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May 11

Some French words to learn for Le Jardinage

I can’t resist: This week blossoms bloomed in my garden as the weather finally begins to warm up.

So I’m dedicating this post to the lovely flowers I see outside of my window, the dogwoods, tulips, bluebells, magnolias, and pansies that make me want to step outside of my dark office and enjoy this spring weather.

Alors, vous voulez faire du jardinage? Il y a quelques conseils en jardinage qu’il faut suivre, le plus important, bien sûr, c’est de se rappeler que les plantes ont besoin de trois choses primaires: du sol, du soleil, et de l’eau. C’est tout. Le reste, c’est la cerise sur le gâteau!

French Garden of Cle France

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Voici quelques mots en français qui peuvent être utiles si jamais vous faites un jardin en France (et pourquoi pas!):

le jardin — garden

le potager — vegetable garden

le parterre — flowerbed

les plantes — plants

la terre — topsoil

le sol — soil

la plante vivace — perennial plant

bisannuel/annuel — biannual/annual

l’arbre — tree

les mauvaises herbes — weeds

la plante en pot — potted plant

l’herbe — grass

l’arbuste à fleurs — flowering bush

les outils de jardin — gardening tools

le balai à gazon — lawn rake

la houe — hoe

la bêche — spade

le râteau — rake

la brouette — wheelbarrow

la tondeuse — lawnmower

le terreau — compost

l’arrosoir — watering can

l’herbicide — weedkiller

l’engrais — fertilizer

cueillir — to pick

récolter — to harvest

désherber — to weed

arroser — to water

tailler — to trim

semer — to sow

tondre — to mow (this can mean to clip hair, as well, but in this case it means to mow the lawn)

pailler — to mulch

Alors, je vais utiliser ce vocabulaire à faire un petit texte en français:

Si l’on veut faire un jardin, il faut d’abord acheter quelques besoins, surtout les outils de jardinage. Il faut avoir au moins une bêche, une houe, et un arrosoir. Il faut peut-être acheter de l’engrais et de l’herbicide aussi pour tuer les mauvaises herbes. Après avoir semer les graines, il faut arroser le jardin et mettre de la paille. Quelques semaines après tout ce travail, les plantes seront prêtes à être cueillies!

Now it’s your turn: Can you write up a simple paragraph from the gardening vocabulary listed above?

Blog submitted by: Alex at The French Property Network - Cle France.

This blog was originally posted on The French Language Blog pages.

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May 5

Your agents were very friendly

Hi Sharon,

We had a lovely time in Normandy & managed to see a range of properties which gave us much food for thought.

It opened our eyes as what to expect & not, as sometimes the internal photos tell a different story.

Your agents were very friendly & most helpful, as they showed us one or two more properties than we had on our list.

We have had another look & are collating another list in readiness for a visit in June or July.

best regards, Adi & Kitija.

We could not find a property for Adi & Kitija this time but hopefully on their next viewing trip to France we will find them the right house for sale in Normandy.

Thanks for everything Cle France

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Apr 30

Polite and helpful in answering questions

Hi Sharon, 

Thanks you for arranging the property I recently visited, and also for sending information on other services that Cle France provides. 

My visit to the converted mill property in Burgundy was a pleasure. Your agent was punctual meeting me, and she was polite and helpful in answering questions. 

The restoration has been beautifully done, and I don't think there is anything that would need altering in order to live there comfortably. The location is excellent, being quiet yet not too far from villages and towns. 

As I am sure you will understand, purchasing a property is a major decision, and we have not yet decided our position with this particular property. If we need any further information, I will contact you. 

with very best wishes, Louise.

Cle France send hundreds of people to France on viewing trips every week and we wish everyone bought a house first time but it is not always that simple, unfortunatley, to make that final decision. Hopefully Louise will reflect favourably on the house she saw and make that final step to buying a dream house in the Burgundy region of France.

thank you Cle France

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Apr 27

I would recommand Cle France to friends and family

Hello David 

Just to let you know I was very pleased with whole process of buying a house in France, Sharon has been very helpful throught the process. Your agent was very kind and helpful aswell, eveything went smoothly and easily.

I would recommand Cle France to friends and family. 

kind regards, Khaled.

Buying a house in France need not be a difficult thing to do, Khaled bought a house in Brittany with Cle France and thought the process was easy and trouble free, we wish him and his family many happy years visiting their new hoilday home in Brittany.

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Apr 24

Your agents were brilliant, really helpful and informative

Dear Sharon,

We got on really well, your estate agents were brilliant, really helpful and informative, it was a very busy visit but hopefully one of the properties should be suitable.

Kind regards, Jo.

Jo has just got back from a viewing trip to the Brittany region of France and after seeing several of our local agents she may just have found the right property, we are negotiatiing with the vendor as we speak and hope to have some good news for Jo very very soon.

Thanks Cle France

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