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Hello everybody! I hope you are doing well.
I wish you a happy 2010, and yes, we are already in 2010.
I'm sure that in all your offices, there must be this typical Japanese decoration.
In France, what could we use? Do you know?
Of course, in January we take down the Christmas decorations, but there is also something else.
We will talk about this next in the Season Talk.
I hope that you have good resolutions for your French studies this year.
So, in this month of January, I would like to introduce to you la galette des Rois (Kings' cake).
Have you already heard about this cake?
It's a cake that in general we eat around the time of the Epiphany, which takes place the 6th of January.
We often eat it with our family or friends on the weekend and particularly on the Sunday.
It's a cake made of puff pastry and filled with almond paste, which we call frangipane.
So, I would like to explain to you a little bit about the way to eat this cake.
In general, we cut it into several pieces and the youngest person in the family goes under the table and 'draws the kings'.
Inside this cake, there is a fève (literally bean, but in this case, it can be a toy or trinket), this little thing,
and the person who gets the fève in their portion becomes the king and puts on this golden cardboard crown.
The person who becomes the king can choose his queen.
In general we pick someone we like a lot and the two of us are happy,
because we are the king and queen for the day.
Voilà! Today I introduced the kings' cake to you.
So, in the culture corner about France, I will introduce to you chifoumi (rock, paper, scissors).
Do you know chifoumi?
All right, I'll do it for you.
Pierre, ciseaux, feuille, puits. (Rock, scissors, leaf, well.)
And yes! You have recognized it. Chifoumi is the French rock, paper, scissors.
Of course as a Japanese person, you have surely played many times.
However, chifoumi has one little distinctive feature.
And yes, there are not three elements, but four elements.
La pierre, le ciseau, la feuille et le puits. (Rock, scissors, leaf and well.)
The well, do you know what the well is?
The well is the place where we used to go to get water.
So, I will explain the rule concerning the well to you.
The well beats the rock and the scissors, because both of them fall into the well.
However, the leaf rests that lies on top of the well wins and the well loses.
There you have it! You now know the rules for the French rock, paper, scissors.
So I hope that you will go and play it with your French friends.
One more time.
Pierre, ciseaux, feuille, puits, voilà! (Rock, scissors, leaf, well, voilà!)
Today I introduced to you chifoumi, that is to say rock, paper, scissors in French.
That's it! That's all for today.
I hope that this video interested you, that you learned a lot of new things.
As for me, all that's left is for me to wish you a happy 2010,
while hoping that all your resolutions are realized.
Good luck with you French studies and I'll see you in the new podcast!