Podcast #27 Discover a new area of France: Alsace / 10 Ways to express Agreement and Disagreement
Here is the 27th session of Talk in French Podcast! You can download the podcast to your computer or listen to it here via iTunes. There is a button where you can download the Podcast.
In this episode:
– Some information about French Culture. Discover a new area of France that you might not have heard yet: Alsace with a very interesting history
– Some French Words with an English Translation. Ideal when you cook, run, commute….
– A quick French Grammar Explanation. Learn 10 ways to express Agreement and Disagreement.
– Some French Expressions and their translation
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- Learning Method
What to visit in Alsace?
Strasbourg
(source:deviantart)
Colmar
(source:whenonearth)
Kaysersberg
(source:wikimedia.org)
Le château du Haut-Koenigsbourg
(source:wikimedia)
Museums in Mulhouse
(source:http://www.citedutrain.com/)
(source:cite de l’automobile)
L’éco musée
(source:wikimedia.org)
Le camp de Struthof
(source:wikimedia.org)
La ligne Maginot
What to eat (and drink):
Choucroute
(source: farmhouseculture)
Flammekueche
Baeckeoffe
Kouglof
(source: overblogkiwi)
Bretzel
(source: blogspot)
Vin d’Alsace
(source: trimbach)
Bière d’Alsace
(source: prixing.fr)
Traditional Outfit
10 Ways to express Agreement and Disagreement
| Disagreement | Désaccord |
| I understand your point but | je comprends ce que tu veux dire mais |
| I am against it | je suis contre |
| Don’t be upset, but … | ne t’énerve pas mais |
| I am sorry but … | je suis désolé(e) mais… |
| I hope you won’t be offended if … | j’espère que tu ne le prendras pas mal si… |
| Agreement | Désaccord |
| Without question | sans aucun doute / sans nul doute / Incontestablement |
| Without a doubt | Probablement |
| Exactly / Exactly right | exactement ! |
| Admittedly that is true, but … | admettons que ce soit vrai, mais… |
| That’s one way to say it | c’est une des façons de le dire |
| That’s an interesting thought | c’est une idée intéressante |
French Words in the Podcast
- la houppette – powder puff
- le pinceau – brush
- la lime à ongles – nail file
- le masque de beauté – face pack
- le correcteur – concealer
- le fard à paupières – eye shadow
- l’autobronzant – self-tanning cream
- les soins de beauté – beauty treatments
- l’antiride – anti-wrinkle cream[/list]
French Expression in the Podcast
- du matin au soir – from morning till night
- À l’âge de dix-huit ans, on est majeur. – At eighteen years of age, you are legally responsible
- Je suis occupé.- I’m busy.
- Je ne sais pas comment vous remercier. – I don’t know how to thank you.
- Il faut – It’s necessary to
- Il est dans la fleur de l’âge. – He is in the prime of life.
- Il faut réfléchir avant d’agir. – Look before you leap.[/list]
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About the Author Frederic Bibard
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