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Practical guides for people who want to speak, not just study
There is more to French cuisine than cuisses de grenouilles (frog legs) and escargots (snails). In fact, many French people never ate these two di...
Akita Ropiquet
As a dramatic person, I often get a bit carried away when something bad, frustrating, or even simply surprising happens. But under the same circum...
Qu’est-ce que c’est means “What (is it)” in French. Despite being a mouthful, it’s an extremely common phrase in both everyday and formal French, ...
“Please don’t use the passé simple tense in your essay.” This is the first sentence our professor told us, a group of French college students, as ...
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 everywher...
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 w...
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 ...
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 place...
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 ! ...
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 als...
