Three newspaper headlines in French
16 December 2009
A quick way to build your vocabulary in French is by reading newspaper headlines. In just a few minutes, you can learn a handful of new verbs, nouns and expressions. Below are three headlines in French, with an English translation. By clicking on the links, you can read the articles in full if you want to place it all in context.
1. Le Canada se fait jouer un tour à Copenhague
A trick played on Canada (Canada gets tricked) in Copenhagen
2. L’indiscipline coule le Canadien
Lack of discipline sinks the Canadiens
3. Le Plateau* toujours enneigé
The Plateau still snowed in
You can build your French vocabulary by learning the expressions below.
jouer un tour à quelqu’un: to play a trick on someone
se faire jouer un tour: to get a trick played on oneself
couler un navire: to a sink a ship
couler quelqu’un: to discredit or bring someone down
les Canadiens (de Montréal): the (Montreal) Canadiens
le Canadien** (de Montréal): the (Montreal) Canadiens
être enneigé: to be snowed in, to be covered in snow
les routes sont enneigées: the roads are covered in snow
*Neighbourhood in Montreal
**The singular form is a nickname for the hockey team
