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9 Reasons to Learn Italian

People are often charmed by the musicality of Italian and the promise of la dolce vita. Italian ranks fourth among the world's most learned languages, but most importantly, it's associated with a rich culture whose influence extends to all four corners of the globe. If you are trying to broaden your career opportunities, travel with confidence, or simply master your menu, you can't go wrong with the language of da Vinci and Mona Lisa.

Published on Lawless Italian

         

Visionnage : La faute à Rousseau

France Channel (read my review) is offering a free screening of the first episode of La faute à Rousseau, the perfect comedy-drama to start the new school year. It's available on Vimeo this weekend (2 + 3 September) to give you a taste of the series.

Synopsis: Benjamin Rousseau is an atypical high school teacher, exploring philosophical themes relevant to his terminale students' lives to help them learn and grow. But his own life is a complete mess - he lives with his mother, is divorced, and struggles to bond with his own son.

Content advisory: Adult themes, language. Terminale is the third and final year of lycée, students are 17-18.

French audio with your choice of language for the subtitles:

French subtitles | English subtitles

Bon visionnage !

Published on Lawless French

         

Ma foi

Should you learn about the French expression ma foi? Well, yes.

Published on Lawless French

         

Vacances au pays basque – Imperfect Quiz

Test yourself on French imperfect conjugations with this fill-in-the-blanks quiz:

   Vacances au pays basque

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless French account to take this test. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

Published on Lawless French

         

Conditional Perfect, Second Form

The second form of the conditional perfect suffers from something of an identity crisis: it looks like the pluperfect subjunctive but has the value of the conditional perfect. The second form of the past conditional is used mostly in si clauses and is a literary tense, so is found only in very formal written French.

Published on Lawless French

         

Creer – to believe

Creer is one of the most common and useful Spanish verbs and has irregular conjugations in most tenses and moods. Creer literally means "to believe" and is found in some idiomatic expressions.

Published on Lawless Spanish

           

La rentrée

La rentrée is one of the biggest events of the French year. In many countries, early September is end-of-summer-break-and-back-to-school time, but in France it's so much more than that. Here's everything you need to know about la rentrée with Lawless French à fond.

Published on Lawless French

         

Quand les poules auront des dents

Find out what toothy hens and flying pigs have in common with this lesson on the French idiom quand les poules auront des dents.

Published on Lawless French

         

Questions Quiz: Qué and Quién

Test yourself on Spanish questions with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Al cine con Úrsula Corberó

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless Spanish account to take this test. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

Published on Lawless Spanish

           

Trip to Paris – Writing Challenge

Practice your French translation and writing skills with this B1-level writing challenge:

   Trip to Paris

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless French account to do this exercise. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

Published on Lawless French