{"id":31261,"date":"2019-04-03T20:22:32","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T18:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31261"},"modified":"2019-04-03T20:25:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T18:25:24","slug":"are-you-shampooing-well-shampoo-and-conditioner-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/are-you-shampooing-well-shampoo-and-conditioner-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Shampooing Well? – Shampoo And Conditioner In French"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s important to know how to se laver<\/strong><\/a> (wash yourself) in any language, but sometimes buying the right products can be more difficult than you would expect when there’s a language barrier.<\/p>\n

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Il y a<\/strong> (there is) a word in French that I pronounced wrong for a while without realizing it, and it wasn’t because of mon accent<\/strong><\/a> (my accent):<\/p>\n

Le shampooing<\/strong> – Shampoo<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The word looks like many other words that end in -ing<\/strong><\/em> in French. The use of the English suffix is often used to create new nouns in ways that never happen en anglais<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I clearly remember one of the the first times I encountered a new French -ing<\/strong><\/em> word. I was talking with mon voisin<\/strong> (my neighbor) about meeting up later and the -ing<\/strong><\/em> word surprised me in an otherwise mundane conversation:<\/p>\n

Salut ! \u00c7a va ?<\/strong>
\nOui \u00e7a va et toi ?<\/strong>
\n\u00c7a va. On va sortir \u00e0 quelle heure ?<\/strong>
\nEuh… dans une heure peut-\u00eatre. Je vais faire un footing<\/em> et apr\u00e8s avoir pris une douche on peut y aller.<\/strong>
\nD’accord… dans une heure…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi! How are you?<\/em>
\nI’m good and you?<\/em>
\nI’m fine. What time are we going out?<\/em>
\nUh… maybe in an hour. I’m going jogging and after I take a shower we can go.<\/em>
\nAlright… in an hour…<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I had no idea what un footing<\/strong> <\/em>was, but I just accepted that I needed to wait une heure<\/strong> and moved on. Over time I learned how there are a lot of similar words that seem strange to les anglophones<\/strong> (English speakers), but are perfectly normal words en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Un footing – a walk
\nUn camping – a campsite
\nUn parking<\/a> – a parking lot
\nUn dressing – a walk in closet
\nUn lifting – a facelift
\nUn pressing<\/a> – a dry cleaner’s
\nUn planning<\/a> – a schedule
\nUn smoking – a tuxedo
\nUn zapping – Channel surfing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Le shampooing<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a little different however. Even if it follows the same idea of adding -ing<\/strong> <\/em>and creating un nouveau mot fran\u00e7ais<\/strong> (a new French word), the pronunciation does not follow the same pattern as the other words.<\/p>\n

La fin du mot<\/strong> (the end of the word) sounds like the word poing<\/strong> (fist)<\/em> and its similar spelling may be the source of the change in la prononciation<\/strong> (the pronunciation).<\/p>\n

Le shampooing<\/em><\/strong> – Shampoo
\nLe poing<\/em> <\/strong>– Fist<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s not the end of la confusion<\/strong> (the confusion) though. Conditioner<\/em> kind of looks like le mot fran\u00e7ais <\/strong>(the French word) would be similar to the English word, but that is\u00a0wrong<\/a>:<\/p>\n

L’apr\u00e8s-shampooing – Conditioner
\nLitterally: The after shampoo<\/small><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, when it comes time to actually prendre une douche<\/strong><\/a> (take a shower) and se laver les cheveux<\/strong> (wash your hair), knowing how to say le shampooing ou l’apr\u00e8s-shampooing<\/strong> is less important than making sure you rinse off la mousse<\/strong> (the foam)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

It’s important to know how to se laver (wash yourself) in any language, but sometimes buying the right products can be more difficult than you would expect when there’s a language barrier. Il y a (there is) a word in French that I pronounced wrong for a while without realizing it, and it wasn’t because…<\/p>\n

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