by Yolaine Bodin | 10 Mar 2018 | Quotes
Anthony Burgess was an English writer. He became famous when his novel A Clockwork Orange was adapted into a film. He was also a composer, a linguist and a translator. “Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a...
by Yolaine Bodin | 3 Mar 2018 | French Language
Have you ever stumbled upon the spelling of French numbers? Have you ever avoided writing a number in full letters to make it easier? If you can already count in French and you answered yes to one of these questions, then this Language Nook post is for you! ...
by Yolaine Bodin | 18 Feb 2018 | English Language
To have something done or to get something done is a sentence structure that is very useful and yet I noticed in my English classes that many learners of English are often unsure as to how to use it. The good news is that this type of sentence is not difficult...
by Yolaine Bodin | 3 Feb 2018 | French Language
You don’t need to have been learning French for a long time to know the main words to talk about people. You’ve probably learnt the words to say man (homme) or boy (garçon), woman (femme) or girl (fille), friend (ami, amie), brother (frère), sister...
by Yolaine Bodin | 27 Jan 2018 | English Language
Altogether does not mean all together and all together does not mean altogether! You can hardly hear the difference when the words are spoken and it has more to do with the rhythm than with the actual pronunciation itself. Most of the time, you can’t hear...
