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La Semaine Prochaine (Next Week) Posted by on Oct 1, 2012

There is something that you need to know about setting up appointments in French: When for example someone tells you “on se voit jeudi prochain“, although it may translate literally as the English “we meet up *next* Thursday”, i.e. not this upcoming Thursday but the Thursday of the following week, in reality it means the…

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French Music – Patrick Bruel Posted by on Jun 12, 2009

Another of my favorite French singers is Patrick Bruel and he just released a new album called Seul o presque (Alone or almost) with live acoustic versions of his songs that were recorded while he was on tour.  Born Maurice Benguigui on May 14, 1959, in Tlemcen, Algeria, he was slow to find success as…

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French Music – Jean Jacques Goldman Posted by on Apr 15, 2009

Okay, so I’ve written many posts on my favorite French musicians and singers and repeatedly mentioned how much I believe music is one of the best and most interesting ways to learn a foreign language.  When I was finally able to understand the lyrics written by Jean Jacques Goldman, I really felt like all the…

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French Music – The Biggest Rock Star You’ve Never Heard Of Posted by on Dec 10, 2008

Quite possibly the highest-paid French singer (8.75 million euros in 2006 according to Figaro), Johnny Hallyday was born Jean Philippe Léo Smet in Paris on June 15, 1943, to Hugette and Léon Smet.  As a small child, he lived for four years in Great Britain with his paternal aunt, a dancer and silent film actress. …

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