Family

Ancestors

Vocabulary
Family

*Famille

English	Français
Ancestors	Ancêtres
Family	Famille
Relatives	Parents
Mother	Mère
Father	Père
Parents (mother and father)	Parents (père et mère)
Husband	Mari
Wife	Epouse
Children, sons	Enfants, fils
Son	Fils
Daughter	Fille
Brother	Frère
Sister	Sœur
Cousin	Cousin
Cousin (female)	Cousine
Aunt	Tante
Nephew	Neveu
Grand mother	Grand-mère
Grand father	Grand-père
Great grand mother	Arrière grand-mère
Great grand father	Arrière grand-père
Sister in law	Belle-soeur
Brother in law	Beau-frère
Step mother / Mother in law	Belle-mère
Step father / Father in law	Beau-père
Son in law	Gendre
Daughter in law	Belle-fille

Ragiunata
Famiglia è parenti

Marcella : Laetitia, do you have any sisters ?
Laetitia : Yes, a sister and a brother. What about you ?
Marcella : Well I’m an only child, like Marie.
Maria : Ok, but I have many relatives. Not all of them are here.
Laetitia : So you have some uncles and cousins out of Corsica ?
Marie : Some of them live in the continent. I have a grand father who’s a doctor in Nice.
Laetitia: And what about your grand mother, does she have a job ?
Marie : My grandmother is unemployed ; she’s an housewife, as they say. (

Sports and hobbies

Sommaire:

Principià à amparà !

Ragiunata
Sports and hobbies. Listen to the dialogues

Sports

1 : Dominique, shall we go for a run tomorrow ?
2 : No, sorry, but I have a match.
3 : So, I will come to see you…loose !

A card game

Exercice
Sport è passatempu. Manere di dì

Asgiu è pussibilità. Manere di dì. Avvicina a spressione (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) è u so significatu

Ci sò sbalgi. sbalgiu.
Pruvate la dinù clicchendu quì sottu. Bravu, hè tuttu ghjustu!
» Fà l'eserciziu un'altra volta

1. Appareances can be deceiving
Traductions: Ne nous fions pas aux apparences
- Poor people always miss something (Les pauvres gens manquent toujours de quelque chose)
- Put clothes on a stick, then you’ll have a baron (=you can’t judge a book by its cover) (Un habit sur un bâton, ça vous fait un baron!)
- You might want something, if you don’t have means, then you can’t get it (On a beau vouloir, impossible d’agir si on n’a pas de quoi:)
- They are at a loose end (Ils sont désoeuvrés)
- Nothing is better than peace at home (Rien de mieux que la paix de son chez soi)
2. Stones don’t have blood
Traductions: Les pierres n'ont pas de sang
- Poor people always miss something (Les pauvres gens manquent toujours de quelque chose)
- Put clothes on a stick, then you’ll have a baron (=you can’t judge a book by its cover) (Un habit sur un bâton ça vous fait un baron!)
- You might want something, if you don’t have means, then you can’t get it (On ne peut pas tirer de sang des pierres / on a beau vouloir, impossible d’agir si on n’a pas de quoi:)
- They are at a loose end (Ils sont désoeuvrés)
- Nothing is better than peace at home (Rien de mieux que la paix de son chez soi)
3. Poor people always miss something
Traductions: Les pauvres gens manquent toujours de quelque chose
- Poor people always miss something (Les pauvres gens manquent toujours de quelque chose)
- Put clothes on a stick, then you’ll have a baron (=you can’t judge a book by its cover) (Un habit sur un bâton ça vous fait un baron!)
- You might want something, if you don’t have means, then you can’t get it (On ne peut pas tirer de sang des pierres / on a beau vouloir, impossible d’agir si on n’a pas de quoi:)
- They are at a loose end (Ils sont désoeuvrés)
- Nothing is better than peace at home (Rien de mieux que la paix de son chez soi)
4. They are not doing anything
Traductions: Ils ne font rien
- Poor people always miss something (Les pauvres gens manquent toujours de quelque chose)
- Put clothes on a stick, then you’ll have a baron (=you can’t judge a book by its cover) (Un habit sur un bâton ça vous fait un baron!)
- You might want something, if you don’t have means, then you can’t get it (On ne peut pas tirer de sang des pierres / on a beau vouloir, impossible d’agir si on n’a pas de quoi:)
- They are at a loose end (Ils sont désoeuvrés)
- Nothing is better than peace at home (Rien de mieux que la paix de son chez soi)
5. You feel good and quiet at home
Traductions: Dans sa maison on est bien et tranquille
- Poor people always miss something (Les pauvres gens manquent toujours de quelque chose)
- Put clothes on a stick, then you’ll have a baron (=you can’t judge a book by its cover) (Un habit sur un bâton ça vous fait un baron!)
- You might want something, if you don’t have means, then you can’t get it (On ne peut pas tirer de sang des pierres / on a beau vouloir, impossible d’agir si on n’a pas de quoi:)
- They are at a loose end (Ils sont désoeuvrés)
- Nothing is better than peace at home (Rien de mieux que la paix de son chez soi)