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Formal French: when mumbling is NOT an option

Anyone who knows French will tell you that… … to make valuable contacts, you often have to upgrade your French to « Formal French ». Bonjour, Tu as passé une bonne semaine ? I did! Following the earthshaking response I received with the first episode of Comme

3 ways to easily improve your French grammar and conjugation

While improving your French vocabulary, and getting a better and better pronunciation, you wonder : “Is this adjective supposed to appear before or after the noun? Should I say Quelle ou Qu’elle ?” And all this kind of tricky questions. And as you know, Comme

How to avoid these 5 double-meaning verbs traps

This morning, I was having a cup of coffee with Jana from Berlin. We talked about double meanings in French. How 2 letters can make a verb go from « formal » to « super rude ». I planned to write an article on this for you. To avoid

23 façons de dire oui et non

In English, you use “yes” and “no” and know everything in between. But in French, for you, it’s more difficult to add nuances. Here, on a platter, are 23 ways to say yes and no. Yes Yes / yes yes (familiar) Example : Are you

Express yourself: how to say you like it (or not)

In English, you would use words like “great”, “awesome”, “I love it” but in French you are lost for words… So you always use the same expressions, “ C’est super” and “Je n’aime pas”. But these expressions lack the precision that you want to convey.

Say hello during the day

In English, when you meet a person for the second time in day you would say, “hi” or “hello”. But in France, you don’t say “Bonjour” every time! When you come across someone again in the day, you don’t really know what to say. So

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