French the natural way: les oeufs de Pâques !

Coucou les French learners,

Les fêtes de Pâques !

Today is silent, les cloches des églises ne sonnent pas. Church bells are not ringing because it is Samedi Saint, Holy Saturday.

But tomorrow is Pâques ! And I am so fortunate to be spending this special time in France,

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French the natural way: un peu de culture

Coucou les French learners,

This week, I want to show you a bit of my culture, the French culture, from fashion to sport to food.

When you understand the culture, you understand the language too and vice and versa.

French elegance: Hubert de Givenchy

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French the natural way: read & cook

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It’s been freezing cold this week, il a fait un froid glacial !

Read a good book

So it is the perfect time to be reading a good book by the fire, au coin du feu.

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French the natural way: the next new thing

Coucou les French learners,

I am back this week with some great news!

Despite the fact it is extremely cold over here, il fait un froid de canard, a duck’s cold (don’t ask why we say that in French ?! C’est très bizarre !).

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French the natural way: carnaval & planning your trip to France

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C’est déjà le mois de février ! It is already the month of February! Il fait froid et il y a de la neige, it is cold and there is some snow, brr !

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