Daughters of the King (Comple...

By Purplejeans

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{WATTYS 2020 WINNER} {FEATURED BOOK} Paris, 1663. 500 girls selected by King Louis XIV embark on a journey ac... More

Epigraph
Map of New France
Introduction
01 | Departure
02 | Future Husband
03 | Storm
04 | Jacques
05 | Charme
06 | A Good Wife
07 | Arrival
08 | Courtships
09 | The King's Physician
10 | Strangers to Love
11 | Wedding Bells
12 | Chains
13 | Newlyweds
14 | La RΓ©bellion
15 | Alouette
16 | DΓ©sirer
17 | Le Mariage de L'amour
18 | Imani
19 | La Joie et La Tristesse
20 | La Trahison
21 | To the River
22 | Petit a petit, l'oiseau fait son nid
23 | The Letter
24 | Je t'aime
25 | Kind Stranger
26 | Paris
27 | Old Friend
28 | Fini
Historical Notes
Traditional French Custard Recipe
French Music and Art
Author's Note

French to English Translations

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Fille stupide - stupid girl

Bonjour - hello

Au revoir - goodbye 

Bien - good/well

Le Château - castle

Moi - me

Aussi - also

Famille - family

Petit - small

Fille - girl

Je m'excuse - I'm sorry

Aïe-aïe-aïe - (exclamation of pain; no direct translation)

Salut - hi; a casual way of saying hello

Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas?  - what's wrong?

J'ai douze ans - I am twelve years old

Mademoiselle - Miss (used to address an unmarried/young woman)

Mais - but 

Je m'appelle - my name is 

Coureur de bois - fur trader/explorer; usually refers to French men who migrated to Canada and the United States to obtain and barter fur

Pardon - sorry 

Euh - um, uh (not a real word, simply a French replacement for the English 'uh' or 'um')

Non - no

Oui - yes

C'est vrai? - this is true?/is this so?

Je ne sais pas - I don't know

Docteur - Doctor

Monsieur - Mister

Madame - Mrs (used to address a married/older woman)

Maman - Mom

Papa - Dad

Merci - thanks 

La boulangerie - the bakery 

Mes amis - my friends

Merci beaucoup - thank you very much

Beaucoup - a lot, very much (word used to signify large quantities of something)

Soeur - Sister (or simply a nun)

Bon matin - good morning

Félicitations - congratulations 

Bien sûr - of course

Rue - street

Livres - money; refers to the type of money used at the time which would be equivalent to that of American/Canadian dollars or English pounds

Cinq - five

Trois - three

Quatre - four

Bonsoir - good evening

Mais, tu es ma mère! - but, you are my Mother!

Par pitié! - For goodness/pities sake!

Demoiselle - A young lady 


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