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61. See if you can find the English for this French sentence: "Mon frère Arnold a épousé la fille du Roi des singes. Ils ont eu un fils, le Prince. Me voici l'oncle du Prince des singes!"

From Quiz Absurd French 1007

Answer: My brother Arnold married the Monkey King's daughter. They had a son, the Prince. Here I am the Monkey Prince's Uncle!

There are two basic ways to indicate marriage in French as I'm sure you know. "Se marier avec" and "épouser". Epouser is a bit more formal, but easier to manage for a beginning student. One of the things that is shown in this example is the possessive and the difference in French as opposed to English. In French you do the possessive with de or de plus article. La fille du roi. The daughter of the King, instead of the King's daughter. If you add another possession in English it gets complicated. The King's daughter's monkey's uncle. In French this would be: L'oncle du singe de la fille du roi. Yet another lesson of Absurd French from Bruyere!

From Quiz French Vocabulary

Answer: How old are you?

The literal translation is "You have what age?"

From Quiz How Good is Your French?

Answer: Avoir

Voir, although similar to the correct answer actually means 'to see'. Devoir means 'to ought to do something'. Although in the sentence 'Je fais mes devoirs', it means 'homework.' Recevoir is very similar to the English and means 'to receive'.

From Quiz Absurd French 1002

Answer: Look, darling! The stork brought us a baby called Popeye. There's a note attached that says, 'Spinach please'.

La cigogne, as you've surmised, is the stork. The stork plays an important role in the region of Alsace Lorraine as they nest on the rooftops of the charming villages. They are a symbol. The cicada, or cigale in French is a symbol of the Southern area and Provence in particular. In both regions you can purchase all sorts of kitsch items with these animals on them. Popeye is pronounced the French way, and I once laughed hard when I found out that they had not seen the fact that his eye does pop out or bulge! They pronounce it Pope pie with the accent on the last syllable. Les épinards are really exquisitely prepared in France and I know of no one who would actually eat them out of tin. I make a spinach soufflé that is really good, even for Popeye's exacting standards! Le cygne, is the swan. Les épines are thorns.

From Quiz Que suis-je?

Answer: Cat

From online translator - that none of you have consulted of course: I am a carnivorous mammal which likes to sleep and make its toilet. One has me in the throat when our voice raucous, is exhausted. When it rains with drinking upright, the English say that I fall from the sky with dogs.

Réponse: Un chat.

From Quiz Subjunctive or Indicative?

Answer: réussissent

Since this is an expression of doubt, the subjunctive must be used.

From Quiz Absurd French 771

Answer: To pay for his studies, Maurice sold cotton candy at the circus.

"La barbe à papa" is cotton candy. Une barbe is of course a beard. Le cirque is of course the circus. 'Barbant' is boring and 'la barbe' with a grating on the cheek means 'what a bore.'

From Quiz Absurd French 978

Answer: Come see how fast the postman runs when I put the sprinkler on!

Viens voir = come see, come look. Fais voir, means let me take a look, let me see. If you're looking into a spyglass or binoculars, you'd say, 'fais voir'. Le facteur is the mailman, in France the female equivalent isn't used as often despite the large number of women postal carriers. Sprinklers aren't as common either and as most people know, in France you don't get to walk on the lawns as often as elsewhere in the world. La facture is the bill or invoice. Les rosiers are rosebushes. Une rose is a rose. Arroser is to water plants.

From Quiz Huitième jeu de mots

Answer: Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Southwest of France. It is known for the rosy color of its stone and brick buildings and surroundings. Henri Toulouse de Lautrec was named for his region, or Albi, a smaller town near Toulouse. Toulouse is also known for its excellent sausage.

From Quiz Bonjour Harry Potter

Answer: Poudlard

"Collège Poudlard, école de Sorcellerie" is still led by Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall. Ménard apparently suffered a breakdown after working ten-hour shifts for two months, during the translation of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". He insisted that he wanted to ensure the 'made-up' words still meant something in French. For example, he chose 'moldu' for 'muggle' - from the French 'mol', meaning 'soft', it implies someone "a little soft in the brain."

From Quiz Septième Jeu de Mots

Answer: or

All that glitters is not gold, it's worth gold, we're not rolling in money, I wouldn't do that for all the gold in the world, literally. L'or noir is of course black gold or oil. The word or is also for "however" or "nonetheless". Jason and the Golden Fleece.

From Quiz Sixième Jeu de Mots

Answer: bicyclette

"La bicyclette bleue" is a novel by Régine Désforges that was extremely popular. The film version included the most recent answer to Brigitte Bardot (though no one will probably ever equal BB) - Laetitia Casta. "Rouler à bicyclette" is one way to say you're riding a bike or you cycle. France holds cycling sacred as witnessed by the first Tour de France in 1903, organized by Desgrange. As I'm writing this in 2003, there are rather festive things going on for the centenary. Most children in France however would refer to their bikes as "vélo" from the precursor to the bike or the "vélocipède" and another name for it is "bécane" which is used for several things including a computer. One romantic name for the bike is "La Petite Reine" or the Little Queen.

From Quiz Cinquième Jeu de Mots

Answer: bras

The word bras is invariable for the plural and singular as you undoubtedly know. Le bras droit de quelqu'un is the right hand man or woman, the person who seconds another one and supports him or her. Le bras cassé is simply a broken arm. Manquer de bras is to need manpower, or workers to complete a job. Avoir le bras long is to have connections or influence. Les bras de Morphée is to be asleep. They welcomed us with open arms, les bras ouverts.

From Quiz Quatrième Jeu de Mots

Answer: encre

Faire couler de l'encre, means some story in the press that makes ink run or that many people are writing about it. "Une tache d'encre" is an inkspot. "L'encre de Chine" is Chinese ink. "Encre rouge" is red ink, the realm of the teacher, of course. "Jet d'encre" is an ink jet printer or "une imprimante à jet d'encre".

From Quiz Deuxième Jeu de Mots

Answer: coup

'Un coup' is a blow. 'Un coup d'état' is literally 'stroke of state'. 'Un coup de grâce' is the last decisive blow that makes the opponent lose. 'Un coup de pompe' is a sudden feeling of tiredness. 'Coup de bambou' is a rip-off in terms of price (it also means the same as 'coup de pompe').

From Quiz French Assembling

Answer: une chaussure

Translation: a heel, a sole, laces and an upper are parts of a shoe.

From Quiz Vive les H!

Answer: to get used to, to become accustomed to

To live in, habiter, to get dressed, "s'habiller", to get undressed, "se deshabiller". Je m'habitue petit à petit à tes cheveux violets= I'm gradually getting used to your purple hair.

From Quiz Absurd French 148

Answer: My uncle Joseph's poodle Marcel is really smoking too much these days.

Fumer is to smoke of course. Un poisson rouge is a goldfish. If you've always wanted to know this, they do give out goldfish at carnivals as prizes in France, and no, the dog the French currently prefer (as of 2002) is not the poodle, it's a tie between several breeds including Labradors, German shepherds (bergers allemands) and West Highland Terriers are also coming up in the race.

From Quiz Mixed French

Answer: éléphant

"Une ombrelle" is a sunshade; "un hurluberlu" is a crank, an eccentric; "ancolie" means columbine in English. "Un éléphant" is an elephant, the animal we were looking for.

From Quiz Basic French Verb test

Answer: allons

Nous allons, we go. However once again, in spoken French you'll hear, "On va à l'école à pied" which means, "one goes" as well as "We go to school on foot."

From Quiz French Colouring

Answer: Violet

An aubergine/eggplant, an amethyst, a cassock are violet. Traditionally, every piece of a priest's clothing is violet, because this color symbolizes intense spirituality and peace.

From Quiz French Family Members

Answer: brother

It is of course masculine so should be preceded by an article un or le. My brother = mon frère.

From Quiz Time in French

Answer: It is 8:25

'Heures' means hours and is always placed before the number for the minutes. You can also use 24-hour clock but it is more formal.

From Quiz Questions pour un champion

Answer: Le Pape est-il italien?

Thought you'd like this one. Actually French kids constantly say, "Non c'est le Pape, qui veux-tu que ce soit?" to a "Qui c'est?" question. Smart alecs.

From Quiz Vive les S

Answer: a clog or hoof

The word "sabotage" is said to come from someone throwing their clog into the works of a factory. It is the basic word for horse's hoof as well. Many regions of France wear them, especially those with lots of rain and marshes such as the Berry in the centre.

From Quiz Le , La, L' or Les?

Answer: la

"Who is the woman at the movies over there?" 'Femme' means woman, therefore it is a feminine word. Feminine words have 'la' in front of them.

From Quiz Parlez-vous l'INGlish?

Answer: You're asking your hairdresser for a hairstyle with a hairdryer.

The 'Brushing' was actually a copyrighted procedure by a French hairdresser. The distinction is between the stationary hairdryer and the helmet type. The Italians say 'phon' as well as the Germans as rather than resembling a phone it was for the wind that blew from Africa. The Italians used the German hairdryer. 'Les Meches' are locks of hair literally and it's assumed you get them frosted. Probably fifty percent of the forty to fifty year olds in France do it.

From Quiz Absurd French 607

Answer: My cat is barking at the moon, so now will my dog miaow at the sun?

aboyer is the verb for bark, miauler is to miaow.

From Quiz Absurd French 505

Answer: Sophie dreams of becoming the hairdresser of the stars.

Sophie's dream is to become a hairdresser of the stars. Une vedette is one of those invariables, star is most often used but when you say 'Jean-Paul Belmondo est une vedette' you leave it feminine. A vedette is also a large boat, probably the equivalent of a speed boat but with passengers.

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