Hello, dear friends! Welcome to this new episode of the Authentic French podcast. Today, I'm going to explain to you the meaning of a French idiomatic expression, as we do every Sunday. The expression that Valentine and I have chosen for you today, Valentine is currently preparing the different contents, this content will talk about "getting your bells ringing". I really like this expression, I find it funny and I hope you like it too.
You can download the free PDF sheet that accompanies this episode, it's in the description. It's a PDF that we've compiled with all the information that I'm going to share with you today, which you can review. This sheet in any case and the information it contains will allow you to completely assimilate the meaning of this expression. And the sheets are there so that you can review them quickly, we're making your work a little easier. So, you have the link in the description and we'll start right away with this expression "se faire sonner les cloches".
The pronominal verb "se faire" can have different germany whatsapp number data meanings. The verb "faire" has different meanings too and "se faire" has different meanings, but here, we use it to say that we undergo an action.
The verb "sound" means "to produce a sound that resonates under the effect of a shock". Often, it is a rather high-pitched sound, so we can shock an object and we get a small sound and this sound corresponds to what we call the verb "sound". It can be done artificially and digitally, today. If my phone rings, ring ring, well it is an artificial sound that comes from my phone. There is not really a shock. But to sound is really the idea of producing a sound: to sound.
A "bell", it's the same, there are many different sounds for a bell, but there are also many different meanings. It can be a musical instrument, the bell. It's a metal object that you make vibrate, so you make it ring and you strike on its outer surface and it makes a sound: gling, gling. So that's a bell. We also have bells, for example, in churches. All French churches, practically, have a bell that rings every hour. So there, there is the central part of the bell that comes to strike inside, this time, to ring. So if the bells ring, you hear in churches the gling, gling. So that's a bell that rings.