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Itâs BAD enough when you want to work out whether to say MAL or MAUVAIS . . . so letâs find some other ways to say this and get expanding our vocabulary.
You see, we love saying something is GOOD, but when people want to explain just the opposite to us, itâs not a MAUVAISE idĂ©e (bad idea) to be ...
When you listen to French spoken at full speed it can be a real confidence breaker when youâve done all that learning yet still donât understand whatâs being said. Or even, you get some of it but the time it took you to process it, the conversation has moved on.Â
You are not alone! In fact, if ...
 Do you worry nobody will understand you and youâll have to repeat yourself . . . again?
So you use lovely words like âfantastiqueâ or âexcellent . . . yet donât you want to expand your vocabulary a little more?
Knowing the basics is fine but there comes a time when you actually want to know mo...
Scripting your French conversations can actually leave you feeling worried about opening up a conversation, the exact opposite of its intent.
This is because you might be worried about making mistakes, or that you wonât be able to pronounce the words correctly, or goodness me, worried that you m...
 Donât you just struggle to recall on demand those fun idiomatic expressions in French that would nicely colour our daily language?
We love metaphors and interesting ways of speaking. Â
But recalling them on demand when weâre not using them every day can really chew up our confidence.
So I pre...
What if things just arenât right and you need to express that clearly?
Weâre so busy learning French that we tend to stick to the positive and are always compliant.Â
Have you just learnt to keep your opposition to yourself? Â
Today, in this mini-lesson, you will learn:
- How to say things are...
Fancy some tense recognition?Â
When it comes to listening to French people speaking, wouldnât we just like some more practice, especially when it comes to recognising verbs in the past, present and future . . . and moreÂ
Therefore, I have a mini listening activity for you - can you work out wha...
Do you get in a dither using DEPUIS in French? Get into the French brain and make life easier with DEPUIS.
The thing is, we shy away from using tenses like âhave been . . . ingâ because it looks really complicated.Â
But actually, instead of wasting time translating all the time, if only you un...
 Do you mess up your Bonjour and your Bonne journĂ©e?  ... Just how DO you greet your guest in the morning?Â
If you want to carry on your conversation in French, itâs helpful to know if youâre greeting someone or if youâre basically sending them on their way.Â
Itâs ok: itâs a subtle difference i...
Struggling to hear that group of verbs ending in ârendre?
Letâs do something related to the verbs ending in -RENDRE at intermediate French level.
Weâre often quite happy when we start mastering French verbs . . . then along comes an irregular one. And to make things worse, it always seems to b...
Donât make this mistakeâŠIt's not always CUIRE!
You love French, you love French food. And when you talk about cooking you look the word up and find CUIRE. What a great word to say!
However, it's so easy to think that this word covers all your cooking vocabulary. And unfortunately, it doesnât.Â
...If youâre called a fussy eater, it can be quite annoying! Pourquoi ? Why? Because we all have preferences and the need to avoid certain foods.Â
When eating in France, this is not always taken into account, although lately people and restaurants are getting much more aware that this is more than ...