30 june

La grenouille pronounced [grənuj]
What a better way to finish this years project of french words, the nickname for the french!

29 june

Le nombrilisme from nombril=navel. Here is of course the literal illustration but it really means to be ego-centric.

28 june

 Argent, who needs more of this? (same word for silver)

27 june

Le jus is pronounced [ʒy] such a funny little word

26 june

My favourite cartoon!

25 june

Un tire-bouchon. The french use this a lot....

24 june

Une grue, pronounced [gry].  I just learned this word today!

23 june

That's right le lustre [lystr] in french is actually a chandelier.
A chandelier in french is a candlestick with multiple arms.

22 june

Le cerveau pronounced [sεrvo] 

21 june

Today is "fete de la musique" an all day celebration of music in all it's forms in France.
It is celebrated in many countries nowadays but was introduced in France in 1981 by the french cultural minister.
Le xylophone will represent the instruments and music of this day an d also starts with the letter X which was handy...

20 june

Hareng it's what I've been eating a lot of today! marinated, mmmm.
The french eat it a lot, smoked and in an oily pickle.

19 june

le mât is actually mainly referring to a mast on a boat but it could also be a beam or a pole.
Since it is the swedish feast of midsummer i Sweden I have drawn a maypole, which the french call a mât as well.

18 june

un wagon-lit [vagɔ̃li] is such a fun word; half english, half french.
Ok so it's not used enormously today since less people travel by night trains.
It can also be referred to a couchette.

17 june

Le zèbre, first word on the letter z

16 june

Le tir à l'arc (verb) and the archer (like in english)

15 june

La toque is pronounced [tɔk]

14 june

La sirène is pronounced [sirεn]

13 june

La baguette magique is not a kind of wonder bread ;-)
anyhting a bit long, is referred to as a baguette, for example chopsticks, a conductor's stick...

12 june

La navire. here I have drawn a 3-mats.
I love ships, I could just spend my time in harbours, drawing ships.
Sail away into a good weekend!

11 june

"ceci n'est pas un chapeau" from Le petit Prince or from a Magritte painting...
this is a drawing of a chapeau....

10 june

I only just realised I had no illustration beginning with the letter I.
un îlot is pronounced [ilo]

9 june

La paume is pronounced  [pom]

8 june

Les cure-dents can be quite useful.

7 june

Le vélo. Today the whole family rode our bikes together, it was grand!

6 june

Today is Sweden's national day and this is a famous symbol of Sweden!

5 june

le rideau is pronounced rido

4 june

une aiguille is pronounced [egɥij] try it, I have been trying to pronounce it for 14 years...

3 june

les allumettes, here I have drawn the famous swedish brand Solstickan!

2 june

Le caneton is pronounced [kantɔ̃]

1 june

my favorite character!