Showing posts with label test your knowledge about France. Show all posts
Showing posts with label test your knowledge about France. Show all posts

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

French Kiss: to kiss or not to kiss, this is not the ONLY question!

To kiss or not to kiss, this is not the ONLY question!


You also need to know how many times....
Don't worry, French people get it wrong as well....

So, you think you have the answer to the burning question: 
Combien de bises?
Ha ha!! of course not!
You will risk social embarrassment when the  'the kisser has another number of pecks on the cheek in mind than the kissee." You or them will be left in mid air pouting.... Yep! A bit humiliating... But this happens also to the French.... 
See why in this funny video 
in French!!!
To help, have a look at the transcription....ici
Vocabulaire intéressant
c’est simple comme bonjour" :
rien de plus compliqué :
Se faire la bise = faire la bise à quelqu'un = embrasser quelqu'un = s'embrasser
avoir l’air maladroit: 
les lèvres pointues :
les bras ballants:
un échange scolaire :
la gêne :
Une famille d’accueil: 
N'avoir qu’une idée en tête : leur faire la bise !

le temps d’embrassade :
débarquer dans une soirée:
fastidieux:
prendre quelque choe en compte 
s’y mettre de plus en plus.

draguer quelqu'un:
agir avec retenue:
un moment de flottement déstabilisant;

être radin:
les prolos 

 êtrecensé faire quelque chose
 un déplacement= un voyage/un trajet
 un/ une autochtone

Thursday, 23 February 2012

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FRANCE

Are you an expert about France? Time to find out


Test your knowledge about France!

Here are a few questions about France. Only one answer per question is correct.
A – What is a « café-noisette’?
A coffee with a lot of milk
A coffee with some Cognac
A coffee with a drop of milk

B – Which song was initially French?
Yellow submarine
My way
What’s new, Pussy Cat?

C – If you twist your nose with your hand, what does your gesture mean in France?
This person is drunk.
This is delicious
I’m cold

D – Which one of these invention is not French?
The Bikini swimsuit
The Braille alphabet
The mercury barometer

E – What does the phrase ‘Poser un lapin’ mean?
To wink at someone
To set someone up
To have a large family

F – Which one of these  is not a French wine?
Cannonau
Gigondas
Bandol