How do you Say Bastille Day in French?
Let’s begin by a mistake I hear too usually.
“Bastille Day” known as in a different way in French!
In France, in the event you translated actually “Bastille Day” into “le jour de la Bastille”, individuals can be dumbfounded.
They might not even perceive what you imply.
In France, we by no means converse of “Bastille Day”.
So how do you say Bastille Day in French?
How do you Say Bastille Day in French?
The title of France nationwide day is both:
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Now let’s see extra Bastille day associated French phrases.
Bastille Day French Vocabulary
- Le quatorze juillet – le katorze jwee yeah
- La Fête Nationale – Nationwide day
- Joyeux 14 juillet – have nationwide day
- Bonne fête nationale – have nationwide day
- Une parade, un défilé – a parade
- Un feu d’artifice – firework (usually used within the plural)
- Un drapeau – a flag
- La Marseillaise – French nationwide anthem
- Vive la France – Hurray for France
- Un bal populaire – a danse
- Un live performance – a live performance
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French Fireworks Vocabulary
- Un feu d’artifice – firework (usually used within the plural)
- Une fusée – bottle rocket
- Une fontaine – a fountain
- Une chandelle romaine – Roman candle
- Un volcan – volcano
- Un mortier – mortar
- Une comète – a comet
- Un pétard – firecracker
- La poudre – powder
- La mèche – the wick
- Oh la belle rouge / bleue – what individuals shout throughout fireworks “oh the gorgeous crimson / blue…”
- Le bouquet last – the grand finale
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How do you say: “What do you do on Bastille Day?” in French?
To ask a French good friend what his plan is for Bastille day, ask:
– “qu’est-ce que tu fais pour le 14 juillet ?” (le katorz jwee yeah).
– What do you do on July 14th ?
What Was La Bastille?
La Bastille was a medieval fort and the previous principal jail of Paris. Throughout the French revolution, on July 14th 1789, it was taken by the revolutionary troops and have become the image of the French revolution. It stays the day we have a good time because the image of the individuals’s revolution.
Bastille Day French Parades
After all, there are a lot of army parades on Bastille Day throughout France.
After I was little, we lived in Paris. Sooner or later, I noticed many large army planes fly over our condominium constructing. I used to be so scared! I had completely forgotten it was Bastille Day!
Bastille Day Army Parade French Follow
And now, let’s apply our French somewhat 🙂
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Un grand défilé militaire est organisé à Paris sur les Champs Elysées. Le défilé militaire à Paris a eu lieu chaque année depuis 1880, sauf pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. C’est un grand spectacle auquel assistent des milliers de gens.
An enormous army parade is organised in Paris on les Champs Elysées. The Paris army parade has been going down since 1880, besides throughout WW2. It’s an enormous present which 1000’s of individuals attend.
Des hommes et des femmes de différentes unités, y compris les cadets des écoles militaires, la marine française et la Légion étrangère française, participent à la parade. Le défilé se termine par la brigade de pompiers de Paris.
Women and men from completely different models, together with army college cadets, the French sea pressure, the international legion participate within the parade. The parade finishes with the Paris hearth brigade.
Des avions militaires survolent le parcours du défilé lors de la parade. Le président français ouvre le défilé et passe en revue les troupes.
Army planes fly over the parade course. The French president opens the parade and inspects the troops.
Our Secret Spot to Paris’ Fireworks
At night time fall, all the key cities of France, and even the smaller villages, ship out fireworks.
There may be after all historically a tremendous firework in Paris, round 10h30, by the Eiffel Tower. Must you determine to attend, you gained’t be the one one… About one million Parisians present up… Listed here are your choices:
Camp out on le Champs de Mars all day
You might be hardcore and arrive on the Champs de Mars or Trocadéro round 10AM together with your picnic blanket, a number of baguettes, a bunch of shut pals/household and 2-3 bottles of wine…per particular person (Keep in mind you could drink in public in France 🙂
You then proceed on both having the most effective picnic day of your life or spend 12 hours guarding your treasured spot towards 900,000 Parisians attempting to outsmart you…
The Sacré-Coeur View of the Bastille Day Fireworks
You might be softcore and arrive at La Basilique du Sacré Coeur in Montmartre round 6PM with a jacket, one sandwich and… 1 bottle of wine per particular person.
You’ve principally gained again 8 hours of your life however traded it with seeing the fireworks from greater than 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away.
You’ll nonetheless must battle for an honest spot but it surely’ll be an incredible expertise too (though comparatively very quiet since you’ll not hear any of the explosions).
(Word, in each A & B, you’ll must battle your means again residence in le métro with 1 to 2 million different “very disciplined” Parisians so take into consideration that half too 🙂
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Our Secret to get a Nice View on the Paris’ Fireworks
You might be like Camille and I who should not have the braveness nor stamina to attend in a single spot for greater than 17 minutes.
So that you hearken to your sister-in-law who has lived all her life in Paris telling you, in that very Parisian smart-ass tone: “Tu sais, dans ‘Montparnasse’, il y a le mot ‘Mont’ (within the phrase “Montparnasse”, there may be the phrase “Mount” or “hill”)”…
You then proceed on strolling to the Montparnasse neighborhood, extra exactly the nook of Boulevard Vaugirard and Boulevard Pasteur (map) and discover a place for dinner (on the lookout for one thing completely different, we selected an Italian place and ate a greater than appropriate prosciutto and arugula pizza).
After dinner and fewer than 20 minutes earlier than the firework begins, you casually stroll round somewhat to search for a spot.
One of the best factor about Boulevard Pasteur is that the road could be very straight and goes downhill so irrespective of the place on the road you stand (between Place de Catalogne and Métro Pasteur), you’ll have a really respectable view of the Eiffel Tower’s prime 2 thirds.
Now, don’t get me incorrect, you’ll not really feel such as you landed on a abandoned island or in a French grocery store on Sunday afternoon!
Nonetheless, you’ll solely be coping with 4 to five thousand individuals…That’s much more manageable even for yours actually. And because you’ll even be lower than 2 km away from the motion, you’ll get to listen to the explosions too which undoubtedly provides to the enjoyable.
Seeing the fireworks in Paris this manner was actually superb contemplating the small period of time we needed to wait round.
What do French Individuals do on Bastille Day?
Let’s apply our French a bit extra right here:
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Cette année 2020, avec la crise sanitaire, je ne sais pas vraiment ce qui va se passer ! Mais voici ce que les Français font typiquement pour la fête nationale.
This yr 2020 with the sanitary disaster, I don’t actually know what’s going to occur! However here’s what the French usually do for Bastille Day.
Le 14 juillet, les Français regardent souvent la parade à la télévision le matin, et puis après se retrouvent pour un déjeuner entre amis ou en famille, peut être un barbecue ou un pique-nique au bord de l’eau ou dans un parc de la ville. Si vous allez au restaurant, il vaut mieux réserver ce jour-là ! Certaines villes organisent des repas communautaires.
On Bastille day, the French usually watch the parade on TV within the morning, after which they meet up for a dinner amongst pals or household, possibly even a barbecue or a picnic by the water or in a metropolis park. If you happen to go to a restaurant, you higher e book on that day! Some cities set up metropolis meals.
Le soir, les Français vont voir un feu d’artifice et vont après danser au “bal populaire” qui est très souvent organisé par les villages. Les Français aiment bien danser ! Les villages organisent aussi quelquefois des compétitions de boules, des jeux pour les enfants, quand il n’y a pas de fête foraine dans les environ !
Within the night, the French watch fireworks after which go dancing in a “common ball” which is usually organized by villages. French individuals love to bop! Villages additionally typically set up French bowling competitions, video games for youngsters, when there are not any enjoyable festivals round!
À Paris, il y a un grand live performance sur le Champs-de-Mars : Bob Sinclar, l’orchestre nationwide de France, Johnny Vacation… Les Parisiens y vont très nombreux…
In Paris, there’s a large live performance on the Champs-de-Mars (below the Eiffel Tower): Bob Sinclar, The French nationwide orchestra, Johnny Vacation… French individuals attend in mass.
All the pieces is Closed in France on Bastille Day
Bastille day is a nationwide vacation in France so after all, postal workplaces, museums, banks and most retailers are closed.
Eating places and coffees outdoors of essentially the most touristic areas could also be closed as effectively. Nonetheless, bakeries and a few Parisian retailers, in addition to retailers in airports and practice stations or alongside the key roads could also be open.
Schedules of public transportation may additionally range.
In main cities (Paris particularly), main roads might be closed for parades and different occasions. Relying on the dimensions of town, this could be a main inconvenience throughout a number of days: I invite you to learn Olivier’s article “suppose twice about visiting Paris round Bastille Day“!
Search for Particular Bastille Day Celebrations in Your Native Newspapers or Your City’s Web site
Even in the event you don’t stay in France, there may be most likely one thing organized for Bastille day not too removed from you: it might be one thing official that you simply’ll discover in your city’s newspaper or web site, or one thing performed privately by a French college, restaurant or store… So open your eyes and ask round.
Joyeux 14 juillet à tous!
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