Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Looking Into Un Trou Noir – Black Holes In French Posted by John Bauer on Apr 10, 2019
Today is a special fan for fans of l’espace (space) and all the wonders of the cosmos beyond notre système solaire (our solar system). The international group of scientists behind the Event Horizon Telescope released the first images in history of un trou noir (a black hole)! L’image historique (the historic image) may look a…
French Culture – Canadian Style Posted by Tim Hildreth on Apr 9, 2019
While my taste in all things French tends to run to the France French, if you’ve read me before you know that I have family in Québec and I go there from time to time. I also like to keep up when I can with how the culture is evolving up there. This week I…
Are You Shampooing Well? – Shampoo And Conditioner In French Posted by John Bauer on Apr 3, 2019
It’s important to know how to se laver (wash yourself) in any language, but sometimes buying the right products can be more difficult than you would expect when there’s a language barrier. Il y a (there is) a word in French that I pronounced wrong for a while without realizing it, and it wasn’t because…
French Vocabulary – Maps and Directions Posted by Tim Hildreth on Apr 2, 2019
While doing the research for my last post on le Grand Paris, I came across something that got me thinking about les points cardinaux (the cardinal points) and the words that we use in French to talk about north, south, east, and west. Le monde est grand / The world is big J’adore les cartes…
Long Arms To Reach Farther – Powerful And Influential French Expression Posted by John Bauer on Mar 28, 2019
Having long arms won’t help you learn French faster, but being able to say avoir le bras long will help you learn a new expression! La semaine dernière (last week), I shared a story about learning how to use a common sarcastic expression, long comme le bras (as long as your arm): As Long As…
As Long As Your Arm – Exaggerating In French Posted by John Bauer on Mar 20, 2019
There’s more to learning French than memorizing vocabulary and conjugating verbs. The real goal is learning how to s’exprimer (express yourself) and let your personality shine! Beyond la grammaire and la culture, a big part of speaking une nouvelle langue (a new language) is the person speaking. Sometimes struggling to speak French correctly has a…
French Music – Spring is in the air Posted by Tim Hildreth on Mar 19, 2019
This year, here in the northern hemisphere, le mercredi 20 mars (Wednesday, March 20th), is le premier jour du printemps (the first day of spring)! What better time to share another fun French-language song, one that kicks off la nouvelle saison* (the new season) tout en joie (with joy). C’est l’printemps / It’s spring This…