Avoir la pêche is a fun and commonly used French idiom that translates literally to “to have the peach” and means “to feel great”, “to be in high spirits” or “to be full of energy”. Avoir la pêche to feel great
David Issokson
This lesson explains four ways to use the verb remettre, which has a very wide range of usages and meanings including to give or hand over, postpone, get better and start again. This verb combines the prefix re- (again) and mettre (to put). remettre to hand over, postpone, get better, start again
Over the years, the adjective prochain (next) has caused a lot of difficulty among my students due to its placement. In a nutshell: la semaine prochaine (next week); la prochaine semaine (next week in a series of weeks). Keep reading and you’ll get it. prochain, prochaine next
Dès is a French preposition with meanings including “from”, “starting from” and “as soon as”. The downward slanting grave accent over the è distinguishes it from dès from des, which is both the indefinite and partitive article meaning “some”. dès from, starting from, as soon as
This lesson focuses on the slang word ouf, which is verlan for “crazy” and is dervived from the formal French adjective fou (crazy). Verlan is a Parisian slang popular among young people where words are pronounced backwards. Hence fou -> ouf. Ouf crazy