It's freezing cold - French Expression Part of Mots Du Jour | Vocabulary Lists
What does the French expression 'un froid de canard' mean? What does it sound like? How is it used in a sentence? Listen to Anne.
As the weather is getting colder and colder in France, I was thinking of that funny expression: un froid de canard. Literally, a cold of duck, a duck's cold. un froid de canard means that it's freezing cold. I think the expression comes from hunting ducks in the fall, when hunters stand in freezing waters for extended periods of time and they get frozen to the bones. un froid de canard, as many weather expressions, uses FAIRE, an irregular verb.
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to make a mistake – French expression Part of Mots Du Jour | Reflexive Verbs – List
se tromper – oneself to mislead. se tromper means ‘to make a mistake’.
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bonjour les dégâts. mot du jour. what a disaster. French expression. What does ” bonjour les dégâts ” mean? How do you say ‘ what a disaster ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
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what a disaster – French expression Part of Mots Du Jour | Strike and Protest Terms – Today’s French
What does ” bonjour les dégâts ” mean? How do you say ‘ what a disaster ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
bonjour les dégâts – hello the damages – In everyday French, bonjour les dégâtsmeans ‘what a disaster’.
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Going to the Cannes Film Festival – Today’s Advanced French Part of Theme Courses| Le Festival de Cannes
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about movies in French.
France has to go to the Cannes movie Festival, in the South of France to interview a movie director. She is taking advantage of a long weekend. Elle fait le pont “She makes the bridge”. She uses a lot of colloquial expressions in French that you can use later.
France veut aller au Festival de Cannes, dans le sud de la France, pour interviewer un réalisateur. Elle profite du long week-end. Elle fait le pont. Elle parle français avec de nombreuses expressions idiomatiques dont vous pourrez vous servir plus tard.
Texte – Aller au Festival de Cannes
Ouais, c’est chouette ! On fait le pont pour la troisième fois ce mois-ci. Le mois de mai est [n’est] pas trop dégueu. On se tire dans le sud. Les gamins, on les laisse chez Papy et Mamie en banlieue. J’ai fait leurs valises hier soir. J’ai pu [je n’ai plus] qu’à faire les nôtres.
On roule pendant 7 heures sur l’autoroute du soleil, et on est à Aix-en-Provence. Ensuite, on roule encore une petite heure et on est à Cannes, à l’aube, juste à temps pour le p’tit déje. J’ai rencard avec un jeune réalisateur sur La Croisette. Il vient de faire un docu gastronomique sur les crêpes à travers le monde. T’imagines ! Lui, il cherche à le distribuer et moi, je vais lui écrire un article pour le canard Ouest-France. Après l’entretien, on est invité à la grande soirée bling-bling. Y’aura des paillettes et du glamour.
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Aller au Festival de Cannes – Advanced French - Going to the Cannes Film Festival - Français Avancé. Listen to Anne, a French native, say it at FrenchHour.com. Download the audio file and the lesson.
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to go over the top – French expression Part of Mots Du Jour | Le Festival de Cannes
faire son cinéma – to do one’s movies. In everyday French, faire son cinéma means to be dramatic, to be over the top about something, to draw the attention onto oneself, to be a ham, to ham it up. There is another word that means the same thing. It’s cabotiner. I love cabotiner. It feels like it’s coming from old times, and as a result, it’s not very used any more. However, faire son cinéma is.
French verbs – Tenses and modes présent : je fais mon cinéma, nous faisons notre cinéma
futur : je en ferai mon cinéma, nous ferons notre cinéma
présent du subjonctif : que je fasse mon cinéma , que nous fassions notre cinéma
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Activités du 14 juillet Part of Holidays Courses | Bastille Day
Find out what the French do on Bastille Day
On aurait envie de dire « Bon 14 juillet», mais ça ne se dit pas. En fait, on ne dit rien. Alors, qu’est-ce qu’on fait le 14 juillet en France ? On regarde le grand défilé des armées à la télé, on fait un pique-nique avec la famille et les amis, on va à la pêche à l’étang communal, on va au bal et on admire le feu d’artifice, le soir.
We’d like to say “Happy Bastille Day”, but we don’t say it. In fact, we say nothing. So, what do we do on July 14 in France? We watch the Great Army Parade on TV, we have a picnic with family and friends, we go fishing at the communal pond, we go to the dance and we admire the fireworks in the evening.
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Bastille Day Activities at FrenchHour. Activités du 14 juillet. Find out what the French do on Bastille Day. Improve your French with Anne.
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At the Movies - Vocabulary - Au Cinéma - Vocabulaire - How do you talk about the movies in French? Learn French with Anne at FrenchHour.com. Listen to Anne, a French native, say it at FrenchHour.com. Download the audio file and print this lesson.
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Au Cinéma – Vocabulaire – Le français d’aujourd’hui Part of 5 minutes of French a Day | Le Festival de Cannes
How do you talk about the movies in French? Learn French with me at FrenchHour.com. Print this worksheet.
Mini List 10 first words to learn to talk about the movies in French
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Exercice – Practice – Quiz – At the movies Choisissez la bonne réponse. Pick the right answer.
Réponses – Answers 1. the director 1. le réalisateur 2. le directeur 2. a comedian 1. une comique 2. une comédie (Careful with the cognates here! — Visit more at At the Movies) 3. a tuxedo 1. un smoking 2. un costume
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La rando – Vocabulaire Part of Vocabulary | Sports
Je fais une rando sur le sentier GR 20, en Corse cet été.
I’m going on a hike on the GR20 trail, in Corsica this summer.
Learn French vocabulary about hiking and practice your newly acquired terms about trekking with 2 exercises. Get the answers immediately.
Exercice – Practice
Remplacez les tirets avec les mots de la liste et la traduction.
Fill in the blanks with the words from the list and the translation.
Mots pour les tirets – chaussures de marche, faire des randonnées/la rando, sac à dos
English 1. My backpack is heavy. 2. His walking boots are too small. 3. Do you like hiking?
Français 1. Mon sac à dos est lourd. 2. Ses chaussures de marche sont trop petites. 3. Aimes-tu faire des randonnées ? Aimes-tu la rando ?
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things behind you – French expression Part of Mots Du Jour | La Covid
What does ” tourner la page ” mean? How do you say ‘ to put things behind you ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com
tourner la page – to turn the page. In everyday French, tourner la page means ‘to make a fresh start’, to put things behind you’.
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tourner la page, French expression. Say ' to put things behind ' you in French. How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne say it at FrenchHour.com. Repeat, copy. Anne is a native French teacher.
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BOREDOM or BORED Part of Learning Activities | French Headaches
ENNUI and S’ENNUYER have many variants and many meanings in French. We’ll untangle the main uses here. The exercise at the end of the lesson will help you sort it out.
One thing to remember: the French prefer to use the verb rather than the adjective. They prefer saying : « Le film m’ennuie. » rather than « Le film est ennuyeux. »
Exercice – Practice – Choose your Challenge Print and translate the sentences from one language to the other. French to English (la version) is easier. English to French (la thèse) a bit more challenging.
En français 1. J’ai eu un ennui au boulot : l’ordi a planté. 2. Vous ne vous ennuierez pas pendant le séjour. 3. Cette situation est ennuyeuse, je ne sais pas comment leur dire que leurs enfants étaient à une rave-party. 4. Les acteurs sont vraiment ennuyeux. 5. Je suis ennuyée, je n’ai pas pris mon portefeuille et je ne peux pas payer. 6. Ils ont des ennuis : leur proprio leur a dit qu’il ne renouvelait pas le bail. 7. Tu l’ennuies avec tes histoires sans fin. 8. Ils ne seraient pas si ennuyés si tu connaissais la vérité. 9. Vous ne vous ennuierez/emmerderez pas ici. 10. Je m’ennuie en vacances.
In English 1. I had one problem at work: the computer crashed. 2. You won’t be/get bored during the stay. 3. This situation is troublesome, I don’t know how to tell them their kids were at the rave. 4. The actors are really boring. 5. I’m in a pickle, I didn’t take my wallet and I can’t pay. 6. They’re in trouble: their landlord told them they weren’t renewing the lease. 7. You annoy him with your endless stories. 8. They wouldn’t be so uncomfortable if you knew the truth. 9. You (vous) won’t get bored here. 10. I am bored when I’m on vacation.
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Victor Hugo and Notre Dame Part of Theme Courses | Reading Literature
by Victor Hugo Dans son roman « Notre-Dame de Paris », publié en 1831, Victor Hugo décrivait l’incendie du célèbre monument.
« Tous les yeux s’étaient levés vers le haut de l’église. Ce qu’ils voyaient était extraordinaire. Sur le sommet de la galerie la plus élevée, plus haut que la rosace centrale, il y avait une grande flamme qui montait entre les deux clochers avec des tourbillons d’étincelles, une grande flamme désordonnée et furieuse dont le vent emportait par moments un lambeau dans la fumée. Au-dessous de cette flamme, au-dessous de la sombre balustrade à trèfles de braise, deux gouttières en gueules de monstres vomissaient sans relâche cette pluie ardente qui détachait son ruissellement argenté sur les ténèbres de la façade inférieure. À mesure qu’ils approchaient du sol, les deux jets de plomb liquide s’élargissaient en gerbes, comme l’eau qui jaillit des mille trous de l’arrosoir. Au-dessus de la flamme, les énormes tours, de chacune desquelles on voyait deux faces crues et tranchées, l’une toute noire, l’autre toute rouge, semblaient plus grandes encore de toute l’immensité de l’ombre qu’elles projetaient jusque dans le ciel. Leurs innombrables sculptures de diables et de dragons prenaient un aspect lugubre. La clarté inquiète de la flamme les faisait remuer à l’œil. Il y avait des guivres qui avaient l’air de rire, des gargouilles qu’on croyait entendre japper, des salamandres qui soufflaient dans le feu, des tarasques qui éternuaient dans la fumée. Et parmi ces monstres ainsi réveillés de leur sommeil de pierre par cette flamme, par ce bruit, il y en avait un qui marchait et qu’on voyait de temps en temps passer sur le front ardent du bûcher comme une chauve-souris devant une chandelle. »
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All eyes had risen to the top of the church. What they were seeing was extraordinary. On top of the highest gallery, higher than the central rose window, there was a great flame rising between the two steeples with whirlwinds of sparks, a large, disordered and furious flame whose wind occasionally carried off a shred in the smoke. Beneath this flame, beneath the dark balustrade of ember-clover, two monsters-like gutters were vomiting relentlessly the fiery rain that loosened its silver runoff over the darkness of the lower facade.
As they approached the ground, the two streams of liquid lead expanded in sheaves, like the water that springs from the thousand holes of the watering can. Above the flame, the enormous towers, each of which showed two raw and unequivocal faces, one of them totally black, the other entirely red, seemed to be yet larger with all the immensity of the shade they projected into the sky.
Their innumerable sculptures of devils and dragons took on a lugubrious aspect. The uneasy light from the flame made their eyes follow the passersby. There were wyverns that seemed to laugh, gargoyles that were thought to be barking, salamanders blowing in the fire, tarasques sneezing in the smoke. And among these monsters, thus awakened from their stone sleep by this flame, by this noise; there was one who was walking and who was seen from time to time passing on the burning front of the pyre, like a bat in front of a candle.
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Biking verbs. On s'fait Conjuguer. Verbes pour le Vélo – Let's Get Conjugated. Learn the most effective way to learn and remember French conjugations at FrenchHour.com
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Biking Verbs – Let’s Get Conjugated Part of French Conjugations, Promptly | French TourLearn the most effective way to learn and remember French conjugations.
In this lesson, you’ll be prompted with a sentences in one of 4 tenses. You have to come up with the 3 other conjugation forms. It’s fun.The 4 tenses we’re working on today are the present tense, the passé composé, the imparfait and the future tense.This ‘On Se Fait Conjuguer’ lesson is inspired by Verbes à propos du vélo – Petite Colle, which you can review before you test yourself.
Conjugations – Print out the lessons and fill in the blanks without thinking twice to conjugate the verbs in context. Pay attention to any small changes you might need to do so that the sentences remain plausible. And finally, say the sentences out loud.
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1.UN
Présent : ___________
Passé composé : ___________
Imparfait : ___________
Futur : Ils gagneront la course demain, c’est sûr.
2.DEUX
Présent : ___________
Passé composé : ___________
Imparfait : Le coureur s’échappait du peloton.
Futur : ___________
3.TROIS
Présent : ___________
Passé composé : Est-ce que t’as déjà crevé ?
Imparfait : ___________
Futur : ___________
4.QUATRE
Présent : Je vais pas avec toi parce que tu pédales trop vite.
Passé composé : ___________
Imparfait : ___________
Futur : ___________
5.CINQ
Présent : ___________
Passé composé : ___________
Imparfait : ___________
Futur : Ils perdront la course dimanche prochain.
6.SIX
Présent : ___________
Passé composé : Elle a freiné trop vite et elle est passée par-dessus le guidon.
Imparfait : ___________
Futur : ___________
7.SEPT
Présent : Nous ne grimpons jamais en danseuse.
Passé composé : ___________
Imparfait : ___________
Futur : ___________
8.HUIT
Présent : ___________
Passé composé : ___________
Imparfait : ___________
Futur : Je mènerai le peloton un jour.
9.NEUF
Présent : ___________
Passé composé : On a glissé sur cette route mouillée.
Imparfait : ___________
Futur : ___________
10.DIX
Présent : ___________
Passé composé : ___________
Imparfait : Les coureurs tombaient car ils roulaient trop vite.
Futur : ___________
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le premier mai – Mot du Jour Part of Le Mot du Jour | Merry Month of May
le premier mai – the first May. le premier mai is also called ‘la fête du travail’ which means ‘work holiday’, or ‘labor day’. le premier mai is ‘May Day’ or ‘French Labor Day’. It is celebrated on May 1 every year. French workers and Unions march in the streets of all major cities after they bought a twig of lily of the valley.
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Holidays. Today's French Terms. Les Vacances. Le français d'aujourd'hui. Learn French terms about the holidays. Start with this lesson and keep on going with the related link. Improve your French with Anne, at FrenchHour.com
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Les Vacances at FrenchHour Part of Vocabulary Lists | Traveling in French
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Do you know these words? un camping, une crème solaire, une croisière, un forfait vacances, une plage, réserver, un spectacle, un stage, une valise, visiter
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Exercice – Practice Print this, listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the words you’re hearing. If this is too challenging, get help with the word bank. See how many words you can fit in.
Banque des mots en contexte – Word Bank in Context
a réservé, camping, crème solaire, croisière, forfait vacances, plage, spectacle, stage, valise, visitera
Allô! Salut Myriam. On a gagné le 1._____, c’est super ! On est arrivés au 2._____ des Flots Bleus ce matin, mais on a oublié une 3._____ dans le train. C’est pas grave. On va à la 4._____ cet après-midi, mais il faut qu’on achète de la 5._____. Demain, on 6._____ les alentours. Il paraît que c’est super beau. (Il) Y a un 7._____ de danse après-demain, mais on (ne) pourra pas y aller parce qu’on 8._____ une 9._____ aux Sept-Îles. La semaine prochaine, on fera un 10._____ de surf.
English Hello! Hi Miriam. We won the holiday package, it’s great! We arrived at the Blue Waves campsite this morning, but we forgot a suitcase on the train. No problem, though. We’re going to the beach this afternoon, but we need to buy some sunscreen lotion. Tomorrow, we’ll tour the surroundings. It looks like it’s so beautiful. (There) is a dance show the day after tomorrow, but we (won’t) be able to go because we’ve booked a cruise to the visit the Seven Islands. Next week, we’ re taking surfing lessons.
Réponses – Answers Allô! Salut Myriam. On a gagné le forfait vacances, c’est super ! On est arrivés au camping des Flots Bleus ce matin, mais on a oublié une valise dans le train. C’est pas grave. On va à la plage cet après-midi, mais il faut qu’on achète de la crème solaire. Demain, on visitera les alentours. Il paraît que c’est super beau. (Il) Y a un spectacle de danse après-demain, mais on (ne) pourra pas y aller parce qu’on a réservé une croisière aux Sept-Îles. La semaine prochaine, on fera un stage de surf.
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fumer la moquette - French expression île saint-Louis
What does the French expression ‘ fumer la moquette ’ mean? How is it used in a sentence? fumer la moquette - to smoke the carpeting. fumer la moquette means two things. First, it means to smoke pot. I'm not sure where that comes from. Is it because you're ready to smoke carpeting if you don't have pot anymore, or is it that carpeting looks like grass?
Anyway, this expression is fairly new. Its second meaning, gaining popularity, is that someone is out of it, delusional.
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420 ou la journée du cannabis 420 ou la journée du cannabis - What are the French terms to talk about drugs? 420 ou la journée du cannabis 420 – ou le 20 avril : une grosse journée en Californie où je vis une partie de l’année, celle du cannabis. Voilà un domaine que je connais bien mal. Pourtant, on entend ce vocabulaire assez souvent. Alors voilà une petite liste sur le cannabis, des mots que j’entends à la radio ou à la télé, ou que je lis dans les journaux.
420 or cannabis day
420 - or April 20: a big day for cannabis in California where I live part of the year. This is an area I really don’t know well. Yet, we hear that vocabulary quite often. So here is a small cannabis related list with the words that I hear on the radio or on TV, or words I read in the newspapers.
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to be fed up – French expression Part of All Levels | French Expressions – Daily Practice
What does ” en avoir marre ” mean? How do you say ‘to be fed up’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
en avoir marre – to it to have enough. In everyday French, en avoir marre means ‘to be sick of it’, ‘to have had enough’, to be fed up’.
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JOUR ou JOURNÉE – Le Français d’aujourd’hui Part of All Levels | Choose Your Words Wisely
Do you say JOUR or JOURNÉE, AN or ANNÉE SOIR or SOIRÉE MATIN or MATINÉE? Learn how to use these pairs correctly.
an vs. année – year
jour vs. journée – day
matin vs. matinée – morning
soir vs. soirée – evening
Practice Day is both jour and journée, year is both an and année.
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Mini Quiz - Jour or journée Choisissez la bonne réponse. Pick the right answer.
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des jours avec – French expression
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Les continents – Le français d’aujourd’hui Part of Level 1 | French Culture
Combien y a-t-il de continents ? Les géographes et les éducateurs ne sont pas toujours d’accord.
Certains en comptent 5.
L’Afrique, l’Amérique , l’Asie, l’Europe, l’Océanie
En séparant l’Amérique en deux, on en obtient 6.
L’Afrique, l’Amérique du Nord, l’Amérique du Sud, l’Asie, l’Europe, l’Océanie
Et souvent en France, on ajoute l’Antartique, ce qui donne 7 continents. C’est ce que moi, j’ai appris à l’école : 7 continents.
L’Afrique, l’Amérique du Nord, l’Amérique du Sud, l’Antartique, l’Asie, l’Europe, l’Océanie
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A E F I L Q R U
A D D E E I L M N O Q R R U U
A D D E E I L M Q R S U U U
A A E I L N Q R T T U
A E I L S
E E L O P R U
A C E E I L N O
Réponses A E F I L Q R U = L’AFRIQUE
A D D E E I L M N O Q R R U U = L’AMÉRIQUE DU NORD
A D D E E I L M Q R S U U U = L’AMÉRIQUE DU SUD
A A E I L N Q R T T U = L’ANTARTIQUE
A E I L S = L’ASIE
E E L O P R U = L’EUROPE
A C E E I L N O = L’OCÉANIE
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LOL – French expression Part of Le Mot du Jour | Halloween and La Toussaint
MDR – mort de rire – dead of laughter. mort de rire or être mort de rire means ‘laughing out loud, to laugh one’s head off’, ‘LOL’, which is also used in French, in text messages as MDR.
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DONT - Relative Pronoun. DONT = whose, about whom, about which, of whom, of which. Practice French. Learn French at FrenchHour.com
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DONT – Pronom Relatif – Le français d’aujourd’hui Les fraises dont je te parle sont de Plougastel. – The strawberries I’m talking to you about are from Plougastel.
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DONT = whose, about whom, about which, of whom, of which Translate the sentences from one column to another. From French to English (la version) is easier, from English to French (la thèse) a bit more challenging.
Français 1. La feuille dont j’ai besoin est sur ton bureau. 2. Le livre dont je parle est trop cher. 3. La femme dont le frère est garagiste est dans ton bureau.
English 1. The piece of paper I need is on your desk. 2. The book I’m talking about is too expensive. 3. The woman whose brother is a mechanic is in your office.
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Un message vocal – Le français d’aujourd’hui Part of French Culture | French – Daily Practice
The other day, Greg, a dear student of mine was asking what would a typical voicemail or greeting message be. I thought you too, might be interested in this. So here it is.
L’autre jour, Greg, un de mes chers élèves me demandait ce que serait un message vocal ou un message d’accueil typique. Je pensais que vous aussi, pourriez être intéressé·e par cela. Alors voilà.
Voici un message d’accueil typique — A typical voicemail or greeting message in French Bonjour ! Vous êtes bien sur le répondeur de Dominique. Je ne suis pas là pour l’instant. Laissez-moi votre message. Je vous rappellerai dès mon retour.
Hello, you have reached Dominique’s answering machine. I’m not in right now. Please leave me a message. I’ll call you as soon as I’m back.
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Candide ou L’Optimisme – Petite Colle Take this quiz based on Candide by Voltaire. Learn a bit of French with me today.
Le but secret de cet exercice est que vous écoutiez le texte de nombreuses fois. Je vous demande donc de repérer le passage et de répondre en écoutant le texte en bas de cette page pour repérer où se trouve la phrase en question.
Quiz - Candide ou L’Optimisme Pendant que vous écoutez et lisez Candide, décidez quel homophone est le bon. Cliquez sur la bonne réponse. -- As you're listening and reading to Candide, decide which homophone is the correct one. Click on the right answer.
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How to ask a question in French? It is pretty easy to ask a basic question in French. It works the same way as it does in English.
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Comment poser une question en français ? Part of Beginner’s French
Basic questions in French It is pretty easy to ask a basic question in French. It works the same way as it does in English.
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Les copains d’abord – Chanson française Part of Learn French with Pop Songs
“Buddies First” is a must-know song in French culture. It was very famous in the 60s and 70s. I was raised singing it.
Georges Brassens wrote it for a movie called “Les Copains”.
It’s an allegory that represents friendship.
That of a confident and solid ship that you can count on. This group of friends is very tight. They support each other. They steadily drift through life in spite of the storms that life throws at them.
« Les copains d’abord » est une incontournable de la culture française. C’est une chanson très célèbre dans les années 60 et 70. Je l’ai chantée durant toute mon enfance.
Georges Brassens l’a écrite pour un film « Les Copains ».
C’est une allégorie et qui représente l’amitié ; celle d’un bateau confiant et solide sur lequel on peut compter. Ce groupe d’amis est très soudé. Ils se soutiennent les uns les autres. Ils voguent fermement à travers la vie en dépit des tempêtes.
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‘Qu’on se le dise’ – speaking French in the subjunctive mode
Écoutez la chanson en bas de page ou regardez la vidéo ici, si elle est dispo dans votre région.
Listen to the song at the bottom of page or watch the video here, if it’s available in your region.
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Les Copains d’Abord
Non, ce n’était pas le Radeau
De la Méduse, ce bateau
Qu’on se le dise au fond des ports
Dise au fond des ports
Il naviguait en pèr’ peinard
Sur la grand-mare des canards
Et s’app’lait « Les Copains d’Abord »
Les Copains d’Abord
Ses « Fluctuat Nec Mergitur »
C’était pas d’la littérature
N’en déplaise aux jeteurs de sort
Aux jeteurs de sort
Son capitaine et ses mat’lots
N’étaient pas des enfants d’salauds
Mais des amis franco de port
Des copains d’abord
C’étaient pas des amis de luxe
Des petits Castor et Pollux
Des gens de Sodome et Gomorrhe
Sodome et Gomorrhe
C’étaient pas des amis choisis
Par Montaigne et La Boétie
Sur le ventre
Ils se tapaient fort
Les copains d’abord
C’étaient pas des anges non plus
L’Évangile, ils l’avaient pas lu
Mais ils s’aimaient toutes voiles dehors
Toutes voiles dehors
Jean, Pierre, Paul et compagnie
C’était leur seule litanie
Leur Credo, leur Confiteor
Aux copains d’abord
Au moindre coup de Trafalgar
C’est l’amitié qui prenait l’quart
C’est elle qui leur montrait le nord
Leur montrait le nord
Et quand ils étaient en détresse
Qu’leurs bras lançaient des S.O.S.
On aurait dit des sémaphores
Les copains d’abord
Au rendez-vous des bons copains
Y avait pas souvent de lapins
Quand l’un d’entre eux manquait à bord
C’est qu’il était mort
Oui, mais jamais, au grand jamais
Son trou dans l’eau n’se refermait
Cent ans après, coquin de sort
Il manquait encore
Des bateaux, j’en ai pris beaucoup
Mais le seul qu’ait tenu le coup
Qui n’ait jamais viré de bord
[Ja]Mais viré de bord
Naviguait en père peinard
Sur la grand-mare des canards
Et s’app’lait « Les Copains d’Abord »
Les Copains d’Abord.
Buddies first
No, she wasn’t like the Raft
From the Medusa, this boat
Let it be said down in the ports
Be said down in the ports
She was really chilled, bobbing
On the big blue pond
And she was called “Buddies First”
Buddies First
Her “Tossed but not sunk” motto,
That was no literature
No offense to spellcasters
To spellcasters
Her captain and sailors
Weren’t SOBs
But they were true buddies
Of the Gang
They weren’t shallow buddies
They were straight shooters, unlike Castor and Pollux
Unlike people from Sodom and Gomorrah
They weren’t decadent pervs
They weren’t buddies maybe chosen
By highbrows like Montaigne and La Boétie
On the belly, they slapped themselves hard [they had no class]
Buddies first
They were no angels, either
The Gospel? They had not read it
But they loved each other with all their shortcomings
They were very much accepting
Jean, Pierre, Paul and so on
That was their only litany [tune]
Their creed, their mea culpa
To Buddies first
At the slightest sign of trouble
Friendship would take the helm
It was friendship that kept their bearings
That kept them steady
And when they were in distress
That their arms threw cries for help
Buddies acted like semaphores
Buddies first
When the Gang met together
There weren’t many stood-ups
When one of them was missing on board
It’s because he was dead
Yes, but never, never ever
Was his hole in the water closed
One hundred years later, funny fate
He was still missing
I’ve traveled on many boats
But the only one that held out
That has never veered
[Ne]Ver veered
She was really chilled, bobbing
On the big blue pond
And she was called the “Buddies First”
Buddies First
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Exercice – Subjonctif ou indicatif ? Part of When to Use the Subjunctive | Subjunctive Mode
Using the subjunctive is tricky. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. Sometimes, the same verb triggers the subjunctive mode. Or it doesn’t, depending if it’s affirmative, negative or a question.
For instance, « il croit que » doesn’t trigger the subjunctive, but « il ne croit pas que » and « Croit-il que » tend to. If you need a bit of practice on this topic, this quiz if for you GO TO THE LESSON
Exercice – Practice Decide if you should use the indicative or the subjunctive mode.
Réponses – Answers 1. Il croit que je suis français. 2. Je ne pense pas qu’il pleuve. 3. Elle ne croit pas que ce nouveau parti politique puisse changer les choses. 4. Croyez-vous que les enfants aient faim ? 5. Est-il certain que tu ailles à la réunion ? 6. Il est probable que Michel est déjà là-bas. 7. Il n’est pas probable que Marie soit déjà là-bas. 8. Est-il probable que tu viennes ? 9. Il paraît que la chaleur va durer toute la semaine. 10. Il me semble qu’on reçoit le prix à 20H00.
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French Movie Stars. Les vedettes françaises Part of| French Culture
Do you know French actors? Vous connaissez les acteurs français ? – Do you know French actors?
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Je mène un petit sondage sur vos étoiles françaises préférées et en voici le résultat. Laissez un commentaire si vous voulez que j’ajoute quelque chose
I’m leading a little survey on who your favorite French stars are and here is the result. Leave a comment if you want me to add something
So far, your favorite French actors are 1. Alain Chabat 2. Christian Clavier 3. Clovis Cornillac 4. Antoine de Caunes 5. Louis de Funès 6. Jamel Debbouze 7. Gérard Depardieu 8. Patrick Dewaere 9. Mouss Diouf 10. Frank Dubosc 11. Albert Dupontel 12. Romain Duris 13. André Dussollier 14. Jean Gabin 15. Francis Huster 16. Mathieu Kassovitz 17. Christophe Lambert 18. Gérard Lanvin 19. Thierry Lhermitte 20. Fabrice Luchini 21. Yves Montand 22. Jean Reno 23. Pierre Richard 24. Jean Rochefort 25. Elie Semoun 26. Patrick Timsit 27. Gaspard Ulliel 28. Jacques Villeret 29. Jacques Weber 30. Lambert Wilson
Your favorite French actresses are 1. Isabelle Adjani 2. Anouk Aimée 3. Aure Atika 4. Brigitte Bardot 5. Nathalie Baye 6. Emmanuelle Béart 7. Bérénice Bejo 8. Julliette Binoche 9. Carole Bouquet 10. Geneviève Bujold 11. Laetitia Casta 12. Marion Cotillard 13. Cécile de France 14. Catherine Deneuve 15. Arielle Dombasle 16. Charlotte Gainsbourg 17. Isabelle Huppert 18. Michèle Laroque 19. Valérie Lemercier 20. Sophie Marceau 21. Isabelle Mergault 22. Miou-Miou 23. Vanessa Paradis 24. Audrey Tautou 25. Sylvie Testud
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Greetings. The Right Word. Quiz. Take this quiz based on Lesson 12 on Salutations as of the French A1 Course for beginners. The quiz is based on 2 mini dialogs. Learn French at FrenchHour.com
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Salutations – Le mot juste – Petite Colle This lesson on salutations is part of Lesson 12 of the French A1 Course for beginners. The quiz is based on these 2 mini dialogs.
Mini Dialogue 1 Bonjour
Mini Dialogue 2 Vous parlez français ?
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QUIZ - Greetings - The Right word Choisissez la bonne réponse. Pick the right answer.
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Expressions avec FAIRE Part of All Levels | Practice French Expressions
4 common expressions with FAIRE 1. faire combien – how much 2. Ça ne fait rien. – It doesn’t matter 3. faire + temps – weather condition 4. s’en faire – to worry
Exercice 1 – Practice 1 1. Ça fait combien ? …. How much is it? 2. Ça (ne) fait rien. …. It doesn’t matter. 3. Il fait beau. …. The weather is nice. It’s nice out. 4. T’en fais pas ! …. Don’t worry!
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faire – ficher – foutre
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À propos du mot QUITTER Le mot QUITTER revêt plusieurs sens en anglais. Il ne veut pas seulement dire “to quit”. En voici quelques usages communs.
QUITTER has different translations in English. It doesn’t only mean ‘to quit’. Here are a few other common uses of the verb QUITTER.
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About QUITTER - to quit or to break up. QUITTER has different translations in English. It doesn’t only mean ‘to quit’. Here are 10 other common uses of the verb QUITTER. Learn French with Anne at FrenchHour.com
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Registres en français – Le français d’aujourd’hui Part of All Levels | French Culture
What are registers in French? Practice different registers in French
What should you say?
or
What are registers in French? – Que sont les registres en français ?
A register in a language is a degree of formality with which a word or an expression is used.
Exercice – Practice Comment le dit-on en français parlé ? – How do you say it in familiar, colloquial French?
1.Ça m’est égal. – I don’t care.
2.Tais-toi ! – Be quiet!
3.Il fait froid. – It’s cold.
4.Zut ! – Darn!
Réponses – Answers 1.Ça m’est égal. – I don’t care.
2.Tais-toi ! – Be quiet!
3.Il fait froid. – It’s cold.
4.Zut !- Darn!
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Les jours fériés – Crossword Puzzle Part of Holidays Courses | Bastille Day
Print out this page and fill out the puzzle in French with the clues provided. Find the solution in the PDF below.
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Définitions – Clues Horizontal
4.parade
5.brass band
6.speech
7.dance
8.to celebrate
9.fireworks
Vertical
1.anthem
2.fire cracker
3.country
6.flag
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Prononciation du IN au début du mot Part of Level 1 | French Pronunciation
In this lesson, we’ll go over the letters IN at the beginning of a word. We’ll focus on 5 groups of French words starting with IN. Are they pronounced /i/ or /in/?
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in + voyelle = /i/ 1. inaction – inaction 2. inadapté.e – unsuitable 3. inanimé.e – inanimate 4. inestimable – invaluable 5. inopiné.e – unexpected
in + consonne = /in/ 1. incliner – to tilt 2. inclus.e – included 3. indulgence – indulgence 4. infuser – to infuse 5. invulnérable – invulnerable
inh + voyelle = /i/ 1. inhabilité – incapacity 2. inhabitable – uninhabitable 3. inhabituel.le – unusual 4. inhibition – inhibition 5. inhumain.e – inhuman
inn + voyelle = /i/ 1. inné.e – innate 2. innocemment – innocently 3. innocent.e – innocent 4. innommable – unspeakable 5. innover – to innovate
Exercice – Practice Décidez si le mot a un son /i/ comme dans Paris ou un son /in/ comme dans vin. Tuyau : il n’y a que 5 mots en /in/. Entourez le bon son.
Decide if the word has an /i/ sound like in bee or an /in/ sound like in language. Tip: There are only 5 words sounding in /in/. Circle the proper sound.
Réponses – Answers 1. inaction – /i/ 2. inadapté.e – /i/ 3. inanimé.e – /i/ 4. incliner – /in/ 5. inclus.e – /in/ 6. indulgence – /in/ 7. inestimable – /i/ 8. infuser – /in/ 9. inhabilité – /i/ 10. inhabitable – /i/ 11. inhabituel.le – /i/ 12. inhibition – /i/ 13. inhumain.e – /i/ 14. inné.e – /i/ 15. innocemment – /i/ 16. innocent.e – /i/ 17. innommable – /i/ 18. innover – /i/ 19. inopiné.e – /i/ 20. invulnérable – /in/
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Pronunciation French Initial IN. Prononciation du IN au début du mot. In this lesson, we’ll go over the letters IN at the beginning of a word. We’ll focus on 5 groups of French words starting with IN. Are they pronounced /i/ or /in/? Learn French at FrenchHour.com
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Garden Tools – A Video in French and in English Listen to the authentic French in this video. Watch, read, translate and/or repeat a passage of your choice. The more you watch, the more you will understand. You can also download the recording in authentic French at the bottom of this page, if you’d like to listen to it on another device.
Garden Tools
Fall is here and it’s time to put the garden tools away. Putting them away will help keep them longer.
This video is very useful for our French, although it is an advertisement. However, it is very long for our purpose. I suggest you study it in 2 different segments.
Outils de Jardin
C’est l’automne et il est temps de ranger les outils de jardin. Il faut les mettre à l’abri pour les conserver plus longtemps.
Cette vidéo est très utile pour notre français, bien que ce soit une publicité. Toutefois, elle est très longue pour nous. Mon tuyau : faites-la en deux fois.
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Français Ça y est, c’est la fin de saison. La fin de saison du jardinage, c’est le moment de ranger tous ses outils. Il va falloir les stocker à l’intérieur, dans un garage ou dans un atelier. Sachez une chose : il ne faut jamais les laisser en plein soleil, à la pluie ou aux intempéries de l’hiver.
Après chaque utilisation, il faut surtout bien nettoyer vous outils dans l’eau ; et pour ça, vous utilisez un balai – pourquoi pas ? – ou une éponge. C’est vrai aussi pour les autres outils comme la binette, la fourche-bêche aussi.
Voilà ! Maintenant, on va la laisser s’essuyer [sécher] un tout petit peu et on va la chiffonner après ça, pour bien la faire sécher.
Donc, on a chiffonné aussi, bien essuyé notre fourche-bêche. Alors là, on constate quelque chose : c’est qu’y a un tout petit peu de taches de rouille sur les pointes. Donc, on va éliminer cette rouille. Alors, pour ça on peut utiliser une brosse métallique, mais la brosse métallique a un petit peu la, la fâcheuse manie de rayer. Pour ça, je préfère utiliser de la laine de verre. Et on va frotter la rouille délicatement avec notre laine de verre ; et là on constate que la rouille est [a] disparu.
Puisqu’on range notre outil, on va vérifier si tout est en bonne marche ; si y a pas des zones d’usure, si la lame est toujours bien affûtée. Si elle est mal affûtée, on va pouvoir lui passer un petit coup de lime.
En général, on change un manche en bois s’il est fissuré ou fendu. Exemple [d’un outil qui peut être fissuré ou fendu] d’une bêche ou [d’] une fourche-bêche sur lesquelles on applique une pression lors du bêchage.
Le bois est un matériau naturel. L’humidité relative de l’air – ou le degré d’hygrométrie – peut varier et influencer l’état du bois ; et donc, la fixation du manche et du fer de l’outil peut en souffrir.
Si vous êtes obligé.e de changer le manche en bois de votre outil, sachez que le bois est un être vivant et qu’il faut bien le maintenir le long de la douille.
Pour ça, vous prenez un marteau.
[Le jardinier tape 2 coups sur son outil avec un marteau]
Vous le tapez légèrement et vous le faites tremper pendant 24 heures dans l’eau, de façon [à ce] que le manche gonfle dans la douille.
Les outils à manches en bois Fiskars-Leborgne sont issus de la partie noble du bois. Le vernis incolore posé sur le manche va vous permettre d’éviter de ramasser des échardes au moment où vous allez tenir votre manche. De plus, le vernis permettra de tenir votre manche plus longtemps contre la pourriture.
Les manches en fibre Fiskars-Leborgne ne sont pas sensibles au degré d’hygrométrie. Ils seront toujours fixés de façon sûre sur le fer de l’outil. Les manches en fibre sont robustes et quasi incassables.
Maintenant que nos outils sont bien affûtés et nettoyés, on va les ranger sur un râtelier ; toujours bien au sec, pour les retrouver en bon état au moment où vous en aurez besoin.
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English That’s it, it’s the end of the season. The end of the gardening season is the time to put away all your tools. They will have to be stored indoors, in a garage or in a workshop. Remember [Know] one thing: never leave them in direct sunlight, rain, or winter weather.
After each use, it is especially important to clean your tools in water; and for that you use a broom – why not? – or a sponge. This is also true for other tools like a hoe, or a spade-fork.
So! Now let’s wipe it a little bit and use a rag to dry so it’s completely dry.
So, we also wiped-dry, wiped our spade-fork well. And here we see something: it is that there is a tiny bit of rust spots on the tips. So, we are going to eliminate this rust. So, for that we can use a wire brush, but the wire brush has a little bit the, the annoying habit of scratching. For this, I prefer to use steel-wool. And we will gently rub the rust with our steel-wool; and there we see that the rust is [has] disappeared.
Since we’re putting our tool away, we will check if everything is working well; if there are any wear-and-tear spots, if the blade is still nicely sharpened. If it’s not, we can give it a filing.
Generally, we change a wooden handle if it is cracked or split. Example [of a tool that may crack or split] of a spade or [of] a fork-spade to which pressure is applied during the digging.
Wood is a natural material. The relative humidity of the air – or the degree of humidity – can vary and influence the condition of the wood; and therefore, the attachment of the handle and the tool iron may suffer from that humidity.
If you are forced to change the wooden handle of your tool, remember that wood is a living being and that it must be well attached along the socket.
For that, you take a hammer.
[The gardener taps his tool twice with a hammer]
You tap it lightly and soak it for 24 hours in water, so that the handle swells in the socket.
Fiskars-Leborgne wooden handle tools come from the noble part of wood. The colorless varnish placed on the handle will allow you to avoid picking up splinters when you are going to hold your sleeve. In addition, the varnish will hold your sleeve longer against rot.
Fiskars-Leborgne fiber sleeves are not sensitive to humidity. They will always be securely attached to the tool iron. The fiber handles are robust and almost unbreakable.
Now that our tools are well sharpened and cleaned, we will put them away on a rack; always dry, to find them in good condition when you need them.
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Français Tuyaux d’Anne
Faites cette recette la veille. Quand on la réchauffe, elle semble bien meilleure.
Quand il fait chaud dehors, je sers la ratatouille en tarte chaude ou froide. Je prends un fond de tarte. Ma pâte préférée est la pâte feuilletée, mais tout fond de tarte marche. Précuisez le fond et étalez la ratatouille dessus. Enfournez pendant une vingtaine de minutes à four chaud ou dégustez froid.
La recette est très facile à faire, même si elle paraît longue. Bon appétit !
Préparation 30 mn
Cuisson 30 mn
Ustensiles
Ingrédients – les quantités sont approximatives. Changez-les selon vos goûts.
Recette
Allumez la gazinière à feu fort.
Versez de l’huile d’olive dans le fond de la sauteuse.
Épluchez les gousses d’ail, les oignons, les aubergines, découpez-les et mettez-les dans la sauteuse. Faites sauter en mélangeant.
Lavez et épluchez les poivrons, enlevez ses pépins, découpez-les et mettez-les dans la sauteuse. Faites sauter en mélangeant.
Lavez et épluchez les courgettes, découpez-les et mettez-les dans la sauteuse. Faites sauter en mélangeant.
Lavez les tomates, enlevez ses pépins, découpez-les et mettez-les dans la sauteuse. Faites sauter en mélangeant.
Faites cuire pendant une demi-heure à feu moyen, en mélangeant de temps en temps.
Retirez du feu. Dégustez tout de suite ou laissez refroidir et mettez dans un Tupperware et au frigo. Réchauffez avant de manger. Plus la ratatouille est refroidie puis réchauffée, meilleure elle est.
Variante : si vous désirez une ratatouille plus onctueuse, blanchissez les tomates, enlevez la peau et ajoutez-les alors à la sauteuse.
English Anne’s Tips
Make this dish the day before. When you heat it, it tastes so much better.
When it’s hot outside, I serve the ratatouille as a pie, hot or cold. I take a pie shell. My favorite is puff pastry, but any pie shell works. Precook the pie shell and spread the ratatouille over it. Bake for about twenty minutes in a hot oven or enjoy cold.
The recipe is very easy to make, even if it seems long. Enjoy your meal!
Preparation – 30 mins
Cooking – 30 mins
Utensils
Ingredients – quantities are approximate. Change them according to your taste.
Recipe
Light the stove on high heat.
Pour olive oil into the bottom of the pan.
Peel the cloves of garlic, onions, eggplant, dice them up and put them in the sauté pan. Sauté while mixing.
Wash and peel the peppers, remove the seeds, dice them up and put them in the sauté pan. Sauté while mixing.
Wash and peel the zucchinis, dice them up and put them in the sauté pan. Sauté while mixing.
Wash the tomatoes, remove the seeds, dice them up and put them in the sauté pan. Sauté while mixing.
Cook for half an hour over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
Remove from the heat. Eat right away or let cool and put in a Tupperware and in the fridge. Reheat before eating. The more the ratatouille is cooled and then reheated, the better.
Variation: if you want a creamier ratatouille, blanch the tomatoes, remove the skin and then add them to the sauté pan.
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Mettre la zone, mot du jour. to shake things up – French expression. What does ” mettre la zone ” mean? How do you say ‘ to shake things up ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
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to make a mess – French expression What does ” mettre la zone ” mean? How do you say ‘ to shake things up ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.
mettre la zone – to put the mess – In everyday French, mettre la zone means ‘to disrupt, to wreak something, to make a mess’.
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Chloroquine Controversy – A Video in French and in English Listen to the authentic French in this video. Watch, read, translate and/or repeat a passage of your choice. The more you watch, the more you will understand. You can also download the recording in authentic French at the bottom of this page, if you’d like to listen to it on another device.
Chloroquine, controversy in France which is delaying the treatment for coronavirus.
Some say that chloroquine a miracle cure for Covid-19. Others say that saying this is exactly what’s slowing down research. Who is right?
Professor Raoult, a specialist in infectious diseases, says that chloroquine can cure coronavirus. Some stars also claim that we can get cured thanks to coronavirus. Consequently, patients insist on receiving only that drug, marketed under the name of Plaquénil. Researchers therefore cannot run effective tests..
La chloroquine, polémique en France qui retarde le traitement du coronavirus.
Certains disent que la chloroquine est le remède miracle contre le Covid-19. D’autres disent que c’est ça qui empêche la recherche d’avancer. Qui a raison ?
Le professeur Raoult, spécialiste des maladies infectieuses, affirme que la chloroquine peut guérir du coronavirus. Certaines stars affirment également c’est grâce au coronavirus qu’on peut guérir. En conséquence, les malades insistent pour ne recevoir que ce médicament, commercialisé sous le nom de Plaquénil. Les chercheurs ne peuvent donc pas faire des tests efficaces.
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À l’écoute – While Listening Cet exercice pourrait s’appeler « Ce qu’ils disent, ce qu’ils ne disent pas ».
Qu’entendez-vous ? Que n’entendez-vous pas ? Décidez si la phrase que vous entendez dans le passage est exactement celle qui est écrite dans la question. Corrigez les phrases qui sont fausses.
Ne vous attendez pas à tout réussir dès la première écoute. Vous devrez écouter ce passage plusieurs fois, et c’est ça qui est bon pour votre français. Cet exercice est excellent à tous les niveaux, que vous soyez débutant.e ou experimenté.e.
While Listening This exercise could be called “What They Say, What They Don’t Say”.
What do you hear? What do you not hear? Decide if the sentence you hear in the passage is the exact one written in the prompt. Correct the wrong sentences.
Don’t expect to succeed the first time around. You will have to listen to this passage many times, and that’s what’s good for your French. This exercise is excellent at all levels, for a beginner student to an expert listener.
À l'écoute - La Polémique de la Chloroquine Decide if the sentence you hear in the passage is the exact one written in the prompt. Correct the wrong sentences. -- Décidez si la phrase que vous entendez dans le passage est exactement celle qui est écrite dans la question. Corrigez les phrases qui sont incorrectes.
Français À Marseille, le professeur Raoult persiste et signe. Selon lui, une nouvelle étude sur un dérivé de la chloroquine confirme l’efficacité de ce traitement contre le Coronavirus. Pendant ce temps, un essai européen sur quatre traitements, dont un dérivé de la chloroquine est toujours en cours. Mais les résultats n’arriveront pas tout de suite et pourraient même être retardés par cette polémique autour de cette substance. Une polémique qui a des répercussions négatives sur les tests en cours.
[Reportage de] Lionel Djian.
La polémique sur la chloroquine a notamment un impact, aujourd’hui, sur les études de traitement en cours menées à grande échelle » confirme le professeur François Bricaire, chef du service des maladies infectieuses à la Pitié-Salpêtrière.
« Dans l’essai important qu’on voudrait mettre en place, les malades veulent absolument recevoir de la chloroquine et ne pas être dans les bras qui comportent d’autres propositions thérapeutiques. »
Des essais qui s’en trouveraient donc ralentis, une des conséquences concrètes des réactions de tous bords qui s’enthousiasment pour la chloroquine.
Selon le néphrologue Gilbert Deray, qui lui, se montre réservé sur ce traitement.
[Gilbert Deray dit :]
« Toute cette situation me met euh, très en colère. Nous assistons euh, à des prises de parole de personnalités du monde des médias, du monde de euh, du sport (qui) nous expliquent ‘ce qu’il faut faire sur le plan thérapeutique’ et, et ces personnes ne se rendent pas compte de l’impact considérable qu’elles ont ; et par ailleurs, elles ne se rendent pas compte non plus que ce qu’elles disent est malheureusement euh, souvent complètement stupide. »
Une partie du corps médical appelle donc à la patience et à la modération, en attendant plus de certitude sur le traitement à base de chloroquine.
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English In Marseille, Professor Raoult is sticking to his guns. According to him, a new study on a derivative of chloroquine confirms the effectiveness of this treatment to cure Coronavirus. Meanwhile, 1 European treatment trial out of 4, including a chloroquine derivative, is still underway. But the results aren’t going to happen immediately and could even be delayed by this controversy around this substance. A controversy which has negative repercussions on the tests in progress.
Lionel Djian reports.
The chloroquine controversy has an impact particularly today on the studies underway on a large scale ” confirms Professor François Bricaire, head of the infectious diseases department at La Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital.
“In the important trial that we would like to set up, the patients want to get nothing but chloroquine. They don’t want to be in the trials which include other therapeutic proposals, other medications.”
Tests which would be slowed down as a consequence, one of the concrete consequences of reactions from all sides who are enthusiastic about chloroquine.
Listen to [According to] nephrologist Gilbert Deray, who is less than enthusiastic about this treatment.
[Gilbert Deray says:]
“This whole situation makes me er, very angry. We are witnessing uh, media or er, sports stars (who are) explaining to us [doctors] ‘what to do therapeutically’ and, and these people don’t realize the considerable impact they have; and moreover, they don’t realize either that what they say is unfortunately uh, often completely stupid.”
A part of the medical profession therefore calls for patience and moderation, while waiting for more certainty on treatment with chloroquine.
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Portmanteau Words – Today’s French What is a portmanteau word? What are examples of portmanteau words in French? How are they used in a sentence. Listen to Anne, repeat after her. Learn French at FrenchHour.com
The word portmanteau comes from French portemanteau. It means ‘coat rack’, ‘coat hanger’.
What is a portmanteau word – un mot-valise? It’s a blended word where the last syllable of the first word and the first syllable of the second are combined somehow.
Here is a short list of the most common ones. I’m hoping you can use some of them in a sentence. Send me your work. I’ll go over it.
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LunDimanche - Mot du Jour - French expression. What does lundimanche mean? How is it pronounced? How is lundimanche used in a sentence. Listen to Anne, repeat after her. Learn French at FrenchHour.com
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lundimanche – French expression What does lundimanche mean? How is it pronounced? How is lundimanche used in a sentence. Listen to Anne, repeat after her. Learn French at FrenchHour.com
Covid-19 has created a tragic situation and I want to reiterate how much we’re grateful to all who are going to work despite the crisis. My thoughts are also with those who lost loved ones. I was listening to the radio yesterday, and the journalist was talking about this new words in French, due to coronavirus. With the coronavirus lockdown, every day seems like it’s Sunday. The French renamed all the days of the week with a portmanteau word – un mot-valise. They blended the last syllable of the day – DI – and added dimanche to it.
It goes as follows:
Of course, there is no translation for these fun words. I’m hesitating between MondaySunday, TuesdaySunday, MonSunday, TuesSunday or SundayMon, SundayTues… Or maybe just Day: today is Day.
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PENSER – TO THINK – Le français d’aujourd’hui What does PENSER mean? What are its prepositions?
Many verbs have different meanings in French, particularly if they carry a preposition. Let’s take the verb PENSER as an example.
to think something – penser (ø) quelque chose
Je pense que le bouquin est chez toi. — I think the book is at your place.
to think about, to remember – penser à
Tu penseras à amener le bouquin demain ? — Will you remember to bring /think about bringing the book tomorrow?
to have an opinion about, to think of – penser de
Qu’est-ce que tu penses de ce bouquin ? — What do you think of this book? What’s your opinion on this book?TAKE THE QUIZ
Expert Corner Knowing the preposition attached to a verb is important when it comes to deciding which pronoun to use. In this example, LE, Y or EN are the pronouns.
Je pense que le bouquin est chez toi. Je le pense.
Tu penses à amener le bouquin demain ? Tu y penses demain ?
Qu’est-ce que tu penses de ce bouquin ? Qu’est-ce tu en penses ?
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