French the natural way: les deux ingrédients

Coucou les French learners,

C’est presque la fin du mois de janvier, it is nearly the end of January.

Are you keeping with your resolutions or objectives?

This year: I stop smoking, I do sport,

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French the natural way: en mai, fais du français !

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Le mois de mai, May is fast approaching!

Do you remember last year, same time? I was explaining you the popular French dicton, saying ” En mai, fais ce qu’il te plaît “,

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French the natural way: les fleurs

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As I am leaving for France tomorrow, I am sending out the newsletter a bit earlier.

Le printemps arrive ! Spring is coming!

Pas vraiment ! Not really though! It has been a long and hard winter here in Europe.

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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: 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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French the natural way: le Festival des Chandelles (La Chandeleur)

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Yesterday was a special day and an excuse to eat loads of crêpes ! Miam !

La Chandeleur

The French celebrate la Chandeleur every 2nd of February, which marks the day when Jesus was presented at the temple in Jerusalem.

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French the natural way: meet un nez (a perfume tester)!

Coucou les French learners,

Before you get to meet another fantastic French learner, I want to share with you a very interesting article. It is when you start receiving a lot of input in another language. In fact, you are “receiving so much input that a din of target language develops in your head.

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