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French the natural way: When does grammar play a role?

Coucou les French learners,

The other day, Richard asked an interesting grammar question:

Je voudrais savoir s’il vous plaît, the difference between the preposition “de” and the partitive articles, “du/de la” in the following examples of this story. (Je déteste la grammaire,

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French the natural way: one simple technique to start speaking

Coucou les French learners,

Success in speaking French spontaneously requires a positive mindset and persistence. Just as an athlete needs consistent training sessions, speaking French demands regular practice so that it becomes natural.

Of course, before speaking French, you must understand French. You start to speak when you are ready,

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French the natural way: why we are better than Netflix

Coucou les French learners,

On Monday, I had an interesting conversation on YouTube which made me think (and also cringe a bit!):
– No discounts to help French learners this year?
– No, not at the moment. Our program is best value for money and there are lots of free resources available on our site.

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French the natural way: how to stay committed to French?

Coucou les French learners,

I have to tell you more about our fantastic week in Pau! I think what was so special about this week was the lovely group of human beings together in this adventure.

Our group of 11 French learners was committed to understand and speak French no matter what.

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French the natural way: to dare is to do

Coucou les French learners,

Today, I have received the most uplifting message from Christine, a dear member and committed learner:

On this day of thanksgiving (USA), I especially thank you for your special companionship on my French language acquiring journey. I wouldn’t be where I am without your presence in my life on my journey.

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French the natural way: become a joyful reader

Coucou les French learners,

Last week was full of events as we commemorated the end of la Grande Guerre, the Great War. The 11th of November is un jour férié, a bank holiday in France and it celebrates l’Armistice which happened in 1918,

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French the natural way: keep it up!

Coucou les French learners,

To be honest, watching and hearing my own children speaking Portuguese fluently and sounding like natives, makes me feel discouraged sometimes. I struggle to speak Portuguese fluently, to let it flow!

I was reading this interesting article about the best age to learn a language.

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