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May
11
2012

Talking about love, en français

Ah! Love is a many splendored thing, isn’t it?
So today let’s learn some vocabulary related to love, dating and (yes!) breaking up! T’est prêt? (Are you ready?)
Sortir (avec quelqu’un) = to be seeing someone, to date someone
Patrcia semble être beaucoup plus heureuse depuis qu’elle a commencé à sortir avec Michel. [Patricia look much happier after [...]

May
11
2012

French for this: Demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns (this one, that one, these, those) refer to a previously-mentioned noun in a sentence. In French, they must agree with the gender and number of the noun they modify: celui, celle, ceux, celles.
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French for this: Demonstrative pronouns originally appeared on About.com French Language on Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 15:00:24.
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May
9
2012

French in Luxembourg

Castle Luxembourg

When you go to Luxembourg, you will notice right away that several languages are spoken and written at the same time in the same place. Names of streets, shops, travel tickets, hotel registries and menus are mostly in French (some street and place names are also added in Lëtzebuergesch). Newspapers are mostly in German, [...]

May
9
2012

French conjugations: Compound tenses and moods

Conjugations for the different French verb tenses and moods can be divided into two categories: simple and compound. This lesson explains everything you need to know about the more complicated compound conjugations.
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French conjugations: Compound tenses and moods originally appeared on About.com French Language on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 at 12:00:24.
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May
6
2012

French Tribute Song to Sarkozy’s Memorable Slur: “Casse-toi, Pauv’Con” (“Get Lost, You Jerk”)!

French singer Tum Sally insisted upon paying a vibrant tribute to Nicolas Sarkozy by immortalizing his now (in-)famous slur aimed at an old farmer who had the impudence of refusing to shake his hand: “Casse-toi, Pauv’Con” (“Get Lost, You Jerk”)!

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Tim Sully’s “Casse-toi, Pov’Con”
(“Get Lost, You Jerk”)

Tum Sally is not [...]