Many times over the years students have asked me, “How do the French pronounce names of American cities?” In today’s lesson we’ll answer that question. To do this, I had Marie, our native speaker voice over artist, think of how a typical French person would pronounce the names of seven major cities. Then, I came …
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Following all excitement about France hosting the Summer Olympics in 2024, we thought it would be fun to answer the question: “How do you say the Olympic Games in French?” The answer: les Jeux olympiques. Today’s lesson will explore several example sentences about this year’s olympics. Keep reading! les Jeux Olympiques Olympic Games
Today we’ll have a look at the word rien, which translates to “nothing” and “anything” in French. This word has been on our list for a while as many students struggle with the pronunciation. When pronouncing rien, the final -n is completely silent. The word rien rhymes with bien (well). The -en in rien and …
In today’s lesson we’ll have a look at the French word été. This word has several meanings. One translation of été is “summer”. Été is also the past participle for the verb être (to be). Hence, j’ai été translates to “I was” or “I have been”. Towards the end of the post we have a …
Bonjour ! Many times over the years students have asked me, “How do you say e-mail in French?” Today we’re going to answer that question. In short, French terms for e-mail in French are: mail, e-mail and mél. In addition, there is an “officialy” adopted French term which we’ll discover below. mail, e-mail, mél e-mail
