Bonjour ! Today’s topic might not be the sexiest on Earth but girls, let’s be honest, we’ve all been through it. Think about this: Oh no! You have your period and only ONE tampon left! You will have to go out and buy a box. In France. In French. Where? Which brand? How? That’s what …
Bonjour ! Today’s episode of Comme une Française TV come from a question from Mickey. How to buy fish the Sunday Morning market in France. And mostly how to avoid having to take the scales, bones and guts YOURSELF in the kitchen. pouah. Why? Because you didn’t know what to ask, to have it cleaned. …
Bonjour ! Last week, we talked about how frustrating it was to only be able to say « Oui » and « Non ». In English, you can answer yes, no and all that’s in between. In French, you feel like 5 year old. So following last week’s episode of Comme une Française TV on « oui », you’ll discover 10 …
Bonjour ! Ca va? La forme? Sometimes, when I record Comme une Française TV episode, I’m frustrated because I realise my English vocabulary is very limited. It makes my speech weaker as I can’t express nuances. A bit like trying to paint La Joconde with your fingers… You know this feeling of being like a …
Bonjour ! Ca va super ? Do you have a boyfriend? a partner? A husband? A wife? Whether he’s (or SHE) French or not, it’s kind of useful to be able to include him in the conversation. In English, you use “my husband” or “Michael”. But in French, you hear your friends using lots of …
Bonjour ! Comme une Française is 1 year old. Can you believe it?! In order to celebrate and announce what’s coming for this second year, here’s a special episode of Comme une Française TV. And this episode involves YOU. Click to watch “Joyeux anniversaire Comme une Française !”: Et toi alors ? How do you …
Bonjour ! Do you know this feeling of being stuck in a conversation? You want to connect with the person in front of you and the only vocabulary you have is “Ça va ?”? SO frustrating. You’d like to ask them about their dreams, their story, share ideas… ARGH. I know this feeling too. Let’s …
Have you ever ended up stuck in a “Ca va?” “Oui, et vous?” “Ca va.” conversation? Where you don’t know how to articulate phrases of more than 3 words? When you’d really love to connect with the person in front of you? YES! And you feel like a 5 year-old. I know this feeling too… …
Salut, Ca va super ? When a French person says “no”, she often means “yes”. Ouch. A false “non” is a polite habit. We honour our guest or our friend or a stranger by saying “I can do it myself” but help is of course always welcome. Or we would actually LOVE to say yes …
Bonjour, Tu vas bien ? In the UK, US, Australia, Canada… when you meet a person for the second time during the day you just say , “hi” or “hello”. But in France, saying bonjour several times is super rude. Maybe you didn’t know and you’re thinking « Oh no! What should I do? »… …