Learn this useful vocab to tell the scammers to get lost – with varied degrees of politeness!
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Why not have a go at singing the French version?
God’s largest prison: Albi and its “monstrous mountain of brick” From Rivesaltes station to Albi via Toulouse The first leg of the journey was uneventful, apart from the distant view en route of Carcassonne, bastioned…
As we grow older, one of the greatest blocks to learning a language is memory. And yet many of us can still sing along to new songs – and remember the words!
Useful vocabulary to help you through the festive period
Christmas……..
…………. card – une carte de Noël
…………. day – le jour de Noël
…………. dinner – le Réveillon
…………. tree – le sapin
Famous French poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote Le Dormeur du Val when he was just 16, possibly based on his very real experiences of travel across France during the Franco-Prussian War
Test Your French with a French Joke. Un canard entre dans une épicerie et demande au patron: “Vous avez de la nourriture pour canards ?” Le patron répond «Nous n’en avons pas. Ici nous vendons de la nourriture pour les gens. »
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Coming from the word ‘l’envers’, (the reverse), Verlan is a well-known form of French slang which involves reversing the syllables.
We’ll, it made me laugh!
Un type fait du stop sous la pluie, au bord de la route de Perthus.
