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Fancy seeing what I discovered to do with my pomegranates in the garden this year? 

Hint: Anyone can do it and it’s really worth it! 

The goal of this fun mini-lesson is not only to share with you a healthy recipe but also to expose you to a lot of new French words.

You’ll be exploring the fol...

Imagine you could say “J’ai compris” in a more familiar, A more 'French' way. 

We all want to say how well we’ve understood things in our conversation. But somehow, “I understood” feels a little, well, let’s say, ‘translated’ at times. 

Why not speak French like you speak English and say “I got...

Tu as récemment flippé ?  Huh? Take a peek at the way to say you ‘freaked out’ in French.

‘Flipper’ is a common word in French, especially in certain films at the moment. Traditionally, Flipper is like the English - to flip something over. So there’s a little connection - Freaking out is like tu...

Struggling to choose between FOIS & TEMPS ? Let’s untangle it with some nifty examples to help you with your instant recall. 

The confusion comes from the fact that for both words in English, it’s the same word: “time”. However, in French we have two different words for specific contexts.

Disco...

Do you get ‘brain freeze’ when you’re trying to have conversations in French. 

Now, don’t worry -  It’s understandably hard to work out how to get off a learning plateau, so today, we’ll dive into a closer look at how some decent feedback can shift you off it:

🇫🇷 What effective feedback looks l...

Marcher, promener or se promener. do trip up over these three ways to walk? What are the difference and nuances between them?

In this mini-lesson, not only will you understand the meaning of each verb but you will also see other versions and idiomatic expressions associated with them.

Let's div...

Does your conversational flow feel choppy because you keep forgetting words you thought you had learnt ?

Today, you are going to understand better:

• Why cramming words and overstudying will not help you speak better. 
• Why visualising and observing will make a massive difference to your insta...

Do you … or don’t you? 

Have you ever gone to reach for another glass of wine as a guest at a French table and wondered why you're being 'looked at' . . . 

Today, you discover a little snippet of French etiquette about pouring wine:

• The important table etiquette regarding pouring your wine ...

Ever wondered how to say you’ve just done something - in French - and got all wrapped up in working out the verb formation?

Thankfully, for once, the French is much easier than the English. So long as you master the conjugation of the French verb “venir”, the rest is quite easy peasy.

Let's di...

If your French is more advanced, if you are surrounded by native French people or watching some French movies, you may encounter some expressions that you will understand only if they explain them to you.

Why?

Because if you try to translate word by word, it won’t work. These expressions come f...

This is one of the first words you learn in French. Still, many students doubt when using “bonjour” or “bonne journée”, “bonsoir” and “bonne soirée” and even “bonne nuit”.

Therefore my aim for you today is to bring clarity in your head so you will know exactly which word to use in the right cont...

Would you like to show your French because you’ve worked a lot on it and deserve some praise? Only jocking here but let’s play with several ways to say “show off” in French. As you will see, there’s the “show off” in an arrogant way and there’s the positive version as well.

Before we dive in, yo...