Archive for May, 2019
French Commercial – Renault Robbers Posted by Tim Hildreth on May 7, 2019
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When I was 14, the French car company, Renault, made their entrée sur le marché américaine (entrance to the American market). My parents even bought two … matching red and blue Renault Alliances. Sadly, they weren’t great … and Renault didn’t last long in the US. Imagine my surprise then, when I got to France…
Drumming Up New Vocabulary – Talking About La Batterie In French Posted by John Bauer on May 2, 2019
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En étant un Américain en France (as an American in France), learning the language means having normal converations hide surprise French lessons almost every day. It’s hard not to stumble through a few interactions every week as I realize I don’t know how to talk about something as simple as le shampooing or les mails…