le beurre de cacahuètes (bur deuh kaka wet) : peanut butter Audio File: Listen to Jean-Marc pronounce today's word, and phrase: Download MP3 . A Day in a FRENCH DOG'S Life… by Smokey "R" Dokey & Mama Braise (Note: The English-French side-by-side translation to the following story is available! Click here to see it.) Smokey: Parce qu'elle nous quitte… je vais manger tout son beurre … Continue reading beurre de cacahuètes
Smokey: Because she is leaving us… I’m gonna eat all her peanut butter! Too bad for her! That’ll teach her to leave me! Smokey: Parce qu’elle nous quitte… je vais manger tout son beurre de cacahuètes! Et voilà. Tant pis pour elle! Ca l’apprendra de se séparer de moi!!! Mama Braise: Smokey-Darling, if you wish to get revenge you’re outta luck… because she is traveling to the … Continue reading Le Beurre de Cacahuètes (English)
Picture of a "fools the eye" or "trompe-l'oeil" taken in the medieval village of Les Arcs-sur-Argens (Var, France). revivre (reuh veevreuh) : to live again Listen to 13-year-old Jackie pronounce these French words (Download MP3 file) Aimer, c'est mourir en soi pour revivre en autrui. Love is to die to self so as to live again in others. –Honoré d'Urfé Newforest (whom many of you … Continue reading revivre
Look closely and you will see the man in the reflection. I'm looking closely too. malgré les circonstances (mal gray lay sir cohn stahns) : in spite of circumstances (No sound file today). A Day in a French Life… by Kristin Espinasse.La Vie en Prose Looking back one day I willappreciate thatmalgré les circonstancesI wrote It shook outsideI shook insideand yet I typed or, malgré … Continue reading malgré les circonstances
Respirez! Breathe in! And let out all your cares. Photo of a merry minou taken in Nyons. respirer (reh spee ray) verb : to breathe synonym : souffler Note: I'm running behind schedule this morning… any terms and expressions related to "respirer" are most appreciated in the comments box only: click here. Audio File and Example : listen to Jean-Marc pronounce these French words (Download … Continue reading respirer
Photo of a modern cabanon with its carpet of white mustard flowers. Don't you just want to lose yourself in it? la veuve de la vendange (lah vuv deuh lah von danzh) : crush widoww A Day in a French Life… by Kristin Espinasse I learned a new term last fall, while guiding yet another enthusiastic and brave bénévole out to the vine fields to help … Continue reading la veuve de la vendange
RENTAL IN PROVENCE Three bedroom, luxurious home in the hill top, historic, wine village of Cairanne.. The house, belonging to Margaret and Peter Pigeon, is situated in the charming, hill-top village of Cairanne, beside the battlements of the Vieux Village, in the heart of the vineyards of the Southern Cotes de Rhone. Close to both Orange and Vaison-la-Romaine, and 30 minutes from Avignon, it provides … Continue reading House Rental in Provence
Pictured: the perfect parcelle for a Sunday nap. And how did you spend your Dimanche? la terre (ter) noun, feminine : soil, land ; earth; property; clay Audio File: Listen to Jean-Marc pronounce these words:Download MP3 file Je m'allonge sur la terre pour contempler le ciel.I lie on the ground to contemplate the sky. terre à terre = matter of factredescendre/revenir sur terre = … Continue reading la terre
Along the steep zigzagging path to the sea in Sicily, we stopped to peer in to this tiny chapel. The doors were locked but we stole glances all the same.. colombe (ko lohmb) noun, feminine : dove A Day in a French Life… by Kristin Espinasse (Continued from the previous story: "Switch-back") On New Year's Day I was walking along a steep and slippery … Continue reading colombe
Jean-Marc and the Ionian sea in Sicily… where the saline breeze draws you to the salty waters, pleadingly. épingle à cheveux (ay pehngl ah sheuh veuh) n.f. hairpin bend (road, path); switchback Audio: Listen to Jean-Marc pronounce these French words: Download MP3 file Le chemin de terre qui mène vers la mer descend en épingle à cheveux.The dirt path that leads to the sea descends (in … Continue reading epingle a cheveux
