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Vocabulaire 8.3Vocabulaire 8.3

Français II

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Si on allait. . . ?

• How about going . . . ?

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Si on achetait. . . ?

• How about buying. . . ?

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Si on visitait. . . ?

• How about visiting. . . ?

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Si on jouait. . . ?

• How about playing. . . ?

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D’accord.

• OK.

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C’est une bonne idée.

• That’s a good idea.

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Bof.

• (expression of indifference)

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Comme tu veux.

• It’s up to you.

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Non, je préfère. . . .

• No, I prefer. . . .

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Non, je ne veux pas.

• No, I don’t want to.

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un maquis

• a popular Ivorian outdoor restaurant

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un masque

• a mask

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une mosquée

• a mosque

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un pagne

• a 2½-meter piece of Ivorian cloth used to make skirts, shirts, head wraps, or baby slings

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un panier

• a basket

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des poteries (f.)

• pottery

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un tam-tam

• an African drum

• des tam-tam• (NO –s!)

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du tissu

• some fabric, cloth

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Note culturelle (p. 235)

• Abidjan is Côte d’Ivoire’s main city, although in 1983 the political capital was officially transferred to Yamoussoukro, the birthplace of former president Félix Houphouët-Boigny.

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Note culturelle (p. 235)

• As Abidjan’s population has grown from just a few hundred thousand to over 2 million today, so has its diversity.

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Note culturelle (p. 235)

• Now you can see modern skyscrapers and European-style office buildings in the Plateau and Cocody regions as well as traditional African-style marketplaces in Treichville.

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Note culturelle (p. 235)

• Known as the “melting pot” of Africa, Abidjan is home to many people from Côte d’Ivoire’s 60 different ethnic groups.