Quick Grammar Tuto – 15 minutes of French
October 3, 2022
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Table of Contents
Resources - S9/E4/ Time Stamp 0m0s - 40m52s
Onomatopoeic Words
Onomatopoeic words feature quite widely in French. (Words that suggest or sound like the sound they are describing). English examples would be Wow! Bang! Shh! Crunch. The most well-known onomatopoeic word in French has got to be Oh la la! Sometimes lengthened to Oh la la- la la!
Croquant (e)
Cacahuètes
Croustillant(e)
Faire craquer
Craquant(e)
Tac tac tac
De A à Z
Piquant(e)
Crumble
Brilliant(e)
Booster
Quand je croque ça craque
Tu vois quand tu veux
Aller hop!
Bah alors-là!
Expressions idiomatiques (Sayings)
Donner la pêche / la patate
Raconter de salades
Compter pour du beurre
Je vais être dans le jus
Avoir un coup de barre
Les trois sages singes
- Les 3 singes de sagesse
- Celui qui n’entend rien est tellement assourdi par le son croustillant de la barre qu’il bouche des oreilles avec un casque de chantier anti-bruit!
- Le deuxième est aveuglé par la brillance de la barre. Il ne peut pas la regarder. Il se bande les yeux.
- Le troisième, il n’écoute pas, il ne regarde pas et il la mange!
Les exigences de l'épreuve
- Faire une barre chocolatée
- Pouvoir la prendre dans sa main et marcher dans la rue
- Qui ne fond pas dans les mains
- Faire un emballage
- Mettre dans mon sac pendant 2 heures et puis la manger
La compréhension
- En quoi la tente se transforme-t-elle cette semaine?
- Qu’est-ce que cela signifie quand la présentatrice (Julia) dit que Cyril est “croquant”?
- Cyril et la chocolaterie est une référence à quel livre et film?
- Quelle est la récompense exceptionnelle?
- Qui est le petit invité exceptionnel et qu’est-ce qu’il fait?
- A quelle époque et dans quel pays la barre de chocolat a-t-elle été commercialisée?
- Comment Edouard compte-t-il garder le tablier bleu?
- Qu’est-ce qu’il fait que l’idée de Reine est “bête”?
- En vie normale Jérémy mange toutes les combien d’heures et même la nuit?
- Quelle est l’espérance de Maxime avec sa “Piano Barre”?
Comment dit-on en français?
- Rise to the challenge
- Their own bar of chocolate, including a wrapper
- A bar covered in chocolate
- Cyril and Mercotte are going to love this (se régaler)
- Piano keys
Nommez ces ingrédients en français. N’oubliez pas le masculin et feminin!
Biscuit
Dried fruit
Nougat
Peanuts
Lime
Cinnanmon
Orange blossom
Dates
Dark chocolate
Milk chocolate
Almonds
Banana
- Oats
- White chocolate
- Ginger
- Chilli
- Avocado
- Tomato
- Mozzarella
- Coconut oil
- Quinoa
- Mint
- Pepper
- Vanilla
- Honey
- Whisky caramel
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