Today we’re looking at the word gourmand, which describes both a person who’s gluttonous or greedy for food and somebody who knows and loves good food. The feminine form is gourmande. Gourmand Gluttonous, eats a lot, loves good food
French Word of the Day
Learn to speak French with a word of the day lesson 365 days a year. FrenchLearner’s teacher David Issokson covers vocabulary, street French and much more. All lessons have audio recorded by a native French speaker.
Today we’re looking at the advanced B2/C1 indefinite pronoun quiconque, which translates to “anyone”, “anybody” or “whoever”. quiconque anyone, anybody, whoever
This lesson looks at several ways to use the conjunction tant que, which has many meanings including “as long as”, “since” and “as much as”. tant que as long as, since, as much as
Espèce in French translates literally to species, variety or type but the form espèce de + noun is the quintessential way of expressing an insult. For example, “espèce d’imbécile !” (you damn/darn fool!). espèce de You darn + insult word
Ni…ni is a French negation form that translates to neither…nor. Today’s lesson provides five sentences using this form. I’ve tried to keep the grammatical explanations to a minimum. Ni…ni Neither…nor
