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Saturday, November 14, 2015

French words: chez vous; sang froid

c h e z  moi - my place (at home)
chez soi - one's own place, their own place eg where are they - chez s o i .
chez vous - your place

sang froid - cool (literally blood, cold -calm in the face of difficulty or danger)
il fait froid  - it is cold. The French language uses it makes cold rather than it is cold. The French version is neatly alliterative in French.

I remember froid as freezing, using the letter f as a reminder.
Chaud - warm / hot
il fait chaud - it is hot
chaleur - heat

aidez moi - help me
au secours! - help! (think of it as to secure or to help)

keep calm and carry on - g a r d e z  le c a l m e  et  c o n t i n u e z

Thursday, August 27, 2015

French words of the day: Chez

Where are we meeting, your place or mine?
Chez moi. My place. 
No, too far. Non, trop lion.
OK. Chez vous. Your place.
Oui, d'accord - chez nous. (Yes, agreed - in accord or accordance. That's right - our place, the spouse or colleague agrees.)

Glossary
Chez - in/at the home of
Chez moi - my place
chez vous - your place
oui - yes
loin - distant, as in long way, also long time to get there!
moi - me/mine
non - no
notre - our (Notre Dame cathedral in Paris - our lady)
nous - we/ours
trop - too much (Silent last letter p. Pronounced trow to rhyme with throw. Memory aid - think of a whole troupe traipsing into your small house or shop)
votre - yours
vous - you/yours

Angela Lansbury B A Hons, teacher and home tutor, French and English conversation, spelling, grammar, proof-reading, packaging, translation and websites,

Friday, February 13, 2015

French words: chez

chez - at the home of
chez vous - your place
chez nous - our place
embarrasse de richesse - an embarrassment of richness / too much of a good thing
noblesse oblige - obliged to do something