One year ago, looking in the window at my French family who joined us here for le repas de Noël. TODAY'S WORD: une mangeoire : feeding trough, manger EXAMPLE SENTENCE:Là, dans la saleté et entre les animaux, elle mit son bébé au monde. Puis elle l'enveloppa chaudement et, comme il n'y avait pas de berceau, elle le déposa dans *une mangeoire* pour qu'il puisse … Continue reading Mangeoire: a most meaningful French word
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
A troupeau of sheep grazing on another pasture. Photo by Jean-Marc. la brebis (breh-bee) : ewe Note: brebis (masculine) refers to the cheese brebis égarée = lost sheep du fromage de brebis = sheep's cheese une brebis galeuse = a bad apple, a black sheep, or a personne indésirable Audio File: (check back later for the recording) Il avait eu une époque où … Continue reading brebis
Cabane de berger (the shepherd's wooden hut) photo by the Neurdein brothers. Here we have a slumbering sheepherder with his border collie and german shepherd (is it?) minding the troup. (When Mom sees this photo, she'll ditch her latest treehouse scheme… in favor of this fort-on-wheels with a nifty sliding door! Mom has had a hard time deciding where to anchor, here on the olive farm. This just may be … Continue reading berger
