Panneau de publicité. An advertising signboard placed on an old cabanon. Click here to comment. To skip the debate, you might talk about the pretty flowers instead 🙂 à suivre (ah swee-vrh) : to be continued. Audio File: Listen to the following sentence: Download MP3 or Wav file La fin de cette histoire? C'est à suivre…. The end of this story? It's coming up next…. A … Continue reading a suivre
Today's moving post is by guest blogger and author Nancy Rial (pictured here at the American Cemetery in Lorraine). Monday is Memorial Day in the US. The next post goes out Wednesday. la journée du souvenir : memorial day. Searching for Mon Oncle, Soldier Alan by Nancy Rial Years ago, we flew past the auto-route sortie to St. Avold, on a fast-paced trip which … Continue reading Memorial Day in French = la journée du souvenir
Name this photo! Click here to add a picture title or a thought bubble. (Photo taken near St Cyr-sur-Mer). céder le passage à quelqu’un : to yield (when driving) A Day in a French Life… by Kristin Espinasse I woke up this morning with the nagging doubt that the kids might not make it to school today—worse, that we might be stranded on the side … Continue reading ceder le passage
Thanks, Marsha and Dad, for such a nice visit! I hope you will enjoy this story that I wrote about it… (and here is that photo taken during our stroll in Villedieu "Town of God"). "Meet Chief Grape in Copenhagen . He will be pouring his wines at Mansted Wine May 28th, from 5 to 7 PM" cadre (kadr) : frame (of picture, door, etc) Note: there … Continue reading cadre
A child care center in Flayosc. Seems like yesterday that my son went to the crèche… read on in today’s story column. une apocope (ah-poh-cowp) : the dropping of one or more syllables (or letters) at the end of a word Ado, MacDo, frigo, véto, resto… the French seem to love abbreviation. This is not to say that others of us are not guilty of truncating terms: in English, for … Continue reading apocope + favorite blogs on France
Le Point Rouge, in Marseilles. Nothing to do with today's story, these are photos I took in '92, when I moved to Marseilles to live with this young accountant. Turns out Jean-Marc wasn't cut out for office work (an outdoors type, he is). Today, a story about our son, Max. Just what is he cut out for? P.S. Max turns 17 on May 17th. The … Continue reading formation (warning: faux amis!)
Hollyhock and Wet Dog. Smokey volunteers his mug to illustrate today's expression "les chiens ne font pas des chats". Does he look disappointed by the news? No worries, Smokelicot, you can still do most anything you set your sweet mind to! Since your ordeal, two years ago, you are a true survivor! les chiens ne font pas des chats* : the apple … Continue reading les chiens ne font pas des chats
The old mulberry tree and a mis-mash pistache of chairs beneath. Big, small, creaky and tall–unstable as the weather! Jean-Marc was right — everything would work out fine. So when the rain drops began to fall, I carried on, setting up for our 30 guests comme si de rien n'était, as if nothing was amiss. 24, 25, 26… After several aller-retours to the house and … Continue reading pleuvoir
France is on the road again, with a new Président de la République française, though some wonder where we are headed. Photo taken at le Girocèdre restaurant, in Puyméras. mésaventure (mayz-avohn-tewhr) : mishap, mischance, misadventure A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE… by Kristin Espinasse Almost as soon as our new "France United" president was elected, things fell apart here at home. The painful mésaventure … Continue reading mésaventure
A creative "lid" mask and a cheerful fenêtre in Richerenches, town of truffles, where the local church holds une messe aux truffes. During this unique mass, donations are given in… truffles. See another window in Richerenches here.. le couvercle (koo-verkl) : lid Reverse DictionaryI found no "lid" expressions in French, so here are a few in English! Enjoy the French equivalents. to keep the lid on … Continue reading couvercle
