Visite au Château - Français avancé

Tour of the Castle - Advanced French

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Culture capsule: Loire Valley Castles in France - Quiz
Grammar: Challenging Agreements for the Past Participle
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Today, we are going to travel through the Loire Valley with this unit called “Visite au château”, which translates as “Visit to the Castle”. We will learn about a beautiful castle, the one that inspired famous cartoonist of Tintin character. Learn all about it in the culture capsule, which lists different castles you can visit. The grammar point explains the agreement of past participles with EN and ON.

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Vocabulary - Vocabulaire

m …. château …. castle
ø …. conserver …. to preserve
m.f …. immaculé.e …. immaculate
ø …. y’avait = il y avait …. there was
f …. expo = exposition …. exhibit
f …. BD = bande dessinée …. comic strip, comic book
f …. redingote …. riding coat, long coat tight at the waist
ø …. à travers …. throughout
f …. meute …. pack (of dogs)
m/f …. dégueu = dégueulasse [fam.] …. disgusting
ø …. quand même …. anyway
ø …. tu verrais = si tu voyais …. you should see
m …. roi …. king
f …. peinture …. painting
m.f …. somptueux.tueuse …. sumptuous
m/f …. propriétaire …. owner
m …. meuble …. piece of furniture
ø …. au fur et à mesure de …. throughout
f …. époque …. era
m …. parc …. formal garden, park
ø …. ce qui me botte [fam.] …. what I like, enjoy
ø …. derrière …. behind
f …. maîtresse …. lover

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Texte en français - Visite au château

On est allés visiter le château de Cheverny dimanche. Il est vraiment magnifique. Il est bien conservé aussi. Il est d’un vrai style classique et d’un blanc immaculé. Y avait une expo sur Tintin, le héros des BD. Tu sais que c’est le modèle qu’Hergé a pris pour son château de Moulinsart. Le mois prochain, l’expo sera sur les redingotes à travers les âges. À midi, on est allés voir la meute manger. Plutôt dégueu, mais bon, intéressant quand même. Tu verrais la chambre du roi, c’est d’un luxe incomparable. Il y a des peintures vraiment somptueuses. Et tu sais qu’il a toujours été habité par les propriétaires ? C’est pour ça qu’on voit des meubles de tous les styles. Il a été meublé par tous les propriétaires, au fur et à mesure des époques. Et il y a des parcs immenses à visiter également. Moi, ce qui me botte, c’est l’histoire d’amour qu’il y a derrière tout cela. C’est un château qui avait été donné en cadeau par un roi à sa maîtresse. Elle n’en a pas voulu, mais quand même ! C’est romantique, non ?

Text In English - Tour of the castle

We went to visit the castle of Cheverny on Sunday. It’s really magnificent, and well preserved as well. It has a true classical style, and it is painted in an immaculate white. There was an exhibit on Tintin, the comic book hero. You know that this is the castle that Tintin’s author, Hergé used as the model for his castle , Moulinsart. Next month’s exhibit will be on “riding coats” throughout the ages. At noon, we went to see the castle’s pack of hunting dogs feed. Rather disgusting, but hey, interesting anyway. You should see the King’s bedroom. It is incomparably luxurious, full of really sumptuous paintings. Did you know that it has always been inhabited by its owners? That’s why you can see pieces of furniture of all styles. It has been furnished by all of the owners, throughout the eras. And there are huge gardens to visit as well. What I really enjoy is the love story behind all of that. The castle was given as a present from a king to his mistress. She didn’t want it, but nevertheless. Isn’t it romantic?

Culture Capsule

Quiz on Loire Valley Castles

Challenging Past Participles

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