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In French, there are expressions that include time but do not always relate to it. Here are 6 expressions involving hours and time. Passer un mauvais quart d’heure. (Literally: to go through a bad quarter-hour)To go through a difficult time > A cowboy goes through a difficult time during a rodeo.Also: Faire passer un mauvais […]

Want to learn French while listening to great music? There are plenty of tips, but we will stick to 5 artists. Stromae. Formidable—who doesn’t know this song? “Formidable, formidable. Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minable.” Last year, Stromae released the powerful track L’enfer. Zaz. The singer Zaz has been making a name for herself for […]

Completely, all, whole, everyone… The word ‘tout’ is used in many different situations. Or ‘toute’, ‘tous’, ‘toutes’. Sometimes you hear the ‘t’ or the ‘s’ at the end, but usually you do not. How does it work exactly? It is time for the rules! Tout, tous, toute, toutes. These are the forms of tout: masculine […]

Als je ‘minst’ opzoekt in het Franse woordenboek, dan vind je als eerste ‘moins’. Maar dat is niet altijd de juiste vertaling. Hier vind je 4 voorbeelden waarvoor je in het Frans een ander woord gebruikt dan ‘moins’. Dat is nog wel het minste van mijn zorgen.
C’est le cadet de mes soucis. (Letterlijk: dat is […]

French features a significant number of fixed combinations when it comes to prepositions. We are here to help you get started. You are likely already aware that verbs can have fixed prepositions. After all, we have them in Dutch as well. They also occur in French. Below, we have listed a few (though the list […]

Would you like to enjoy some reading during the summer holidays? Here are 3 recommendations for books that you can also try reading in French. En attendant Bojangles – Olivier BourdeautA story about an extraordinary family. A father with a great imagination, a mother who is somewhat eccentric, and a child growing up in an […]

We have mentioned it in a previous newsletter: the French love to debate. How do you express your opinion (avis)? There are plenty of options! À mon avis… (in my opinion…) Je crois que… (I believe that…) Je trouve que… (I think that…) Je considère que… (I consider that…) J’estime que… (I am of the […]

Did you know that France has no less than 430,000 km of rivers (not counting overseas territories)? In French, there are as many as 10 different words related to rivers. It is time to get to know them! 1. Le fleuveA river that always flows into the sea. France has 7 major ‘fleuves’: the Adour, […]