Today we’ll cover a really fun French adverb: Vachment, which means really, so and very. Vachement is comprised of vache (cow) and the adverb ending -ment. So, what we’re really saying is “cowly”! Vachement first appeared in 1906 with the meaning “in a mean way” and then again in 1930 with the meanings utterly or …
In today’s lesson we’ll cover the adjective for “French” in French: français / française. We’ll also look at the name for the French langauge (le français), as well as the words for a Frenchman (un Français), a French woman (une Française) and the French people (les Français). français / française French
Today we’ll have a look at the masculine noun cours, which translates to lesson, class and course in French. For this noun, both the singular and plural forms end in -s. In addition, the -s is always silent based on French reading rules. Let’s jump right into the cours!
Updated January 16, 2026 — Lesson written by French teacher David Issokson for students who want to learn French online, with native audio by Marie Assel Cambier, a voice artist from France. Today we’ll look at the 25 most difficult French words to pronounce. Have you ever struggled with words that are almost impossible to …
Level B1 (Intermediate) The French word of the day is puis, which means ‘then’ and ‘next’. We’ll also look at et puis, which means ‘and finally’, ‘and what’s more’, and ‘moreover’. Puis – IPA pronunciation /pɥi/
