Our New Puppy – French Story & Translation

Author: Eliane

We just got a new puppy! Learn about the French puppy vocabulary in context with my free French story using simple French with an English translation.

1 – Our New French Puppy

Pour l’anniversaire de Benjamin, j’ai dĂ©cidĂ© de lui faire un cadeau qu’il souhaitait depuis un bon moment dĂ©jĂ  :
Un chien !

For Benjamin’s birthday, I decided to give him a present he had wanted for a long time already: a dog!

Mais attention, pas n’importe quel chien ! Benjamin rĂȘvait d’avoir un Akita Inu. C’est un trĂšs beau chien japonais. Peut-ĂȘtre avez-vous vu le film Hatchi ? C’est un trĂšs beau film sur l’histoire de cette race. Alors j’ai cherchĂ© et cherchĂ© encore un Ă©leveur proche de nous.

But, not just any dog! Benjamin dreamed of having an Akita Inu. It’s a gorgeous Japanese dog. Maybe you’ve seen the movie Hatchi? It’s a very beautiful movie about this breed’s history. So I searched and searched again for a breeder near us.

2 – Calling the Puppy Breeder

AprĂšs avoir trouvĂ© une annonce sur internet, j’ai tĂ©lĂ©phonĂ© :

– « Bonjour, excusez-moi de vous dĂ©ranger, j’ai vu votre annonce sur internet et je voulais savoir s’il vous restait un chiot de disponible ? »
– « Il m’en reste effectivement un ! C’est un mĂąle et il est roux et blanc ! »
– « Super ! Serait-il possible de venir le voir ? »
– « Bien sĂ»r ! »

After finding an ad on the internet, I called:

– “Hello, excuse me for disturbing you, I saw your ad on the internet and I wanted to know if you still had a puppy available?”
– “I still have one left! It’s a male and he is red and white!”
– “Great! Would it be possible to come to see him?”
– “Of course!”

Nous avons alors pris un rendez-vous afin que Benjamin puisse voir son futur petit chiot !

Then, we made an appointment so that Benjamin could see his future puppy!

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3 – Meeting our Puppy

Le jour-J, nous sommes allĂ©s ensemble, Benjamin et moi, voir une premiĂšre fois le bĂ©bĂ© afin de prendre notre dĂ©cision finale. Mais il n’a pas fallu longtemps pour qu’on tombe amoureux de sa jolie petite frimousse ! Il a couru vers nous et a tout de suite commencĂ© Ă  jouer avec nous ! Alors c’était dĂ©cidĂ© ! Nous le prenions !

On that said day, we went together, Benjamin and I, to see the baby for the first time in order to make our final decision. But it didn’t take long to fall in love with his pretty little face! He ran towards us and immediately started playing with us! It was decided! We were going to adopt it!

4 – Shopping for our Puppy

Mais nous n’avions rien pour l’accueillir ! Alors une sortie shopping s’imposait !

But we had nothing to welcome him! So a shopping spree was needed!

Et il a Ă©tĂ© gĂątĂ© ce petit ! Nous n’avons pas fait les choses Ă  moitiĂ© !

And he was spoiled this little one! We didn’t do things halfway!

Nous lui avons achetĂ© une carpette, un tapis, une laisse, et une grande quantitĂ© de jouets. Nous voulions ĂȘtre sĂ»rs qu’il ne s’en prenne pas Ă  nos meubles ahah ! C’est bien connu, les bĂ©bĂ©s n’en font qu’à leur tĂȘte !

We bought him a rug, a carpet, a leash, and a lot of toys. We wanted to make sure he didn’t chew our furniture ahah! It’s well known, babies have a mind of their own!

5 – Naming our French Puppy

Mais nous nous sommes rendu compte qu’il nous manquait une chose essentielle ! Une chose qui ne se trouve pas dans un magasin. Un nom !

But we realized that we were missing an essential thing! A thing that you can’t get in a store. A name!

HĂ© oui, nous n’avions pas pensĂ© au nom du chiot ! Et ça a Ă©tĂ© trĂšs difficile de se dĂ©cider ! Benjamin et moi n’étions pas d’accord sur tout ! Et pour ajouter un peu de difficultĂ©, l’annĂ©e 2018 est l’annĂ©e des O ! Il fallait donc choisir un nom qui commence par un O.

Yeah, we didn’t think about a name for the puppy! And it was very difficult to decide! Benjamin and I didn’t agree on everything! And to add a little difficulty, 2018 is the year of O! So we had to choose a name that starts with an O [note, in France, in order to define pure breed dogs and obtain an official pedigree, the names have to follow a convention and start with a specific letter each year – if your dog is not pure breed or if you don’t care about obtaining a pedigree, then you are free to name your dog how you wish
] And here is a link to French pet names

Benjamin souhaitait absolument que notre chiot ait un nom japonais dans la mesure oĂč il s’agit d’un chien japonais.

Benjamin absolutely wanted our puppy to have a Japanese name as it’s a Japanese dog.

Alors il a proposĂ© le nom Ôkami qui signifie loup en japonais. Et c’était dĂ©cidĂ© !

So he suggested the name Ôkami which means wolf in Japanese. And it was decided!

Je vous prĂ©sente donc Ôkami : le nouveau venu ! Si vous venez en immersion de français chez moi, vous le rencontrerez. Vous allez voir, il est trop mignon !

So, I present to you: Ôkami: the new arrival! If you come for a French immersion residential stay at my house, you’ll meet him. You’ll see, he’s adorable!

And now, for a Fun French practice, here is Camille video where she plays Minecraft in French. In this video, she breeds dogs, gets a puppy, and trains them! You can turn on the CC for French and English subtitles.

Author: Eliane

Eliane

Bonjour, my name is Eliane and I'd love to welcome you for a French immersion homestay near Carcassone.

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