What are you doing this summer? How about learning more French while visiting Nice and the Côte d’Azur? The Nice French …
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Question tags, why and how to use them
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…
What gender for “quelque chose” and “autre chose”?
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…
Online French Conversation for Professionals
I have started offering a new service for professionals throughout the world who need to maintain their level of French: Online French Conversation …
Quote: By learning a new language, you suddenly…
This quote stems from a research carried out about the perception of time depending on the language you speak…
Commencer and Continuer… à, de or par? : How to Choose the Correct Preposition
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…
Among and Between: What is the Difference?
If you look up the difference between among and between, you will find two kinds of explanations, one just saying that between is used …
Happy New Year 2019!
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...
Stop confusing these 3 French words: matière, matériau and matériel
Matière, matériau and matériel are 3 French words that are easily confused by learners of French as a foreign language. It is not surprising when you…