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Nouvel An, New Year

a vintage season's greetings card

une mignonnette

Nous vous souhaitons

une bonne année 2012

et une bonne santé !

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une mignonnette – a ‘sweet cutie’ – is a vintage season’s greeting card from the 50’s. It generally involves glitter and often features little birdies and kittens.

‘Une mignonnette’ is  also a shot-glass size container with a lid used to keep leftover sauces and dressings, fabric lining and a carnation and crushed pepper.

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Regardez la vidéo de la Tour Eiffel

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Les bonnes résolutions préférées des Français pour la nouvelle année. Favorite French people’s resolutions for the new year:

  • se re/mettre en forme – to get in shape
  • arrêter de fumer – to stop smoking
  • être volontaire dans une association humanitaire – to be a volunteer in a humanitarian organization

Share your resolution – in French or in English – here.

Lisez

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Two games and flash cards

New Year VocabularyNew Year Culture

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Online Verb and Flash Cards

réveillonner – to celebrate the New Year – imparfait

souhaiter – to wish – command forms

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Three expressions with a “réveillon” food:

1. Champagne pour tout le monde ! = Let’s start this party already!

2. La gauche caviar = upper-class Democrats (a bit derogatory)

3. L’avenir t’appartient = The world is your oyster.

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New Year Vocabulary

  1. Champagne …. m …. Champagne
  2. Champagne cup ….  f …. coupe de/à Champagne
  3. New Year’s (and Christmas) eve party ….  m …. réveillon
  4. costume  ….  m …. déguisement
  5. costume party ….  m …. bal masqué
  6. dancing party ….  f/m …. soirée dansante, bal
  7. dinner with a few friends ….  m …. petit dîner intime
  8. dress ….  f …. robe
  9. evening …. f …. soirée
  10. fireworks …. m …. feu d’artifice
  11. foie gras …. m …. foie gras
  12. greeting card …. f …. carte de vœux
  13. Happy New Year! …. ø …. Bonne année et bonne santé !
  14. January 1st …. m …. jour de l’an
  15. kiss …. m …. baiser, bisou
  16. meal ….  m …. repas
  17. midnight …. ø …. minuit
  18. mistletoe …. m …. gui
  19. New Year’s gift …. fp …. étrennes
  20. noisemakers, streamers and other party toys ….  mp …. cotillons
  21. oyster …. f …. huître
  22. party ….  f …. fête
  23. party in Verlan slang ….  f …. teuf
  24. party-goer …. f …. réveillonneuse
  25. party-goer …. m …. réveillonneur
  26. resolution …. f …. résolution
  27. seafood ….  m …. fruit de mer
  28. shoe ….  f …. chaussure
  29. shoulder wrap ….  f …. étole
  30. suit ….  m …. costume
  31. the new year …. m/f …. nouvel an, nouvelle année
  32. the New Year’s eve celebrations …. m/f …. réveillon, Saint-Sylvestre
  33. tie ….  f …. cravate
  34. to be slightly drunk ….  ø …. être éméché/e
  35. to dress informally  ….  ø …. s’habiller décontract [familiar]
  36. to drink ….  ø …. boire
  37. to get dressed up ….  ø …. bien s’habiller
  38. to kiss …. ø …. embrasser
  39. to kiss one another ….  ø …. s’embrasser
  40. to make resolutions …. ø …. prendre des résolutions
  41. to open the Champagne bottle with a saber ….  ø …. sabrer le Champagne
  42. to party …. ø …. faire la fête, teufer (Verlan)
  43. to party celebrate for the New Year …. ø …. réveillonner
  44. to reserve a table in a restaurant ….  ø …. réserver une table
  45. to wish …. ø …. souhaiter

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