Fanny is an expert ukulele player, and she agrees to give Merlin some lessons. He needs a lot of practice!

Fanny braves the elements to tell us about her winter fashions and accessories and how best to stay warm during the colder months.

Perhaps some people enjoy the five long, cold months of winter in France, but our Fanny would rather spend her time outside in the sun, not freezing in line just to wait for the coat check… Which season gets your vote?

Fanny’s not only an expert on what to wear during different seasons—she clearly knows all about what’s good to eat. Raclette or rougail sausage, anyone?

Volunteer Fanny Cardot presents TransForme, an association that promotes organ donation through sport. Happy to hear about the good work TransForme is doing? Don't forget to register as a donor!

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.

Flora tells us about her love of theater, what it means to her, and how it helped her overcome her shyness.

How do you ask how a person is doing in "real" French, the French we use in our daily lives? Watch this great video to find out.

In this video, Nelly will teach you all the different ways of saying "thank you" and "you're welcome" in French, among other common phrases.

If you want to sound like a real French person, practice the art of conversation by taking a few cues from Nelly. There are many polite ways to conclude a conversation. And, talking about the weather is always a good way to keep the conversation flowing.

Nelly explains the five most important grammar rules you'll need to know to learn French. In this first part, she focuses on sentence structure and gender.

Concluding her overview of the five fundamental grammar rules in French, Nelly introduces the concepts of singular and plural, as well as the conjugation of verbs.

Nelly will teach you some essential vocabulary for describing people's personality. In Part 1, she focuses on positive traits.

Enrich your vocabulary and impress your French-speaking friends next time you need to describe someone's personality. Just be careful with masculine and feminine endings!

Nelly concludes her lesson on personality vocabulary with some adjectives to describe negative traits.