by Yolaine Bodin | 8 Jul 2016 | Quotes
This is a quote by Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-2009), a French anthropologist and ethnologist, member of the French Academy (Académie Française). It is truly difficult if not impossible, to imagine a world in which only one single language would be spoken. Some...
by Yolaine Bodin | 1 Jul 2016 | French Language
Most of you have already learnt the word quand. It is the French equivalent to ‘when’. Hence, quand is always about a moment in time: Quand partirez-vous? (When are you leaving? Je te prévendrai quand je partirai. (I’ll warn you when I leave) But...
by Yolaine Bodin | 24 Jun 2016 | English Language
So, you’re learning English as a foreign language and you want to compare situations, actions, people or things that are similar. Good! Well, yes, except that you are not sure whether you should use as or like. These words are easily confused precisely...
by Yolaine Bodin | 16 Jun 2016 | French Language
The words tâche and tache are extremely similar in pronunciation ; if you’re extremely attentive, you might just about notice a longer a sound in tâche. Don’t tell the French, most don’t even notice or know! And this is precisely what explains...
by Yolaine Bodin | 8 Jun 2016 | English Language
As you wish! This is a common English expression that is very useful in a conversation when you want the other person to decide or when you leave them the choice to decide. A very frequent mistake, especially with French learners of English as a foreign...
