French verb of the day : Affaler

Definition : to lower, pull down

Pronunciation : [ah fah lay]

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French verb of the day : Apprêter

Definition : to get/be prepared; to finish; to get ready to do something

Pronunciation : [ah pray tay]

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Napoléon Bonaparte

Photo credit : wikipedia

Napoléon Buonaparte is a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.

Le Sacre de Napoléon !

This a picture of Beyoncé, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy at the Louvre in front of the famous painting "The Coronation of Napoleon" in Paris on October 7.

The Carter family at le Louvre !

Jay-z and Beyoncé wrapped the On The Run Tour in mid-September in Paris. Not in a rush to leave the Capital of France, they have stayed back to enjoy a family time together.

Line Renaud & Stromae discover their wax statues at the Grévin Museum, Paris

Crédits photo : Chartsinfrance.net

Belgian singer Stromae and French singer and actress Line Renaud attended their waxwork unveiling at Musée Grevin this October 12, 2014 in Paris.

5 Most Popular Albums of 2014 in France

French's National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (SNEP : Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique) has announced the most sold album of this year in France.

French verb of the day : Nouer

 

Definition : to tie, knot, fasten; to form, hatch, build up

French verb of the day : Se débrouiller

Pronominal verb

Les Pieds-Noirs de la France !

Source : wikipedia

My mother-in-law is often refered to as Pied-Noir when talking about my husband's family history. Curious about the meaning of this expression I asked my husband what it means and also did a bit of research on my own.

Aymeric Caron humilie Eric Zemmour

Aymeric Caron & Eric Zemmour

Eric Zemmour, notorius French writer and political journalist was humiliated on national tv on Friday 4th of octber.*

French verb of the day : Constater

 Definition 1 : to take note, to notice, to observe,

• Constater les dégâts - assess the damage
• Constater une infraction - discover an infringement, detect an infringement

Story of a French chocolate cake called « meringue au chocolat »

Source : 750g.com

There is a chocolate cake sold in French boulangeries called « meringue au chocolat » or « tête choco ». This cake was called « tête-de-nègre » until the seventies before it was renamed.

French verb of the day : Détraquer

Definition 1 : to damage, put out of order, to break down

Definition 2 : to perturb, to upset

Americans with French lovers

Photo source : plaire.amisintimes.com

I decided to do a little piece today on American stars dating or married to Frenchies.

Prince Albert II & Princess Charlene of Monaco are expecting twins

Photo : source : grazia.fr

Prince Albert II, 56, and his wife, Princess Charlene of Monaco, 36, are expecting twins. 

Chez le médecin ou à l’hôpital ?

Source : pilieratcat.qc.ca

One winter morning, I woke up with a very bad cold and a severe headache. Luckily, when I called my doctor's secretary, she was able to give me an appointment by fixing me inbetween two people that afternoon. 

French verb of the day : Décoiffer

Defination 1 : to tousle/mess up/ruffle/to undo one's hair, to take one's hat off

Defination 2 : to surprise, shock

Pronunciation : [day kwa fay]

J'aime ce truc !

The word Truc is one of my favorite French word. I first heard it in 2008 while I was working at the French School of Lagos. Some group of students asked me if they could leave the permanence class that I was supervising to go to the library to study. I told them no because I had earlier got a call from the library attendant asking me not to send anymore student to them as the whole place was filled up.

My government is pro-business !

The French are talking about how impeccable their prime minister's English was during his visit to London. Funny thing is the guy only spoke a sentence in English.