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Hi Alex, 

I am always looking and know you have hundreds of properties. It's every so often one just stands out but they are usually too expensive for us, even though they are miles cheaper than in the UK. Your information is very hepful and gives us some idea of outgoings. I will probably be in touch again soon.   

Many thanks, Pauline.

A few weeks ago we talked about the colour Green and the many shades there are to help you describe things in French, we called it "Fifty Shades of Green" but today we look at Pink so let us call this blog La Vie en rose!

Image courtesy of Krystal Blck on Pinterest.

This week’s post’s title comes from a very famous song by French songstress Edith Piaf. This song has known international success – I would say in part to its catchy chorus. I chose the title because we’re going to continue with colorful expressions. Last time, we looked at le vert, and this time, we’re going to study expressions and shades of le rose (pink) — not to be confused with la rose, the flower by the same name. Let’s study a few expressions with this word.

We’ll start with the title of the post. La vie en rose has been translated as “life through rose-tinted glasses.” Still doesn’t help much with the meaning, does it? To see things rose simply means you see the bright side of things! It’s a wonderful viewpoint to have, but for some, tout n’est pas rose (not everything is pink). This just means that things aren’t looking up for you. You could also translate it with the flower’s name in it: it’s not a bed or roses.

Le rose has a very feminine and floral idea behind it, and this extends to scent, too. Can you guess what ne pas sentir la rose means? It’s a familiar way of saying something smells horrible or rotten.

Do you practice a healthy lifestyle and work out? Besides all the added health benefits, you get to be compared to a flower in French. Quelle chance (what luck)! Etre frais comme une rose means to be as fit as a fiddle! A bit of a difference in the English counterpart, but the idea behind it is the same. Part of being fit means eating well, but attention: ne mangez pas trop de carrotes (be careful: don’t eat too many carrots)! Why not? Vous auriez les fesses roses (you’ll have pink buttcheeks)!

In English, boys are born “with snips and snails and puppy dog tails,” while girls are made of “sugar and spice and everything nice.” Well, I like dogs, so I won’t take offense to this.

But French kids have it a little different: Les filles naissent dans les roses et les garçons dans les choux (girls are born among the roses, and boys are born among the cabbages). Again, no offense taken. I like cabbage.

Un carnet rose is a list of celebrities (les people) who have recently given birth.

Vous aimez boire (do you like to drink)? If someone drinks to the point of hallucinations, they’re said to see les éléphants roses. Want to find them? Maybe you can see them in la ville rose, the nickname of Toulouse. It has this name because of the colours of the bricks on the buildings.

Vous aimez lire (do you like to read)? Are you fans of sappy love stories? If so, you’re a fan of les roman à l’eau de rose. If something is à l’eau de rose, it means that it is sentimental.

Le rose also has a sexual connotation both in terms of anatomy and its use as an adjective to show that something is sexual.

Below you will find 12 shades of pink and their English counterparts.

rose - pink

cuisse de nymhe - literally “thigh of a nymph,” but this is referring to the color of Alba roses

rose bonbon - candy pink

rose corail - coral pink

magenta - magenta

rose tendre - baby pink

vieux rose - old pink

fuchsia - fuchsia

rose dragée - pastel pink

rose vif / rose fluo - hot pink

rose saumon - salmon pink

incarnadin - incarnadine

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

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

If you like a bargain then you will like this house we have for sale in Brittany, click on the image to go to the listing for even more details, we will get a lot of interest on this property so will not be answering any questions as the listing has all the information detailed so if you would like to book a viewing then simply click or call and we will arrange it.

Be advised you will need to hurry as this property will no doubt sell very quickly.

Here we have a stunning 3 BEDROOMS / 2 BATHROOMS Property with beautiful private rear gardens and a pasture attached of approx. 6129m2.

Property ref: AZQ00171 only 53,500 euros FAI.

The first 2 images of the house are from a few years ago to show you how nice it could be again - the rest of the photos we took on Sunday 5th March so you can see the house is habitable but does need some work / TLC to bring it back to its former glory but the house is perfectly habitable. The property will need some DIY and re-painting but no major works.

This Property should not be overlooked and we advise you book a viewing as soon as possible all the information we have on this house is on this listing and we suggest you only contact us to arrange a viewing as this house will sell very quicly indeed.

Entry via a gate to the rear of the property where there is a tiled patio and two lots of double doors.

The main entrance into the glass conservatory with double patio doors to the rustic fitted kitchen. Form here, the lounge with its feature fireplace. rustic tiled throughout the ground floor leads from the hallway into another little lounge with wood burner, this could be the third bedroom, this room has patio doors onto the open terrace and rear gardens. There is a lovely little bathroom, very charming with bathtub, WC and wash hand basin also on this ground floor.

From the hallway, a wooden stairway to 2 further double bedrooms with dormer windows, one bedroom has an en-suite shower room, with WC, shower and wash hand basin.

There is a large level field attached with an entry to drive the car into where there is a detached garage.

The fosse/drainage system may need updating to bring it up to current regulations.

With some TLC this property could be once again a very pretty detached home.

Cle France are French Estate agents with agents across France in most regions and with over 8000 houses for sale in all price brackets and in all styles to suit everyone. This bi-lingual service will help you find the right property for you with the minimum of fuss.

NO HIDDEN FEES: The price you pay is the same as anyone walking through the door of our agency in France, same as the price paid by the French buyer.

All quoted prices are INCLUSIVE OF AGENCY FEES (FAI): with Notaire's fees to be added (these average 7% to 8%).

OUR AGENTS: are all registered and insured in France, they are holders of the 'carte professionnelle'as required by French law.

So when you buy through Clé France: you have the benefit of a bi-lingual support team & can be confident that you are paying no more than the standard commission rates you would pay anyway.

CONTACT US: to discuss your search for property in France, or indeed for any further information you may require on French property sales.

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

Cle France were very helpful in setting up our estate agency appointment for us in November 2014, which eventually led to us buying a second home in the south of France. The team was very good at keeping in touch and following up on any queries that we had. We would be happy to recommend Cle France to fellow property hunters!

Jane and Rod Wilson.

Who said the market is slow? it isn't if the property has been valued by us, locally, for the local market! we don't value property for the international market we value our property for the local market AND THEN we bring it to YOU! Jane and Rod bought their house with Cle France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of South West France.

Bonsoir Sharon and David,

This, we think, could only happen to us in France.....

We went to the market on Wednesday as there is a wonderful apple stall that sells apples that the supermarkets have never heard of and would reject on 'lack of size conformity'... but 5 euros gets 5kgs of 'pick and mix.

Anyway - before we bought the apples - bearing in mind age and infirmity and 5kgs of apples to carry is heavy - we went to the bank to get some cash to buy more wood for chauffage, then walked back through 'death alley' the locals pick and mix of large and healthy rabbits, chickens, ducks, eggs, walnuts etc. and my sister spotted two lovely muscovy ducks to the left and to the right my sister spotted 2 puppies in a crate with mummy tied to the towbar and drooling at rabbits inches away.

I think the Americans call it 'serendipidy' - we dont normally walk through that bit of the market, we never have ample cash on us, we would never ever buy a puppy like that but we did! We managed the 5kgs of apples but the wood has to wait a while.

Puppy is an absolute superstar - always asks to go out, sits on command and is a lovely black and white Breton Spaniel. And being France, is tattooed and registered, and also wormed, first injection and has so obviously been love and handled and our labrador adores him

I cannot ever imagine buying a puppy in the market like that in UK - rescue/fostered - yes - but out of the back of a car? in a market? NO - never not us.

Strange the ways that one does things differently in France - Vive la difference!.

Linda.

Buying a renovation project in France can be exciting and Linda is enjoying owning a house in deepest Lower Normandy, she seem to be enjoying herself perhaps too much but we hope the addition to the clan works out well.

Nice doggy!

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