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

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

Salut ! We talked in a previous video of this feeling of being like a 5 year-old when we speak a foreign language. When you’re having a conversation with a French person in a café, you want to be able to express yourself like the

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

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”.

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

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