Balades ep. 1, Quiz 21: la joue droite et la joue gauche

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Let’s continue with lesson 34. I feel like I couldn’t have this site without some classic beginner posts. This bit of dialogue fits the bill.

I love her putting on airs and speaking as her grandma. I picture someone pulling her cigarrette out of her mouth and looking down chuckling, happy to have someone doing free labor, as my grandma would have been. Except my Mamie was not French nor in Paris.

It’s good to have some shorter and more beginner posts. I feel like I’m really making progress with this project. And it feels like i am.

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What does “la joue droite et la joue gauche” mean?

“La joue droite et la joue gauche” mean “the right cheek and the left cheek” in English. It’s a way to distinguish the right and left side of the face, this phrase is often used in the context of “La bise” which is a French way of greeting where you kiss people on the cheek. In La bise, it’s more common to kiss once on the right cheek, then once on the left cheek, and then again on the right cheek. So “la joue droite et la joue gauche” is often used to explain the order of kissing on the cheeks.

Read more about “la bise” here.

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