{"id":13720,"date":"2026-09-02T16:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/blog-2\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:06:48","slug":"articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2125848785\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover cdf-banner-gradient hide-for-small\" id=\"banner-1280853668\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CDF-blog-hero.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" \/>    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You need it whenever you express a wish, emotion, necessity, or doubt. A [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/subjunctive-feeling-versus-facts\/\" class=\"button primary is-link is-small mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/first-soup-then-an-eatery\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"First soup, then an eatery\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-510x382.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-1080x810.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-980x735.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-480x360.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-80x60.jpeg 80w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vrai-paris-120x90.jpeg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\" style=\"padding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label tag-label is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBlog \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/first-soup-then-an-eatery\/\" class=\"plain\">First soup, then an eatery<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDid you know that until the 18th century, you could not visit a &#8216;restaurant&#8217; in France? You could only drink a restaurant. The French in [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/first-soup-then-an-eatery\/\" class=\"button primary is-link is-small mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/5-parisian-exhibitions\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"5 Parisian exhibitions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen-510x319.jpg 510w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen-980x613.jpg 980w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen-480x300.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen-96x60.jpg 96w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Parijse-tentoonstellingen-144x90.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\" style=\"padding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label tag-label is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBlog \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/5-parisian-exhibitions\/\" class=\"plain\">5 Parisian exhibitions<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMartin Parr, Global Warning Jeu de Paume is hosting a major exhibition by the renowned British photographer Martin Parr. In this showcase, Parr takes an [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/5-parisian-exhibitions\/\" class=\"button primary is-link is-small mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/passive-expression\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Passive expression\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/passief-uitgedrukt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/passief-uitgedrukt.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/passief-uitgedrukt-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/passief-uitgedrukt-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/passief-uitgedrukt-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/passief-uitgedrukt-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/passief-uitgedrukt-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/passief-uitgedrukt-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\" style=\"padding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label tag-label is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBlog \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/passive-expression\/\" class=\"plain\">Passive expression<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe passive voice allows you to shift the emphasis in a sentence. This is also possible in English using the passive form. But how does [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/passive-expression\/\" class=\"button primary is-link is-small mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/time-for-wine\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Time for wine\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tijd-voor-wijn.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tijd-voor-wijn.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tijd-voor-wijn-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tijd-voor-wijn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tijd-voor-wijn-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tijd-voor-wijn-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tijd-voor-wijn-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Tijd-voor-wijn-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\" style=\"padding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label tag-label is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBlog \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/time-for-wine\/\" class=\"plain\">Time for wine<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOn November 20, 2025, as on the third Thursday of November every year, wine enthusiasts worldwide celebrate the arrival of the new Beaujolais Nouveau vintage. [...]\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t                    \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/time-for-wine\/\" class=\"button primary is-link is-small mb-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"col post-item\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box box-normal box-text-bottom box-blog-post has-hover\">\n            \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/feasting-in-dijon\/\" class=\"plain\" aria-label=\"Feasting in Dijon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon-510x340.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon-391x260.jpeg 391w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon-1080x721.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon-980x654.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Smullen-in-Dijon-480x320.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n          \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-left\" style=\"padding:15px 15px 15px 15px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner blog-post-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"cat-label tag-label is-xxsmall op-7 uppercase\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBlog \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"post-title is-large \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nieuw.coursdefrancais.nl\/en\/feasting-in-dijon\/\" class=\"plain\">Feasting in Dijon<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"is-divider\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"from_the_blog_excerpt \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom November 1 to 11, true food lovers flock to Burgundy. 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