{"id":3057,"date":"2011-01-04T02:24:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T02:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2014-06-11T20:05:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T18:05:09","slug":"what-are-your-resolutions-de-lannee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/what-are-your-resolutions-de-lannee\/","title":{"rendered":"What are your R\u00e9solutions de l&#8217;ann\u00e9e?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>La nouvelle ann\u00e9e <\/em>is here, finally!<\/p>\n<p><em>Il est maintenant<\/em> <em>grand temps<\/em> (it is now high time) to take some dramatic, life-changing decisions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>If you were out of ideas or inspiration to come up with some, here are a few <em>bons conseils <\/em>(good pieces of advice) to\u00a0adopt new\u00a0<em>r\u00e9solutions de la nouvelle ann\u00e9e 2011 ! <\/em>(resolutions of the new year.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>One thing you may have noticed over the past, is that because of your <em>travail<\/em> (work), your <em>\u00e9tudes<\/em> (studies), or other reasons, you always ended up spending <em>moins de temps <\/em>(less time) with your <em>famille<\/em> (family.) That maybe happens because we tend to\u00a0take our family &#8220;for granted&#8221;, &#8220;<em>les consid\u00e9rer comme acquis.<\/em>&#8221; We assume that they always will be there, and we could see them anytime we&#8217;ll be free. Unfortunately, for those who have lost their grandparents, for example, they will know very well that it&#8217;s not true.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-maximum-vocab-la-famille\/\">La famille,<\/a> c&#8217;est tr\u00e8s important<\/em> (Family, it&#8217;s very important), other things can often wait!<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>If the French\u00a0were able to\u00a0reach the ultimate\u00a0decision to go smoke-free, it&#8217;s a sure and encouraging sign that you too can quit smoking!<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Smoking ban in Paris Caf\u00e9\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJ70hTmirQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>Comment les <em>Fran\u00e7ais <\/em>&#8220;survivent&#8221;\u00a0apr\u00e8s l&#8217;interdiction de fumer dans les lieux publics<\/em><\/div>\n<div>(How the French &#8220;survive&#8221; after smoking in public places became forbidden)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>* * *<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For even more ideas of <em>resolutions <\/em>:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1daIURwqRLg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1daIURwqRLg<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>&#8211; En 2011,\u00a0 je te demande en mariage <\/em>(In 2011, I ask you to marry me.)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <em>En 2011, je ne ferai plus la vaisselle <\/em>(In 2011, I won&#8217;t do the dishes.)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; <em>En 2011, j&#8217;arr\u00eate &#8230; &#8230; le Poker <\/em>(In 2011, I stop&#8230; &#8230;Poker.)<\/div>\n<div><em>&#8211; En 2011, je t&#8217;offrirai plus de fleurs <\/em>(In 2011, I&#8217;ll offer you more flowers.)<\/div>\n<div><em>&#8211; En 2011, je ferai moins de shopping<\/em> (In 2011, I&#8217;ll do less shopping.)<\/div>\n<div><em>&#8211; En 2011, je n&#8217;oublierai pas ton anniversaire <\/em>(In 2011, I won&#8217;t forget your birthday.)<\/div>\n<div>* * *<\/div>\n<div>And the\u00a0BEST resolution that the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/trasnparent-not-your-parents-cours-de-francais\/\">FRENCH BLOG<\/a> advises you to make as your own is: <em>AMELIOREZ VOTRE FRAN\u00c7AIS<\/em> (IMPROVE YOUR FRENCH)!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some of the best ways to\u00a0accomplish that are:<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Systematically watching\u00a0movies while setting your <em>lecteur DVD <\/em>(DVD player)\u00a0on the\u00a0French soundtrack option\u00a0(Most of the DVDs have either French or Spanish tracks, at the very least.)<\/div>\n<div>&#8211; Do you have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skype.com\/\">Skype<\/a>? If you don&#8217;t, then open a new account, <em>c&#8217;est gratuit<\/em> (it&#8217;s free.) You can arrange with someone to become your <em>partenaire de conversation <\/em>(conversation partner), and agree to meet <em>en ligne <\/em>(online)\u00a0once a week for a friendly chat. It would be best if your <em>partenaire<\/em> is a\u00a0native French speaker, who would be interested in learning your own language (For example, if your mother tongue is Spanish, German, Arabic, Russian, Chinese, etc.)\u00a0 That way, you could\u00a0set half-time of the conversation <em>en fran\u00e7ais, <\/em>and the other half in your native language!<\/div>\n<div>You can definitely\u00a0find such partners\u00a0on our Facebook page: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/learnfrench\">www.facebook.com\/learnfrench<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8211; And, finally, of course, make sure you read as often as possible ZE FRENCH BLOG in 2011, and tell all your <em>amis <\/em>about it! \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La nouvelle ann\u00e9e is here, finally! Il est maintenant grand temps (it is now high time) to take some dramatic, life-changing decisions&#8230; If you were out of ideas or inspiration to come up with some, here are a few bons conseils (good pieces of advice) to\u00a0adopt new\u00a0r\u00e9solutions de la nouvelle ann\u00e9e 2011 ! 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