1 â Our New French Puppy
Pour lâanniversaire de Benjamin, jâai dĂ©cidĂ© de lui faire un cadeau quâil souhaitait depuis un bon moment dĂ©jĂ :
Un chien !
For Benjaminâs birthday, I decided to give him a present he had wanted for a long time already: a dog!
Mais attention, pas nâimporte quel chien ! Benjamin rĂȘvait dâavoir un Akita Inu. Câest un trĂšs beau chien japonais. Peut-ĂȘtre avez-vous vu le film Hatchi ? Câest un trĂšs beau film sur lâhistoire de cette race. Alors jâai cherchĂ© et cherchĂ© encore un Ă©leveur proche de nous.
But, not just any dog! Benjamin dreamed of having an Akita Inu. Itâs a gorgeous Japanese dog. Maybe youâve seen the movie Hatchi? Itâs a very beautiful movie about this breedâs history. So I searched and searched again for a breeder near us.
2 â Calling the Puppy Breeder
AprĂšs avoir trouvĂ© une annonce sur internet, jâai tĂ©lĂ©phonĂ© :
â « Bonjour, excusez-moi de vous dĂ©ranger, jâai vu votre annonce sur internet et je voulais savoir sâil vous restait un chiot de disponible ? »
â « Il mâen reste effectivement un ! Câest un mĂąle et il est roux et blanc ! »
â « Super ! Serait-il possible de venir le voir ? »
â « Bien sĂ»r ! »
After finding an ad on the internet, I called:
â âHello, excuse me for disturbing you, I saw your ad on the internet and I wanted to know if you still had a puppy available?â
â âI still have one left! Itâs a male and he is red and white!â
â âGreat! Would it be possible to come to see him?â
â âOf course!â
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 â 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 nâa pas fallu longtemps pour quâon tombe amoureux de sa jolie petite frimousse ! Il a couru vers nous et a tout de suite commencĂ© Ă jouer avec nous ! Alors câĂ©tait 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 didnât 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 â Shopping for our Puppy
Mais nous nâavions rien pour lâaccueillir ! Alors une sortie shopping sâimposait !
But we had nothing to welcome him! So a shopping spree was needed!
Et il a Ă©tĂ© gĂątĂ© ce petit ! Nous nâavons pas fait les choses Ă moitiĂ© !
And he was spoiled this little one! We didnât do things halfway!
Nous lui avons achetĂ© une carpette, un tapis, une laisse, et une grande quantitĂ© de jouets. Nous voulions ĂȘtre sĂ»rs quâil ne sâen prenne pas Ă nos meubles ahah ! Câest bien connu, les bĂ©bĂ©s nâen font quâĂ leur tĂȘte !
We bought him a rug, a carpet, a leash, and a lot of toys. We wanted to make sure he didnât chew our furniture ahah! Itâs well known, babies have a mind of their own!
5 â Naming our French Puppy
Mais nous nous sommes rendu compte quâil 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 canât get in a store. A name!
HĂ© oui, nous nâavions pas pensĂ© au nom du chiot ! Et ça a Ă©tĂ© trĂšs difficile de se dĂ©cider ! Benjamin et moi nâĂ©tions pas dâaccord sur tout ! Et pour ajouter un peu de difficultĂ©, lâannĂ©e 2018 est lâannĂ©e des O ! Il fallait donc choisir un nom qui commence par un O.
Yeah, we didnât think about a name for the puppy! And it was very difficult to decide! Benjamin and I didnât 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 â if your dog is not pure breed or if you donât care about obtaining a pedigree, then you are free to name your dog how you wishâŠ] And here is a link to French pet names
Benjamin souhaitait absolument que notre chiot ait un nom japonais dans la mesure oĂč il sâagit dâun chien japonais.
Benjamin absolutely wanted our puppy to have a Japanese name as itâs a Japanese dog.
Alors il a proposĂ© le nom Ăkami qui signifie loup en japonais. Et câĂ©tait dĂ©cidĂ© !
So he suggested the name OÌkami which means wolf in Japanese. And it was decided!
Je vous prĂ©sente donc Ăkami : 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: OÌkami: the new arrival! If you come for a French immersion residential stay at my house, youâll meet him. Youâll see, heâs 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.
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