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April 29th, 2012
Les Chansons françaises – French songs
This lesson is called ‘Le temps du muguet – Lily-of-the-valley time’. Traditionally, on May 1, you give your love ones a branch of lily-of-the-valley – especially one with thirteen flowers – as a
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April 28th, 2012
FrEnch DicTation – DiCtée – Listen and Write
Today’s dictée is called ‘Les ponts du mois de mai – Long weekends in May’
Dictée
Les ponts du mois de mai
C’est bientôt le mois de mai. … Continue with
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April 28th, 2012
FrEnch DicTation – DiCtée – Listen and Write
Today’s dictée is called ‘Deux mamies – Two grannies’
Dictée
Deux mamies
Deux mamies qui venaient d’être expulsées de leur(s) … continue the dictation and get its translation in the
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April 27th, 2012
un enquiquineur, une enquiquineuse is ‘an annoying person’, ‘a pain in the neck.’
« C’est une enquiquineuse. Si tu tombes sur elle pour ton exam, t’auras (tu auras) du mal à l’avoir. » “She’s a pain in the neck.
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April 27th, 2012
faire un caca (nerveux) to do a (nervous) poopy. faire un caca (nerveux) is ‘to throw a tantrum’, ‘to have a fit’.
« Si tu lui dis que t’as (tu n’as) pas fini le dossier, il va nous faire
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April 26th, 2012
Trois proverbes printaniers – Three Spring proverbs
Matin printanier
mars – March
Mars venteux et avril pluvieux font mai gai et gracieux. Windy March and rainy April make May gay and generous.
avril – April
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April 26th, 2012
je te tiens au courant pour le resto
tenir au courant –tenir: to hold, au courant: to the power. Tenir au courant: to hold to the power? Nan! tenir au courant means to let someone know, to keep
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April 25th, 2012
ça tombe bien – it falls well. ça tombe bien means something like ‘lucky strike’, ‘lucky me’, ‘what a nice coincidence.’
« Tu es là et j’ai juste besoin de quelqu’un pour monter mes meubles à l’étage. Ça tombe
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April 25th, 2012
Beginner’s Podcast Series
Welcome to this FRENCH ETC. Beginner’s Podcast where you can learn every day French every day, as well as vocabulary and grammar with the companion worksheets that you can get as a member on the Web
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April 25th, 2012
être de mèche – to be of wick. être de mèche means ‘to be in cahoots.’
« Je pense que ces deux voyous étaient de mèche pour faire ce casse. » “I think that these two louts were in
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