En voiture Simone !
This week, we’re getting ready for a nice break by taking care of our cars 🚙☺️
Did you know that the French have quite a variety of slang terms to talk about their beloved voitures ? The two most common ones in France are une caisse and une bagnole, as in “Ma caisse / Ma bagnole est tombée en panne !” for example! You can also use “un bolide” to refer to a fast car, “un vieux tacot” for an old car, or “un tas de ferraille” (literally, a pile of scrap metal) and “un tas de boue” (literally, a pile of mud) to talk about a piece of junk. So, what type of “bagnole” do you have? 🚘😊
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À la française
French Expressions and Idioms Podcast
Let’s kickstart this Newsletter with a useful and very common French expression that happens to be linked to the automobile industry:
À la française Ep. 13: “Démarrer au quart de tour”
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À l’agence de location de voitures – Récupérer la voiture
Listening and Reading practice – Level B1
The first stop of many adventurous holidays in a new place has to be the car rental agency, am I right? So let’s get ready for this French-speaking interaction with the bilingual article below where Wanda comes and picks up the electric car she’s renting for her French break:
À l’agence de location de voitures – Récupérer la voiture
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Car Vocabulary – Level
Finally, let’s get ready to describe our favourite cars in French with this useful Car-related vocabulary list and its interactive Word Game.
Another great way to remember new vocabulary is to write sentences using it in context. Here’s an example for you to get inspired:
Ma voiture préférée est sans hésiter une Coccinelle des années 1960. J’adore sa carrosserie tout en rondeurs et sa couleur bleu pastel. Plus surprenant, c’est son capot qui abrite le coffre, tandis que le moteur se trouve à l’arrière ! Ses phares ronds et chromés ont un charme fou, tout comme ses enjoliveurs bombés qui brillent au soleil. Mais ce que j’aime le plus, c’est le fait qu’on ouvre la portière arrondie en appuyant sur le bouton de la poignée. C’est adorablement rétro !
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