Difficulty: Newbie
France
Farid and Hiziya conjugate the two most basic verbs in French: avoir (to have) and être (to be).
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Farid and Hiziya talk about a common grammar mistake that even native French speakers make: confusing the verbs amener, apporter, emmener, and emporter. For more on these tricky verbs, read our lesson Bringing and Taking in French.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Amal and Caroline admit that they use a lot of swear words (jurons) when they're having a bad day or just dealing with the stress of life in Paris. Amal suggests they take a yoga class to decompress.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Lionel shows us some of the fowl at the animal park, including the storks, which are the symbol of Alsace.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Lionel visits an animal park and teaches us the names of the male, female, and young of each animal he encounters. Did you know there's a word for "female duck" in French?
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
While Jeremy tries to tell a joke, Marie schools him on adjective agreement and other spelling and grammar pitfalls. Even native French speakers make mistakes!
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Patricia explores the origin of the poisson d'avril (April Fools') tradition. There are numerous theories about this, some of them contradictory.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
The first of April is the day of hoaxes, pranks, and jokes. In France, the tradition is to hang paper fish on people's backs and shout, "Poisson d'avril!" (April Fish!).
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Why do we get "hen flesh" (chair de poule) when it's "duck cold" (froid de canard)? Learn more about these and other poultry-related expressions in this video.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
To conclude her series on musical expressions, Patricia will sing your praises for having learned and practiced everything she taught you.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Patricia breaks down some more musical expressions, such as c'est la même musique, c'est du pipeau, violon d'Ingres, and si ça te chante.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
En avant la musique! (Let's get on with it!) Patricia continues her lesson on various musical expressions used in everyday language.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Tune in to Patricia's lesson on musical expressions and idioms in French. You'll hear plenty of interesting phrases that are worth noting.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Red alert! There are even more French expressions using the word rouge. Patricia explains several of them in this video.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
There are many expressions in French linked to the color red, several of which have direct equivalents in English. Discover a few of them with Patricia.
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