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Today Meghan and I had our second French lesson while here in Vannes. Edith is a great teacher and is making it fun for Meghan by drawing pictures and labeling the parts of the body. Meghan can now count to 100 while mom is still struggling to remember how to count to 10. Meghan likes to correct my pronunciation of words but I remind her that "Edith" is my tutor. Dave will continue with his lessons at work with Edith. At his work, the managers must speak English to work there but he still attends meetings in which French is spoken and he has no idea what they are saying.
As some of you know , I have a herb garden at home and like to use herbs in my cooking. I have been missing my little garden but not the weeding. At the local market I picked up some potted herbs. One of the herbs was ciboulette. Your assignment today is to figure out which herb it is.
We could not figure out why they have been selling safety vests and the triangle signs at the local market. So during the dinner conversation with our American friend, Josh, we found out that as of July 1, it's a law that all vehicles must have a safety vest and triangle sign in the car. News to us since our rental car did not include one. It's little things like this that we are discovering every day.
Speaking with a local Vannes resident today I learned that the population decreases from 150,000 in the summer to 50,0000 after the tourists leave. One Saturday morning I snapped this picture around 8 a.m. and came back at noon to the same location. So I'm thinking that the top photo is more like what I'll see after school starts.
Today Meghan and I had our second French lesson while here in Vannes. Edith is a great teacher and is making it fun for Meghan by drawing pictures and labeling the parts of the body. Meghan can now count to 100 while mom is still struggling to remember how to count to 10. Meghan likes to correct my pronunciation of words but I remind her that "Edith" is my tutor. Dave will continue with his lessons at work with Edith. At his work, the managers must speak English to work there but he still attends meetings in which French is spoken and he has no idea what they are saying.
As some of you know , I have a herb garden at home and like to use herbs in my cooking. I have been missing my little garden but not the weeding. At the local market I picked up some potted herbs. One of the herbs was ciboulette. Your assignment today is to figure out which herb it is. 
We could not figure out why they have been selling safety vests and the triangle signs at the local market. So during the dinner conversation with our American friend, Josh, we found out that as of July 1, it's a law that all vehicles must have a safety vest and triangle sign in the car. News to us since our rental car did not include one. It's little things like this that we are discovering every day.
Speaking with a local Vannes resident today I learned that the population decreases from 150,000 in the summer to 50,0000 after the tourists leave. One Saturday morning I snapped this picture around 8 a.m. and came back at noon to the same location. So I'm thinking that the top photo is more like what I'll see after school starts.
3 comments:
Susie,
I took French as my foreign language in high school for 4 semesters. Unfortunately, I remember very little French. :(
I know how to speak or say the phrase-"My name is..." I think it is written "Je Mapelle..."
Danielle was the name my French Teacher chose to call me during my 4semesters in her class because the French word for "Sunrise-Dawn" is L'aube. My sister's name in the French language is Printempe.
Meghan should be able to tell me the French translation for Printempe.
(Hint: My sister's name is one our 4 yearly seasons.)
I probably could use the Google Search Engine to find the English translation for the herb ciboulette. However, as I'm your next door neighbor in America, I've seen your herb garden and know your favorite herbs. I'm guessing ciboulette is the French word for the herb chive.
Before I make my guess public on your Blog, I called my husband to help me verify my guess. Vance sent me to www.refdesk.com to do a Google Translation Internet Search and Voila!!! I instantly get a whole page about the herb ciboulette-chives.
Susie, thank you for the homework challenge. :) Of course, after looking up my New French Vocabulary Word, I used the Google Internet Translation Search Engine to verify my recall of all the information in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th paragraphs
of this epistle...I mean
blog-comment. WoW!! I did retain more phrases of my high school foreign language class than I thought.
Meghan, remember I told you sometimes it takes me 2 hours to write an e-mail or comment in my own English language?
With your Mom's assignment on the herb ciboulette, and my poor ability to research on a computer; it took me a little over 2 hours to write this comment.
It was a br-ee-z-e to confirm the English translation of my answer for ciboulette. That is, after I called Vance to learn how to research your Mom's assignment.
I did discover a lot of interesting French Web sites before calling the "Research King" of Barnes and Thornburg Law Firm-Vance.
Your Blog makes me feel like I'm visiting with you @ your home!!! The family photos are priceless. The beauty of France you are capturing is also awesome.
Joyfully Trusting Jesus,
MJ
Based on the photo I was going to say parsley, basil or chives, but Dawn Maire beat me to it! Thanks MJ for your post. I wasn't as studious as you. Do I still pass the homework test?
Much Love,
Carol
Hi Susie, Hope you don't mind that Cindy shared your blog link. You are doing an amazing job chronicling your experiences. I am beaucoup jealous!
Sarah has several friends who were in France this summer with the IU Honors Group of juniors. Sarah missed this opportunity since she had only completed two years of French and then switched to Spanish. Three years in your chosen language is required to participate. I was proud that she was able to communicate (write) in both French and Spanish with her friends in France and Spain. They are required to not use English during their experiences. Lindee's Mom had Sarah translate letters from Lindee for her. Sarah is looking at schools with Spanish programs for college.
This is a tremendous language/life experience for Meghan. Immersion is the best way to go to learn a new language.
Thanks for sharing your pics and journal! Jeanine
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