{"id":31679,"date":"2019-11-26T05:05:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T04:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31679"},"modified":"2019-11-12T01:59:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T00:59:39","slug":"french-commercial-sharing-the-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-commercial-sharing-the-work\/","title":{"rendered":"French Commercial – Sharing the work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ariel is not just famously the Petite Sir\u00e8ne<\/strong><\/a> (Little Mermaid<\/em>), in France, it is also the name of a well-known laundry detergent. On my recent trip to France, I saw the following commercial that resonated with me.<\/p>\n

Commercials are not only a great way to learn vocabulary, since they are often very concrete and the language is directly related to a product or idea, but they also provide a window into the cultural ideas that are most relevant at any moment. Like the French movement to include\u00a0des conseils pour bien manger<\/strong> (good eating ideas) <\/em>from mangerbouger.fr<\/a> \u00a0(eatmove.fr<\/em>) in commercials about snacks<\/a>, there is a\u00a0tendance<\/strong> (movement, tendance, direction<\/em>) in French commercials today to reflect a more gender-balanced<\/a> view of the world.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/wM7JwyBPK_A<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Fille: Attention aux pieds\u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nGirl: Watch your feet \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fille: Fais attention c\u2019est tr\u00e8s, tr\u00e8s chaud \u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nGirl\u00a0: Be careful it\u2019s very, very hot \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fille\u00a0: Alors, qui a du linge \u00e0 laver\u00a0?<\/strong><\/td>\nGirl\u00a0: So, who has laundry to wash?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fille\u00a0: [Dring, dring<\/em>] Allo\u00a0? <\/strong>Je suis d\u00e9sol\u00e9e, je peux vraiment pas te parler, il faut que j\u2019aille \u2026<\/strong><\/td>\nGirl\u00a0: [Ring, ring] Hello\u00a0? I\u2019m sorry but I really can\u2019t talk to you, I have to go \u2026<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fille et dame\u00a0: J\u2019ai des montagnes de chose \u00e0 faire.<\/strong><\/td>\nGirl and woman\u00a0: I have a ton (mountains) to do.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voix\u00a0: Tout ce qu\u2019ils voient, ils copient.<\/strong><\/td>\nVoice\u00a0: Everything they see, they copy.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Femme\u00a0: Ok, on s\u2019appelle demain.<\/strong><\/td>\nWoman\u00a0: Ok, we\u2019ll call each other tomorrow.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voix\u00a0: Mais est-ce qu\u2019ils apprennent que la lessive n\u2019est qu\u2019un travail de femme\u00a0?<\/strong><\/td>\nVoice\u00a0: But are they learning that laundry is just women\u2019s work?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Femme\u00a0: Non, non, \u00e7a va. Oui, je suis toujours l\u00e0.<\/strong><\/td>\nWoman\u00a0: No, no, it\u2019s ok. Yes, I\u2019m still here.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voix\u00a0: Ou est-ce qu\u2019ils voient leur papa le faire aussi\u00a0?<\/strong><\/td>\nVoice\u00a0: Or do they see their dad do it too?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
[#PartageDesTaches]<\/strong><\/td>\n[#ShareTheChores]<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voix\u00a0: Partageons les taches.<\/strong><\/td>\nVoice\u00a0: Let\u2019s share the work.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Voix\u00a0: Toujours conserver hors de porter des enfants.<\/strong><\/td>\nVoice\u00a0: Always store out of the reach of children.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Featured image by\u00a0Adrienne Andersen\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>from\u00a0Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Ariel is not just famously the Petite Sir\u00e8ne (Little Mermaid), in France, it is also the name of a well-known laundry detergent. On my recent trip to France, I saw the following commercial that resonated with me. Commercials are not only a great way to learn vocabulary, since they are often very concrete and the…<\/p>\n

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