Dehors is both a French adverb and noun meaning outside, outdoors and “out”. This lesson offers a simple pronunciation tip for this tricky word. Dehors in Modern French comes from dēfŏris in Latin. Dehors outside, outdoors, out
Today’s lesson explains how to say would, could and should in French following several requests from students and newsletter readers. We’ve tried to keep the grammatical explanations to a minimum.
Today’s lesson covers a the verb bouffer, which is slang for “to eat”. Other translations include “to stuff yourself”, “to stuff down”, “to pig out” and “to gobble down”. The Modern French bouffer comes from Old French bufer (to blow out, inflate your cheeks). bouffer to eat (slang) Pronunciation [bufe]
This lesson explains how to pronounce and use la psychologie, meaning psychology. Unlike English where psychology starts with an -s sound, both the -p and -s in psychologie must be pronounced: [psikɔlɔʒi]. This is called a consonant blend or adjacent consonants. An example of an English word with adjacent consonants is “stop”. Psychologie combines the …
Today’s lesson explains how to use the expression on y va, which translates literally to “one goes there”. As an exclamation, “On y va !” means “let’s go!”. As a question, “On y va ?” means “Want to go?” or “Should we go?” On y va Let’s go! Should we go? Want to go?
Today’s lesson covers the faux ami (false cognate) verb licencier, which means to fire or to lay off. We’ll also look at the reflexive se faire licencier (to get fired). Licencier comes from licentiare in Latin. licencier to fire, dismiss, lay off, make redundant Pronunciation [lisɑ̃sje]
