Parlez-vous Français… Part 2!

book coverHere are some French terms of endearment, expressions, and other items of note found in The Daring Book for Girls written by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz

 

Terms of Endearment:

Ma petit chou means “My little cabbage” which can be used romantically to mean “my darling” or said to a younger person to mean ‘my little one”

Bonjour ma petit chou, t’as passe un bonne journee? Means “hello my little cabbage, did you have a good day?”

Ma puce means “my flea”. Bonne nuit, ma puce! means “goodnight, my flea!”

 

Fun French words to say:

Pamplemousse (pom-pler-mooss) is a grapefruit

Aubergine (oh-bear-jean) is an eggplant

Chantilly (shan-tee) is whipped cream OR a kind of lace

Dodo (doe-doe) is a baby’s naptime

Coucou (coo-coo) means ‘Hello there!’

 

Interesting French expressions:

Avoir un chat dans la gorge means you have a cat in your throat like the expression “I have a frog in my throat”

Revenons a nos moutons means “let’s get back to our sheep” whcih means to return to the subject at hand.

Oui, quand les poulets auront des dents meas “yes, when chicken have teeth” This is the French way of saying “when pigs fly!”

 

Have fun trying these words and phrases out on your friends and see if they know what you mean!

 

Au revoir!