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Music At The Opéra Garnier Posted by John Bauer on May 17, 2017
Now that I am settled in I have time to explore the sights and sounds of Paris. La ville lumière (the city of lights) is a massive international hub with history pouring out of every corner. Walking down any street can lead to amazing sights and new experiences. L’autre jour (the other day), I was…
Don’t Forget La Fête Des Mères! Posted by John Bauer on May 10, 2017
Mother’s day is this weekend aux États-Unis, but not everywhere else in the world. As la fête des mères that matters to my mother approaches there are no ads to remind me because la fête is still a couple weeks away en France! Holidays celebrating les mères can be traced back to antiquity. La Grèce…
Talking About Music In French Posted by John Bauer on May 3, 2017
Listening to music is a fun and easy way to not only learn more, but also have fun while doing it! Singing along to Stromae or Baptiste W. Hamon hardly feels like studying, but it is an amazingly useful way to improve your French. I have always loved music and used to be involved in…
The Origin Of L’Ordinateur – Computers In French Posted by John Bauer on Apr 26, 2017
New technologies comme (like) the Internet and computers need new words to describe them. Those new words either comes from adaptations of older words or are completely new inventions. One such word is computer in French: ordinateur. Le nom (the noun) computer comes from le verbe (the verb) to compute, which originally comes from the…
Practicing French By Playing Video Games – StarCraft In French Posted by John Bauer on Apr 19, 2017
I am not a big gamer, but parfois (sometimes) I like playing les jeux vidéo (video games) in between having to study and work. Recently un jeu (a game) from my childhood, StarCraft, was released for free. L’entreprise (the company) behind the game, Blizzard, is getting ready for a new HD release of le jeu…
How Counting In French Helped Me Remember Les Nombres Posted by John Bauer on Apr 12, 2017
Les nombres (numbers) are difficult for me to remember in French. If I’m not forgetting the words for chaque nombre (each number), I’m trying to figure out if we’re talking about four twenties or eighty! I have a hard time remembering les nombres in any language other than ma langue maternelle (my native language). I…
A Couple Of Clics – Online Shopping In French Posted by John Bauer on Apr 5, 2017
After learning about beds au magasin, I didn’t buy one right away. Instead, I ordered mon nouveau lit (my new bed) and other furniture I needed for le nouvel apartment (the new aparment) online. A trip to l’épicérie (the grocery store) or le magasin de bricolage (the hardware store) always ends in a good vocabulary…