{"id":31013,"date":"2019-01-15T05:30:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T04:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31013"},"modified":"2019-01-13T04:16:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T03:16:32","slug":"french-vocabulary-making-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-vocabulary-making-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"French vocabulary – Making resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le nouvel an <\/strong><\/a>(New Year\u2019s)<\/em> is a perfect time for finding those little ways (comme apprendre une nouvelle langue <\/strong>\/ like learning a new language<\/em>!) to make our lives better. As is the case in many countries, les Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (the French<\/em>) use le jour de l\u2019An*\u00a0<\/strong>(New Year\u2019s day) <\/em>to declare leurs bonnes intentions <\/strong>(their good intentions)<\/em> for the year ahead.<\/p>\n

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Les bonnes r\u00e9solutions pour la nouvelle** ann\u00e9e<\/strong> (New Year\u2019s resolutions<\/em>)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a few years<\/a>\u00a0since we looked at making resolutions in French and with all the crazy news coming out of France<\/a> (and beyond) recently, now seems like as good a time as any to talk about the ways that we can all faire un monde meilleur<\/strong> (make a better world).<\/em><\/p>\n

Sometimes when someone makes une r\u00e9solution<\/strong> (a resolution<\/em>), you can tell how committed they are (sometimes<\/em>) by how they phrase it. Success (or failure) often depends on how committed you are. Here are some phrases you might encounter \/ use when des r\u00e9solutions <\/strong>are in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cette ann\u00e9e je vais \u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nThis year I\u2019m going to \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cette ann\u00e9e je vais essayer de \u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nThis year I\u2019m going to try to \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cette ann\u00e9e je veux \u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nThis year I want to \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cette ann\u00e9e je dois \u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nThis year I must \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Et vous\u00a0? <\/strong>\/ And you\u00a0?<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you hope to do this year? Bellow is a (short) list of some of the many things that people often promise themselves to do more (or less) of as one year turns into the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perdre du poids.<\/strong><\/td>\nLose weight.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Faire plus du sport.<\/strong><\/td>\nDo more sports.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regarder moins la t\u00e9l\u00e9.<\/strong><\/td>\nWatch less t.v.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Passer moins de temps sur Facebook (ou Twitter, Instagram \u2026 l\u2019internet, quoi\u00a0!)<\/strong><\/td>\nSpend less time on Facebook (or Twitter, Instragram \u2026 the internet!)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Appeler mes parents plus souvent.<\/strong><\/td>\nCall my parents more.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
D\u00e9penser moins.<\/strong><\/td>\nSpend less.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manger plus bio.<\/strong><\/td>\nEat more organic.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Passer plus du temp \u00e0 la gymnase<\/strong><\/td>\nSpend more time at the gym.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Click here<\/a>*** to watch a video from last year of des habitants de Reims<\/a> <\/strong>(local people living in the French city of Reims)<\/em> talking about what they hoped to accomplish in 2018.<\/p>\n

* Notice all the different ways to say \u201cNew Year\u2019s\u201d in French<\/a> \u2026
\n** Nouvelle<\/a><\/em> (neuf, neuve, nouveau, nouvelle) is one of those magical French adjectives that can both follow (as is the rule) and precede the noun. While French adjectives usually come after the noun that they modify, adjectives of beauty, age, goodness, and size (or as they’re sometimes referred BAnGS …) generally precede the noun.
\n*** With all of the chaos in France right now, the local media has been less focused on lighter<\/em> fare this year than in years past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Le nouvel an (New Year\u2019s) is a perfect time for finding those little ways (comme apprendre une nouvelle langue \/ like learning a new language!) to make our lives better. As is the case in many countries, les Fran\u00e7ais (the French) use le jour de l\u2019An*\u00a0(New Year\u2019s day) to declare leurs bonnes intentions (their good…<\/p>\n

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