In the way and on the way are two common phrases in English. They look and sound similar but they have completely different meanings.So, what is the difference between in the way and on the way and when…
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Environ and vers are two words used in French when you want to say approximately, around, about…What is the difference between vers and environ, and when should we use…
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“How are you?” That’s the way to ask how someone is that you have learned in class. It is correct of course, and you’ll definitely hear it in English-speaking countries.However, there are lots of other ways to ask How are you? in English.
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Meetings are one of the most common events in the workplace. We meet in our own offices or remotely, and an increasing number of meetings gather attendees…
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What are you doing this summer? How about learning more French while visiting Nice and the Côte d’Azur? The Nice French Summer Course is a French language course designed for those who want to learn real…
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Question tags, also called tag questions are commonly used in English, especially in spoken English.What are question tags? A tag is like a label. For example, you will see price tags attached to…
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The French word chose is a feminine noun: une chose (a thing). It may thus seem logical to think the set phrases quelque chose and autre chose are feminine, too. That’s forgetting only too quickly that the French language is full of surprises
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I have started offering a new service for professionals throughout the world who need to maintain their level of French: Online French Conversation Sessions.
Of course, if you use French professionally, it means you are already fluent or nearly fluent. However, if you don’t live and work in a French-speaking country, you may feel the need to speak with a French native who still lives in France.
This quote stems from a research carried out about the perception of time depending on the language you speak…
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You may be unsure as to what preposition –à, de or par– you should use after the French verbs commencer and continuer.
Well, rest assured you are not the only one for that is a question quite a number of students who attend…
If you look up the difference between among and between, you will find two kinds of explanations, one just saying that between is used when referring to 2 items and among with 3 and more, and another saying it is more a question of the following words referring to a specific item (for between) or a group (for among)…
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Happy New Year! May 2019 bring joy, peace and some magic to your life! To start this new year, I would like to share this quote by Christopher McCandless, the young American traveler who was the subject of “Into the Wild”: “The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there…
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