Stationner was word of the day on November 11th, 2005. You can listen to a then 8-year-old Jackie in the soundfile for that post. Jackie is now 19 and finishing up her academic year in Aix-en-Provence, where we found her a studette in le centre ville. She returned for Easter break, to have her dents de sagesse removed and to begin her summer job in … Continue reading Stationner + we surprise our daughter at her new job
"Where's my chocolate bone?" Smokey, a day or two after Easter. I post pictures daily at Instagram. Follow me, here, to see what's next… le lapin : rabbit, bunny Improve your French pronunciation with Exercises in French phonetics. Click here. AUDIO FILE: Listen to Jean-Marc read this list of lapin terms and the example sentence which follows: Download MP3 or Download Lapin le coup du lapin = whiplashle … Continue reading How to say Rabbit or Bunny + Easter in France
Joyeuses Pâques! (Smokey se trompe de déguisement… et de fête aussi…)(Smokey mixes up the costumes… and the holiday, too…) Braise (left): Mon fils… My son…. Smokey (right): C'est moi-même. That's me. Braise: Quand je t'ai demandé d'aller chercher les déguisements… When I asked you to go and get the costumes…. …Je voulais dire LES OREILLES DE LAPIN. I meant the BUNNY EARS. Braise: "Hula Girls," c'est … Continue reading Happy Easter in French
One of the dumbest things about moving to France is leaving your sister behind. Today, mine celebrates a birthday and I won't be there to take her picture as she blows out her candles. But with any luck she'll have received the funny postcard I sent which brings me to the theme of today's missive: mailboxes! la boîte à lettres (bwat-ah-letr) : mailbox, … Continue reading mailbox in French + mailbox photos!
My husband tells me that today's word is a little too argot… and not something he uses very often. But Jean-Marc is from Marseilles… and I'm betting people in Paris would pucker up in pleasure at pronouncing today's term, which is a synonym for "tribe" or "clan" or "posse" or even "bercail". It is especially in theme with today's story about my kindly kin. … Continue reading smala
White mustard flowers near the town of Travaillan Below, you will discover a popular French adage (and nifty weather predictor!). It says that if you have sunshine and mild times at Christmas, watch out! You're in for cold weather at Easter! I can vouch for that. This morning the grape fields were blanketed by snow! And only yesterday "snowy" flowers covered the countryside. Pâques (pak) … Continue reading Pâques
