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La Palabra del Día: " francés "

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** francés (frrahn-cehs')**

* adjective ( French ) *

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1. La comida francesa es de la comida más deliciosa del mundo.

  • French food is some of the most delicious food in the world.*

2. Las crepas francesas son una buena alternativa a emparedados a la hora de almorzar.

  • French crepes are a good alternative to sandwiches at lunch time.*
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updated Aug 20, 2013
posted by bandit51jd
I had to look twice. Thanks for subbing & I hope things go well with Rac and family. - katydew, Aug 8, 2012

16 Answers

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La ortografía francesa tiene cinco diacríticos (el acento agudo , el acento circunflejo , el acento grave , la cedilla y la diéresis ) y dos ligaduras ( œ y æ ) / The French orthography has five diacritics ( the acute accent, circumflex accent, grave accent, diaeresis, and cedilla) and two ligatures (œ and æ).

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updated Aug 8, 2012
posted by Yo_soy_Yasmina
What? Hamlet and Othello aren't interesting? Just kidding...:)) - Noetol, Aug 8, 2012
Wow, I wonder what the French keyboard looks like? - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
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There are many nouns that can be modified by the adjective 'French.' The term 'French kiss' is one of them. / Hay muchos sustantivos que pueden ser modificados por el adjetivo "francés". El término 'beso francés ( baiser amoureux )' es uno de ellos.

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updated Aug 8, 2012
posted by Lila3333
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The French language is considered to be like the birds language .

El idioma francés es considerado como la lengua de aves. enter image description here

La langue des oiseaux

updated Aug 11, 2012
posted by shish75
My vote for your picture. - mcl020, Aug 8, 2012
Fantastic imagen mate. - ray76, Aug 8, 2012
Thanks mc & ray !!::)). - shish75, Aug 8, 2012
Sweet and intertaining! - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
Con razón no les entiendo nada. - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
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The first foreign language I learned was French.

El primer idioma extranjero lo que aprendí era francés.

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updated Aug 11, 2012
edited by katydew
posted by katydew
My hat's off to you, Katy! - Noetol, Aug 8, 2012
Hey, Noetol have you read Katy's profile? For her job she's had to learn many languages. Estoy atónito! I'm flabbergasted! - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
Their's a new word (?) for you, Katy! - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
I like new words. I wish it wasn't such hard work to learn and then to try to remember and not mix them up.( typo on "there's"...) - katydew, Aug 8, 2012
"La primera lengua extranjera que aprendí fue el francés." - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
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La Legión Extranjera Francesa es la unidad de élite del ejército francés / The French Foreign Legion ( L.E. Légion étrangère ) is the elite military unit of the French army.

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El emblema de la Legión Extranjera Francesa / The emblem of the French Foreign Legion

updated Aug 9, 2012
posted by soy_Haneen
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Aunque hablo holandés, aléman, inglés, francés, el lenguaje corporal y un poco español, las palabras a menudo me faltan en todos estos idiomas cuando las emociones me abruman.

Even though I speak Dutch, German, English, French, body language and a little bit of Spanish, words often fail me when emotions overwhelm me.

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updated Aug 11, 2012
edited by mcl020
posted by mcl020
Pretty good body language there! Very impressive, mcl! - Noetol, Aug 8, 2012
¡Pasmado, otra vez! Flabbergasted again! - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
¿Te faltan "las palabras"?. A todos nos pasa eso, a veces incluso en nuestro propio idioma. - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
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Creo que en esta imagen de iconos franceses falta una bicicleta, para mi es imposible pensar en Francia sin pensar también en el Tour de Francia.

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I think in this image of French icons is missing a bicycle. For me, it's impossible to think about France without thinking about the Tour de France.

updated Aug 8, 2012
edited by xtiagox
posted by xtiagox
...of French icons is missing a bicycle. For me, it's impossible to think about France without thinking about the Tour de France. Nice work. - katydew, Aug 8, 2012
Good thoughts about France! Bien! - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
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Cuando me visitar Francia , tengo que hablar con cuidado ,

porque las francés no les gusta escuchar francés mal.

When I visit France , I have to be careful how I speak,

because in France they do not like to hear bad French.

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updated Aug 11, 2012
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
Oh, my gosh, I thought they were two couples, it's a couple and "deux policiers"! - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
"Cuando visito Francia, debo tener cuidado de como hablo, porque en Francia no les gusta oír un mal francés." - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
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El reinado de terror era un época muy desafortunado en la historia del pueblo francés.

The Reign of Terror was a very unfortunate time in the history of the French people.

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updated Aug 11, 2012
edited by Noetol
posted by Noetol
Sigh...beheadings! The use of "pueblo" for people is new to me I always considered a "pueblo" to be a villiage. I know too much western TV! lol - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
"...fue una época muy desafortunada..." - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
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Me encanta oír a los franceses hablar el inglés…..y francés

I love to hear the French speak English…and French

updated Aug 8, 2012
posted by viejito
Bien! - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
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Las perfumerías francesas están produciendo los perfumes más bellos.

French perfumeries are producing the most beautiful perfumes.

updated Aug 20, 2013
edited by 00b5f6c6
posted by 00b5f6c6
"Las perfumerías francesas...". Without the article "las" it would also make sense, but within a context. - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
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En español también usamos esta palabra en una manera original. Despedirse a la francesa.

In Spanish we also use this word in a different sense. To leave without saying goodbye.

updated Aug 11, 2012
edited by Eddy
posted by Eddy
En Internet eso pasa más a menudo que en cualquier otro lado. - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
Interesante amigo. Por un lado los franceses usan esta frase. "To murder the French language - Parler le francais comme une vache español - To speak French like a Spanish cow. " - Eddy, Aug 11, 2012
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No hay razón para me a aprender francés. No hay nadie para me a hablar con.

There is no reason for me to learn French. There wouldn't be anyone to talk to me.

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updated Aug 11, 2012
posted by kdrinning
You could pop over to Luisiana. Plenty of French speakers there! - Noetol, Aug 8, 2012
con quien puedo hablar. - Eddy, Aug 8, 2012
Nice photo! - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
"No hay razón para que yo aprenda francés. No habría nadie para hablar conmigo." - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
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Julia Child mostró a los estadounidenses como hacer la cocina francesa.

Julia Child showed Americans how to do French cuisine.

updated Aug 11, 2012
posted by mstivers
I guess I wouldn't want to stand too close to her. How many doughrollers can one person have ;-)))) - mcl020, Aug 8, 2012
Step away frm the rollers, m'am... :) - Noetol, Aug 8, 2012
I like "doughrollers." In America we call them rolling pins, but your word is better. - mstivers, Aug 8, 2012
Ehhh ... I was too lazy to check the dictionary. So thanks for teaching me the right word ;-) - mcl020, Aug 8, 2012
In my country we call them 'deegroller' since that is what they are used for over here ;-) - mcl020, Aug 8, 2012
Curious datum. - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012
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Me gusta escuchar a la gente de Francia hablan inglés. El acento es encantador

updated Aug 11, 2012
posted by jgundy
Where is the French translation ?? - shish75, Aug 8, 2012
I think you mean English sentence, Shish! Jgundy if you would post the English sentence our learners of English would appreciate the translation. - bandit51jd, Aug 8, 2012
"... hablando inglés." =) - -cae-, Aug 11, 2012