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The Prize
You could win a trip for two to a Canadian destination of your choice. The prize includes transportation provided by Air Canada and $2000 spending money.
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The French expressions parler en grandeur and parler à la grandeur are Acadianisms, that is, expressions used in Acadian French.
What do these expressions mean?
- a)to use fancy words
- b)to talk non-stop
- c)to use your hands while talking
Apples are both delicious and featured in many delightful French expressions.
What does the expression chanter la pomme à quelqu’un mean?
- a)to reprimand someone
- b)to blackmail someone
- c)to court someone
In Canada, the French word nanane appears in many expressions, including c’est du nanane, enfant de nanane and rose nanane.
What does enfant de nanane refer to?
- a)a badly behaved child
- b)a child who has eaten too much candy
- c)a well behaved child
In Canadian French, the reflexive verb s’épivarder has several meanings, including “to get some air, to have fun outdoors, to stretch your legs.”
Conjugate the verb s’épivarder in the following sentence. Nous nous ______ sur les pistes de ski avant qu’il se mette à faire trop froid.
- a)serons épivardé
- b)serons épivardés
- c)seront épivardé
The French word broue is an informal but well established Canadianism that refers to the foam that forms on certain liquids.
What does the expression avoir de la broue dans le toupet mean?
- a)to have a lot to do in a short amount of time
- b)to have the wind in your hair
- c)to be bold or audacious
The contest questions were prepared by the Language Portal of Canada, an initiative of Public Services and Procurement Canada’s Translation Bureau.
