[Replay] FYW 007 : Date, Month, Year, Seasons…and French Poetry
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How to tell the date in French: a bit of French grammar and a poetic bonus as I’ll be reading a famous poem by Verlaine for you: “Chanson d’Automne”…

Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode

Le 30 mars, le 4 avril, le 7 mai, le 1er (premier) septembre le (+ date) = le 1er janvier, le 2 avril, le 9 septembre le 1er janvier, le 2 janvier, le 3 janvier, etc

en (+ month) = en mars, en novembre SEPTembre, OCTobre, NOVembre, DECembre = sept (7), huit (8), neuf (9), dix (10) en (+ year) = en 1920, en 2015 une saison = a season le printemps, l’été (nm), l’automne (nm), l’hiver (nm) en été, en automne, en hiver (= in summer, in fall, in winter) au printemps (= in spring)

LINKS and RESOURCES

“Chanson d’Automne” (Paul Verlaine, Poèmes saturniens) Les sanglots longs – The long sobs Des violons – Of the violins De l’automne – Of Autumn Blessent mon cœur – Wound my heart D’une langueur – With a monotonous Monotone. – Languor.

Tout suffocant – All choked Et blême, quand – And pale, when Sonne l’heure, – The hour chimes, Je me souviens – I remember Des jours anciens – Days of old Et je pleure – And I cry

Et je m’en vais – And I’m going Au vent mauvais – On an ill wind Qui m’emporte – That carries me Deçà, delà, – Here and there, Pareil à la – As if a Feuille morte. – Dead leaf.

Read more French poems about the seasons: http://www.poesie-francaise.fr/poemes-saisons/ ) http://www.historel.net/poesies/poesie10.htm)

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