Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Celebrate Tongue Twister Contest Day with These Tricky French Sentences Posted by Josh Dougherty on Feb 25, 2018
Nothing better than having fun while learning, right? It’s been stated many times on this blog that mastering French pronunciation isn’t the most intuitive exercise, but with enough practice, you can sound quite fluid in your speech. Music is a popular language-learning method. It allows you to hear new words and expressions in context by…
Man’s Best Friends – Pets In French Posted by John Bauer on Feb 21, 2018
Some of the first words most people learn in French are le chien et le chat (the dog and the cat), but it’s surprising how the word for pets in general is often left out. When I first asked un francophone (a French speaking person) how to say the word “pet” en français, they immediately…
French Music – France Gall Posted by Tim Hildreth on Feb 20, 2018
A few weeks ago I posted about the passing of the French singer France Gall. In researching her life and work, I came across this cute song that I wanted to share with you this week. Not only is it a catchy tune, but it has lots of great vocabulary, cultural tidbits, and even a…
Slow And Steady Builds The Nest – A Fun French Expression Posted by John Bauer on Feb 14, 2018
Sometimes les expressions françaises (French expressions, idioms) leave me scratching my head wondering what exactly a fat morning could mean. Luckily, parfois (sometimes) les expressions françaises immediately make sense without ever needing them explained! Most of the time when I hear a strange combination of des mots (some words) like being known like the white…
French Vocabulary – Winter Olympics Edition Posted by Tim Hildreth on Feb 13, 2018
The games of the XXIII Winter Olympics began last week in PeyongChang, South Korea. And since French is one of the official languages of the Jeux olympique (Olympic games, often abbreviated in French as les JO), I thought we’d take a look this week at some useful French Olympics vocabulary. Les sports des JO d’hiver…
Atchoum! Catching a Cold in French Posted by Elizabeth Schmermund on Feb 12, 2018
Did you know that the onomatopoeia (l’onomatopée) for “achoo” in English is “atchoum’? We’re in the middle of winter here in the northern hemisphere, which means that we’re also in the middle of cold and flu season. Unfortunately, this means that vocabulary about this might just prove useful! One of the first signs that you…
Having A Fat Morning? – Sleeping Late In French Posted by John Bauer on Feb 7, 2018
Les expressions (expressions, idioms) are fun windows into the culture behind a language. Things like it’s raining cats and dogs does not make any sense to non-English speakers, but it also helps give English a fun flavor beyond all the grammar. Pendant l’hiver (during Winter) it can feel amazing to just sleep in and stay…