Today’s lesson explores the word chouette, meaning great, neat and nice as an interjection and adjective, as well as owl as a feminine noun. Chouette comes from choete and çuete in Old French, which is related to the chough bird in English.
chouette
great, neat, nice, owl
Pronunciation [ʃwɛt]
Chouette
Example sentences
This first example sentence uses the pronoun on, which means both “one” and we. The expression on y va means let’s go and tout de suite means right away or immediately.
On dîne au resto ce soir. – Chouette ! On y va tout de suite ?
We eating out tonight. – Great! Are we going right away?
This second sentence uses the masculine noun un cri, which can translate to a cry or scream, as well as a the call, cry, sound or noise of an animal.
Hier soir on a entendu le cri d’une chouette dans le jardin. Hou hou !
Yesterday we heard the sound of an owl in the yard. Hoo, hoo!
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Resource
Word of the Day archive | Lessons by David Issokson
