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French Proverbs – Creole Language Posted by on Nov 9, 2009

La France d’outre-mer (French overseas territory) includes the DROM or les Départements d’outre-mer (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and La Reunion) which are subject to French law and therefore their citizens have the exact same rights as mainland France citizens; the COM or les Collectivités d’outre-mer (Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis…

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French Grammar – How to Be Negative Posted by on Nov 6, 2009

I was once an aupair for some French-speaking kids and so, in homage to them, I will give some examples of what kids might say in French: Je n’aime pas le brocoli. Je ne veux plus jouer avec toi. Ma maman ne me laisse jamais faire ce que je veux. Ma maman ne m’achète rien…

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French Grammar – Possessive Adjectives Posted by on Nov 3, 2009

First of all, here are the answers to the family relationships vocabulary exercise I gave you a few days ago. 1. La mère de ma mère c’est ma grand-mère. 2. Les enfants de mon oncle ce sont mes cousins. 3. La fille de ma mère c’est ma sœur. 4. Le frère de mon père c’est…

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