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June 7, 2015

Améliorer son français

Améliorer son français

Listening comprehension exercise with tips on improving reading comprehension.

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Published on June 07, 2015 09:00

June 6, 2015

Impersonal Verbs

Impersonal French verbsMost verbs are personal: they must be conjugated for different grammatical persons. But some verbs are used impersonally, meaning they have only one conjugation, the third person singular.

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Published on June 06, 2015 07:30

Mot du jour – maybe

I'm thinking about creating a word-of-the-day newsletter, but...


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Published on June 06, 2015 05:02

June 5, 2015

Jour J

Le jour J





The big day is here when you can learn about the French expression le jour J.


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Published on June 05, 2015 09:00

June 4, 2015

Delphine

Delphine, by Mme de Staël

Read the first few paragraphs of Madame de Staël's epistolary novel Delphine.

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Published on June 04, 2015 09:00

June 3, 2015

A Year of Lawless French

A year of Lawless French3 June 2015 marks the one-year anniversary of Lawless French. It's been an interesting experience writing for myself rather than a network, and I'm curious to know how you feel about the difference since I went out on my own.

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Published on June 03, 2015 05:17

June 2, 2015

TH

French pronunciationThe letter combination th is pronounced like the French t.

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Published on June 02, 2015 09:00

June 1, 2015

Weights and Measures

Weights and measures in French





Like most of the world, the French use the metric system for weights and measures. Here are the main units as well as a converter so you can find out the Imperial equivalents.


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Published on June 01, 2015 09:00

May 31, 2015

Chapeaux en France

Chapeaux en France

Très prisé en France entre les années 20 et 60, le chapeau fait un retour en force et accompagne joliment les tenues élégantes ou décontractées, à la plage comme à la ville.

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Published on May 31, 2015 09:00

May 30, 2015

Aller – Near Future

French near futureYou can explain what will happen in the near future with the construction aller + infinitive; for example, L'avion va atterrir ici - "The plane is going to land here."


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Published on May 30, 2015 09:00