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What do I do in everyday life |
What language do I speak |
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- A cow : une vache
A calf (pluriel calves ) : un veau
- The cow gives milk.
- The farmer milks (to milk : traire) the cow with his hands or a milking machine (une trayeuse).
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- Dairy produce (les produits laitiers) is made from the cow's milk.
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- An ox (pluriel : oxen) : un boeuf
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- Oxen are bred for their flesh (Nota : The meet coming from the ox is called "beef").
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- A bull : un taureau
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- We are horned animals (bêtes à cornes).
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- Together, we constitute the cattle (le bétail), or a herd (un troupeau de bovins).
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- We often stand in a pasture (pâturage) and like grazing (to graze : brouter).
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- The cow moos or
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- To moo, to low : meugler
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| Moo ! : Meuh ! |
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- A sheep (pluriel sheep) : un mouton
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- A lamb : un agneau
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A ewe : une brebis
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- A goat : une chèvre
A billy-goat : un bouc
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- When gathered together, we sheep constitute a flock (un troupeau).
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- The flock is looked after by a shepherd (un berger).
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- I have a beautiful fleece (toison) which the shepherd shears (shear / sheared / shorn : tondre) every year.
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- With the milk the goat and the ewe give, man makes delicious cheese.
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- The sheep bleats
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- To bleat : bêler
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- Baa ! : Bêê !
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- A horse : un cheval
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- A mare : une jument
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- A colt : un poulain
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- Men like to ride on my back.
- I can be a racehorse (cheval de course) and make competitions or a draughthorse (cheval de trait) and work in a farm.
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- I live in a stable (écurie).
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- I have a thick mane (crinière).
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- An ass, a donkey : un âne
- A mule : une mule
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- The ass or donkey, or the mule are said to be stubborn (têtu).
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- The horse neighs
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- To neigh : hennir
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- To bray : braire
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- Heehaw!:Hi han!
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- A pig : un cochon (américain : a hog)
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- A sow : une truie
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- A piglet : un porcelet
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- Pigs live in a pigsty (porcherie).
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- Pigs are voracious animals.
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- The sow suckles (To suckle : allaiter) its litter of piglets (portée de porcelets).
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- The pig grunts
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- To grunt: grogner
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