“Sous le ciel de Paris” (pronunciation: su lə sjɛl də paʀi) is a French song made famous by France’s two most legendary singers, Edith Piaf and Yves Montand. The the meaning of the song’s title is: “Under The Sky of Paris”. The song was originally made for the 1950 movie Sous le ciel de Paris …
In today’s lesson we’ll look at the two commonly used French adjectives beau and belle, which mean “beautiful”. Specifically, we’ll look at the spellings of these irregular adjectives as well as where to place them in a sentence. beau/belle boh/behl
“Formidable” (pronounced fɔʀmidabl) is a French song released by Belgian singer Stromae in 2013. The English meaning of formidable is wonderful or terrific. The song lyrics depict a drunk Stromae stumbling around pleading with an unseen woman the day after getting dumped. Formidable went to straight to the top of the charts in France, Belgium …
If you are new to learning French or are advanced, you’ve surely come across the adverb and expression très bien. But, what does très bien really mean? In a nutshell, très bien translates to “very well”, “good!” and “very good!”. This post will explain precisely how to use très bien in a wide variety of …
“Dominique“ (pronounced dɔminik) is one of the most famous French songs of all time. The song was written and released in 1963 by Belgian nun and singer Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers (1933-1985), also known as Sœur Sourire (pronounced sœʀ suʀiʀ) or The Singing Nun.
