Archive for 'Vocabulary'
French Culture – Architectural Oddities Posted by Tim Hildreth on Mar 3, 2020
The news from France doesn’t stop (apparently some people think that Emmanuel Macron is more than just a bad president) and I do want to touch on the spread of Covid-19 in France, but in times like these, we can all use a little bit of divertissement (distraction). L’architecture … hmmm … de Paris? Everyone…
French Language – Demonstrative Pronouns bis Posted by Tim Hildreth on Feb 25, 2020
A few weeks ago we reviewed demonstrative pronouns in French. As we discussed, les pronoms démonstratifs generally agree in gender and number with the nouns they replace … with one exception that we’ll look at this week. Le cas exceptionnel de ce Ce (or c’ when it comes before a vowel) is a demonstrative pronoun…
French News – A la une Posted by Tim Hildreth on Feb 18, 2020
Bienvenue (welcome) to another round up of the latest news from France! In areas as diverse as la politique (politics), la météo (the weather), la musique (music), and l’urbanisme (urban planning), a lot has been going in France. Le temps s’améliore Last week’s song by Saint André featured a weather term that was also very…
French Music – Saint André Posted by Tim Hildreth on Feb 11, 2020
We had Groundhog Day here in the US recently. The Groundhog Day tradition veut (is supposed to mean) that the arrival of spring will – or will not be – early depending on whether la marmotte (the groundhog) sees its ombre (shadow) or not. En attendant le printemps Regardless of what the groundhog said, we…
French Culture – Ride Sharing Posted by Tim Hildreth on Feb 4, 2020
We’ve talked before about all the different ways to get around when in France. Whether you’re a tourist exploring the city, a commuter on your daily commute, or un pilote de course (a race car driver) there are always ways to get where you’re going. That was easier said than done, of course, during the…
French Grammar – Tell me why Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jan 28, 2020
Recently we looked les pronoms démonstratifs. You remember, those words that help answer the question “Which ______?” This week we’ll look at how to respond to the question “Pourquoi?” using a few useful conjunctions. Parce que Anyone with little children is used to hearing them ask “Pourquoi?” (“Why?”). It’s a question that follows us throughout our lives…
French Commercial – Online Shopping Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jan 21, 2020
The internet has made just about everyone’s lives easier … even those of these joueurs (players) from the Stade Français équipe de rugby (French rugby team) as they work to save a team dinner! DARTY présente …Le Click & Collect DARTY presents … the Click & Collect Joueur 1: Oh non la plancha ne marche plus !…