Basic French: French Restaurant Vocabulary
April 25, 2017
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Wondering what vocabulary to use in your favourite French restaurant? These words will help you order the perfect dish…
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6 French Words That Also Mean Their Opposite
April 18, 2017
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Bonjour ! Some French words mean their own opposite. Isn’t that fascinating? Depending on the context, you might end up accidentally saying the opposite of what you want. And this could be (literally) terrible!
5 Weird French Expressions to Sound Like a Native
April 11, 2017
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Bonjour ! To sound like a native, you can work hard, or take a few shortcuts. As students often testify, it takes only a few special expressions to sound surprisingly French! Breaking duck legs, cooking beans, fishing eels… Let’s dive in a few weird, funny
Little Language: How French Children Speak
April 4, 2017
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Bonjour ! French people start to talk after around one or two years after they’re born. Surprisingly, we don’t immediately write existentialist treaties; we start with childish words and grammar. So how can you talk to French children? What are their special speaking quirks? Do
The 10 Biggest French Cities
March 28, 2017
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Bonjour ! I’m not the biggest geography buff. It took me a while to be able to put some French cities on the map. But one day it clicked into place–and I want to share this epiphany with you. Let’s go together on a Tour
7 French Words the English Language Lacks
March 21, 2017
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Bonjour ! Some words are missing in English. For instance, the Inuit word “Iktsuarpok” means “to keep looking outside with anticipation for a guest that hasn’t arrived yet.” And it’s a shame it doesn’t have a neat translation! But what French words are missing in
7 English Words that Don’t Exist in French
March 14, 2017
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Bonjour ! Despite the hard work of “l’Académie française”, French language is still incomplete. And it’s hurting our ability to think and communicate! We have “flexisécurité” and “restructuration” – yet “that moment when you’re just walking in the street and you suddenly remember some shameful
French Fantastic Beasts (and Where to Find Them)
March 7, 2017
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Bonjour ! Darkness falls across rural France; creatures crawl in search of camembert. What demon lurks in the night? What strange shape lures the traveller to their doom? On the tallest mountains, do goats really walk on asymmetrical legs? Today we’ll take a closer look
Swear Words! Shocking French Slang (And How to Soften It)
February 28, 2017
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Bonjour ! Some French slang sounds disgusting–especially when you try to translate it literally. They’re colourful (but mostly brown), and thrown around quite liberally in everyday situations. Which words are we swearing with? What do they really mean? What alternatives can you use instead? Let’s
Pour / Pendant / Depuis : Translating “For” in French
February 21, 2017
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Bonjour ! Today we’ll talk about time, grammar, and the grammar of time. The English language uses “since” and “for,” but the French structure is a bit different. But don’t worry! Soon you’ll have the knack of using these French prepositions correctly to master the
