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The
French and their dogs
Les Français et leurs chiens
Dogs
in town
Les
chiens en ville
Doggie
problems
Toutou et ses petits problèmes
Top ten dogs by IQ
Les top ten des chiens les plus intelligents
How smart is your dog?
Déterminer le QI de ton chien
Dog vocabulary
Un lexique canin |
Dogs in France ~ Dog
vocabulary.
Here
is some vocabulary to help you write and talk about dogs.
Verbs
- aboyer
= to bark
- caliner = to pet/stroke
- sauter = to jump
- tenir (votre chien) en laisse = to have your dog on
a lead
- tirer sur la laisse = to pull on his/her lead
- faire le beau = to sit up and beg
- courir en rond = to run round in circles
- remeur la queue = to wag its tail
- lancer une balle = to throw a ball
- attraper la balle = to get the ball
- sortir le chien = to take the dog out
- creuser = to dig
- renifler = to sniff
- courir librement = to run around off lead
- mordre = to bite
- une morsure = a bite
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Nouns
- une
laisse = a lead
- un collier
= a collar
- un caniche = a poodle
- un chenil = a kennel
- un toutou = a doggy
- un chiot = a puppy (avoid the feminine of this word. It's not
polite)
- une chienne = a female dog
- une patte = paw
- la queue = tail
- un chien de berger = a sheep dog
- une écuelle = a dog bowl
- le museau = nose / muzzle
- le maître / la maîtresse = Owner (m) and (f)
- un fidèle compagnon = a faithful companion
- le meilleur ami de l'homme = man's best friend
- un race = a breed
- un propriétaire de chien = a dog owner
- un éleveur de chiens = dog breeder
- l'élevage = breeding
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| Expressions
un temps de chien = dreadful weather
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Adjectives
- canin/e = dog (adjective)
- obéissant /e = obedient
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