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How to exchange email addresses in France

When you’re at a bar in France and you meet a new French person, it’s difficult to speak with her in French. It’s often noisy, you can’t hear every word so you don’t understand everything… Maybe you just nod. But you KNOW you’d like to

How to pay at the market in France

Imagine: you’re at the market in France. Every person around you speaks French while buying vegetables, eggs and flowers. It’s casual French. When you hear it, you notice that everybody uses the SAME phrases. As if it was « automatic phrases ». These scripted conversations all French

How would you like your meat cooked?

When you’re at the restaurant in France, everything is complicated. The menu is in French. Even when you understand French, you don’t understand what the name of the dish stands for. And on top of that, when you order, the waiter asks: « Quelle cuisson votre

French Swearing: 10 Words to Avoid

Salut, Ca va ? French swearing. The evil topic. Many blogs will teach you that using « Putain » when you speak French will make you sound like a native. Don’t. In this episode of Comme une Française TV, you will learn 10 swearing words in French.

French programs: 3 videos to learn French online

Coucou, Ca va ? As you know, I like to learn English the way you LOVE to learn French. Not in old boring books or memorizing lists of vocabulary. Nan nan nan. You and I learn a language in REAL life. We listen to people,

French wishes: how to say good luck in France

Salut c’est Géraldine! Ca va ? When your French neighbour Pierre tells you about an important event of life -sickness, exam, holidays or even his wedding rehearsal-… you want to show your enthusiasm and say « good luck Pierre! ». In French. Aïe (it means Ouch). Do

French baguette: How to buy the perfect one in France

Salut c’est Géraldine! The boulangerie is at the heart of French culture. For example the French can drive miles for a good baguette. And you can spot the best boulangeries by the waiting line on Sunday mornings. French people want the baguette they actually look

How to Say Happy Birthday in French

It is very simple and always the same: Joyeux anniversaire ! or Bon anniversaire ! Both mean “Happy birthday” in French. Here”s how you say it properly.

Get well soon: how to wish a swift recovery in French

Salut Comment ça va ? Sometimes, a friend is sick and you want to wish her « get well soon ». In French. So you try « J’espère que tu vas mieux bientôt »: a grammatical nightmare (don’t use this phrase, it’s wrong). But she gets it, smiles and

In the lift in France: What to say

Salut, Ca va ? When you are in the lift in France, with your charming old French neighbour with white hair, what do you tell her? You have NO idea! So you stay mute and watch the ceiling or your boots. She thinks you’re deaf

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