french culture
what do french students eat for ''le goûter''
- breads from the bakery (eaten as an afterschool snack)
TGV (Train à Grande Vietesse)
- high speed electric train that runs at 300 km/h (186 mph) - travel on a TGV requires a reservation for a specific date, time, class, and place assise (assigned seat)
l'heure officielle
24 hr time system
what's the official motto of Québec?
Je me souviens
what famous castle is located right outside of Paris?
Versallies
le pourboire/service compris
a 15% tip in a check at french resturants/ the service change
l'euro €
a common currency
what does MJC stand for?
a maison des jeunes et de la culture
la Maison des jeunes et de la culture (MJC)
a type of youth containing a variety of activities such as photography, theater and ceramics
le Mont-St-Michel
an island commune in Normandy, France (one of France's most recognizable landmarks)
le goûter
breads that are eaten as an afterschool snack
dakar:
capital & largest city of Senegal
les sports de glisse
category of sports ex: roller skating, skate boarding, skiing, snowboarding, surfing, wind surfing, kite surfing, etc
la taille/la pointure:
clothing/shoe
le franc CFA
communqulé franciaére africaie
le baccalaurèat
equivalent to the dec (diplôme d'étudies collégiales) which is what students must pass at the end of Cégep.
Celsius
france uses celcius to measure temperature
le 14 julliet
france's national holiday; celebrated bc it makes the fall of bastille prison and symbol of the end of the monarchy
un petit déjeuner typice (français et américain)
français: bread, butter jam & coffee in a bowl américain: les cereales
Québec
hockey is the most popular sport here major cities are: montreal, quebec and laval
les soldes
in sale
what does Québec's official motto mean?
it means ''I remmeber''
what's the name of the test that french students take during the final year of highschool to earn their equivalent of a diploma. what is the name of the test?
le baccalauréat
le Bohomme Carnaval
mascot of the le Cernaval de Quèbec and appears at the ice palace festival *giant snowball*
Je me souviens
official motto of Quèbec seen in auto mobiles all over quebec represents french historial roots
Chambord
one of the most recognizable châteux in the world because of its very distinctive french renaissance architecture
what is the capital of France?
paris
what does one to at an MJC?
photography, theatre, ceramics, pottery
what province in canada still maintains french as their official language?
quebec (it's a province && city)
what does Québec's official motto stand for?
represents their french historical roots.
la Seine
river that runs through paris and is the longest river in france
french formal mean courses and served hwen
salad eaten after main course coffee usually brought and passed around the tbale coffee served after a meal
french greetings (informal/formal)
salut (informal) bonjour (formal)
la Coupe du monde:
soccer world cup
un menu à prix fixe:
something that allows the customer to choose from a limited number of menu items for a fixed price
who goes to MJC?
students
le système métrique
system of measurement france uses all units are devisible by 10 in this measurement proposed && adopted during the french revolution in 1789
le Carnaval de Quèbec
takes place in february and lasts two weeks worlds largest winter carnaval canoe, dogsled races, a snow bath, ice fishing, and snow rafing are some of the activities international ice structure, and night parties takes place in Québec city
la tour eiffel
tallest monument in the world in 1889
montrèal
the 2nd largest french speaking city in the world after paris
le pourbire:
tip
le sirop d'èrable à
when a lot of people go to cabane à sacre to enjoy hot aple syrup on snow
french language charter (bill 101)
when al quebec children must attend schools where french is the language of instruction - happens in quebedc - student can choose in highscchool one exception: ''old time quebeckers'' schooled in english elementary schools can choose the language for their children (only 10% of quebeckers)
les bandes dessinées
where comic book fans gather every year to meet their favorite authors && new ones
versailles
where louis XIV relocated the royal court.
le Parc Astérix
you can meet Astérix the french comic character, in le Astérix
