Today’s lesson examines the masculine noun régime, which means both diet and governmental or political system or regime. The Modern French régime comes from the regimen (control, steering, direction) and regere (to rule, guide, direct) in Latin. A related English word is regiment (military unit, to organize rigidly). le régime diet Pronunciation [ʀeʒim]
Today’s lesson focuses on the useful reflexive verb se dépêcher, which means “to hurry up”. The form se dépêcher de + infinitive means to rush or hurry to do something. We’ll also look at the non-reflexive form dépêcher, which means to dispatch or send. se dépêcher to hurry up Pronunciation [sə depeʃe]