Emily Jessie

The English phrase “color matching” is translated into French as correspondance des couleurs.

ma is the French word for ‘my’ used with feminine nouns.

The English phrase power outage is translated into French as panne d’électricité.

Palestine in French is Palestine, spelled the same as in English. In formal contexts, the State of Palestine is L’État de Palestine.

aster is the French word for the plant aster.

Children say Maman to their mother in Cajun French. The more formal word is mère, and you say ma mère when you talk about her to others.

The English word “reading” is translated into French as lecture. lecture refers to the process of interpreting written language.

The English phrase “beautiful singing” is translated into French as beau chant.

In French, the word for ‘cringe’ in the sense of secondhand embarrassment is malaisant.

The English phrase “hangover” is translated into French as gueule de bois.