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The French are generally very polite and prefer privacy to emotional outbursts and displays, but they are human beings, after all. And so, there’s ...
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View all postsThe French are generally very polite and prefer privacy to emotional outbursts and displays, but they are human beings, after all. And so, there’s ...
If you spend some time in France or do a lot of reading or listening in French, you’ll notice that the French don’t always answer “oui” when you as...
There are some cultural details we take for granted. If you’ve ever celebrated classmates’ birthdays in your French class, or seen a French movie o...
There are two ways to say “best” in French: meilleur (or meilleure/meilleurs/meilleures, depending on what it’s modifying) and mieux. Despite thei...
Like any language, French has its share of funny words and expressions, from sayings that use vivid or silly imagery to get their point across, to ...
How do you say “I like you” in French? There’s no exact, single-verb equivalent for “to like” in French. Some people call French “the language of ...
Telling the time in French isn’t the easiest thing in the world and can even be quite confusing at first if you come from a country that doesn’t us...
Quelle heure est-il ? is the basic way to ask what time it is in French. But maybe you want to change things up, or you feel a need to be extremel...
Sleep: It’s one of those things that unites us all. No matter our culture or the language we speak, we all do it. With that in mind, you may be wo...
You just ate in a lovely restaurant in the centre of Bordeaux. You paid, left a tip for the friendly waiter and are about to leave. And you wonder...