TODAY'S FRENCH WORDS: Bon bout d'an! : Happy end of the year! ECOUTEZ/LISTEN to Jean-Marc pronouce these words: Download MP3 or Wav Bon bout d'an. Il est de tradition, en Provence, de souhaiter un "bon bout d'an" à la fin de l'année. Happy end of the year. It is a tradition, in Provence, to wish a "good end of the year" at the end of the year. … Continue reading A realization + Bon bout d’an in English
Christmas lights in our village of St Cyr-sur-Mer, South of France TODAY'S WORD: le menuisier : carpenter ECOUTEZ/LISTEN: hear Jean-Marc pronounce the following sentence: Download MP3 or Download Wav Le menuisier. Le menuisier a donner à Kristi un cadeau de grand signification. Carpenter. The carpenter gave Kristi a meaningful gift. A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE… by Kristin Espinasse Today, in the seaside town of La Ciotat, I … Continue reading The Carpenter’s Gift: A Christmas Story
An artist painting at the port near our vineyard TODAY'S FRENCH WORD: clair-obscur : chiaroscuro Chiaroscuro in art is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition. It is also a technical term used by artists and art historians for the use of contrasts of light to achieve a sense of volume in modelling three-dimensional … Continue reading Is your work good? Truth, Chiaroscuro, and the Creative life
Smokey, illustrating today's story. Thanks for reading and sharing this post. TODAY'S WORD: le singe : monkey ECOUTEZ/LISTEN: Download MP3 fileLes singes sont bien trop bons pour que l'homme puisse descendre d'eux.Monkeys are much too good for men to have descended from them. -Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE… by Kristin Espinasse La Vie en Rose… rose as a monkey's nose! … Continue reading Monkeys, Encouragement and French
When nature decks the halls. Photo taken in Serre Chevalier, near Briançon. TODAY'S WORDS: TIENS BON! : hang in there! ECOUTEZ / LISTEN – hear Kristi pronounce today's expression: Download mp3 or Download wav file A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE… by Kristin Espinasse I have not yet put up our Sapin de Noël and I did not send off any gift packages, or … Continue reading Tiens bon! How to say “Hang in There” in French
More photos from my time with Susan, here at Instagram TODAYS WORDS: La Joie de L'Ame : the soul's joy ECOUTEZ / LISTEN to Jean-Marc pronounce today's French words:Download Joie-de-ame or Download wav La joie de l'âme est dans l'action. The soul's joy lies in doing. A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE…by Kristin Espinasse Un hommage à L'Amitié / A Tribute to Friendship IT all … Continue reading La Joie de L’Ame. Where to Find The Soul’s Joy
TODAY'S WORD: glaner (glah-nay) verb to pick, to gather, to glean BONJOUR… The United Nations Climate Change Conference is well underway now in Paris. Do you think it is too late to make a difference vis-à-vis global warming? Reading about our earth's demise has me thinking of a little known French verb — a verb underdog if you like. Meet the humble Glaner ("to glean"). … Continue reading Paris Climate Talks & how to “glaner” before Global Warming
France's own 007 and his sleek getaway car. Oh, if getting away from our villains were that easy! Read on…. TODAY'S WORD: faire de son mieux : to do one's best ECOUTEZ/LISTEN hear Jean-Marc pronounce today's phrase Download MP3 or Download Wav file Faire de son mieux. On peut toujours faire de son mieux.To do one's best. One can always do his best. WHERE TO RENT … Continue reading Faire de son mieux – to do one’s best
Screenshot from the online magazine Elle.fr – sent to me by Antonia, who discovered the French Word-A-Day blog after googling the même pas peur expression. MEME PAS PEUR = NOT AFRAIDRecently, my word journal received a surge of activity after people all around the world began to google the French expression même pas peur. The popular French expression, featured here in January of 2013, means You … Continue reading Meme pas peur – the French phrase you’ve seen all over the media this week
More behind the trenchcoat our daughter made, in today's story. TODAY'S WORD : imperméable : raincoat : weatherproof, impervious (adj) ECOUTEZ/LISTEN: hear Jean-Marc pronounce these French words:MP3 file or Wav File Imperméable. Nous sommes très fiers de Jackie pour la réalisation de son imperméable.Raincoat. We are very proud of Jackie for completing her raincoat. WHERE TO RENT IN FRANCE? Special thanks to our longtime sponsors–Marilyn, David, … Continue reading Impermeable + sang-froid in French
