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How to buy fish at the market in France

Bonjour ! Today’s episode of Comme une Française TV come from a question from Mickey. How to buy fish the Sunday Morning market in France. And mostly how to avoid having to take the scales, bones and guts YOURSELF in the kitchen. pouah. Why? Because

How to say “non” in French

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

How to talk about your husband in French

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”.

Joyeux anniversaire Comme une Française !

Bonjour ! Comme une Française is 1 year old. Can you believe it?! In order to celebrate and announce what’s coming for this second year, here’s a special episode of Comme une Française TV. And this episode involves YOU. 🙂 Click to watch « Joyeux anniversaire

How to connect with a stranger – in French

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

How to start a conversation in French (part 1)

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

How to transform a “non” into a “oui”

Salut, Ca va super ? When a French person says “no”, she often means “yes”. Ouch. A false “non” is a polite habit. We honour our guest or our friend or a stranger by saying “I can do it myself” but help is of course

Saying « bonjour » twice: don’t make this expat mistake

Bonjour, Tu vas bien ? In the UK, US, Australia, Canada… when you meet a person for the second time during the day you just say , “hi” or “hello”. But in France, saying bonjour several times is super rude. Maybe you didn’t know and

Learn French the easy way… with games!

Salut ! Ca va ? Learning French usually implies boring grammar books, thousands of conjugation exercises and endless lists of vocabulary… See what I mean? 🙂 I have good news for you : There is another way to learn useful vocabulary, bawdy French expressions and

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