{"id":32205,"date":"2020-08-18T05:29:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T03:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=32205"},"modified":"2020-08-08T23:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T21:50:40","slug":"french-vocabulary-on-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-vocabulary-on-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"French Vocabulary – On the farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once upon a time you could find many little family farms in towns and villages<\/a> across many parts of le province<\/strong><\/a>. Many of these owned by families who, while not farmers, kept animals.<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0 animals, popularly known as les animaux de la basse-cour<\/strong> (the animals of the lower court)<\/em>, provided des \u0153ufs, du lait, et m\u00eame de la viande<\/strong> (eggs, milk, and even meat<\/em>). And while this type of home farm is far less common today, lessons on les animaux de la basse-cour<\/strong> (and related farming terms) still make up part of the curriculum<\/a> dans les \u00e9coles maternelles<\/a><\/strong> across France.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a little story about a farm I know \u2026 use the vocabulary below to see how much you can understand.<\/p>\n

Mes amis ont une ferme. Ils ne sont pas fermiers, mais ils ont un cheval, trois vaches, des poules, des canards, et des dindes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

De temps en temps ils nous donnent des \u0153ufs; des \u0153ufs de poule, mais aussi des \u0153ufs de canard qui sont plus grands que les \u0153ufs de poule et qui ont le jaune tr\u00e8s jaune\u00a0!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Avant, ils avaient une \u00e9norme truie qu\u2019ils appelaient Saucisson (Sausage, en anglais) et un gentil petit bouc, No\u00ebl. Maintenant ils ont des lapins.<\/strong><\/div>\n

Vocabulaire de la ferme<\/strong> \/ Farm vocabulary<\/em><\/p>\n

Une ferme est, en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, tenue par un fermier ou une fermi\u00e8re<\/strong> (A farm is, generally, run by a farmer<\/em> (m.) or farmer<\/em> (f).)<\/p>\n

Voici quelques b\u00e2timents de la ferme<\/b> (here are some of the buildings on the farm<\/em>):<\/p>\n

La grange<\/strong> \/ the barn<\/em><\/p>\n

L\u2019\u00e9curie<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>Especially a horse stable.<\/span>, l\u2019\u00e9table<\/strong> \/ the stable<\/em><\/p>\n

Le poulailler<\/strong> \/ the chicken coop<\/em><\/p>\n

Dans la basse-cour on trouve<\/strong> (In the lower yard one finds<\/em>):<\/p>\n

Les poules<\/strong> \/ chickens<\/em><\/p>\n

Le coq<\/strong> \/ the rooster<\/em><\/p>\n

Des poussins<\/strong> \/ chicks<\/em><\/p>\n

L\u2019oie<\/strong>2<\/a><\/sup>It was only recently that I learned that the French term for the color yellow-green<\/em> \u2026 which I\u2019d heard but never really thought about \u2026 is literally caca d\u2019oie<\/strong><\/a> (goose poo<\/em>)!<\/span>3<\/a><\/sup>Which is nothing when you also learn that there is a caca dauphin<\/a><\/strong> (dauphin poo<\/em>) named for what Marie Antoinette found in her son\u2019s royal couches<\/strong> (diapers<\/em>) and made all the rage \u00e0 la cour de Louis XVI!<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\/ goose<\/em><\/p>\n

Le canard<\/strong>4<\/a><\/sup>Connaissez-vous la danse des canards?<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\/ duck<\/em><\/p>\n

Le lapin<\/strong> \/ rabbit<\/em><\/p>\n

And while you wouldn\u2019t find many in France, on an American farm you might also find des dindes<\/strong> (turkeys<\/em>)<\/p>\n

D\u2019autres animaux de la ferme sont<\/strong> \/\u00a0Other farm animals include:<\/em><\/p>\n

Le cheval, la jument<\/strong> \/ the horse, the filly<\/em><\/p>\n

La vache, le b\u0153uf<\/strong> \/ the cow, the bull<\/em><\/p>\n

Le cochon, la truie<\/strong> \/ the pig, the sow<\/em><\/p>\n

La chevre, le bouc<\/strong> \/ the goat (f.), the goat (m.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Le mouton, la brebis<\/strong> \/ the sheep, the ewe<\/em><\/p>\n

L\u2019\u00e2ne, l\u2019\u00e2nness<\/strong> \/ the donkey (m.), the donkey (f.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Want to learn more? You can read about other animals names here<\/a> and about the names for young animals here<\/a>. \u00a0And check out this post to learn about les bruits des animaux en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo by\u00a0Brett Jordan<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n