David Issokson

David Issokson is a lifelong language learner and speaks over seven languages. Of all the languages he speaks, he's the most passionate about French! David has helped hundreds of students to improve their French in his private lessons. When not teaching or writing his French Word of the Day lessons, David enjoys his time skiing, hiking and mountain biking in Victor, Idaho.

Today’s lesson explores the useful verb supprimer, which means “to delete” and “to remove”. Supprimer comes from the Latin verb supprimere, meaning to press down and to surpress. Supprimer to delete, to remove Pronunciation: [sypʀime]

Today’s lesson focuses on the verb démarrer, meaning to start or to start up, specifically in the context of starting up motors or engines. Démarrer to start, to start up Pronunciation [demaʀe]

Là-bas (meaning over there) is a hit song from 1987 by Jean Jacques Goldman and Sirima. The song is a duet with a couple confronting each other about the idea and dream of immigrating to another country for a better life.

Today’s lesson takes an in-depth look at the reflexive verb s’intéresser à, which means “to be interested in”. This verb causes a lot of confusion for students. I provide lots of quick and easy grammatical explanations. s’intéresser à to be interested in Pronunciation: [sɛ̃teʀese a]

In today’s lesson we’ll explore the word l’euro (€), the currency now used throughout the European Union, including France. Many students have a very hard time with the pronunciation of this word. With the definite article, the pronunciation is: l’euro (the euro). Euro Euro (€) Pronunciation: [øʀo] or “uh-roh”