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What do I look like |
What do I do in everyday
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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
- lows
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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.
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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
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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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- The poultry
: la volaille
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- A cock,
(américain : a
rooster) : un coq
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- You can
recognize the cock by its high
comb (crête).
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- Every morning
at
sunrise (lever du soleil), the cock crows
(faire cocorico).
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- A chicken
: un poulet
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- A hen :
une poule
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- Hens lay
eggs (to lay eggs : pondre des oeufs) and then
they
brood (couver). Then a chick comes out of
the egg.
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- A chick
: un poussin
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- A goose
(pluriel geese)
: une oie
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A duck : une cane
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A drake : un canard
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Ducklings : canetons
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| A turkey
: une dinde
A guinea fow : une pintade
We live in a henhouse
(poulailler, bâtiment)
and a chicken-run (poulailler, enclos).
Geese, ducks and
drakes are in the
pond (la mare).
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- The hen cackles
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- To cackle: caqueter
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The cock crows
To crow : faire cocorico
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Cock-a-doodle-do
Cocorico !
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