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Monsieur Balzac Asks: How Well Can You Do French Conjugaison? Posted by on Jun 9, 2011

 Imagine one second that your French teacher asks you by surprise: “Passez au tableau” (“Come to the blackboard”) to write the full conjugaison of the verb “faire” (“to do”)—“Que faire?” (“What to do“?) Whatever you “do”, ne panique pas(don’t panic)!   As you will see in the tables listed below, it’s far from being a “UNE…

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Out of a “Nouveau Monde” (“New World”) Posted by on Jun 9, 2011

Les paroles (the lyrics) of today’s song contain an unusual feature, do you think you can identify it? Need un indice (a hint)? Many words in French sound similar (homophones): Pot (meaning “pot” in English) and peau (skin); fer (iron) and the verb faire (to do), etc.! * * *   Mypollux – “Notre Nouveau Monde” *…

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