French Word of the Day

a list to Santa Claus

Qu’est-ce qui est sur votre liste au Père Noël?
What’s on your list to Santa Claus?

TELL US WHAT YOU’RE WISHING FOR THIS HOLIDAY!
Reply to this e-mail and we’ll publish our favorite responses!

We’ve resumed our look at vocabulary for the holiday season.

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Olympic torch relay

Regardez le passage du relais de flamme olympique au Québec.
Watch the passage of the Olympic torch relay in Quebec.

Vidéo. The Olympic torch is currently making its way through Canada in preparation for the 2010 Winter Games. Join in the celebration and test your French listening skills with this video.

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This week we are exploring words in the news. We will return to vocabulary related to the holidays soon.

a strike

Le nombre de trains RER qui circulaient a été réduit à cause d’une grève.
The number of RER trains in circulation was reduced due to a strike.

The RER is a highly traveled train line in the Paris region that carries commuters both within the city and to the outlying suburbs. This weekend, service was reduced due to a strike — a fairly common event in France’s public sector.

We’re currently exploring vocabulary related to events in the news. We’ll resume more holiday-related vocabulary in a few days.

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global warming

Il y avait des manifestations contre le réchauffement climatique samedi.
There were demonstrations against global warming Saturday.

You can read about the events from Copenhagen here in Le Monde.

Vidéo. See the events from les manifestations, demonstrations, below.

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We’re taking a short break from our discussion of holiday vocabulary for a few days to look at vocabulary around some of the news of the world. We’ll return to words of the season soon.

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an animated Christmas scene

Voici une scène animée de Noël qu’on peut voir à Paris.
Here’s an animated Christmas scene you can see in Paris.

Vidéo. Yes, we know this is very semblable (similar) to something we showed you earlier this week. But we couldn’t resist. This is the animated Christmas display for Printemps, the other grand Paris department store. Amusez-vous bien!

To mark this season of gift-giving, our vocabulary topic for the week is holiday shopping. To see all the words we’ve posted on the topic this week, of if you received this video via e-mail and have difficulty viewing it, please visit our Web site at www.frenchfanatic.com.

CORRECTION: In yesterday’s e-mail, we had a faute d’orthographe, a misspelling. We should have spelled en ligne (online) as it is here. The spelling has been corrected in yesterday’s post on our Web site.

gift-wrapping

Plusieurs magasins peuvent vous offrir leur service emballage cadeau.
Several stores can offer your their gift-wrapping service.

To mark the season of gift-giving, our vocabulary topic this week is holiday shopping. To see other words we’ve posted on the same topic this week, visit our Web site at www.frenchfanatic.com.

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at a special price

Nous avons des idées cadeaux à prix choc!
We have gift ideas at special prices!

To mark the season of gift-giving, our vocabulary topic this week is holiday shopping. To see other words we’ve posted on the same topic this week, visit our Web site at www.frenchfanatic.com.

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in the (display) window

Regardez en vitrine et voyez les ours en peluche!
Look in the window and see the teddy bears!

Vidéo. Today we have a special treat that will take you shopping in Paris without ever leaving your chair. This video of the famed Galeries Lafayette department store shows a recent window display that featured a cast of teddy bears. Regardez en vitrine!

To mark this season of gift-giving, our vocabulary topic for the week is holiday shopping. To see all the words we’ve posted on the topic this week, of if you received this video via e-mail and have difficulty viewing it, please visit our Web site at www.frenchfanatic.com.

a loan

Vous pouvez prendre un prêt pour acheter une maison.
You can take out a loan to buy a house.

Vidéo. In this humorous publicité (commercial), Blanche Neige — Snow White — gets by with a little help from the bank. When offered an apple, she points out that, thanks to a loan, she already has all the apples she needs.

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This week we are exploring vocabulary related to money and banking. To see other words on this week’s topic posted earlier this week, please visit our site.