{"id":31231,"date":"2019-03-20T20:45:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31231"},"modified":"2019-03-20T20:45:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:45:20","slug":"as-long-as-your-arm-exaggerating-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/as-long-as-your-arm-exaggerating-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"As Long As Your Arm – Exaggerating In French"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s more to learning French than memorizing vocabulary and conjugating verbs<\/a>. The real goal is learning how to s’exprimer<\/strong> (express yourself) and let your personality shine!<\/p>\n

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Image<\/a> from Pixabay. Licensed under CC0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Beyond la grammaire<\/strong> and la culture<\/strong><\/a>, a big part of speaking une nouvelle langue<\/strong> (a new language) is the person speaking.<\/p>\n

Sometimes struggling to speak French correctly has a lot to do with that last point, la personne qui parle<\/strong> (the person speaking). It’s not about the frustration of making une faute<\/strong><\/a> (a mistake), but rather the feeling that your real personality isn’t being heard due to the language barrier.<\/p>\n

One area where this is abundantly clear is le second degr\u00e9<\/a> et l\u2019exag\u00e9ration<\/strong> (sarcasm and exaggeration).<\/p>\n

Le Second Degr\u00e9 – Sarcasm In French<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n