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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...

Let’s have fun and explore some French expressions to tell someone to go away. As you can imagine, these options are not polite and even rude in some cases. You will certainly hear them in French movies, series and in the street in complicated situations…

Here are the 7 expressions we will be ...

I have 2 fun and useful expressions for you in this lesson. They pop up in conversation ever so often. Literally, they are used for better and worse, they are the yin and the yang…

Let’s pick at them a bit so you too will say them as often as possible, in the right context, and upgrade your spok...

When you learn a language, it’s always fun to be able to play with (new) expressions. After all, the idea is to expand your vocabulary and enjoy your learning at the same time. This is why you are going to see 7 different ways to say “no biggie” in French.

As usual, don’t try to learn all of the...

By reaching a certain level in a language, you start learning expressions. These expressions don’t really have a perfect translation. This is why you need to convey the idea. See this happen here with the expression “My bad!”.

3 different ways to say “my bad” in French.

To start with, when do...

Maybe you wonder why you need the gerund or how to construct this structure. However, you’ll see how useful it can be in this lesson. Something important to remember: even if there are some similarities in both languages, the gerund in French is pretty different from the English one. Consequently...

The French words TANT and AUTANT can be easily mixed up for we anglophones. So, let's dive straight into finding out how to use them!

• tant

• tant de

• tant que

• autant de

• autant que

• en tant que

What does TANT mean in French?

First, let’s start with TANT.

You n...

It’s summer…trees and fruits are producing so much food. And because it may be a topic of your every day conversations, we are going to look at the names of the fruit in French and the tree they come from.

Avez-vous la pêche (Do you have the energy) for this healthy lesson?

What are the names...

I think we can agree that asking questions in French is completely different. In French we don’t have any modals. The basic structure is:

• Questions word + verb + subject +  object

In addition, for some French word questions, you have to take the gender and number into account.

Knowing how ...