spring

spring

Sunday, November 30, 2014

30 november

Le éléphant is pronounced [elefɑ̃]
so even if the word looks similar it is pronounced somewhat different

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Friday, November 28, 2014

28 november

Le napperon is pronounced [naprɔ̃]
Actually is one of my favourite english words = doily. 
There is no specific word for this in swedish

Thursday, November 27, 2014

27 november

La dinde is pronounced [dε̃d]
Happy thanksgiving to everyone celebrating today!

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

26 november

Claquettes (feminin) is pronounced  [klakεt] without the piscine (pool) add on, it refers to tap-dancing!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

25 november


La corde is pronounced  [kɔrd]
It's a useful word since it refers to almost any rope, string or cord.
Like corde à sauter (jumprope)  or corde à linge (clothesline)

Monday, November 24, 2014

24 november

la télécommande is pronounced [telekɔmɑ̃d]
It is fun with words starting with télé- téléthon, télécharger, télévision, téléboutique...

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Friday, November 14, 2014

14 november


Le vin rouge what a pleasure, this particular one is chosen by a sommelier and I chose it because it had the nicest typesetting!

Thursday, November 13, 2014

13 november

Some funky mushrools for you today!
Le champginon is pronounced [ʃɑ̃piɲɔ̃]

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

11 november

le radis is pronounced  [radi] it might be the wrong season to draw this but we had some for dinner tonight.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Sunday, November 9, 2014

9 november

La cravate is pronounced  [kravat]
Today is fathers's day in Sweden, so maybe some of you received this as a gift...

Saturday, November 8, 2014

8 november

Le mouton is pronounced [mutɔ̃]
I was reading "Le petit prince" today to my kids and chapter 2 starts with: "hein! dessine-moi un mouton" 
= "hey! draw me a sheep", so of course my kids asked me to do the same...

Friday, November 7, 2014

7 november

trinquer (which is a verbe for once) is pronounced [tʁɛ̃.ke] so "chin chin" everyone TGIF!

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Monday, October 27, 2014

27 october

I am in London for a few days, maybe you will be able to tell from my drawings!

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Monday, October 20, 2014

20 october

Les ustensiles (masculin) is pronounced  [ystɑ̃sil]
and includes almost any tool in the kitchen, utensils, pots, pans, aprons, bowls etc.

Saturday, October 18, 2014

18 october

La saucisse is pronounced [sosis
When it's eaten with a bun it's called a hot dog :-) but is of course pronounced without the H

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

14 october

La feuille, is pronounced [fɶj] can refer to any type of leaf, like "une feuille de papier" a "leaf" of paper.
Or the wonderful pastry "mille-feuille"  which in english and swedish is called a "Napoleon"

Sunday, October 12, 2014

12 october

Pot-au-feu a french beef/vegetable stew, literally means pot on the fire.
Very common dish, especially in the fall/winter