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How To Read, Write and Say The Date In French In French, the format for writing the date is: Day of the week + Number + Month + Year. For example, write le lundi 25 décembre (2023), le 25 décembre or 25/12/23 to express what would be 12/25/23 in the American format. This post covers …

In today’s lesson we will look at one of the most beautiful words in the French langauge: le printemps, which translates to “spring”, or “springtime”. Let’s jump right into the examples! le printemps spring

In today’s lesson we’ll take a look at the French names for “grandmother”. In French, the word for grandmother is grand-mère. However, people commonly call their grandmas mamie, mémé and mémère. Indeed, I remember using both of these terms when I was an exchange student in Douai, France in 1992. Today I’ve included a very …

Following all excitement about France hosting the Summer Olympics in 2024, we thought it would be fun to answer the question: “How do you say the Olympic Games in French?” The answer: les Jeux olympiques. Today’s lesson will explore several example sentences about this year’s olympics. Keep reading! les Jeux Olympiques Olympic Games

Who doesn’t dream of going around telling all their family members and friends, “I’m retired!” Bascially, there are two ways of saying “I’m retired” en français: “Je suis retraité(e)” (adjective) or “Je suis à la retraite”. At the bottom of this lesson I’ve included a cool picture of me doing what I hope to do …

The conjugation of the French verb dire (Meanings: to say, to tell; Pronunciation: diʀ) is: Je dis (I say), tu dis (you say), il/elle dit (he/she says), nous disons (we say), vous dites (you say) and ils/elles disent (they say). Keep reading to find the complete conjugation tables of dire with example sentences.