The French Word of the Day is bonne année, the standard French way to say “Happy New Year.” Learn what bonne année means, when French speakers use it throughout January, and how to say it naturally with clear examples, pronunciation tips, and native audio.
Today we’ll look at the French faux ami (false cognate) la librairie, which translates to bookstore or bookshop. Many students commonly confuse la librairie with la bibliothèque, which means “library” in English. la librairie bookstore, bookshop
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👉 Check out my lesson covering fatigué (tired) and its related words. » Crevé is a fun and commonly used French slang adjective with meanings including exhausted, really tired, worn out, beat and knackered. It comes from the verb crever, which is slang for “to die” and also means to puncture or burst. Crevé Exhausted, …
This lesson explains how to use the reflexive verb s’éclater, which means “to have a blast”, “to have a ball” or “to have a really good time”. In the non-reflexive form, éclater means “to burst” or “to break apart”. S’éclater To have a blast, to have a ball, to have a really good time
