Il est maintenantgrand temps (it is now high time) to take some dramatic, life-changing decisions…
If you were out of ideas or inspiration to come up with some, here are a few bons conseils (good pieces of advice) to adopt new résolutions de la nouvelle année 2011 ! (resolutions of the new year.)
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One thing you may have noticed over the past, is that because of your travail (work), your études (studies), or other reasons, you always ended up spending moins de temps (less time) with your famille (family.) That maybe happens because we tend to take our family “for granted”, “les considérer comme acquis.” We assume that they always will be there, and we could see them anytime we’ll be free. Unfortunately, for those who have lost their grandparents, for example, they will know very well that it’s not true.
La famille, c’est très important (Family, it’s very important), other things can often wait!
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If the French were able to reach the ultimate decision to go smoke-free, it’s a sure and encouraging sign that you too can quit smoking!
Comment les Français “survivent” après l’interdiction de fumer dans les lieux publics
(How the French “survive” after smoking in public places became forbidden)
– En 2011, je te demande en mariage (In 2011, I ask you to marry me.)
– En 2011, je ne ferai plus la vaisselle (In 2011, I won’t do the dishes.)
– En 2011, j’arrête … … le Poker (In 2011, I stop… …Poker.)
– En 2011, je t’offrirai plus de fleurs (In 2011, I’ll offer you more flowers.)
– En 2011, je ferai moins de shopping (In 2011, I’ll do less shopping.)
– En 2011, je n’oublierai pas ton anniversaire (In 2011, I won’t forget your birthday.)
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And the BEST resolution that the FRENCH BLOG advises you to make as your own is: AMELIOREZ VOTRE FRANÇAIS (IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH)!
Some of the best ways to accomplish that are:
– Systematically watching movies while setting your lecteur DVD (DVD player) on the French soundtrack option (Most of the DVDs have either French or Spanish tracks, at the very least.)
– Do you have Skype? If you don’t, then open a new account, c’est gratuit (it’s free.) You can arrange with someone to become your partenaire de conversation (conversation partner), and agree to meet en ligne (online) once a week for a friendly chat. It would be best if your partenaire is a native French speaker, who would be interested in learning your own language (For example, if your mother tongue is Spanish, German, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, etc.) That way, you could set half-time of the conversation en français, and the other half in your native language!
