{"id":33333,"date":"2021-02-02T05:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T04:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=33333"},"modified":"2021-02-03T13:23:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T12:23:46","slug":"people-on-the-subway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/people-on-the-subway\/","title":{"rendered":"People on the subway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a common English-language folk song &#8220;<em>the people on the bus go up and down&#8221;.<\/em> In Paris, the people on the subway do that &#8230; and a whole lot more!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33353 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-302428-350x232.jpg\" alt=\"No people on the subway\" width=\"350\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-302428-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-302428.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">On trouve tout &#8230; dans le m\u00e9tro<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/find-it-all-at-la-samaritaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Samaritaine<\/a> is still closed, but these days you can\u00a0<em>find it all &#8230; on the subway!<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">Ok, maybe not exactly <em>these days<\/em>. France is, after all, still in the grips of Covid and looking at the possibility of a third <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-opinions-covid-confinement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>confinement<\/em><\/a>.<\/span> And a young Frenchman has created an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lesgensdanslemetro_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\"><strong>Suite \u00e0 l\u2019investiture<\/strong> de Joe Biden last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKURjhPAbVi\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even Bernie Sanders is having his moment on the m\u00e9tro<\/a>!<\/span> to keep track of it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"D\u00e9guisement, animaux, cuisine... Les moments les plus fous du m\u00e9tro parisien\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cOyj6_Ovt0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Des deguisements, des animaux, de la cuisine &#8230; people on the subway do it all<\/h3>\n<p><em>Costumes<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-3\">3<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-3\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"3\">In French, the word <em>costume<\/em> means <em>suit<\/em>.<\/span><em>, animals, and cooking<\/em> &#8230; you can find that and more on the Paris M\u00e9tro.\u00a0So just what can you see?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Les gens qui dorment<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"4\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-4\">4<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-4\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"4\"><em>People who sleep \/ sleeping people<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Les gens qui dansent<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"5\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-5\">5<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-5\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"5\"><em>People who dance \/ dancing people<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Les gens qui chantent (m\u00eame si ils ne le savent pas)<\/b><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"6\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-6\">6<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-6\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"6\"><em>People who sing \/ sing people (even if they&#8217;re not aware they&#8217;re doing it)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Les animaux surprenants<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"7\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-7\">7<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-7\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"7\"><em>Surprising animals<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Where we see\u00a0<strong>un poney, une chevre, une poule, un crabe, un rat et m\u00eame un iguane<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"8\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-8\">8<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-8\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"8\"><em>a pony, a goat, a chicken, a crab, a rat, and even an\u00a0<\/em><i>iguana<\/i><\/span>&#8230; are we <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-vocabulary-on-the-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on the farm<\/a> or at the beach?!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Les gens qui font du sport<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"9\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-9\">9<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-9\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"9\">People who work out \/ exercising people<\/span><strong>, souvent sur le quai<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"10\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-10\">10<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-10\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"10\"><em>often on the platform<\/em><\/span> <strong>Ils font des tractions, des pompes, des abdos<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"11\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-11\">11<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-11\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"11\"><em>They do pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups<\/em><\/span>, and even a little pole dancing?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Le prolongement de la salle de bain<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"12\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-12\">12<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-12\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"12\"><em>People continuing their morning routines<\/em> (lit. <em>the extension of the bathroom<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Les gens qui cuisinent<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"13\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-13\">13<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-13\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"13\"><em>People who cook \/ cooking people<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Pour approfondir votre vocabulaire<\/h3>\n<p>While it&#8217;s in not captured in\u00a0<strong>les sous-titres<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"14\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-14\">14<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-14\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"14\"><em>the subtitles<\/em><\/span>, Ga\u00ebten uses a word twice that I had never heard before. At 1 minute 23<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"15\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-15\">15<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-15\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"15\">&#8230;qu&#8217;ils avaient vu le matin ou le soir, en allant au taf &#8230; (<em>travail<\/em>, in the subtitles)<\/span> and again at 4:24<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"16\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-16\">16<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-16\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"16\">Je suis arrive \u00e0 Paris il y a dix ans pour le taf (<em>travail<\/em>, in the video)<\/span> he uses the word <strong>taf<\/strong>. Short for\u00a0<strong>travail \u00e0 faire<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"17\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-17\">17<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-17\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"17\"><em>work to do\/work to be done<\/em><\/span>,\u00a0<strong>taf<\/strong> has become a common replacement for the word\u00a0<strong>travail<\/strong> in expressions like\u00a0<strong>avoir beaucoup de taf<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"18\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-18\">18<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-18\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"18\"><em>to have a lot of work<\/em><\/span> and even has a morphed into a verb,\u00a0<strong>taffer<\/strong>, which shows up in expressions like <strong>je dois taffer ce soir<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"19\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-19\">19<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-19\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"19\"><em>I have to work tonight<\/em><\/span> or\u00a0<strong>je taffe \u00e0 Paris<\/strong><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"20\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-20\">20<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002ec30000000000000000_33333-20\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"20\"><em>I work in Paris<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Hear <strong>taf\/taffer<\/strong> in use (and learn 14 more typically Parisian expressions) in <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/r6K9pZ8tk4M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this great video<\/a> from French School TV.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Image CC0 from https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/architecture-chairs-city-commuter-302428\/<\/p>\n<ul class=\"modern-footnotes-list modern-footnotes-list--show-only-for-print\"><li><span>1<\/span><div>Ok, maybe not exactly <em>these days<\/em>. France is, after all, still in the grips of Covid and looking at the possibility of a third <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-opinions-covid-confinement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>confinement<\/em><\/a>.<\/div><\/li><li><span>2<\/span><div><strong>Suite \u00e0 l\u2019investiture<\/strong> de Joe Biden last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKURjhPAbVi\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even Bernie Sanders is having his moment on the m\u00e9tro<\/a>!<\/div><\/li><li><span>3<\/span><div>In French, the word <em>costume<\/em> means <em>suit<\/em>.<\/div><\/li><li><span>4<\/span><div><em>People who sleep \/ sleeping people<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>5<\/span><div><em>People who dance \/ dancing people<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>6<\/span><div><em>People who sing \/ sing people (even if they&#8217;re not aware they&#8217;re doing it)<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>7<\/span><div><em>Surprising animals<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>8<\/span><div><em>a pony, a goat, a chicken, a crab, a rat, and even an\u00a0<\/em><i>iguana<\/i><\/div><\/li><li><span>9<\/span><div>People who work out \/ exercising people<\/div><\/li><li><span>10<\/span><div><em>often on the platform<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>11<\/span><div><em>They do pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>12<\/span><div><em>People continuing their morning routines<\/em> (lit. <em>the extension of the bathroom<\/em>)<\/div><\/li><li><span>13<\/span><div><em>People who cook \/ cooking people<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>14<\/span><div><em>the subtitles<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>15<\/span><div>&#8230;qu&#8217;ils avaient vu le matin ou le soir, en allant au taf &#8230; (<em>travail<\/em>, in the subtitles)<\/div><\/li><li><span>16<\/span><div>Je suis arrive \u00e0 Paris il y a dix ans pour le taf (<em>travail<\/em>, in the video)<\/div><\/li><li><span>17<\/span><div><em>work to do\/work to be done<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>18<\/span><div><em>to have a lot of work<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>19<\/span><div><em>I have to work tonight<\/em><\/div><\/li><li><span>20<\/span><div><em>I work in Paris<\/em><\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-302428-350x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-302428-350x232.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-302428.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>In a common English-language folk song &#8220;the people on the bus go up and down&#8221;. In Paris, the people on the subway do that &#8230; and a whole lot more! On trouve tout &#8230; dans le m\u00e9tro La Samaritaine is still closed, but these days you can\u00a0find it all &#8230; on the subway! 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