French Photo Opp Deux Trivia Quiz

Answer: Une fille est à côté de son petit frère qui fait un grand sourire. Elle n'a pas l'air très heureuse!

A cote de=next to. Faire un grand sourire = make a big smile. Ne pas avoir l'air heureuse = not to look happy. These children are my nephew and niece. Thankfully I didn't put the one where they were eating gummy worms. Berk!

Answer: Voici une voiture orange qui livre des pizzas par les fenêtres!

Translation: Here's an orange car that delivers pizzas out of the windows!
Livrer is to deliver. (livraison is delivery). Un camion is a truck, une trottinette is a scooter. This was taken on the streets of London.

Answer: Un jeune homme avec un chapeau est monte sur une statue d'un lion qui attaque un homme

Translation: A young man in a hat has climbed onto a statue of a lion who's attacking a man. Attaquer is to attack as you might imagine. Monter is one of those verbs conjugated with 'être'. If you're putting up something or putting on a show, you might say, 'monter un spectacle' with avoir though.

Answer: Un chat nous regarde avec curiosité d'en haut d'un meuble.

Translation: A cat looks at us with curiosity from high up on a piece of furniture.
Other words: parterre is the floor.

Answer: Voici un très jeune auteur en béret basque et lunettes noires.

Translation: Here's a very young author in a beret and black glasses. Un vieil auteur is because vieux in front of a noun that begins with a vowel takes this form.

Answer: Un super-héros a son bras autour d'une jeune fille qui n'a pas l'air très rassurée.

Translation: A super hero has his arm around a young woman who does not look very reassured.
Faire un spectacle de danse classique would be to be in a ballet. Un grand monstre poilu would be a big hairy monster. Some of you will recognize the word 'poilus' from the history books because the infantrymen in WWI got this name from their beards and moustaches that Frenchmen from the country usually wore at that time. In any case, this is Iron Man or l'homme de fer and Bruyere's daughter. She was not wearing a tutu rose but, heavens...vert fluo.

Answer: Une jeune fille se livre à un combat avec une statue avec un coup de pied.

Translation: A young woman enters a combat with a statue with a big kick. Se livrer a un combat or a bataille would be to enter a battle or to begin to fight. Un coup de pied is a kick. If your kid comes up crying 'Maman, il m'a donné un coup de pied..' the sibling's given him or her a kick. Un coup de parapluie would be an umbrella attack.

Answer: Des touristes regardent des cartes postales dans un kiosque à journaux. Une femme en rouge en choisit une.

Translation: Some tourists are looking at post cards at a newspaper stand. One woman in red is choosing one.
Un cerf volant is a kite. A mannequin is a model or a mannequin. You also hear Top model sometimes or even 'top' for short. Cuisses de grenouille is frogs' legs but cuisses is thigh rather than leg. There are several ways of preparing them but garlic is the best in this author's opinion.

Answer: Un chat aux yeux verts et pattes blanches semble nous regarder avec un point d'interrogation.

Translation: A cat with green eyes and white paws seems to look at us with a question mark.
Pattes= paws. Lapin is rabbit, chien is dog of course. This is my cat who is not looking amused at having her photo taken when she's clearly wondering what's in her dish.

Answer: Deux petites filles blondes avec des robes vertes et chemises blanches se tiennent. Ce ne sont pas des soeurs siamoises.

Translation: Two little blond girls in green dresses and white blouses are holding each other. They are not Siamese twins.