french culture (ch.3-4)

close at noon for lunch break and reopen at 2PM and stay open until 7 or 8 PM

tradition for smaller, usually independently owned stores in france (opening hours)

la journée continue

current trend (especially in big cities) to stay open all day, including during lucnhtime

le repos dominical

tradition for retail and food stores (large and small) to open 6 days a week and close on sunday

70%

nearly ___ of all salaried employees benefit from this “day of rest” and never work on sunday

passage of a 2015 law

why are many retail and food stores choosing to remain open longer at night during the week and open for at least part of the day on sunday

open at 7 until 11PM or later

most restaurants don’t open until ____ but remain open until ____

club sportifs

club sports

associations sportives

composed of official members called licenciés

le foot (soccer)

most popular team sport in France

2M

roughly ___ french people are members of a soccer club or association

tripled

in the last 10 years, the number of female soccer club members has _____

1990 and 2018

l’equipe de france (the national team) won the world cup (la coupe du monde) in these years

le tennis and le cyclisme

two individual sports that are also very popular in france

le tour de france

one of the world’s most prestigious cycling competitions (happens every summer)

roland-garros

french open

le basket(ball)

another popular team sport in france

le pétanque

a form of lawn bowling similar to italian bocce (has 300,000 members); of french origin

le handball

originated in germany but is quite popular in france (500,000 club members and rising)

aux antilles temperatures

constant 85-89 degrees F year round

aux antilles

composed of the islands of martinique and guadeploupe

beaches and beachtowns in aux antilles

les anses-d’arlet in martinique, la plage de grande anse in guadeloupe

l’anse

refers to the many shallow-water coves that dot the coast-line; perfect for a swim in the sea (un bain de mar), sunbathing (un bain de soleil), fishing (faire de la pêche), and coral reef snorkeling (faire de la plongée libre)

sentiers de randonnée

the three different hiking trails on the northern side of martinique that lead to the summit of la montagne pelée

la montagne pelée

meaning skinned or bald, an active volcano that rises 4500 ft. above sea level

france and pets

france is a very pet friendly country

22.5 M

population of domestic cats and dogs in france

colette

great writer and member of l’academie française, wrote Dialogue de bêtes in 1904, where she captures the thoughts of her cat, kiki-la-doucette and her bulldog, toby-chien

trente millions d’amies

french TV show that aired in 1976 about pets and their stories; one of the longest running TV shows in france

supermarkets

dogs are no longer welcome in ___________ but are still welcome in many bars and restaurants

le cemetière des chiens

the world’s oldest pet cemetery just outside of paris

may 2013

when was same-sex marriage legalized in france

9th

france was the _____ european country to officially sanction same-sex marriage unions

marriage pour tous

marriage for all debate

pacte civil de solidarité (un pacs)

civil union that both same-sex and opposite sex couples can enter into

adoption rights or automatic inheritance rights

a couple in this enjoys amny of the same advantages of being married, but do not have ______________________

1999

pacsé is a legal form of a union approved by French parliament in ______

pacs over time

over the last 20 years, 2M people have been joined together in a pacs and it remains popular today (about 200,000) per year, although less so than marriage, especially for young hetero couples

ten most common last names in france

1. martin

2. bernard

3. thomas

4. petit

5. robert

6. richard

7. durand

8. dubois

9. moreau

10. laurent

how to refer to a family by last time

les is used before the name, but an s is not added to the name itself (e.g. les martin)

4.5 to 4.7

in french-speaking west african countries such as le sénégal, la côte d’ivoire and le bénin, the birth ranges from ____ to ____ children per mother vs. 1.8 children per mother in france

pandemic and birth rate

following this, all 3 countries (le sénégal, la côte d’ivoire, and le bénin) experienced a decline in births

une famille nombreuse

large family; in african societies, being part of a large family is more common than in european and north american societies

extended family model (la famille élargie)

common in west african societies, rather than the nuclear family model, in which parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins regularly see each other because they live in the same village and sometimes live together in the same family compound of buildings set around a common courtyard

young west africans

seeking a modern education and better wages often have to relocate on their on to a major urban center within their country or even study and work abroad

individualism in west african societies

NOT common, young people often send back whatever money they have to their family; family first and foremost

nos ancêtres les gaulois

famous expression, popularized in the 19th century literature and history tectbooks, taught french children tha tthe ancestors of the french were les gaulois, from le gaule

le gaule

a territory that covered much of present-day france and was conquered and colonzied by the romans starting in 52 BCE

les francs

migrated to the north of la gaule in the 5th century CE and gave their name to the modern country

3 major waves of immigrés

came to france in the 19th and 20th centuries in search of work and a higher standard of living

1st wave of immigrés

from neighboring countries such as italy, spain, and belgium

2nd wave of immigrés

from poland and italy after wwi

3rd wave of immigrés

after wwii from portugal and many of france’s former colonies and protectorates in le maghreb (algeria, morocco, tunisia), sub-saharan africa, and vietnam

legend

nos ancêstres les gaulois is more of a cherished historical _________ than an accurate description of the ancestry of modern-day france’s 68.1M citizens