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Les Synonymes
Time to enrich your French vocabulary! When you learn a new word or expression, it is always a good idea to explore it a little bit, to try to find out if it has a little twin hiding somewhere… In … Continue reading
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Difference between Passé Composé and Imparfait
Difference between “Le Passé Composé” and “L’Imparfait” For those of you just starting to learn French, “Passé Composé” and “Imparfait” may still sound like pretty names of birds or of cute little pets. For others who’ve been studying French for … Continue reading
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Tagged french grammar, french past tenses, imparfait, imperfect, passe compose, past tense
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BONNE ANNEE 2012!!!!!!
What, you got lazy and didn’t send any Christmas cards this year? Good news! You still have time to grab pens and papers and start showering your friends with beautiful greetings. The French actually send out greeting cards the whole … Continue reading
Pluriel des mots en ‘-al’ et ‘-ail’
Do you guys know any words ending with –al? I’m sure you’ve heard of “le festival” or “le carnaval” or maybe even “le journal”.You’ve also learned that, to form the plural of nouns in French, just like in English actually, … Continue reading
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Halloween or Hallo…win in France?
Bad pun? Maybe. Interesting question? I think so… Is Halloween winning in France? Apparently Halloween originated thousands of years ago among the Celts. At that time, people celebrated the passage into the new year, the new season. Growing up in … Continue reading
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Pluriel des mots en -ou
In general, the plural of words ending with -ou is very simple: you just add an -s. Example: un bisou – des bisous (a kiss – kisses) BUT… of course there’s a but, otherwise you wouldn’t be learning French! There … Continue reading
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Les Antonymes
One major task when learning a foreign language is to keep enriching one’s vocabulary. The traditional method is to learn list of words thematically. It does get tedious, but it’s hard not to go through this process. But how about … Continue reading
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Pourquoi apprendre le français? (Why learn French?)
Bienvenue sur le blog de “Oh La La, I Speak French!” Pour pouvoir communiquer avec des millions de nouvelles personnes (to be able to communicate with millions of new people) Pour donner l’impression d’être romantique (to give the impression that … Continue reading
