Archive for the 'French Phrases' Category

French Word of the Day - sweet (adjective)

Monday, May 7th, 2012

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sucré sweet (adjective)

Le chocolat est sucré.
Chocolate is sweet.

patisserie sucrée
sweet pastry

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French Word of the Day - bored (adjective)

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

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ennuyé bored (adjective)

Le père ennuyé est prêt à rentrer à la maison.
The bored father is ready to go home.

Le groupe de personne est trop s’ennuyé.
The group of people are extremely bored.

trop ennuyé
extremely bored

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French Word of the Day - long-sleeved (noun)

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

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manches longues long-sleeved (noun)

C’est bien de porter des tee-shirts à manches longues pour en période de temps froid.
Long-sleeved shirts are good for cold weather.

chemise blanche à manches longues
white, long-sleeved shirt

tee-shirt avec manches longues
long-sleeved shirt

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French Word of the Day - island (noun)

Friday, May 4th, 2012

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île island (noun)

Le pays de La Grèce se compose d’une péninsule et de milliers d’îles.
The country of Greece consists of a mainland peninsula and thousands of islands.

Une île est entourée d’eau.
An island is surrounded by water.

île déserté
deserted island

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French Word of the Day - subway (noun)

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

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métro subway (noun)

Je peux prendre le métro partout dans la ville.
I can ride the subway underground all over the city.

Je prends le métro pour aller au bureau.
I take the subway to the office.

rame de métro
subway car

ligne de métro
subway line

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French Word of the Day - subway (noun)

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

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métro subway (noun)

Je peux prendre le métro partout dans la ville.
I can ride the subway underground all over the city.

Je prends le métro pour aller au bureau.
I take the subway to the office.

rame de métro
subway car

ligne de métro
subway line

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French Word of the Day - script (noun)

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

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scripte script (noun)

L’homme lit un script.
The man is reading the script.

lire un script
read a script

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French Word of the Day - ant (noun)

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

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fourmis ant (noun)

Une colonie entière de fourmis est apparue à mon pique-nique.
An entire ant colony showed up at my picnic.

fourmi soldat
army ant

Les fourmis transportent de la nourriture.
The ants are carrying food.

Les fourmis ont six pattes.
Ants have six legs.

colonie de fourmis
ant colony

Les fourmis peuvent soulever de dix à quinze fois leurs poids.
Ants can lift 10 to 50 times their body weight.

pattes de fourmis
ant legs

fourmi rouge sur fourmilière
red ant on ant hill

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French Word of the Day - call (verb)

Monday, April 30th, 2012

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appeler call (verb)

Aujourd’hui, elle va appeler son père qui est malade.
She is going to call her sick father today.

L’homme appelle avec le téléphone.
The woman is making a call on the telephone.

Ne m’appelle plus.
Don’t call me again.

Appelle-moi.
Call me.

La mère appelle sa fille.
The mother is calling her daughter.

La mère appelle sa fille.
The mother calls her daughter.

La mère a appelé sa fille.
The mother called her daughter.

appeler
make a call

appeler sa fille
call one’s daughter

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French Word of the Day - laugh (verb)

Friday, April 27th, 2012

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rire laugh (verb)

La mère et la fille rient.
The mother and daughter are laughing.

Les personnes agées rient.
The eldery people are laughing.

Les hommes rient à propos de quelque chose de drôle.
The men are laughing at something funny.

Le couple rit de la photo.
The couple is laughing at the picture.

Le couple rit de la photo.
The couple laughs at the picture.

Le couple a ri de la photo.
The couple laughed at the picture.

Le couple rit de la plaisanterie.
The couple is laughing at a joke.

Le couple a ri de la plaisanterie.
The couple laughed at a joke.

rire à propos de quelque chose de drôle
laugh at something funny

rire d’une plaisanterie
laugh at a joke

rire d’une photo
laugh at a picture

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