{"id":31336,"date":"2019-05-14T05:30:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T03:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31336"},"modified":"2019-05-12T16:09:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T14:09:34","slug":"french-vocabulary-cleaning-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-vocabulary-cleaning-up\/","title":{"rendered":"French Vocabulary \u2013 Cleaning Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring<\/a> is the perfect time for cleaning \u2026 that\u2019s why we call it \u201cspring cleaning!\u201d So ouvrez les fen\u00eatres<\/strong> (open the windows<\/em>), sortez les balais et les serpill\u00e8res<\/strong> (get out the brooms and the rags*<\/em>), et commen\u00e7ons<\/strong> (and let\u2019s begin<\/em>)!<\/p>\n

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Le nettoyage de printemps<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spring cleaning (also known in French as le m\u00e9nage de printemps<\/strong> or le nettoyage printanier<\/strong>) is the perfect opportunity to ranger votre domicile de fond en comble<\/strong> (clean your house from top to bottom<\/em>). Let\u2019s take a look at some of the things you might do during a really good nettoyage de printemps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/td>\nEnglish<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
d\u00e9poussi\u00e9rer les meubles <\/strong><\/td>\ndust the furniture<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
astiquer les meubles<\/strong><\/td>\npolish the furniture<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
balayer<\/strong><\/td>\nto sweep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
passer la serpill\u00e8re<\/a>*<\/strong><\/td>\nto mop<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
passer l\u2019aspirateur<\/strong><\/td>\nto vacuum<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ranger<\/strong><\/td>\nto straighten \/ tidy up<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
jeter <\/strong><\/td>\nto toss out \/ throw away<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
laver les vitres<\/strong><\/td>\nto wash the windows<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
faire \/ laver le linge<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\ndo \/ wash the laundry<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
faire \/ laver la vaisselle<\/strong><\/td>\ndo \/ wash the dishes<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* seripill\u00e8re <\/em>can be either a rag<\/em> or a mop<\/em> depending on the context, perhaps because at one time, a common way to mop floors in France was to push a wet rag around on the end of a long handle\/stick.<\/p>\n

Comment garder sa maison propre et rang\u00e9e<\/strong> \/\u00a0How to keep you house clean and tidy<\/em><\/p>\n

Le meilleur moyen d’\u00e9viter un grand nettoyage de printemps <\/b>(The best way to avoid a big spring cleaning<\/em>) each year is to keep your house clean and tidy. This short video has lots of great tips for doing just that. Some key vocabulary to listen for (in addition to the list above) include:\u00a0sale<\/strong> (dirty<\/em>),\u00a0propre<\/strong> (clean<\/em>),\u00a0pile<\/strong> (pile),<\/em> au fur et \u00e0 mesure<\/strong> (as you go\/little by little<\/em>).<\/p>\n