French the natural way: Bonne année 2022 !

Coucou les French learners,

As you may know already, we, in France, can wish “happy new year” during the whole month of January. So…

Bonne année 2022 et bonne santé !

Last week, we celebrated la fête des Rois or l’Epiphanie.

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French the natural way: the end of a year, la fin d’une année

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As 2021 is coming to an end, let’s stop and reflect on what my Dear Man and I have learned these past 365 days. As you may know I do follow American entrepreneur, Mari Forleo who helps review this year with 3 simple questions.

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French the natural way: it happens without thinking!

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Last week, Angus who is a dedicated member shared in the Community Chat:

I listen to a video or a story everyday since I started months ago. I’ve got to the point where I can ‘predict’

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French the natural way: sit back and enjoy!

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On Monday we celebrated Saint Nicolas. As a little girl, this story has always terrified yet captivated me. My mum would to me and I always wondered what the first line exactly meant –

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French the natural way: join us to play in French!

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This week in the advanced beginner class with Express Fluency, we sang a famous song by French singer, composer and actor Eddy Mitchell. This song is entitled La dernière séance and is about about a small cinema in a city’s neighborhood closing down.

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French the natural way: le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé !

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Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé ! Well not yet but soon…

This early wine or vin de primeur will be on the tables ready to drink this Thursday, November 18th. Christine, a dedicated member of the community,

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French the natural way: let’s play games!

Coucou les French learners,

Today is a very special day. It is November, 11th which ends the Great War. In 1918, the Allies and Germany signed the armistice that ended hostilities on the Western Front.

The French soldiers who fought this war were called les Poilus which literally means “hairy”

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