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How to Tell Time in French Posted by Hichem on Dec 14, 2012
Even les débutants(the beginners) at learning the French language should be able to enjoy the French Blog! Today, we suggest you review with us the basic unités du temps (units of time.) * * * * Tout d’abord (first of all), il y a la seconde (there’s the second.) “Le tour du monde en 80 secondes” (“Around the world in 80 seconds”)! Directed by two voyageurs: Romain…
“Chanson d’automne” (“Autumn Song”) Posted by Hichem on Sep 20, 2012
This is the incredible yet little known story of How One French Poem Helped Win the Second World War! When the allies were ready to land on the coasts of Normandy, they announced the news to the French Resistance by means of this poem, first published in 1866: “Chanson d’automne” (“Autumn Song”) by Paul Verlaine, one of the…