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Zazie . . . bis!* Posted by Tim Hildreth on Aug 2, 2016
Zazie isn’t just dans le métro . . . or au cinéma. As promised in last week’s post, this week I’ll talk about another Zazie. And in a throwback to my Potpourri post, also share a random collection of other useful tidbits to keep you motivated and learning French! Zazie is one of my favorite…
Pour ceux et celles qui aiment le vin * Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jul 12, 2016
Ma tante Rose au Québec envoie souvent des courriels** avec des devinettes, des chansons, des images ou autre qu’elle trouve amusants. / My aunt Rose in Quebec often sends e-mail with riddles, songs, images, or other things she finds amusing. This week she sent one that, given last week’s discussion of meals and table settings…
A table! * Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jul 5, 2016
Les français aiment bien manger . . . moi aussi, d’ailleurs. / The French love to eat . . . and so do I. You can probably tell from some of my earlier posts, that food features prominently in my love of France and all things French. That wasn’t always the case though and still…
Potpourri * Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jun 28, 2016
La semaine dernière (last week)**, we talked about changes in the French school week. Most notably about the change in the status of le mercredi. Once upone a time, Wednesday’s for younger children were filled with organized activities outside of school. For many older kids, Wednesday afternoons were filled with a trip to the movies…
École le samedi ?!! * Posted by Tim Hildreth on Jun 21, 2016
C’est la fin de l’année scolaire (en France comme aux Etats-Unis). / It’s the end of the school year (in France and in the United States). In many ways school in France isn’t all that different from school in America, but in other ways, it’s quite different. School in France is highly centralized, and as…
Musique voisine du Rock VS. Musique de Roch Voisine! Posted by Hichem on Oct 27, 2010
Sometimes, nothing seems to be easier than feeling nostalgique about your jeune enfance (young childhood.) But then you should try to think again, putting things in a clearer and more objective perspective, until you remember when you were a boy who’s not even ten years old yet, and all you could hear playing all day long in la télévision or la radio were songs that you and your buddies dismissed…
Les Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves) Posted by Hichem on Oct 20, 2010
Sometimes, one single song takes a whole life of its own in le fleuve du temps (in the stream of time), and tracing its avatars can prove to be un exercice instructif et amusant (a fun and educational exercise.) After hosting a few encores of Édith Piaf‘s masterpieces in your favorite French Blog, it was of course seulement une question de temps (only a matter of time) to reintroduce…