2. Farmhouse
• They are very old
• In families for generations
• Farmhouses are isolated
• Large amount of land
• Usually are a big with lots of
space
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3. GROUND FLOOR
The ground floor is what we
would call the first floor. It
consists of:
• Kitchen
• 2 bedrooms
• Lounge
• Bathroom
• WC
• Utility room
• Store room
• Games room
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4. MEZZANINE
Or entresol is an intermediate floor between main floors of a
building, and therefore typically not counted among the overall
floors of a building.
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5. FIRST FLOOR
The first floor would be our second floor. In our farmhouse that
we choose only has a couple of rooms like the attic room, shower
room, and the mezzanine.
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6. FLOOR PLANS
This is a usual ground floor This is a usual first floor
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7. La Cuisine
• This is the Kitchen
• They have all the same
appliances as we would.
• Like a stove, a fridge, a
microwave, and a coffee pot.
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ence=DPA2728&page=2
8. La Chambre
• The bedroom
• They are different from Americans’
bedrooms.
• The French bedroom doesn’t have a
television or a closet
• Instead of a closet they have La
commode which is a chest of
drawers or like a dresser.
• But other than those two different
things that are pretty much the same
as ours
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9. Le Salon
• This is the living room or the
lounge
• This room is the same as ours
would be
• They have a couch, lamps, a
television, a coffee table.
• Family time is spent here.
• This is one of the few rooms in the
house that usually have carpet.
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10. La Salle De Bains
• The bathroom
• This is very different from ours
because the French don’t have a
toilet in there bathroom
• It consists of a shower, sink or
tub.
• The toilet has a different room in
the house to itself
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lery.aspx?reference=DPA2728&page=3
11. WC
• This is the room where the toilet is
kept
• Sometimes there is a sink in
there.
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