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Tomber dans les pommes [Audio clip: view full post to listen] This French idiomatic expression means ‘To faint/lose consciousness/pass out‘. Its literal meaning is ‘to fall in the apples‘. Listen to an application of this idiom: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] ‘Marie était si fatiguée qu’elle est tombée dans les pommes.’ (Marie [...] Salut, Now that you know how to say days and months in French, wouldn’t be good to see if you can remember some valuable things from it? I would like then to propose you two little exercises for good practice. The first activity is a very simple one (yes, I know, I’m too nice [...] Context: Bonjour chers amis! Keep a calendar by your side because in this lesson, we are going to work with days and months. We are going to learn how to say the date in French. Do you want to learn how to read an important date on a calendar such as a birthday, a [...]
Bonjour les amis, Yet another fun vocabulary exercise with animals. This is a crossword filled with images. All you need to do is look at an image of an animal and provide the correct name in French. So tell me, how long do you think it will [...] Bonjour chers amis, I am confident you’ve had enough time to work on the first chapter I uploaded a couple of weeks ago. I also hope you’ve checked the Talking Dictionary (especially, the ‘Animals’ section ) since you will have now the opportunity to test your knowledge with some pretty cool activities. You will [...] Bonjour les amis, One thing that comes almost immediately to mind when we talk about the country of France is her wine. France has the world’s largest wine production with a production of about 7–8 billion bottles every year according to OIV (International Organization of Vine and Wine). (Hehe, that’s more than enough [...] Bonjour tout le monde, As we say in French, “Chose promise, chose due”. (Promises must be kept). I promised everyone I would open a French Proverb section on this website by the end of July. It’s now completed…or almost. I still need to record a few audio clips and VOILÀ!!! But I didn’t want [...]
Bonjour, Comment allez-vous aujourd’hui? I hope you are doing very well. Activity: Say whether you have these objects in your classroom (No longer a student? Just pretend to be one Example: Est-ce qu’il y a des fenêtres bleues dans ta (salle de) classe? Are there any blue windows in your classroom? Oui, il y a des fenêtres bleues. Yes, there are (blue windows). Non, il n’y a pas de fenêtres bleues. No, there aren’t any (blue windows). |
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How do you tell somebody to mind their own business in French (informal)? I’m sure you don’t particularly enjoy the company of nosy people, people who are always trying to meddle in your personal affairs. If this is the case, you may find this post very relevant. 
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