In today’s lesson we’ll have a look at the verb déménager, which means “to move”. This verb came onto our radar screen as students often confuse its usage. In short, déménager means “to move out”. In this post we’ll also explain how to use emménager (to move in) as well as aménager (to convert). déménager …
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Today we’ll have a look at the masculine noun temps, which means “time” in French. The French use this word to talk about time in the genral sense – le temps passe vite (time flies!). We’ll also have a quick look at how to use temps when talking about the weather and temps vs. fois …
Today we’ll take a close look at the word août, which means August in French. Specically, we’ll look at the pronunciation. The tricky aspect of this word is that it’s pronunciation goes completely against the French reading rules. Keep reading and I’ll explain! août – [ut] August
Today’s word of the day is ouest, which translates to “west” in French. This word made it onto my word-of-the-day list as I’ve found many students aren’t quite sure of the pronunciaiton. For this word, we must break the French reading rules. I’ll explain below. Ouest west
Today we’ll look at what I believe to be the single most useful slang verb in the French langauge: Foutre. This verb is basically and intensified version of faire (to make or do). For example, “Qu’est-ce que tu fous”? (What the heck/f* are you doing?). The list of usages of foutre is very long and …
