{"id":817,"date":"2010-06-04T05:53:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T05:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=817"},"modified":"2017-10-18T15:50:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T13:50:28","slug":"se-baigner-vs-se-baigner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/se-baigner-vs-se-baigner\/","title":{"rendered":"Se baigner vs. se baigner"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was sitting dans un caf\u00e9 <\/em>(in a coffee shop) today, thinking \u201cWhat on earth will le post d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui<\/em> (today\u2019s post) be about?\u201d Je n\u2019avais plus d\u2019id\u00e9es<\/em>\u2014I didn\u2019t have any more ideas. But the hot, en sueur<\/em><\/strong> (sweaty) people walking by gave me my answer.<\/p>\n

Il fait hyper chaud<\/em><\/strong> \u00e0 New York<\/em>. It\u2019s super hot in New York\u2014l\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9<\/em><\/strong> a d\u00e9finitivement commenc\u00e9 <\/em>(summer has definitely started). En plus, il fait lourd<\/strong><\/em> (Plus, it\u2019s humid). Pour combattre la chaleur<\/strong><\/em> (to fight the heat), je vous propose <\/em>(I suggest) deux m\u00e9thodes <\/em>:<\/p>\n

Se baigner<\/em><\/strong> and se baigner<\/em><\/strong> !<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Attends,\u00a0\u00bb<\/em> you say. \u201cWait a minute. \u00a0I might not speak perfect French, but that\u2019s the same word!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tout \u00e0 fait<\/em>, mes amis<\/em> (Exactly, my friends). It\u2019s the same word, but se baigner<\/em> has at least two meanings, and they are both essential outils <\/em>(tools) for summer succ\u00e8s<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Se baigner<\/em> means \u201cto bathe oneself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dans un premier temps<\/em> (this is a really great, formal way of saying \u201cOn the one hand\u201d), se baigner <\/em>means to bathe oneself as in to take a bath or shower<\/strong>. Dans un deuxi\u00e8me temps<\/em>, se baigner<\/em> can mean to bathe oneself in the more antique sense, meaning to swim or \u2018take a dip.\u2019 <\/strong>It connotes leisurely swimming.<\/p>\n

Si vous vous baignez \u00e0 la mer<\/em> (if you go swimming at the seashore), you\u2019ll need one thing that you probably don\u2019t have when vous vous baignez<\/em> in the shower: un maillot de bain<\/em><\/strong>. A bathing suit may be the biggest difference between the two \u2018se baigner\u2019 <\/em>definitions. (Unless, of course, you\u2019ve found a private cove on the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur, in which case, allez-y<\/em>: go ahead!). Otherwise, un maillot de bain<\/em> is probably essentiel<\/em>. You may also want de la cr\u00e8me solaire<\/em><\/strong> (sunscreen), une serviette de plage<\/em><\/strong> (a beach towel), des lunettes de soleil<\/em><\/strong> (sunglasses) and of course, un tuba<\/em><\/strong>, a snorkel, my new favorite French word.<\/p>\n

If you can\u2019t easily se baigner \u00e0 la plage<\/em> (go swimming at the beach), the summer heat may make you very ready to se baigner dans l\u2019autre sens <\/em>(in the other sense).<\/p>\n

Prendre une douche<\/em><\/strong>, to take a shower, or prendre un bain<\/em><\/strong>, to take a bath, are on the front line of defense against la chaleur<\/em>. In this instance, vous pouvez r\u00e9noncer au maillot de bain<\/em>: you can forgo the bathing suit (ooh la la!). Par contre<\/em> (by contrast), you may want du savon <\/em><\/strong>(soap), du shampooing<\/em><\/strong>, de l’apr\u00e8s-shampooing<\/em><\/strong> (conditioner), and une serviette <\/em><\/strong>(a towel).<\/p>\n

Quelles sont vos d\u00e9fenses contre la chaleur<\/em>? What are your defenses against the heat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

I was sitting dans un caf\u00e9 (in a coffee shop) today, thinking \u201cWhat on earth will le post d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui (today\u2019s post) be about?\u201d Je n\u2019avais plus d\u2019id\u00e9es\u2014I didn\u2019t have any more ideas. But the hot, en sueur (sweaty) people walking by gave me my answer. Il fait hyper chaud \u00e0 New York. It\u2019s super hot…<\/p>\n

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