Answer To Yesterday's Word Puzzle

Jean-Honoré Fragonard -French Painter

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (5 April 1732 – 22 August 1806) was a French painter and printmaker whose late Rococo manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exub

erance, and hedonism. One of the most prolific artists active in the last decades of the Ancien Régime, Fragonard produced more than 550 paintings (not counting drawings and etchings), of which only five are dated. Among his most popular works are genre paintings conveying an atmosphere of intimacy and veiled eroticism.

"The Swing"

Quick Phrase of the Day - What Are You Reading?

qu'est-ce que tu lis? (kess keh too lee) -What are you reading?

Repeat this phrase all day long till you know it by heart.

Vocaulary word of the day:

la pluie (lah ploo ee) -the rain

Aimes-tu la pluie? (aim too lah ploo ee) -Do you like the rain?

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Children's Word of the Day- Starfish

Kids, when you see a starfish, say "l’étoile de mer"

Word Puzzle

French Film To See -Last Year at Marienbad

L'Année dernière à Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North America) is a 1961 French movie directed by Alain Resnais, starring Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff. The screenplay is by Alain Robbe-Grillet. It is great example of surrealism in film.

The film is set at an elite social gathering at un chateau. A man approaches a woman and asks "Didn't we meet at Marienbad last year?" The woman is non-committal and demure. "Didn't you say you would leave votre mari and we would run away together?" he asks. Again, she says "No," but they continue to talk as if they perhaps had indeed made plans. When un deuxième homme, who may be A's husband, approaches, la conversation ends somewhat awkwardly and the characters move on.

As the film progresses, the relationship of the characters and the sequence of events are not made clear. Instead images and events such as the conversation above are repeated several times, but in different places in the chateau and its grounds. Several sequences involve les hommes at the chateau passing the time with various games (such as Nim and target shooting). There are numerous tracking shots of the chateau's corridors, with ambiguous voiceovers.

The film is famous for its enigmatic narrative structure, in which la vérité and fiction are difficult to distinguish, and the exact temporal and spatial relationship of the events is open to question. The dream-like nature of the film has fascinated and baffled audiences and critics, some hailing it as a masterpiece, others finding it to be incomprehensible.

I personally found it had a creepiness to it, largely in part from the eerie background organ music (reminded me of "Carnival Of Souls"). Many scenes had a salvador dali feel to it.

un chateau (uhn shah toh) -a castle

votre mari (voh truh mah ree) -your husband

la conversation (lah kahn vehr say shee yohn) -the conversation

un deuxième homme (uhn duh zee ehm ohm) -a second man

les hommes (layz ohm) -the men

la vérité (lah vay ree tay) -the truth

Last Year at Marienbad (1961) re-release trailer with subtitles

Quick Phrase of the Day - We Are Going To Our Favorite Restaurant...

Nous allons à notre restaurant favori ce soir (nooz ah lohn ah noh truh rehss toh rahnt fay vohr ee seh swah) -we are going to our favorite restaurant tonight.

Repeat this phrase al day long till you know it by heart.

Vocabulary word of the day:

patron/patronne (pah trohn) male boss/female boss

il est mon patron (eel ay mohn pah trohn) -he is my boss

elle est ma patronne (ell ay mah pah trohn) -she is my boss

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Children's Word of the Day -Marshmellow

Kids, when you have some marshmellows say "guimauve"

Quick Phrase of the Day -And What Else Is New?

et quoi d'autre de neuf (ay kwah doh truh deh nuhf) -and what else is new?

repeat this phrase all day long til you know it by heart.

vocabulary word of the day:

un dossier (uhn doh see yay) -a report, a file

Où est le dossier (ooh est leh doh see yay) -where is the file?

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Children's Word of the Day - Refrigerator

Kids, when you go to the refrigerator, point to it and say "un frigo"

Lesson # 93 Old

vieux (vee ooh) -old (refering to a masculine word) or vieil (vee ay) when used in front of a vowel or silent "h"

vieille (vee ay) -old (refering to a feminine word)

un vieil homme (uhn vee ay ohm) -an old man

une vieille femme (oon vee ay fehm) -an old woman

un vieux manteau (ohn vee ooh mahn toh) -an old coat

une vieille montre (oon vee ay mahn truh) -an old watch

Je suis un vieil homme (zhuh sweez uhn vee ay ohm) -I am an old man

Je ne suis pas un vieil homme (zhuh neh swee pah uhn vee ay ohm) - I am not an old man

C'est une vieille voiture (seht oon vee ay vwah churr) -It is an old car

Je me souviens du bon vieil temps (zhuh me soo vee yehn doo bohn vee ay tahmp) -I remember the good old days

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Children's Word of the Day -Macaroni & Cheese

Kids, when you eat some macaroni and cheese, say "macaroni et fromage"

Pierre Arditi -French Actor

Pierre Arditi (born 1 December 1944) is an award-winning French film and stage actor. He is the brother of French actress Catherine Arditi.

He has often played romantic, womanizing roles, similar to those played by Marcello Mastroianni.

In 1987 he won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in Mélo, and in 1994, a César Award for Best Actor for his role in Smoking/No Smoking.

Although his work has primarily been in French film and theater, Arditi is known in the Anglophoneworld as the French voice of Christopher Reeve. Arditi dubbed Christopher Reeve on the French-language version of the three first Superman movies by Richard Donner and Richard Lester (See the French Wikipedia article on Pierre Arditi for more information). Because of the added footage in the DVD Special Edition of Donner's Superman, the movie had to be re-dubbed with a different voice actor, much to the chagrin of the generation of moviegoers who had grown up with the original soundtrack and identified Superman's voice with Arditi's. He also provided the French voice for Reeve in the comedy/whodunit Deathtrap. Finally, he was the voice of the documentary serieUntamed Africa, written and produced by Frederic Lepage.

Quick Phrase of the Day - It Smells Really Good

ça sent super bon (sah sehn soo pehr bohn) -It smells really good

Repeat this phrase all day long till you know it by heart.

Vocabulary word of the day:

signer (seen yay) -to sign

est-ce que vous pouvez signer ici? (ess keh voo poo vay seen yay ee see) -can you sign here?

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Children's Word of the Day -Under

Kids, when you see something under something else, the word for under is "sous"

Quick Phrase of the Day - I Like This Artisit's Work

j'aime l’œuvre de cet artiste (zhehm loo vruh deh seht ahr teest) -I like this artist's work

Repeat this phrase all day long till you know it by heart.

Vocabulary word of the day:

le grenier (leh greh nee ay) -the attic

Ma maison a un grand grenier (mah may zohn ah uhn grahn greh nee ay) -My house has a big attic

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Children's Word of the Day -Bench

Kids, when see a bench, say "un banc"

Quick Phrase of the Day

Okay since it a holiday, we are skipping any lessons today. Everyone (kids too) wish everyone you know "Joyeux Quatorze Juillet" today (July 14th).

Regular postings wil continue tomorrow.

Lesson # 92 Rented

In Lesson #41 we learned basic phrases of asking to rent things (http://learnfrenchtogether.blogspot.com/2008/12/lesson-41-i-would-like-to-rent.html)

Today we'll learn the past tense of the verb "louer" (loo ay) -to rent

j'ai loué (zhay loo ay) -I rented

tu as loué (too ah loo ay) - You rented (speaking to a friend or family member)

il a loué (eel ah loo ay) -He rented

elle a loué (ell ah loo ay) -She rented

nous avons loué (nooz ah vohn loo ay) -We rented

vous avez loué (vooz ah vay loo ay) -You rented (speaking to someone you don't know well)

ils ont loué (eel zohnt loo ay) -They rented (speaking of a an all male or a mixed male & female group)

elles ont loué (ell zohnt loo ay) - They rented (speaking of a an all female group)

J'ai loué une bicyclette (zhay loo ay oon bee see kleht) -I rented a bicycle

il a loué une maison (eel ah loo ay oon may zohn) -He rented a house

nous avons loué un bateau la semaine dernière (nooz ah vohn loo ay lah seh mayn durr nee ehr) -We rented a boat last week

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Children's Word of the Day -Parade

Kids, when you see a parade, say "un défilé"

Must See French Film - Purple Noon

Purple Noon (French: Plein Soleil, aka Full Sun or Blazing Sun) is a 1960 film directed byRené Clément, based on The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, and starring Alain Delon in his first major movie.

Purple Noon was lauded by critics and made Delon a star. In 1962, Clément and Paul Gégauff won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Foreign Film Screenplay. It enjoys a loyal cult following even today, with many fans including film director Martin Scorsese.

The movie has been cited as similar to Highsmith's novel in tone, style, and especially in the characterization of Tom Ripley. Out of all the actors who have played Ripley in movie adaptations of books in Highsmith's "Ripliad" series, many critics, including Highsmith herself, have called Delon's characterization the closest to her personal vision of the character: a charismatic sociopath who lies, murders, and manipulates without a shred of remorse.

This is a terrific version of the book, with a better slam bang ending then the American version starring Matt Damon.

Quick Phrase of the Day - I'm Not In The Habit Of Getting Up Early

je n’ai pas l’habitude de me lever tôt (zhuh nay pah lah bee tood deh meh leh vay toh) -I'm not in the habit of getting up early.

Repeat this phrase all day long til youknow it by heart.

Vocabulary word of the day:

la grippe (lah greep) the flu

j'ai la grippe (zhay lah greep) - I have the flu

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Children's Word of the Day - Guitar

Kids, when you see a guitar, say "une guitare"

Quick Phrase of the Day - This Car Runs Well

cette voiture marche bien (seht vwah chure marsh bee yehn) - This car runs well.

Repeat this phrase all day long till you know it by heart.

Vocabulary word of the day:

visage (vee sahz) - face

je ne peux pas voir son visage (zhuh neh poo pah vwahr sohn vee sazh) -I can't see his face

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Children's Word of the Day - Pail

Kids, when you see a pail, point to it and say, "un seau"

Answer to Yesterday's Jumble

Quick Phrase of the Day - They Are On The Train

ils sont dans le train (eel sohnt dahns leh trahn) -They are on the train

Repeat this phrase all day long til you know it by heart

Vocabulary word of the day:

le passé (leh pah say) -the past

au cours d'histoire, on étudie le passé (oh koor deece twah ahn ay too dee leh pah say) -In history class we study the past

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Children's Word of the Day - Ruler

Kids, when you use a ruler say, "une règle"

Word Jumble

Quick Phrase of the Day - He Appeared Out Of Nowhere

il est apparu de nulle part (eel eht ah pah roo deh nuhl pahr) -He appeared out of nowhere

Repeat this phrase all day long till you know it by heart.

Vocabulary word of the day:

peau (poh) -skin

Sa peau est toute rouge après tout ce soleil (sah poh ay toot roozh ah preh too seh soh lay) - His skin is so red from too much sun

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Children's Word of the Day -Curly Hair

Kids, when you see someone with curly hair, say "cheveux bouclés"