This picture may help illustrate what the shop (in today's story) looks like. Replace "Blanchisserie" with "Chez Janine" and the blue panels with dark lacquered wood… et voilà! Note: the next post goes out in one week, on Monday…. une machine à coudre (ma sheen ah koodr) : sewing machine Audio File: hear Jean-Marc pronounce these French words: Download Wav or Download MP3 Savez-vous opérer une … Continue reading machine à coudre
Please take a minute to read my interview with Janet Skeslien Charles. Click here. Photo taken in Cassis. Many more Cassis photos in the weekend edition of Cinéma Vérité. Please join me.France and Monaco Rentals. Exclusive Vacation Rental Properties throughout France. les moeurs (lay muhrs) noun fpl 1. morals 2. customs 3. manners, ways c'est entré dans les moeurs = it's become normal practiceavoir des moeurs simples … Continue reading moeurs
Chez le dentiste in Morocco. composite dentaire (kom poh zeet dahn tair) : a type of dental filling made up of composite materials Audio File hear these French words via Wav or MP3 Un composite dentaire. J'ai perdu un composite dentaire.A filling. I lost a filling. Correct Your … Continue reading composite dentaire + toothy expressions in French
Les juillettistes, or July vacationers, make their way south to the sea… read on. le décalage horaire (day ka lazh oh rhair) : time difference, time change related terms: le syndrome du décalage horaire = jetlagle fuseau horaire = time zone Audio file: listen Download MP3 or Download Wav A Day in a French Life… by Kristin Espinasse "Le Décalage Horaire" The autoroute du soleil is flanked with sunflowers and … Continue reading How to say “time change” in French
Today's story takes place in Cassis, where risks are taken… especially with fashion. Read on… agrafer (ah graf ay) verb : to staple, to fasten, hook up, clip together Audio File: hear Jean-Marc*: Download MP3 or wavJ'ai agrafé mon pantalon. I stapled my pants. Have a moment? Check out my husband's wine blog & see videos of our farm. Click here. Featured book: Sara Midda's South of France: a sketchbook … Continue reading How to say “to staple” in French? And a wardrobe malfunction on the way to a wedding in Cassis
A magical hour in an ancient town: Ovada l'heure bleue (leuhr bleuh, listen to MP3 or wav) noun, feminine 1) the blue hour, the magic hour… crepuscule, twilight… the hour between daylight and night when the sky's luminosity draws artists out of their studios to see light's last glimmerings. 2) the hour (between 5 and 7) in which one meets their lover before returning home from … Continue reading l’heure bleue
A picture that appeared in Cinéma Vérité: "a weekly photo périple through France and beyond." Click here to join: your subscription keeps this word journal on its tip-toes, instead of feet-dragging & putt-putting. Why We Love France… Salut! In the interlude between yesterday's story and its suite, here is un court-métrage* to delight your senses: foremost, your sense of humor, and then: sight (look at … Continue reading court-métrage
The parasol pine trees of Cassis, where today's story ends in mystery… Free Subscription to French Word-A-Day. Sign up a friend or a family member, here. un regard fixe (reuh gaar feex) : a stare regarder fixement = to stare into the distance Correct Your French Blunders: How to Avoid 99% of the Common Mistakes Made by Learners of French. Speak and write French as … Continue reading regard fixe
We were in Cassis for an evening celebration but, sadly, had to rush off the next day—before having the chance to explore this little fishing village by the Mediterranean Sea. But I have marked my carnet with the goal of returning… to see the bobbing boats and the patina of color reflecting off the mirror-sea, echoeing all of the old buildings lined up neatly. … Continue reading Que faire à Cassis? What to do in Cassis?
Knock knock. Who's there? Life, just outside the door. Read on, in today's story. nolife (noh life) noun, masculine A nolife is a person who devotes a very big part (if not an exclusive part) of his/her time to practicing his/her passion (or work) to the detriment of other activities.Un nolife est une personne qui consacre une très grande part (si ce n'est l'exclusivité) de son … Continue reading nolife
