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Don’t Forget The Attachment – Sending Documents In French Posted by John Bauer on Feb 13, 2019
Sending emails en français is an inescapable part of office life en France. Nothing makes this more real than coming back after a few days off and having to get through a mountain of email before normal work can pick up again. Sending emails en français can be confusing for un anglophone (an English speaker)…
Lost In The Deep Blue French – Translating Le Bleu Lumière Posted by John Bauer on Feb 6, 2019
After spending the last week singing les paroles (the lyrics) of my favorite song from Vaiana (Moana), I needed to bring it up again. In general, les paroles are often about creatively mixing sounds and words to evoke specific emotions from the audience and that’s no different in the case of How Far I’ll Go…
Singing Happy Blue Songs – Moana In French Posted by John Bauer on Jan 31, 2019
It’s no secret how much I think taking a moment to chanter une chanson (sing a song) is great for practicing French. What may be a bit of surprise, even more than singing along to French pop songs, is how I often use les chansons de Disney as well! Mon film préféré de Disney (my…
Tool Trouble Hinging On A Good Night’s Sleep – Hardware In French Posted by John Bauer on Jan 23, 2019
One of the best vocabulary tests in the world is urgently needing to explain something important. When there’s no time and no room for les fautes (mistakes), the reality of vocabulary limitations becomes inescapable. Not too long ago mon lit (my bed) broke in the middle of the night. It was a pretty simple fix…
La Newsletter – Mixing Up Les Genres In French Posted by John Bauer on Jan 16, 2019
One of the hardest parts of learning French is trying to remember les genres des mots (the gender of words). The seemingly random choice of one word being masculin and another being féminin always leads to making mistakes. Sometimes the fast pace au bureau (at the office) doesn’t leave time for corrections and small errors…
A Game Of Cat And Mouse – Dancing Mice Expression In French Posted by John Bauer on Jan 9, 2019
As 2019 begins and les vacances (vacation) come to an end, there’s a special kind of lethargy au bureau (at the office), especially when les chefs (the bosses) aren’t finished with their long holidays. There’s no shortage of fun expressions that throw French learners for a loop. The balance between trying to figure out why…
Transparent Language French Blog: Top 10 For 2018 Posted by John Bauer on Jan 3, 2019
With the end of la saison des fêtes (the holiday season), 2019 is here! Le nouvel an (New Year’s) is always a good time to look back at the previous year and so like in year’s past, I thought it would be good to look at our French Blog’s Top 10 for 2018. Every year…