Anyone out there who can translate something French for me?

[earlgrey]

dd1's school chum went with her mum to a wedding in Paris, and brought her back a little present. I'd love to be able to tell her what it says! Can't work out how to do the accents, though, so I hope it makes some sense to someone!

Anna

Vient de l'hebreu:
"Hannah", la grace.
Sainement cureuses,
effrontees et gaies,
elles font preuve
d'une grande activite.
Insatiables et assez
possessives, elles
veulent etre aimees.
Peu conformistes,
courageuses, elles
sont volontaires et
toujours reinventees.

Ta if you can!

Here's a quick go.

From the Hebrew:
"Hannah", means grace.
Curious,
Shameless and happy,
It's proof
of much activity.
Insatiable and also
Possessive, she
wants to be loved
Non-conformist, she
volunteers for things,
and is always reinventing herself.

I wouldn't swear on it being 100% accurate, but it's a quick go.

NQC, THANK YOU!!!!

whilst we're attracting frenchies, please may I have the words for Head, shoulder, knees and toes in french

merci b.

la tete
les epaules
les genous
err... not sure about toes

kind of where I got to too

can do the face bit

les orteils!

les orteuils

oops - tweety's right - not sure where my u came from

well that's a shame cos les orteils rhymes better with les oreilles don't they?

it is orteils though

(it's still early)

where's frenchgirl when you need her

and why did I send my 5 year old to french club when my french is this rusty

Everyone knows that the French for 'toes' is 'ze toes'.

aha salut hub

c'mon you're a frenchie ... spill the lyrics in their entirety please

Here it is, in French.

But really, if you want to do a song in french, it should be "une souris verte", shouldn't it? Much more classic. I've never heard "Tete, epaules, genoux et pieds"

Or Allouette, c'mon NQC!

I think actual French children sing "une souris verte" most of all. Much as they are all issued with that weird rubber giraffe.

I like the one about the sleeping miller, actually. "meunier, tu dors"?

Twig, I can only speak French horizontally. From what I can tell it says:

From the hebrew, "Hannah" is a disgrace.
Insanely curious,
She likes to prove herself through brazen acts (les grands activitées)
She is insatiable and posessive, but wants to be liked.
I can confirm she is courageous
and she does voluntary work
but changes what she does a lot (that's the always reinventing line).

I hope that clears things up massively.

Actual French children don't sing, they merely pour salt on slugs every hour of their waking day.

what the hell is a green smile anyway?

I am not deciding which french songs DS sings btw .. he is learning them at french club and seems to like the fact that he knows head, shoulders etc

Um, sourire = smile. Souris = mouse.

Une souris verte is here .

Translation of first verse:
A green mouse
was running in the grass
I caught it by the tail
I showed it to these men
They said:
Dip it in oil
Dip it in water
It will make a hot escargot

It's a very strange song, but then so are most (all?) nursery rhymes.

told you I was rusty

yeah .. but right .. a green mouse makes much more sense

Well, sure, you could never make an escargot out of a green smile. [eye-rolling emoticon]