These words can be more descriptive of the action or object – think ‘snacking’ instead of ‘eating’ – or have simply replaced the original word over time, particularly when used by the younger generations. If you live in France and often speak to French people or consume French media, ...
In this case naturel is a semi-false cognate. In French, au naturel can mean either "in reality" or the literal meaning of "unseasoned" (in cooking). In English, we picked up the latter, less common usage and use it figuratively, to mean natural, untouched, pure, real. au pair "at...
Definition: a cooked mixture of flour and fat used as a thickening agent in a soup or a sauce Roux is a shortening of beurre roux, which in French translates as "brown butter." The plural of the word is spelled the same as its singular form but is pronounced \ˈrüz\. To use flou...
The project for this class is to do something creative in order to reinforce the intricacies of this tense. Perhaps a small design showing the irreglar past participles, or a rhyme to remember the verbs of movement. Whatever you come up with, I would love to see it. Take a photo ...
Think of it more like a Q-tip, Yoga Class and Software Update: The Q-Tip for your French Ears. It will swab out the “interference” of your native language so you can hear French sounds more clearly. The Yoga Class for your French Mouth. It will stretch out your lips and strengthen...
There’s something in between the five-minute clips your French teacher showed in class and full-on movies. Often overlooked by French teachers as a learning material, French cartoons are a step up in difficulty from small clips or audio specifically made for learners, while still being much ...
At another school, Mathilde, 12, said, “It’s unbelievable. At my school, we don’t use them in class, so what’s the problem If anyone is caught using one in the toilet or at lunchtime, the phone will be confiscated (没收).”Some of the parents are not sure, either. “It’s...
5、g. however, in the current voice of the french university teaching, tone of voice teaching or training, because of his lack of class is often inadequate or neglected. in fact, in the tone of communication is more important than the pronunciation, speech is the language of the body, the...
Functional transfer Type 2 or ‘refunctionalisation’:The functional range of a grammatical item or construction is extended and/or reduced. 3. Morphosyntactic strategy transfer:Linguistic transfer promotes a morphosyntactic strategy that is originally only marginally present and/or a word order that is...
High-class, fancy and expensive cooking or food honi soit qui mal y pense Shame on anyone who thinks evil of it hors de combat"out of combat" Out of action idée fixe"set idea" Fixation, obsession je ne sais quoi"I don't know what" ...