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Writer on French language and life in France
Alysa Salzberg is an American writer and cookie enthusiast who has lived in Paris, France for over a decade. She's the author of Hearts at Dawn, a Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice book that retells Beauty and the Beast during the 1870 Siege of Paris. She brings a unique perspective to French language and culture from her years living in France.
Someone says merci and you have about a second to answer. Here's the short version: je vous en prie is the safe, polite choice that works everywhere, je t'en prie is i…
Thanks to books like Bringing Up Bébé, the French parenting style means well-behaved children who’ll eat just about any kind of food, and parents who are impeccably gl…
Are you one of those people whose house is clean but cluttered, rather than neat and tidy? If so, the French verb nettoyer is for you! Nettoyer means “to clean” but…
While studying or visiting France, you might have noticed a woman with unbound hair and a strange bonnet on her head cropping up in different places. Sometimes she’s t…
It’s finally happened: You’ve learned enough French that you can carry on at least a simple conversation with a French person! F__é__licitations ! But now that you c…
Bienvenue is the most common way of saying “welcome” in French but as with most common words and expressions, there are variations. And there’s also a totally differen…
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There’s no need to run away from the French verb fuir! It may look a bit strange, but once you understand its basic meaning, it’s easy to use. Let’s learn how to conj…
“France” in French is la France, pronounced “lah frahnss”. You write it the same way as in English, always capitalized, but with the article la in front, because Franc…
Like people of just about any culture, the French have quite a collection of manners that revolve around eating. Some probably aren’t that surprising - for instance, a…
