Lionel goes over some of the many slang words for "money" in French, including la moula, les bifs, and les waris. He also explains why you shouldn't try to pay with larger bills in a store.

Lionel will explain the difference between "matin" and "matinée", which both mean morning in English, and "soir" and "soirée" which both mean evening. You can read more about this distinction in our lesson Morning and Evening.

In this video, Lionel will explain how the French presidential elections work and who the 2022 candidates are.

Lionel explains a special prononciation feature of French called a liaison. Listen carefully to his many examples and you will get the idea!

Lionel explains the concept of homonyms and homophones in French, using the examples of leur, leurs, leurre, l'heure and l'heur.

In her song "Nos secrets" (Our Secrets), pop singer Louane Emera laments a relationship that is fading like "a bouquet of maybes." It's a melancholy and philosophical song about coming to terms with a broken relationship.

In this melancholy piano ballad, Louane Emera confesses her doubts and fears to her late mother. "Everything will start again in the spring," she sings, "except indelible loves."

Enjoy Louane's poignant song "Pardonne-moi" (Forgive Me), about a difficult break-up.

Though Mai Lingani grew up in Côte d’Ivoire, she is one of the most popular singer/songwriters in Burkina Faso, where she was born. In 1998 that country presented her with its highest award for a musician, the “Prix national de la chanson.” In addition to her beautiful French and melodious English, Mai also speaks (and sings in) three African tongues: Moré, Dioula, and Bissa. Please enjoy our interview with this delightful talent!

Come learn some animal idioms with Manon and Clémentine! They'll show you how cats, dogs, and wolves can help you to improve your everyday French.

To be or not to be? That is the question that our friends Manon and Clémentine address in this video on the verb être (to be). In their conjugations of the verb être, they demonstrate some of the concepts we covered in our lesson on liaisons.

Manon and Clémentine teach us all about the verb aller, "to go," from its conjugation to its many different meanings. Allons-y!

Manon and Simon unravel some of the more complicated aspects of gender in French, focusing on masculine and feminine word endings. There's a lot more to it than just le and la!

Our charming teachers, Margaux and Manon, will inflict the verb "faire" on you. They did their best to make this grammar lesson on conjugation relatively painless.

Marie and Jeremy are having an argument over the cat. Jeremy is fed up with the mess it makes, among other things. He gives her an ultimatum: it's him or the cat. It's a tough choice for Marie...