Mot du Jour: Fleur: Flowers

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With valentines fast approaching you better learn the French word for flowers for that added romance.

fleur nf. /flœʀ/: Flower

Mot du Jour: Chocolat (Chocolate)

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Chocolat nm. (shokola) Chocolate.

With valentines just around the corner why don't you practice saying these phrases related to chocolate.

Je te donne les chocolats (zhu te donn le shokola): I'm giving you chocolates.

Mot du Jour: Je t'aime (I love you)

Je t'aime: (zhu tem) I love you



Here's a video: je t'aimais je t'aime et je t'aimerai by Francis Cabrel. For more french love songs just click the songs link on the categories at the side.

Mot du Jour: Argent (Money)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
money noun argent m;
to make ~ (person) gagner de l'argent;
(business, project) rapporter de l'argent.

IDIOMS:

to get one's ~'s worth, to get a good run for one's ~ en avoir pour son argent;
your ~ or your life! la bourse ou la vie!

Now a little video about money and for more money related terms view this post.

French Song Series La Vie en Rose

The signature song of Edith Piaf that tells how love could make your life very beautiful. Several artist such as Yves Montand, Louis Armstrong and Celine Dion have their own versions of the song as well.

According to Wikipedia

Piaf first popularized the song in 1946. The lyrics were written by Piaf and the melody of the song by "Louiguy" (Louis Gugliemi). Initially, Piaf's peers and her songwriting team did not think the song would be successful, but it became a favorite with audiences.^[1] An English version of the lyrics was written later by Mack David. Owing to its popularity, the song appeared on most of Piaf's subsequent albums. A 1998 documentary about Édith Piaf was called La Vie en Rose, as was the 2007 biographical feature film La Vie En Rose, which won Marion Cotillard, who played Piaf from 19 until her death at 47, an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Here's the video of Edith Piaf herself performing it.



Here are the lyrics

Des yeux qui font baiser les miens,
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche,
Voila le portrait sans retouche
De l'homme auquel j'appartiens

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.

Il me dit des mots d'amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ca me fait quelque chose.

Il est entre dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.

C'est lui pour moi. Moi pour lui
Dans la vie,
Il me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.

Et des que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

Des nuits d'amour a ne plus en finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Des enuis des chagrins, des phases
Heureux, heureux a en mourir.

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.

Il me dit des mots d'amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ca me fait quelque chose.

Il est entre dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.

C'est toi pour moi. Moi pour toi
Dans la vie,
Il me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.

Et des que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat