All French lessons for: July, 2008

Real-Life Situation: “Calling the local City Hall”

July 23, 2008 · Beginner, French people, Intermediate, Real life situation
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French real life situation
Saturday’s lesson:
Real Life Situation

Ever tried to call your local City Hall in your country ? Was is it easy ? difficult ? This time, let’s see how to do it in French language. Can you get through it ?
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General French: the French vowels (1)

July 22, 2008 · Beginner, General French, Pronunciation, Yannick
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French vowels
Tuesday’s lesson:
General French
Today, let’s hear the sounds of French vowels. This three part lesson will give you examples of French words using those sounds. Let’s start with the “a” sound : avancer, date, sac, marque, avocat, pâte, attention, blatte, mille-pattes…
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Paris Life & Culture : “L’emmental fait sa tournée à Paris et en France”

July 21, 2008 · 17th district, Cooking, Eating out, Expert, Frédéric, Intermediate, Paris life and culture, in the streets
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Paris, L'emmental fait sa tournée à Paris et en France
Monday’s lesson:
Paris Life & Culture
Do you like cheese ? As you may know it, french are found of cheese. Nevertheless, there are so many cheeses in France, that it is hard to make a choice. Today we talk about the “Emmental” who is now touring France.
“Vous avez vu ce gros fromage ? On se croirait à la campagne n’est-ce pas…”
Listen the French lesson Listen & Read : click here to listen this audio file and learn French vocabulary & grammar
» Find it in Paris !
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Late in the night at the exit of a parisian subway

July 20, 2008 · 20th district, Expert, Intermediate, Marie, Test
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Sunday’s lesson:
Test & Exercises
Translate this text from English to French
“The streets of Paris never sleep. Just look at this shot that was taken at night. The neon lights are ever so burning. The billboards, street lamps, and store signs are all lighted up. There are simply too many colors around that you won’t be able to say that the night is deep and quiet. The shot is taken right in front of the entrance to the Pigalle underground subway. It is closed so it must have been really late at night.”
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Real-Life Situation: “Meeting an old friend” (part 1/2)

July 19, 2008 · Beginner, French people, Intermediate, Real life situation
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French real life situation
Saturday’s lesson:
Real Life Situation

Imagine you walk with one of your French friend in the streets in Paris. All of a sudden, he / she meets an old friend and they start to talk. Would you be able to understand what they say ? Let’s check it.
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Pronunciation : French verb “dire”

July 18, 2008 · Beginner, Marie, Pronunciation
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Basic French vocabulary pronunciation
Friday’s lesson:
Pronunciation
Today, let’s focus on the verb:“dire”, 3rd group
and the tenses present, past, future
Example:
in French je dis, tu disais, nous dirons
in English I say, you were saying, we will say
Listen the French lesson Listen & Speak : click here to listen this French verb read by a French teacher

Photo-Reportage: “des œuvres d’art aux Tuileries”

July 17, 2008 · 1st district, Beginner, Frédéric, Gardens | Parcs, Intermediate, Photo-Reportage
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Reportage Photo in Paris, des oeuvres d'art aux Tuileries
Thursday’s lesson:
Reportage-Photo
Hey ! What happened to the Tuileries :shock: Have you seen this 3 meter high shoe in the parc ? And what about this old car in the middle of the fontain ? There’s something strange there…
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Dictation: “Cinq semaines en ballon” (1)

July 16, 2008 · Dictation, Expert, Frédéric, Intermediate
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Dictation
Wednesday’s lesson:
Dictation
Today, let’s focus on novel “Cinq semaines en ballon”, from famous French novelist Jules Verne Just click below to listen to the dictation in French, and try to type what you hear. Good luck !
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General French: “Quelle heure est-il ? de 22h à 23h…”

July 15, 2008 · Beginner, Frédéric, General French
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Telling time in French, 10PM - 11PM
Time
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Today, let’s focus on telling time in French, every 5 minutes from 10PM to 11PM. Click on the podcast below to listen all variations: you will hear that there are many different ways to say 10:35 PM !

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