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Family Matters: French Words to Talk about Your Loved Ones

Bonjour ! “Happy are those who, knowing the value of a sweet life of tranquillity, rests their heart in the midst of their own family.” -Montesquieu So today, let’s rest our heart in the midst of a French family! How do we address each other?

Captivate Your Audience, Make Friends: Telling a Story in French

Bonjour ! Trading stories is the oldest tradition that still exist in our everyday lives. It helps us laugh, bond, connect to each other. Today I’ll show you how to tell your stories, in French! With these exact scripts and sentences you can use immediately,

6 French Words That Also Mean Their Opposite

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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