French Vocab Sunday - November 24, 2013

Note : Every Sunday I will post French vocab words that I learned throughout the week. They are mostly random words, ones that I think of at a certain moment and others are actually important ones like parts of the body or words pertaining to paperwork.

rash  - éruption cutanées

hives - urticaire

chicken pox - varicelle

penalty - une pénalité

delay in payment - retards de paiement

routine - tâches quotidiennes / routine

exercise routine - programme d'entrainement

schedule - emploi du temps/planning

ocd  - trouble obsessionnel-compulsif

distilled vinegar - vinaigre ménager

And here is a picture on Why learn French ?
The phrase I like is that French is the only language other than English taught in every single country in the world!! - So see French is better than Spanish (and its more romantic, because you don't have to roll your r's).

 

French Vocab Sundays - November 17, 2013

Note : Every Sunday I will post French vocab words that I learned throughout the week. They are mostly random words, ones that I think of at a certain moment and others are actually important ones like parts of the body or words pertaining to paperwork. 

frost - une gelée or un gel

to get frost bite - attraper des engelures

black ice - verglas

anti-freeze - antigel

defrost - dégivrer

defrost the windshield - dégivrer le pare-brise

defrost the freezer - décongeler le congélateur

ice scraper - grattoir à glace

There will be an upcoming post about these words soon

back to normal, better (concerning health) - consolider

ligaments - ligaments

tendons - tendon

I could have sworn I learned these words but I guess I forgot them

fitted sheet - drap housse

flat sheet - drap

pillowcase - taie d'oreiller

To help improve my French vocab, I have been playing the 94 seconds app on my i-phone. You have 94 seconds to guess as many words as possible. For example a verb that doesn't end in er that starts with a v (voir) or a cheese that starts with a b (brebis - baby goat)

 

French Vocab Sundays - October 27, 2013

Note : Every Sunday I will post French vocab words that I learned throughout the week. They are mostly random words, ones that I think of at a certain moment and others are actually important ones like parts of the body or words pertaining to paperwork. 

Yesterday I was on an organizing kick and kept thinking that it was Sunday. I kept thinking that I needed to add the French words to this post. This morning with the time change and all, I am still confused on what the actual time is, I  realized I had still forgot to add the words. So I am editing this after the original post. Enjoy!

tongue-tied - muet

contact paper - vénilia

yarn -  une laine / un fil

ball of yarn - une pelote de laine

thread - un fil

velcro - velcro

dust bunnies - des moutons

furniture polish - une cire 

appareil ménager - home appliance

burp a baby - faire faire son rot à
 a burp - un rot
burp cloth - une bavette
bib - un bavoir
phlegm - du glaire

cough up phlegm - une toux grasse
changing of the leaves - les arbes prenaient leurs coleurs automnales
falling leaves - une chute des feuilles
it's raining cats and dogs - pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse
 (literally it is raining like a cow who is peeing! - I think I like this better :)

Till next week, I am now off to a Turkish wedding! 

 

French Vocab Sundays - October 20, 2013

I have decided to start another series this time called  French Vocab Sundays. Every Sunday I will post French vocab words that I learned throughout the week. They are mostly random words, ones that I think of at a certain moment and others are actually important ones like parts of the body or words pertaining to paperwork.

First, because I have discovered I do not know a whole lot of vocab words. I will be in the middle of a sentence and think "Oh I don't know that word" and then I have to give the definition of the word that I was thinking of. Second, I want to learn new words and later help Fatima learn them too.

I will be using wordreference.com and linguee.com to look up these words.

Words from this week :

ribs - une côte | rib cage - une cage thoracique

gall bladder - une vésicule biliaire

arts & crafts - l'artisanat d'art

popsicle sticks - un batôn de glace

felt (the material) - de feutre

construction paper - un papier cartonné

lollipop - une sucette

wheel barrow - une brouette

French words that I had to look up their meaning

diurne - during the day

un paillasson - doormat

And lastly, because writing them down might actually help me to remember them and may help others like you learn them, even if you don't speak French. Or if you do, they can be good reminders.