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David Issokson

Retraité / à la retraite = retired in French
French Lesson teaching retraité / à la retraite = retired

Retraité (à la retraite) – Retired

Who doesn’t dream of going around telling all their family members and friends, “I’m retired!” Bascially, there are two ways of saying “I’m retired” in French: “Je suis retraité(e)” (adjective) or “Je suis à la retraite”. At the bottom of this lesson I’ve included a cool picture of me doing what I hope to do…

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Heureusement Pronunciation & Meaning - Fortunately in French
French lesson explaining how to use heureusement (fortunately)

Heureusement – Fortunately

Today we’ll focus on the adverb heureusement, which means fortunately and luckily. The reason this word made it onto our list is that several students expressed having difficulties with the pronunciation. Heureusement j’apprends le français! (Fortunately, I’m learning French!). heureusement fortunately

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Bof in French means "meh" and "nah".
French lesson explaining the meaning of "bof" (meh, nah).

Bof – Meh, nah

See also:👉 Pas mal (not bad, quite good) »👉 French interjections and exclamations hub » Today we’ll have a look at one of my all time favorite French words: “bof!”. This is actually more of a sound or interjection and means”meh” and “nah”. It is used to describe mediocrity and suggest that something is just…

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