Laura K. Lawless's Blog: Lawless Languages, page 351
July 16, 2016
July 15, 2016
Attentat du Quatorze Juillet
On Bastille Day 2016, a semi truck plowed through the crowd on the Promenade des Anglais, killing dozens of people. This short video summarizes the events.
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July 14, 2016
Pluperfect Subjunctive
The rarest French verb form is the pluperfect subjunctive. It's a literary tense, meaning that it's reserved for formal, written French - mainly literature, but also history and journalism.
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July 13, 2016
Bastille Day
You probably know that 14 July is Bastille Day, but do you know what it's called in French? (Hint, it's not "jour de Bastille.") Do you know the history behind Bastille Day, or how it's celebrated in France? This page has links to everything you could possibly want to know.
Published on Lawless French.
Happy Bastille Day!
You probably know that 14 July is Bastille Day, but do you know what it's called in French? (Hint, it's not "jour de Bastille.") Do you know the history behind Bastille Day, or how it's celebrated in France? This page has links to everything you could possibly want to know.
Published on Lawless French.
Bon Synonyms
Students often ask "how can I sound more French?" and my first recommendation is always to work on vocabulary. In French classes, you tend to learn the most common, basic terms, like bon, which is a typical and very useful adjective that tends to be overused. Read this lesson to learn some different ways to say "good," including how to pronounce them.
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July 12, 2016
Pronommeur
In the grand tradition of The Subjunctivisor, I'm happy to introduce an interactive tool that will help you determine what kind of French pronoun you might be dealing with.
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July 11, 2016
Prise de la Bastille
Bien que de nombreuses personnes aient une connaissance sommaire de la prise de la Bastille de 1789, la plupart d'entre elles ont été faussement amenées à croire que l'opération avait pour but de libérer les prisonniers qui y étaient retenus captifs.
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July 9, 2016
8 Symbols of France
French flag, personification of France, national holiday... here's everything you need to know about 8 French symbols and motifs.
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July 8, 2016
11 Patriotic Expressions
It's always interesting to know what people have to say about their country and themselves, so here are 11 expressions and quotations somehow related to patriotism and the je ne sais quoi of Frenchness.
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