur<\/strong><\/a> (the light switch) or trying to order un verre<\/strong><\/a> (a glass), I find new ways to say something incorrectly all the time.<\/p>\n

When it comes to making mistakes<\/a>, I find mispronouncing something harder to deal with than realizing I’m lacking vocabulary. After all, when un m\u00e9decin<\/strong><\/a> (a doctor) explains something in English, I’m often lost in a sea of unknown vocabulary. L’id\u00e9e<\/strong> (the idea) being that even in my native language it’s easy to lack the vocabulary to talk about certain subjects.<\/p>\n

So when I realized I don’t really know how to talk about babies en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>, I saw it as a chance to learn and improve my vocabulary. Because whether it’s Les comptines<\/a> ou les t\u00e9tines<\/strong> (nursery rhymes<\/em> or pacifiers)<\/em>, there’s a whole world of baby words to learn.<\/p>\n

Malheureusement<\/strong><\/a> (unfortunately), trying to bring up the subject with un ami<\/strong> (a friend) didn’t get very far:<\/p>\n

Comment on parle des b\u00e9b\u00e9s ?<\/strong>
\nHow do you talk about babies?<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I ended up simply needing to take the time to learn new words if I was going to talk about ma petite soeur<\/a> et son nouveau-n\u00e9e <\/strong>(my little sister and her newborn).<\/p>\n

Le mot<\/strong> (the word) that caught my attention the most was one that I would have never guessed. The baby sounds, goo goo ga ga<\/em>, aren’t usually thought about seriously, but the same sounds are said very differently en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Areu Areu<\/strong>
\nGoo goo ga ga<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The differences in la prononciation fran\u00e7aise<\/strong><\/a> (French pronunciation) can start to be heard in les b\u00e9b\u00e9s <\/strong>(babies)! Areu Areu<\/strong> <\/em>has all the difficult French sounds in it and can make les b\u00e9b\u00e9s fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> sound very French after only a few months.<\/p>\n

After taking the time to learn le vocabulaire<\/strong>, I can now keep mes amis<\/strong> up to date on ma nouvelle ni\u00e8ce<\/strong> (my new niece) and the baby world she lives in. Her life should stay pretty simple for awhile, but I look forward to learning new words as she gets older.<\/p>\n

Voici un vocabulaire des b\u00e9b\u00e9s :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baby – Le b\u00e9b\u00e9
\nChild – L’enfant
\nNewborn – Le nouveau-n\u00e9, la nouveau-n\u00e9e
\nGoo goo ga ga – Areu Areu
\nNursery Rhyme – La comptine
\nTo Nurse – Allaiter
\nBreast Milk – Le lait maternel
\nPacifier – La t\u00e9tine, la sucette de b\u00e9b\u00e9
\nBaby Bottle – Le biberon
\nMobile – Le mobile
\nDiaper – La couche
\nHiccup – Le hoquet
\nBurp – Le rot
\nTo Throw Up – Rendre
\nTo vomit – Vomir
\nVomit – Le vomi
\nThumb Sucking – La succion du puce
\nTo Suck Your Thumb – Sucer son puce
\nStroller – La poussette
\nBib – Le bavoir
\nCrib – Le lit pour b\u00e9b\u00e9, le lit de b\u00e9b\u00e9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

After telling my family the embarrassing story of mispronouncing oncle (uncle), I may have accidentally given myself a knew nickname. Unfortunately for me, la langue fran\u00e7aise (the French language) was hiding even more baby problems! I’m un expert at learning the hard way that I don’t know how to say something. Whether it’s looking for…<\/p>\n

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