Today we’re going to discuss the French word meilleur, which translates to both “better” and “best”, depending on the context of the sentence. Rather than getting into long winded grammatical explanations, I’ve presented several practical example sentences which make the usages easy to understand. meilleur better, best
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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
Today we’ll have a look at somewhat off-color word enfoiré, which translates to “b*stard” or “jerk”. Ever since I was an exchange student in France, I’ve loved the sound and tone of the word: Espèce d’enfoiré (you jerk)! Enfoiré b*stard, jerk
In today’s lesson we’ll have a look at one of my favorite expressions in the entire French langauge: N’importe quoi. Translations include “anything”, “nonsense” and “bullsh*t”. Tu racontes n’importe quoi! You’re full of it! Let’s jump right into the lesson! n’importe quoi anything, nonsense
