I love to listen to French being spoken! I love all those impossible sounding vowels. I love all those silent letters at the ends of words . . . How does one ever learn to speak such a lyric language? Moreover, how can anyone learn to read it? Are all Zs silent or just the one in Rendezvous? and what about -et? Chevrolet, ballet, buffet, crochet, croquette, beret, Met Det (just kidding: May Day!)
Ah, but here we are:
Frère Jacques, frère Jacques,
Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?
Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines!
Din, dan, don. Din, dan, don.
Hummm. . . . when My Little Bees and I sing this in a round, would a French speaking person even recognize the song? Perhaps not, but we love it anyway!
AND . . . have you ever heard a round played by Tone Bells? I'm sure we did an Excellent Job of playing Scotland's Burning this morning! Oh, the joy of sharing joy with Little Bees! Thank you, parents, for sharing with me.
So! I was in Germany this summer riding a train between Munich and the airport! There was a grandmother and her three little granddaughters in the seat in front of us chattering away in German. ALL OF THE SUDDEN! . . . . the Oma (that's G-ma in German) started singing Frere Jaques to her little kinders! Awesome! Even German grammas sing French songs to their grandkids.
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