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Le 14 Juillet With A Song – Celebrate Bastille Day In French Posted by on Jul 10, 2019

It’s almost time to start le défilé (the parade) and light up les feux d’artifice (fireworks)! That’s right, le 14 juillet (Bastille Day) is this weekend and all of France is set to celebrate. En tant qu’Américain (as an American), July is a fun month in France. There’s 2 big fêtes nationales (national holidays) right…

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Bonne Fête Nationale ! – Happy Independence Day In French! Posted by on Jul 4, 2019

Happy 4th of July to all les lecteurs américains (the American readers)! Here’s to a day off, barbecue, and fireworks! While today is the big national holiday for les États-Unis (the United States), nearly every country has an important fête (holiday) centered around their national identity in some way or another. Here en France le…

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La Canicule Everywhere But La Bretagne – Heatwave In France Posted by on Jun 28, 2019

Il fait chaud (it’s hot) in Paris. Sweating through my morning commute and dealing with the lack of air conditioning throughout the city has made this a rather difficult time. La canicule (the intense heat, heatwave) is incredibly famous in France. Every year once warm weather moves a few degrees too high, everyone starts to…

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Forced To Pull Your Hair – French Expression For Poor Explanations Posted by on Jun 21, 2019

The hardest part about taking care of les cheveux (your hair) in French is not le shampooing (shampoo). At least, that’s not the only French lesson hiding in your hair! It always surprises me how often people use une expression (an expression, an idiom) without realizing how it’s nearly impossible to understand what it means…

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How’s It Waxing? – Silly French Slang Posted by on Jun 13, 2019

Words can unintentional sound funny when switching between le français et l’anglais (French and English). Les faux amis (false friends) like raisin juice are fun on their own, but when a perfectly normal word in one language sounds like a more cheeky word in  the other, the effect is greatly amplified. I recently learned un…

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Singing Along To A Familiar Song – Beyoncé’s Halo In French Posted by on Jun 6, 2019

La musique (music) is always a great way to keep studying when you’re tired of looking at les conjugaisons (conjugations) and le vocabulaire (vocabulary). Finding a fun chanson (song) that you sing along to outside of the classroom turns boring practice into a new hobby. Les chanteurs français (French singers) are incredibly famous with songs…

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French Lessons Hiding In Un Café – Coffee Order Mistakes Posted by on May 29, 2019

Le café (coffee) hides a lot of surprising lessons for anyone learning la langue de Molière (the Language of Molière, French expression for the French language). From the size of the cup to the establishment itself, there’s a lot to learn from le café français (French coffee). My daily routine has become amazingly regular over…

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