Rings and Things.....

Welcome back to the blog!  As  we haven't seen each other since June, our lesson was spent mostly on a good 'catch up'. So this post will pick up on some of the vocabulary which we covered.

une bague  = ring (any kind of ring worn on finger)
un anneau  = any plain circular band (finger ring, curtain ring etc)
(plural = anneaux)

A ring exchanged by a couple at a marriage or civil ceremony is sometimes referred to as  "une alliance"

Do not confuse un anneau (ring) with un agneau (lamb)  

un agneau

But I digress. Back to the ring theme......

All of the following can be described as, une bague:

                     

 

All of the following can be described as, un anneau:



des anneaux ou des alliances



So we have the book, Le Seigneur des Anneaux par J.R.R. Tolkein

le seigneur = lord

des anneaux de rideau

  un rideau = curtain (plural = les rideaux)

un anneau taureau

 un taureau = bull (plural = les taureaux) 

Like the star sign 'taurus'

With regard to plurals, can you see a pattern here?

Now you know that any French word ending in 'eau' is pluralised with an 'x' 

Exemples:

l'eau / les eaux                 = water / waters

un gâteau / les gâteaux    = cake / cakes

un anneau / les anneaux   = ring / rings

un rideau / les rideaux       = curtain / curtains

un taureau / les taureaux  = bull / bulls

un agneau / les agneaux    = lamb / lambs

Just to finish off the 'anneau' theme.....

Voici les anneaux olympiques

Which segues very nicely into my next post. Coming soon, look out for the next post, where it's all about the Olympics!