Many times over the years students have asked me, “How do the French pronounce names of American cities?” In today’s lesson we’ll answer that question. To do this, I had Marie, our native speaker voice over artist, think of how a typical French person would pronounce the names of seven major cities. Then, I came …
Following all excitement about France hosting the Summer Olympics in 2024, we thought it would be fun to answer the question: “How do you say the Olympic Games in French?” The answer: les Jeux olympiques. Today’s lesson will explore several example sentences about this year’s olympics. Keep reading! les Jeux Olympiques Olympic Games
Level: A2 (Upper Beginner) The French word of the day is rien (A2), meaning both ‘nothing’ and ‘anything’. When pronouncing rien, the final -n is completely silent. This lesson covers five ways to use rien in practical example sentences. rien – IPA pronunciation /ʀjɛ̃/ nothing, anything
Bonjour ! Many times over the years students have asked me, “How do you say e-mail in French?” Today we’re going to answer that question. In short, French terms for e-mail in French are: mail, e-mail and mél. In addition, there is an “officialy” adopted French term which we’ll discover below. mail, e-mail, mél e-mail
Today we’ll have a look at a feminine noun which many students struggle to pronounce correctly: guerre, meaning “war”. Towards the bottom of the post we’ll contrast guerre with gare (train station) to see the difference in pronunciation. guerre war
