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Founder, native French speaker, and language-learning author
Benjamin Houy is a native French speaker with a Bachelor's degree in Applied Linguistics. He founded Copycat Cafe (formerly French Together) in 2013 after teaching French in South Korea, and is the author of "How to Learn French in a Year" and "Everyday French Idioms". He speaks French, English, and German, and is dedicated to making language learning accessible through practical speaking practice.
When you learn a new French word, it’s tempting to read it before you hear it pronounced. Unfortunately, most French words sound nothing like the way they are written…
7 years of bad luck (or bad sex depending on who you ask). That’s what anyone who doesn’t respect the subtle rules of the French toasting ritual should expect. That’s…
100,000, 300, 1,000. Or is it 12,345? How many words do you think you need to know to understand 80% of French texts? How important is it to learn the most common Fren…
Ordering food in a French restaurant can be stressful especially if you have never practiced real-life conversation. How should you order? What does entrecôte mean? Ho…
At least 40 percent of the music on private French radio stations must be of French origin. That’s the measure decided by the French government to preserve French cult…
The French present tense is the only tense you truly need to know to get by on a trip to France. You can use it to talk about the present of course but the French some…
There are lots of tools you can use to check your French for grammar, spelling and conjugation mistakes. But how well do they perform? That’s what I wanted to find out…
You walk to your friend, ask him “comment allez-vous ?” (how are you) and expect a passionate answer about what’s he’s been up to lately. Instead, your friend simply a…
Quand même (often incorrectly spelled comme même) is an expression the French use all the time. The problem is that its meaning never seems to be the same. If you open…
You’re in a supermarket and you wonder if the delicious cakes you’re looking at contain preservatives. So you muster your courage, smile and ask the seller “excusez-mo…
