Dimanche matin:
nous allons au marché.
Tout le monde est arrivé.
Les fromages, les olives et les poulets chauds
Les espadrilles et les souliers en plastique
Le lin, le savon et les herbes
Les serrures pour le château
Et les cerises pour le déjeuner.
~ ~ FIN ~ ~
This represents the limit of MadameM’s French.
It was closely supervised by MonsieurM
because accents grave and acute
are completely alien to MadameM.
MonsieurM gets VERY anxious
when MadameM attempts French.
nous allons au marché.
Tout le monde est arrivé.
Les fromages, les olives et les poulets chaudsLes espadrilles et les souliers en plastiqueLe lin, le savon et les herbesLes serrures pour le châteauEt les cerises pour le déjeuner.~ ~ FIN ~ ~
This represents the limit of MadameM’s French.
It was closely supervised by MonsieurM
because accents grave and acute
are completely alien to MadameM.
MonsieurM gets VERY anxious
when MadameM attempts French.
19 comments:
again wonderful pictures. I could just eat all those olives yum!:)
You got me on "serrures"...otherwise, I am pleased (and astonished) to report that I understood every word (even before seeing the photos!)
lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Mon Dieu! That tested my schoolgirl French. Happy to say I managed a pass...stumbled over les serrures but got back on track with les cerises (sorry MrM, I don't know how to accent in the comments box).
K is pretty good with French but though I understand it pretty well, when on French soil, I am MUTE.
Tres bien! Formidable!
N.
Bien dit! Those olives are making my mouth water. Lovely photos, as always.
A good word to add to one's French vocabulary is of course "endimanché" which means "in one's Sunday best". I fear that we were however.
PS - apropos of another set of pictures Sleeping Beauty is translated as "La Belle au Bois Dormant" i.e. it is the wood that sleeps not Beauty. Works better for me I think.
PPS - we did not actually buy any olives as photographed and hugely regretted it afterwards.
there is a rather crucial "not" missing from the above. Festina lente
Amazing what schoolgirl french can be dragged from the memory, I got it all!! French markets....sublime...
That linen was a terrific price - wish I'd known I'd have happily got you to bring some back :o)
Wonderful photos.
Beautiful French.
I too possess only schoolgirl French.
Taught by Irish nuns who had lived in Australia for many years.
Imagine THAT French accent if you can!
I have to confess I'm relieved there were pictures to aid my translation ...
I was quite interested in the soap.
How lovely to be able to visit such beautiful places.
Wonderful food pictures - I love French markets.
Oh that was such a 'french' post...gorgeous.
I *love* "Beauty of the Sleeping Wood."
Thanks for sharing that!
Oh, wonderful - and fun to try to translate. It's been a long time since French class.
This made me pine for the waffles tokkel market in Brussles! And without Flemish to confuse things, I understood it all!
If only my english was as good as your french !!!!!... Congratulations for both photos and text of this beautiful post ! ( but "cerises", not "cérises" ;-)))
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