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AGO – il y a at FrenchHour

By Anne on May 30th, 2021

AGO = il y a

The easiest way to translate AGO is IL Y A. That’s what we’ll focus on this lesson. And the best way to learn, is to practice.

To practice your knowledge of how to translate AGO in French, translate into the other language. French to English is easier than English to French.

Français

  1. J’ai sauté du plongeoir il y a 5 minutes.
  2. Il y a 1 an que tu es allée en France.
  3. Elle a enseigné ici il y a combien de temps ?
  4. Il y a longtemps, il courait beaucoup.
  5. On ne pense pas souvent qu’il y a 4 siècles, on vivait sans électricité.
  6. Nous avons acheté la maison il y a 5 ans.
  7. Vous êtes rentrés il y a combien de temps ?
  8. Il n’y a pas si longtemps qu’ils sont partis.
  9. Elles ont peint ce tableau ensemble il y a 20 ans.
  10. On s’est vus il y a 3 semaines.

English

  1. I jumped from the diving board 5 minutes ago.
  2. You went to France 1 year ago.
  3. How long ago since she taught here?
  4. Long ago, he used to run a lot.
  5. We don’t often think that 4 centuries ago, we lived without electricity.
  6. We bought the house 5 years ago.
  7. How long ago did you come back?
  8. It is not so long ago since they left.
  9. They painted this picture together 20 years ago.
  10. We saw each other 3 weeks ago.

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French Labor Day – French expression

By Anne on May 2nd, 2021

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le premier mai – the first May. le premier mai is also called ‘la fête du travail’ which means ‘work holiday’, or ‘labor day’. le premier mai is ‘May Day’ or ‘French Labor Day’. It is celebrated on May 1 every year. French workers and Unions march in the streets of all major cities after they bought a twig of lily of the valley.

  • « Le premier mai, c’est la fête du travail. On achète un brin de muguet, on va au défilé des syndicats, et ensuite, on passe la journée avec les potes. »
  • “ May Day is Labor Day. We buy a lily of the valley, we march with the unions, and then we spend the day with our friends .”

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Holidays – Today’s French Terms

By Anne on April 28th, 2021

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Learn French terms about the holidays. Start with this lesson and keep on going with the related link. Improve your French with Anne, at FrenchHour.com

Do you know these words?

un camping, une crème solaire, une croisière, un forfait vacances, une plage, réserver, un spectacle, un stage, une valise, visiter

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Banque des mots en contexte – Word Bank in Context 

a réservé, camping, crème solaire, croisière, forfait vacances, plage, spectacle, stage, valise, visitera

Allô! Salut Myriam. On a gagné le 1._____, c’est super ! On est arrivés au 2._____ des Flots Bleus ce matin, mais on a oublié une 3._____ dans le train. C’est pas grave. On va à la 4._____ cet après-midi, mais il faut qu’on achète de la 5._____. Demain, on 6._____ les alentours. Il paraît que c’est super beau. (Il) Y a un 7._____ de danse après-demain, mais on (ne) pourra pas y aller parce qu’on 8._____ une 9._____ aux Sept-Îles. La semaine prochaine, on fera un 10._____ de surf.

English

Hello! Hi Miriam. We won the holiday package, it’s great! We arrived at the Blue Waves campsite this morning, but we forgot a suitcase on the train. No problem, though. We’re going to the beach this afternoon, but we need to buy some sunscreen lotion. Tomorrow, we’ll tour the surroundings. It looks like it’s so beautiful. (There) is a dance show the day after tomorrow, but we (won’t) be able to go because we’ve booked a cruise to the visit the Seven Islands. Next week, we’ re taking surfing lessons.

Réponses – Answers

Allô! Salut Myriam. On a gagné le forfait vacances, c’est super ! On est arrivés au camping des Flots Bleus ce matin, mais on a oublié une valise dans le train. C’est pas grave. On va à la plage cet après-midi, mais il faut qu’on achète de la crème solaire. Demain, on visitera les alentours. Il paraît que c’est super beau. (Il) Y a un spectacle de danse après-demain, mais on (ne) pourra pas y aller parce qu’on a réservé une croisière aux Sept-Îles. La semaine prochaine, on fera un stage de surf.

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fumer la moquette – French expression

By Anne on April 20th, 2021

fumer la moquette - French expression

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île saint-Louis

What does the French expression ‘ fumer la moquette ’ mean? How is it used in a sentence?

fumer la moquette - to smoke the carpeting. fumer la moquette means two things. First, it means to smoke pot. I'm not sure where that comes from. Is it because you're ready to smoke carpeting if you don't have pot anymore, or is it that carpeting looks like grass?

Anyway, this expression is fairly new. Its second meaning, gaining popularity, is that someone is out of it, delusional.

  • « Ils disent que leur retraite va leur payer un appart sur l'Île Saint Louis. Ils ont fumé la moquette. »
  • "They say their retirement plan is going to get them a condo on the Île Saint Louis (in Paris). They're delusional."

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420 ou la journée du cannabis

By Anne on April 20th, 2021

420 ou la journée du cannabis

French420 ou la journée du cannabis - What are the French terms to talk about drugs?

420 ou la journée du cannabis

420 – ou le 20 avril : une grosse journée en Californie où je vis une partie de l’année, celle du cannabis. Voilà un domaine que je connais bien mal. Pourtant, on entend ce vocabulaire assez souvent. Alors voilà une petite liste sur le cannabis, des mots que j’entends à la radio ou à la télé, ou que je lis dans les journaux. ☺

420 or cannabis day
420 - or April 20: a big day for cannabis in California where I live part of the year. This is an area I really don’t know well. Yet, we hear that vocabulary quite often. So here is a small cannabis related list with the words that I hear on the radio or on TV, or words I read in the newspapers. ☺

 

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  • m -- bang -- bong
  • f -- barrette -- small chunk of hash
  • f -- beuh -- pot
  • f -- beuze -- grass
  • m -- cannabis -- marijuana
  • m -- chanvre -- hemp
  • m -- chichon -- hashish
  • ø -- couper -- to cut
  • m/f -- défoncé/e -- stoned, high
  • ø -- flipper -- to flip out
  • m/f -- foncedé/e -- baked, toasted
  • ø -- fumer -- to smoke
  • f -- ganja, ganjah -- ganja
  • m -- guebon -- bong
  • m -- gueu -- bong
  • f -- herbe -- herb
  • m -- joint -- spliff
  • f -- latte -- toke
  • f -- marie-jeanne -- mary-jane
  • m -- oinj -- doobie
  • m -- pain -- big chunk of hash
  • m -- pétard -- spliff
  • f -- taffe -- hit
  • m -- teuch, teuchi -- sh_t, dope
  • ø -- vapoter -- to vape, to e-smoke, to smoke with a vaporizer
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en avoir marre – Mot du jour at FrenchHour

By Anne on November 18th, 2020

to be fed up – French expression

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What does ” en avoir marre ” mean? How do you say ‘to be fed up’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

en avoir marre – to it to have enough. In everyday French, en avoir marre means ‘to be sick of it’, ‘to have had enough’, to be fed up’.

  • « J’ai arrêté de lire cette histoire. Les personnages sont trop compliqués et j’en ai marre. »
    • “I stopped reading this story. The characters are too complicated and I’m fed up.”

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