French Lesson 12 / Leçon Française Douze: Toys

Bonjour...please be seated. Soyez s'il vous plaît placé.

Toys come in all shapes and sizes.

Big...grand

small...petit

fat...gras

funny...bizarre

I like my stuffies/babies but not in French. Nutty.

Repeat..répéter

Bunny...Jeannot lapin

Very good...très bon 

Squirrel...écureuil

Excellent!...excellent

Car...voiture

Puzzle...puzzle

Fabulous!...fabuleux

Well friends every buddy gets a gold start for today.

Have a fun day ...... ayez un jour d'amusement

au revoir

Benny & Lily

French Lesson Ten/Dix

Leçon française dix

étudiants de bonne journée / Good day students

Today we learn about monsters / monstres

RRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr...borrring...

There are monsters in the parade A.K.A. Parade Monsters

Scream Lily scream...

There are tiny leave monsters.  Repeat / répéter....Monster /  monstres

Rain monsters

and the number one monster...

Students repeat / les étudiants se répètent

Très bons étudiants / very good students

Amour,

Benny & Lily

French Lesson 10 / Leçon française dix

Bonjour amis.....Hello students …. bonjour étudiants it's me Lily.

Today we are going to learn about the clock..l'horloge..and how to tell time.

Repeat after me...répétez-vous après moi

Clock ……………. Horloge

Time ………… temps

Hours………….. Heures ..not to be confused with Ours

Minutes …...minutes

Repeat:  It's time to eat. C'est le temps pour manger.

So friends we need to teach our humans that there is no need for a clock/ Horloge. Cause we always know when its time to eat and go outside.

Very good / très bon. Have a fun day. Gold stars for every buddy.

au revoir

Benny & Lily

Leçon Française Huit - New Years Eve

Hello Friends ...bonjour les amis
Le Jour de l'An ......French New Years:

What better time to have a French Lesson about New Years! In France, New Year's Eve is called la Saint-Sylvestre and is usually celebrated with a feast called le Réveillon de Saint-Sylvestre.

When we think of New Years Eve we think of:

• Party                     parti
• Midnight                minuit
• Celebration           celébration
• Kisses       yuk      baisers
• Hugs                    étreintes
• Party hats             faire la fête des chapeaux
• Horns                  cornes
• goodies                friandises

In France………...

• Auld Lang Syne              Choral des Adieux
• Happy New Year!          Bonne Année !
• New Year's resolution     une bonne résolution
• New Year's gifts              les étrennes
• mistletoe                         le gui
• New Year's Day             le Jour de l'An l
• New Year's Eve             a Saint-Sylvestre (he was a pope and today is his feast day)

At midnight kissing under the mistletoe is a New Year's custom in France, rather than a Christmas custom as in other countries.

So my friends have a safe, healthy and happy day.

Luv your friends,

Benny & Lily

French Lesson 7 / La Leçon Française Sept

Bonjour Friends….
Please quiet down / s'il vous plaît calme en bas. Our French lesson 7 will begin. Today's lesson is days.

I will say the day and you repeat after me.

Monday                  Le lundi
Toosday                 Mardi
Wednesday            Mercredi
Thursty                  Jeudi
Friday                   Vendredi
Weekend              Weekend
Saturday               Samedi
Sunday                 Dimanche

Days are good. We don't really know about months or years. Those are to far away. We prefer to live in the day since our years are less than humans. If my Lily and I are 2 years old, why did momma say we are 14? How could we be 14 when we are little and were born in 2007. Humans don't know numbers to good. Oh well, no need to worry about crazy stuff like that.
au revoir mes amis / goodbye my friends….
Hope you learned that today is Vendredi.
Benny & Lily

French Lesson Six - Winter / La Leçon Française six - l'hiver

Bonjour Friends,

Sit…sit…. It is time for French Lesson 6 / Leçon française six to begin.
Winter is on its way. An appropriate lesson for school today is winter words / mots d'hiver.

Repeat after me

• Snow                                 neige
• Sweater                             chandail
• Walkie                               promenade "ie"   I think I made up this word. But its okay. I'm the teacher.
• Snowflake                         flocon de neige
• Cold                                  froid
• Blanket                             couverture "ie"
• Ice                                    glace
• Treats                               plaisirs          This word is good all year round.
• Winter                              hiver

Very good! plaisirs

Okay friends, now repeat after me….. " In the winter during our walk in the ice cold snow we wear our sweaters. We see snowflakes and ice. When we get home, we snuggle in our blankie and wait for treats."
En hiver pendant notre promenade dans la neige froide de glace nous portons nos chandails. Nous voyons des flocons de neige et une glace. Quand nous revenons à la maison, nous nous blottissons dans notre blankie et attendons des plaisirs.

Okay….our attention span is leaving. Good job friends…til next time…..have a fun day…..and no homework!!!

Benny & Lily

French Lesson 5 / Leçon Française cinq

Hello Friends...It's learning time.  Would everyone please be seated. Sit...asseoir
Lily…. Sit.
Today we will learn our 1,2,3's. Numbers - nombres.

Okay everyone, no talking.

repeat one - un
two - deux
three trois
four quatre
five cinq
six six
seven sept
eight huit
nine neuf
ten dix

Lift your foot and count your toes un…deux…trois…quatre…cinq

Very Good...très bon ...okay kids...hope you learned a few numbers today.
Goodbye and happy friday---au revoir et vendredi heureux
Benny & Lily

French Lesson 3 - Leçon Française Trios

Hi Friends,

We weren't here yesterday since we went to our friend's house..to our surprise!!. Today my Lily wants to teach French Lesson 3 / leçon française trios. She would like to teach us animal words. We will include them in a sentence. So repeat / repeater:

Bunny - le lapin. I saw a bunny on my walk.

Ladybug - la coccinelle. There was a ladybug on my door.

Cat - le chat. My friend has a kitty cat.

Pig - le cochon. Benny looks like a piggy.

Cow - la vache. I look like a little cow.

Pet - l'animal familier. Mom said we are pets.

Dog - le chien. Benny and I are doggys and you probably are too.

Puppy - le chiot, le petit chien. I bet we were all a puppy once.

So my friends…that was our lesson for today.

Until tomorrow - jusqu'à demain ,

Your friends,

Benny & Lily

PS. we had a wordless Tuesday, not by choice.

Leçon Française Un-French Lesson I

Today our paw prints will provide our friends with French Lesson I.  I'm the teacher. Humans think we do have a little hair about us. I mean air about us. Take for instance the French Poodle. Elegant and always looking merveilleux/marvelous. Did you notice a slight attitude? Prancing around the show rings like nobody's business.  According to that place called  'wikipedia', there are 39 furry friend breeds originating in France. For example, the Bichon Frise, the Wirehaired Pointing Griffon , the Lowchen, the Brittany , the Great Pyrenees, Dogue de Bordeaux , the Papillon,  the Petite Basset Griffon Vendeen , the Basset Hound, the Briard (Berger de BrieBouvier des Flandres) and of course…saving the best for last The French Bulldog. Yippee-dee-do-da! Okay...so admit it you didn't know there were so many furry friends from France, huh? Well,we didn't either. The funniest thing about us is those "ladies of the evening" enjoyed walking around with us. Mom said I don't need to teach anything else about those ladies.  So for today friends, its all about French breeeds and of course you.
Ayez un samedi magnifique/Have a wonderful Saturday
Benny & Lily