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According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Worldwide Cost of Living survey, Paris is the 8th most expensive city in the world. Upon arrival, you’re almost g…
Read articleYou just decided to learn French and feel super motivated. You can already picture yourself sitting in a bistro in Paris and chatting with your French friend Pierre. T…
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…
