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Mille, Million, Milliard: Big Numbers in French

Numbers are an essential feature of every language, and learning them usually just involves a good amount...

Punctuation in French

French punctuation marks are easily recognizable: there’s le point (period), la virgule (comma), les deux-points (colon), le point-virgule...

Four More "Faux Amis"

that there are scientists pour prétendre que la Terre n'est pas le centre de l'univers! claiming that the earth...

Less Is More with "Moins"

In our last lesson, we talked about the word plus (more)...

Pronouncing "Plus"

a lot more people. Caption 8, Jean-Marc - La plage - Part 1  Play Caption   Did you...

C'est donnant donnant: French Expressions with "Donner"

que) it's the season of Thanksgiving (or Le Jour de l’Action de Grâce in Canadian...

The Reasons "Pourquoi"

for things. It’s great to say j’aime la langue française (I love the French language), but it’s even better to be able...

Quant à vous, qu'en pensez-vous?

universal citizens”:     D'ailleurs quand est-ce qu'on invente le passeport? By the way, when will they...

Still and Always

me voir?, don't freak out! Your potential love interest isn't asking you if you always feel like seeing him or her, but rather if...

Bringing and Taking in French

which verb. You can break it down like this: 1. The verbs ending in mener...

"Un Briefing" on English Loanwords in French

le baby-sitting (babysitting), le shopping (shopping), and le jogging (jogging):   Elle fait son jogging sur la banquise. She's out jogging on the ice...

Don't Take It Personally!

the most exciting part of studying a language (unless they have friends like our very own Margaux and Manon, that...

Coup: A Violent but Versatile Word

that you will be able to tenir le coup (cope) with learning so much about this little word! If you do need to unwind,...

Tenir: To Have and to Hold

go visit Gilles Spannagel who owns Le Cruchon [The Little Jug], qui est le petit restaurant... which is the little restaurant......

Euphony in French: On or L'on?

what l’ is doing before on here. L’ is the contracted form of le and la (the), and on is a singular pronoun meaning...

Five Ways of Saying "Only"

Only" might seem like a pretty lonely word, but there are...

Monter's Many Meanings

a level of something can also monter: Le prix de l’essence monte chaque année. The...

Tu peux y arriver!

at thirty kilometers per hour. Caption 12, Le Journal - La Martinique  Play Caption   The final meaning of...

"Faire" + Infinitive: Causing Something to Happen

to make each other laugh. Caption 6, Le Journal - Les effets bénéfiques du rire!  Play...

Chez moi, c'est chez toi!

thirty-three rpm records... Caption 11, Alex Terrier - Le musicien et son jazz  Play Caption   It...

Three "Faux Amis"

many faux amis to include in one lesson, so for now we'll focus on these...

Au revoir, mademoiselle

campaigning by two French feminist groups, Osez le féminisme! (Dare To Be Feminist!) and Les...

Une poignée de dollars: French Collective Nouns

noun is preceded by a definite article (le, la) or a demonstrative (ce, cet, cette) or...

Inversion: When Subjects and Verbs Switch Places

11, Il était une fois... l’Homme - 6. Le siècle de Périclès - Part 5  Play Caption...