Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? Why not have a go at singing the French version?
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!
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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We’ll, it made me laugh!
Un type fait du stop sous la pluie, au bord de la route de Perthus.
At the end of WW2I, the BBC used the opening lines of this poem to signal the start of D-Day operations.
Test your French with a giggle: le gendarme à la ferme. See if you can understand what happens when the gendarme gets too big for his boots at the farm
Can you find the English equivalent of these ‘faux amis’?
Using proverbs in your French conversation won’t necessarily make you sound like a native but they’re good to know and can be useful.
Un type rentre dans un bar…..
