Kristin Espinasse's Blog, page 36
September 29, 2018
A job interview in French...
More about this controversial shirt in today's story :-)
Today's Word: un entretien d'embauche
: à job interview
A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE
by Kristi Espinasse
Our recently-turned 21-year-old just arrived here in Colorado--where she will be trying out "this American life" for the next 6 months (until June 26th, the date at which her billet aller-retour delivers her back to France... But will she go?).
Jackie's flight from Marseilles-Heathrow landed in Denver last night and 22 hours...
September 26, 2018
How to say "crutches" in French...
Announcing one more meetup in Denver! Hope to see some of you on October 4th, from 5-7 pm at the Alliance Française.
une béquille (beh-kee)
: crutch, stand; kickstand (bike)
Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc pronounce the following expressions: Download MP3 or Wav file
Elle marche avec des béquilles. She walks with crutches.
mettre une moto, un vélo sur sa béquille = to put a motorbike or bike on its stand.
se déplacer avec des béquilles = to get around on crutches
A DAY IN A FRENCH...
September 19, 2018
Se donner de la peine pour faire quelque chose
Cabanon and field of fennel near the town of Orange.
se donner de la peine pour faire quelque chose
: to go to a lot of trouble to do something
Click here to listen to the following sentence in French
Il s'est donné beaucoup de peine pour réussir.
He went to a lot of trouble to succeed.
A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE...
by Kristin Espinasse
Writing Lesson Number 1: Show up at the Page
Three times each week it is the same effrayant feeling. Today it was no different. Lying there asleep in...
September 13, 2018
Atterrissage: Made it to The Mile-High City! Winetastng today
Thanks to The Vineyard Wine Shop for this photo montage. Today's tasting is from 3-6p.m. 261 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206. Tel : 303 355 8324 We look forward to seeing you there!
Today's word: un atterrissage
: touchdown, landing
A DAY IN AN AMERICAN LIFE
La Ciotat to Denver
On est atterri ! We made it to my sister's in Denver and, after a home-cooked meal (thanks Heidi) of grilled chicken, taboulé, and du mesclun, extra câlins from my niece and nephew, and a good night's rest (...
September 4, 2018
Se pointer: to show up
Come see Jean-Marc and me! We'll be in Denver next week, for a wine tasting of Provence and Chateauneuf du Pape wines that Chief Grape exports to Colorado. This event will take place September 13th from 3 to 6 PM at The Vineyard Wine Shop, 261 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206. Tel : 303 355 8324 We look forward to seeing you there!
Today's Word: se pointer
: to show up, turn up
Click here to listen to Jean-Marc read the example sentence
Le simple fait de se pointer permette d'obtenir...
August 29, 2018
How to say "seat belt" in French & learning to pronounce French
Félicitations to our Max, who begins un stage, or internship, in Reims, for the champagne house Lanson. Go back with me, today, to his very first job at the age of 3: teaching his mom how to correctly pronounce French! Read on in today's story, below.
Today's word: la ceinture de sécurité
: seat belt
Some of you enjoyed viewing the vocabulary list before the story, so we'll use this format once again today! (The audio file follows, below).
French Vocabulary
complet = full
une place = a...
August 25, 2018
A colorful way to say "I'm so hungry!"
Jean-Marc (here, with grape stains...) and Kristi will be in Denver soon, for a wine tasting of Provence and Chateauneuf du Pape wines that Chief Grape exports to Colorado. This event will take place September 13th from 3 to 6 PM at The Vineyard Wine Shop, 261 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206. Tel : 303 355 8324 We look forward to seeing you there!
Just for today, we are going to reverse the format and begin with the vocabulary list from the story:
ça y est = that's it
c'est presque la ren...
August 22, 2018
The French word for Puppy (see Smokey and his 5 sisters when they were baby goldens)
Our Smokey turned 9 last week (here he is with 2 of his 5 sisters, in 2009). Following the previous post, I received several emails about our golden "showing his age." Funny, I didn't notice the gray in his beard or his eyebrows..until now. And it's all got me thinking about how we need to treasure every day with him.
We'll keep the rest of this post light, with a look back at Smokey and his sisters. You'll meet Braise, too, Smokey's mama. We got her from the dog pound before we moved to t...
August 18, 2018
le déchet : What the tourists regularly toss into our garden
Jean-Marc and Kristi will be in Denver soon, attending a wine tasting of Provence and Chateauneuf du Pape wines that Chief Grape exports to Colorado. This event will take place September 13th from 3 to 6 PM at The Vineyard Wine Shop, 261 Fillmore Street, Denver, CO 80206. Tel : 303 355 8324 We look forward to seeing you there!
Today's Word: le déchet
: waste, litter, rubbish, refuse
Les dechets
Les déchets sont faits pour être jetés dans des poubelles adaptées, pas dans les jardins.
T...
August 15, 2018
A near disaster & Ouf! Phew!
Sometime during her second week in France, Mom moved out of Max's room and into her own independent "space"....Here's a view looking down from my bedroom, to my Mom's "front patio" (really just the edge of our driveway that meets the house). In order to block the view of our cars--and the slew of tourists who pass by on their way to the beach--we've set up this privacy wall for Mom. As Jules slowly builds her nest out of what she has been given (a former "a wine cellar" I mentioned previousl...
