In French, we do not say “please” with one word, but rather a sentence. In fact, there are two different ways to say it, depending on who you are speaking to. The first way that you need to know to say “please” in French iss’il vous plaît. Let’s break this down: Si ...
There are two main ways to say “farewell” in French, and I love them both. The first isau revoir. It's the everyday word for“goodbye” in Frenchthat you'll hear all the time. But it doesn't simply mean “goodbye”; it's much more eloquent than that. The most accurate transla...
Things often seem like a big deal when they’re really not. You can use this to quickly disarm a tense situation in which someone thinks you’re upset with them, or just to comfort someone who’s having a hard time. Notice that then’is usually left off in spoken French. J’ai oubli...
I never intended to learn Mandarin as I would class myself as someone who definitely is not a “natural” at languages although I did study French and German at school with widely varying degrees of success. Unfortunately for the last few years, I have suffered with PTSD and a side effect...
Numberone, IhavefeltallofthosethingsinmyFrenchandnumbertwo, thoseareallthingsthatmystudentshavesaidtomewhentheyfirststartedlearningwithme.第一，我在学习法语的过程中也有以上的感受，第二，这些都是我的学生第一次和我一起学习时对我说的话。Sointoday'slesson, Iwanttosharefivereasonsthatyoumightbestuckin...
French food has long been considered the gourmetfood, and it was popular. 有研究表明,法语听起来更高级,所以法国菜长期以来一直被认为是美食,而且很受欢迎。 But I would say in now there's a tendency to not use French because it sounds pretentious. So it can turn a diner off. 但我想说,...
Fun fact: One French city tried to implement solar panel highways, but the technology needs some major improvements before it's ready for practical adoption. What Is a Controlled-access Highway? Control-access highways are not like other highways but are instead the umbrella term for all high-...
If you used to know French but haven’t spoken it in years or decades, the bad news is that it probably won’t come rushing back all at once. But the good news is that you can relearn it much more quickly than if you were starting out without that previous knowledge. Here’s how....
Friendship is a universal concept, but the words we use to express it can vary widely depending on the culture and region. In Spanish, the slang words for “friend” reflects the incredible diversity of the language across different countries—in fact, there are over 100 ways to say it. ...
While we rarely need to say long, specific numbers, we often have to use large, rounded figures in conversation. For instance, when asked how many people live in your country or how far it is from your hometown to the capital, you don’t want to spend 15 seconds counting zeros and bre...