Weekly Vocab Lists

Every week I'm supposed to post 25 new words I've learned, and where I learned them. Get excited to learn some French! :)

Week 1:

Le Chemin- way (Church)
Le Sommet- top (Church)
Le Seche-cheveux- blow dryer (Carrefour)
Le Repasser- iron (Monoprix)
Le Quai- platform (Train station)
La Bruyere- Heather (Flower shop)
Le Quête- quest (Super Bijou Quete)
"C'est pour rire"- "just kidding" (Home)
Le Flêche- steeple/arrow (Class)
Le Droit- law (Class)
Tant- So many/so much (Blogging)
Rater- to fail/miss (Homework)
Peuple- People (Homework)
Fournir- to supply (Homework)
La louve- Wolf (Class)
Repandre- to spread, like culture (Class)
Le Grenier- attic (Host Family)
Le Camion- truck (Dictionary)
Lacher- to release (Dictionary)
Cintre- hanger (Carrefour)
Artichaut- artichoke (Carrefour)

Week 2:

Le saint-caen: sacrament (Church)
La sagesse: wisdom (Church)
La carte bancaire: ATM card (Carrefour)
Sion: Zion (Church)
Jeûner: to fast (Church)
Père Celeste: Heavenly Father (Church)
Un casque: helmet (Home)
Un baptême: baptism (Church)
Un reçu: receipt (Shopping)
Les crudités: veggies (Lunch)
Cru: raw (Fromagerie)
Récemment: recently (Homework)
L'herbe: grass (Class)
Fabriquer: to make (Homework)
émouvant: moving (Homework)
Un cimetière: cemetery (Trip)
Une tapisserie: tapestry (Trip)
Particulièrement: particularly/especially (Homework)
Le cerveau: brain (Class)
Le parfum: flavor (Ice cream)
Une montre: watch (Shopping)
Une bosse: bump (Walking)
Un caniche: poodle (Home)
Un gitan: gypsy (Home)
Les espèces: cash (Home)
Pencher: to lean (Metro)
Le distributeur de billets de banque automatique: ATM (In the city)
Une salope: slut (A few nights ago)

Week 3:

Un cintre: hanger (Carrefour)
Un oreiller: pillow (Carrefour)
Les ralentisseurs: rumbles (street sign)
Les chaussons: slippers (home)
Les pantoufles: slippers (home)
"J'ai hate": "I'm excited for..." (class)
Le linge: laundry (home)
Une patinoire: ice skating rink (home)
Un livre de cantiques: hymn book (church)
Un diacre: deacon (church)
Un prêtre: priest (church)
Un évêque: bishop (church)
Un guépard: leopard (home)
Une noisette: hazelnut (carrefour)
Un avoine: oat (carrefour)
Rampé: creepy (dictionary)
Un facture: bill (restaurant)
Il y a 2 semaines: 2 weeks ago (conversation)
Une marraine: godmother (conversation)
Un parrain: godfather (conversation)
Écosse: Scotland (conversation)
La gorge: throat (dictionary)
L'ibuprofène: ibuprofen (dictionary)
Le paracétamol: acetaminophen (medicine)
Bo-Bo: boo boo (conversation)

Week 4:

"Je m'en fiche": "I don't care" (conversation)
Le société de secours: relief society (church)
Le prêtrise: priesthood (church)
Un croûton: crouton (carrefour)
Un bretzel: pretzel (carrefour)
Les morceaux: pieces (carrefour)
Demi-écrémé: half skim (carrefour)
écrémé: skim (carrefour)
Hydratant: hydrating (carrefour)
Le teinture pour les cheveux: hair dye (carrefour)
Les coupe-ongles: nail clippers (carrefour)
Le pince à épiler: tweezers (carrefour)
Un pieu: stake (Normandy)
Le blé: wheat (carrefour)
La farine: flour (carrefour)
Le décolorant: bleach (carrefour)
Le papier hygiénique: toilet paper (home)
La belle-mère: step-mom (home)
Le beau-père: step-dad (home)
Agaçant: annoying (dictionary)
Ennuyeux: boring (dictionary)
Puis: then (Caitie)
Un porte-clés: keychain (home)
Un luffa: loofah (home)
Un voile: veil (conversation)

Week 5:

Le brouillard: fog (conversation)
Envahir: to invade (conversation)
Un échec: failure (conversation)
La parole de sagesse: word of wisdom (church)
Une épreuve: test (conversation)
La prière: prayer (church)
Père céleste: heavenly father (church)
La tentation: temptation (church)
éclat: glitter (movie)
Rhum: rum (salon du chocolat)
Une bonne soeur: nun (church)
Un crise cardiaque: heart attack (music)
Un discours: a talk (church)
Fredonner: to hum (church)
Cendrillon: Cinderella (article)
Le bouillie: porridge (article)
La galette des rois: cake (conversation)
Le dissolvant: nail polish remover (carrefour)
Un panier: shopping cart (carrefour)
La maîtrise: control (conversation)
Les matières: materials (conversation)
Un concours: contest (conversation)
Les frais: costs (conversation)
Une bourse: scholarship (conversation)
Un dortoir: dormitory (conversation)

Week 6:

Un casque: helmet (home)
Littorales: coastal (home)
Un surligneur: highlighter (dictionary)
Graisseux: greasy (carrefour)
Souple: supple (carrefour)
Le laque: hairspray (carrefour)
Le boitier: housing (carrefour)
Bordeaux: burgundy (dictionary)
Un bénévole: volunteer (soup kitchen)
Un clochard: hobo (dictionary)
Les claquettes: tap dancing (dance studio)
Un chœur: choir (church)
Un coin du feu: fireside (church)
Une chapelle: chapel (church)
Une poignée de porte: doorknob (dictionary)
Un reçu: receipt (class)
Un caniche: poodle (dictionary)
Une tulipe: tulip (dictionary)
Assoiffé: thirsty (home)
La livraison: delivery (Sushi)
En place: "for here" (restaurant)
Poste de police: police station (bad experience)
Voleur: thief (bad experience)
Un tente: tent (dictionary)
La rouge a levres: lipstick (carrefour)

Week 7: (Halloween Vocabulary)

Un potiron: pumpkin
Une fantôme: ghost
Une sorcière: witch
Un squelette: skeleton
Un sorcier: warlock
Un déguisement: disguise
Une maison hantée: haunted house
Tromper: to trick
Effrayer: to scare
Un parc d'attractions: amusement park
Un barbe à papa: cotton candy
Un loup-garou: werewolf
Le sang: blood
Un cercueil: coffin
Un zombi: zombie
Un chaudron: cauldron
La fumée: smoke
Un cimetière: cemetery
Une pierre tombale: gravestone
Une chauve-souris: bat
Une toile d'araignée: spider web
Un balai: broom
Une charme: spell
Un gobelin: goblin
Une fée: fairy

Week 8:

Un oeuvre- work (Book of Mormon)
Néanmoins- nevertheless (BoM)
Demeurer- to remain (BoM)
Genant- embarrassing (street sign)
Le cuisse- thigh (Thanksgiving)
Les poignets- wrists (BoM)
Les nues- skies (BoM)
Les pierres- stones (BoM)
Le butin- booty/treasure (BoM)
L'agneau- lamb (BoM)
Un joyau- gem (dictionary)
Un lacet- shoe-lace (running)
Un nounours- teddy bear (dictionary)
Une théière- teapot (home)
Roux- red-haired (dictionary)
Un galon- braid (dictionary)
Une gargouille- gargoyle (Notre-Dame)
Une fusée- rocket (dictionary)
Un jupon- petticoat (dictionary)
Un fleuve- river (BoM)
Jaillir- to flow (BoM)
Abolie- abolished (BoM)
La sagesse- wisdom (BoM)
Le lin- linen (BoM)
L'orgueil- pride (BoM)

Week 9: (All from Book of Mormon)

Engraisse- fattens
Le bétail- livestock
Un pâturage- pasture
L'antre- den
Tenebres- darkness
Les flancs- sides
La chair- flesh
La roideur- stiffness
La faiblesse- weakness
Sinon- otherwise
Affligés- afflicted
Maudits- cursed
L'essor- development
L'étang- pond
Les prémices- firstfruits
Les racines- roots
Greffer- to graft
Les péchés- sins
Eveille- awake
Malins- malignant
Dépouille- stripped
Le soulagement- relief
Les annales- records
Le salut- salvation
Sion- Zion

Week 10: (Thanksgiving Vocabulary)

Une dinde: turkey
Les plumes: feathers
Un festin: feast
Une tarte: pie
Les feuilles: leaves
Les bénédictions: blessings
Les pommes de terre en purée: mashed potatoes
Un igname: yam
Une guimauve: marshmallow
Une canneberge: cranberry
Une cocotte: casserole/affectionate term
Rôtissoire: rotisserie
Un petit pain: roll
Le miel: honey
Les épices: spices
La cannelle: cinnamon
La noix de muscade: nutmeg
Un pèlerin: pilgrim
Reconnaissant: grateful
Un rembourrage: stuffing
Un action de grâces: Thanksgiving
Une récolte: harvest
Cuire: to bake
Les puritains: Puritans
Un mousquet: musket

Week 11: (Christmas Vocabulary)

Un avènement: advent
Un arbre de Noël: Christmas tree
Un flocon de neige: snowflake
Un canne à sucre: candy cane
Père Noël: Santa Claus
Un renne: reindeer
Un elfe: elf
Le pain d'épice: gingerbread
Le gel: frost
Une bougie: candle
Une cheminée: chimney
Le charbon: coal
Un bas: stocking
Le lait de poule: eggnog
Un glaçon: icicle
L'encens: frankincense
Le houx: holly
Une crèche: manger
Un ornement: ornament
Un berger: shepherd
Le gui: mistletoe
La nativité: nativity
Un ruban: ribbon
Un traîneau: sleigh
Un clinquant: tinsel

Our Trip to Southern France

Sorry Kelsie, but I basically copied and pasted from your email. But I just really didn't want to re-think and re-type everything again. hahah I'm so lazy it's comical. 

So the first week here, we went on this excursion to southern France, and it was the longest week of my life. I feel like I know all the other kids here way better than I should for how short it has been. We were all joking about how it felt like 3 weeks but really...it was so long. We stayed in a different hotel every night and let me tell you, that is not fun. Seriously though I have never felt so disgusting in my life. We were living out of teeny suitcases and none of us brought enough clothes. Also, our showers were almost always in the middle of the room so everyone in France plus your roommates could just watch you shower. What is up with that? haha We also hiked for 15 miles and canoed for 9 miles. (I crapped out after 5 miles the first day, but we'll pretend like i did all 15.) Basically we were camping but sleeping in real beds. It was fun though actually, we were in all these little towns that no one has really ever heard of and they were BEAUTIFUL. Seriously though it was super great bonding with everyone, and our bus driver Jackie! We had the same bus/bus driver all week and we loved him. He didn't speak any English and he thought we were hilarious. We also went to this little theme park, called Puy du Fou (Volcano of Crazy...yeah.)  that was like medieval times themed, and it was literally just a bunch of shows. No rides, nothing else, just shows. I take it back...there was a carousel. Anyway there were lots of super cute guys, one of which named Greg we talked to for like 2 hours haha. He worked in the blacksmith area and he spoke perfect English, WITH A BRITISH ACCENT. Oh, and he looked like Liam Hemsworth. Can you say, WIN? One of the shows was a gladiator show, and they had this parade at the beginning with sooo many animals! They love animals there apparently. Anyways, there was a tiger, like 8 ostriches, 8 lions, a leopard, a bunch of ducks, camels, goats, like really think of an animal and it was probably in one of the shows. Including flamenco dancing horses. Who danced in water. You think I'm kidding. But I'm not. The night time spectacle was 2 HOURS LONG and it was freezing and super boring. Sorry to everyone who loved it. I don't know what show you were watching, but I wish I had seen that one. There were more animals and fireworks though, so that was a good part. Basically what I summed up from that trip: French people are weird. 

Anyways, please enjoy some pictures from the trip, that I stole from other people who have fancier cameras and aren't too lazy to get them out :) 

Me and my roommate Caitie ready to canoe!

Part of the pilgrimage. It was breathtaking.

Benac. We canoed right past this.

Puy du Fou :)

The one ride in the whole park. We obviously paid 3 euros to go on. 

We had to get a picture with our bus driver. He was the best. I miss you Jackie! 

Le Premier Excursion

Dates: 9/8/12-9/15/12
Location: Lyon, Puy en Velay, Rodez, Conques, Figeac, Benac, Pech-Merle, Sarlat, Dordogne, Anger, Puy du Fou

Les Differences: Dans les locations plus petits, il était facile de realiser que nous étions dans un petit ville. L'architecture était trés vieux, il n'y avait pas beaucoup de personnes mais il y'avait beaucoup des fermes. Je n'avait jamais vu tant des vaches! Il était un trés different expérience de Paris. Les personnes étaient plus gentils aussi, j'ai pensé. Ils me semblait penser que nous étions amusant.

Mon Expérience: J'aimais beaucoup tous les choses que nous faisions, sans les "strolls" peut-être. Mais le pilgrimage était un tres bon expérience. J'ai aimé l'éxercice, et il était trés beau. Le canoeing était amusant aussi. J'était tres fatigué, mais en voyant Bénac valait la peine. Je veux y habiter. J'aimais voir le différence entre le culture de la sud  de France, et Paris. Je pense que j'aime les deux la même, mais differement. Mon activité favorite était Puy du Fou. Il était trés amusant, et je veux retourner bientôt.

JACKIE, VOUS ME MANQUEZ!

FYI

For my friends who don't speak French, I apologize in advance. I failed to mention that all of my posts for class will be in French....whoops. Google translate? haha

BONJOUR

Yes, ladies and gentleman, I am blogging to you all straight from Paris, France. I'm a world traveling blogger. Who knew?

I'm going to be (hopefully) updating this on a regular basis, with my adventures and fun pictures, as well as putting some of my assignments for classes on here. I apologize in advance for some of the boring ones, for example my weekly list of 25 new vocab words I've learned, but hey, you just may learn some French! The other school related posts should be pretty interesting, because they're all about our excursions, tours around Paris, and this book I'm supposed to be reading (but haven't even picked yet). Read it all, don't read it, those posts are for my teacher, so bear with me. In the mean time, get excited for some fun posts hopefully including quotes such as "j'ai besoin de show you something." If you speak any Frenglish, that's funny.


More stories later mes amis. Je vous aime! <3

P.S. Here is my favorite picture taken so far, at my favorite place we've been...Puy du Fou. I'll get to that later. I love these kids.