See also:👉 French alphabet »👉 30 French reading rules »👉 Acute Accent (é) » Many students who learn French guess their way through the accents and never really take them seriously. In today’s lesson I’ll answer a very specific question: “How do you pronounce the è with the downward slanting grave accent?”. We have great audio and …
Level: B2 (upper intermediate) Today’s French word of the day is lors de, a prepositional phrase meaning “at the time of” and “during”. Lors de is always followed by a time word or event. For example, lors de mes vacances (at the time of my vacation). lors de – IPA pronunciation [lɔʀ.də] at the time …
👉 See also: Meilleurs vœux — best wishes » Level A2 (Upper Beginner) The French word of the day is meilleur, which translates to both ‘better’ and ‘best’, depending on the context of the sentence. Today you’ll learn: Pronunciation of meilleurKind of wordExample sentences in French & English RELATED LESSONComparative & Superlative
Throughout my 10+ years of teaching French, students have often expressed confusion on how to say and pronounce “California”. In French, California is la Californie. Today I’ll explain the correct pronunciation of Californie as well as which prepositions to use for the state (in California, to California, etc.). la Californie California
Today’s word of the day is: Emprunter, which means “to borrow” and “to take” (in the context of a way or path). There is a very specific caveat associated with the grammar of this verb. I’ll explain below. emprunter to borrow
