Today’s lesson explores the word chouette, meaning great, neat and nice as an interjection and adjective, as well as owl as a feminine noun. Chouette comes from choete and çuete in Old French, which is related to the chough bird in English. chouette great, neat, nice, owl Pronunciation [ʃwɛt]
David Issokson
Today’s lesson examines the slightly advanced B2 verb éprouver, meaning to feel, experience and have. Éprouver is related to probare in Latin, meaning “to show to be true”. We’ll also look the feminine noun une épreuve, meaning ordeal or hardship. éprouver to feel, experience, have Pronunciation [epʀuve]
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]
