French language

French language · 16. octobre 2021

Watch out for wolves in sheep's clothing! When it comes to French vocabulary, things are not always as they seem and a familiar-looking word can often mean something quite different in French...

French language · 06. septembre 2021

With the September wine fairs about to start up all over France, we dust off our wine vocabulary...

French language · 28. juillet 2021

With frequent reports of extreme weather events and natural disasters from around the world, we look at how to talk about them in French...

French language · 01. juin 2021

Rummage for the right change and not the right words!

French language · 21. mai 2021

These sayings get used a lot, so it's worth familliarising yourself with them, or risk being 'comme une poule qui a trouvé un couteau !'

French language · 11. mai 2021

Let's talk about it (in French, of course!). Here's a toolbox of 25 French expressions to use when you are not in the best of moods...

French language · 30. avril 2021

Are you having trouble understanding spoken French? If you have been learning French for a while but still can't follow a conversation, the problem is most likely that you are simply not hearing enough!

French language · 15. avril 2021

It's not always what you say, but how you say it that matters...

French language · 26. mars 2021

The clocks are about to change and a new month is just around the corner! The year is going by so quicky!

French language · 18. mars 2021

Looking out of the window we can see our plum trees (pruniers) are in full blossom (en fleurs), which is a sure-fire sign that spring has arrived in Gourdon... So today we will be busy in the garden (and brushing up on our French gardening vocab!).