Today we’ll look at the informal French expression, il fait un temps de chien, which translates literally to “the weather is of a dog” and means the weather is awful or terrible. un temps de chien awful weather, dreadful weather
In today’s lesson we’ll learn the French expression figure-toi, which has many translations including “Guess what?” and “Would you believe it?”. Figure-toi qu’on a une super leçon aujourd’hui! (Guess what? We have a great lesson today!). Figure-toi guess what, would you believe it
In today’s lesson we’ll focus on how to pronounce and use the the name Léon Marchand, a Frenchman who won the gold medal for the 400m medley at the 2024 summer Olympic games in Paris. Léon Marchand [leɔ̃ maʀʃɑ̃]
Today we’re looking at how to use and pronounce les Champs-Élysées, a major avenue in Paris that’s filled with upscale shopping boutiques and restaurants, and links Place de la Concorde to Arc de Triomphe. les Champs-Élysées
“Mon truc en plumes” is an early 1960s French song by Zizi Jeanmaire and was sung by Lady Gaga at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris. In this post I’ve translated the French lyrics into English, read each line aloud in French and explained the vocabulary and grammar in detail.