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When a Story Stays With You

Dear French Story Listeners,

Have you ever read something — years ago, perhaps decades — and found that a line, an image, a character, has never quite left you?

That’s not an accident. That’s a living story at work.

Charlotte Mason,

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Understanding Is the Key, The Moment a Word Becomes Yours

Dear French Story Listeners,

There’s a little secret hiding inside the French language, and once you see it, you’ll never think about learning the same way again.

The French word for “to learn” is apprendre. The French word for “to understand” is comprendre.

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A 300-Year-Old Story About Friendship — and One Small Thing to Write Down

Dear French Story Listeners,

Have you ever had a friend who just got you? Who waited for you, even when you weren’t sure you deserved it?

This week’s story is for you

Les deux pigeons — The Two Pigeons — comes from Jean de La Fontaine,

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L’instant thé : Bonne année ! Mes 3 conseils pour acquérir le Français

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French the natural way: un peu de culture

Coucou les French learners,

This week, I want to show you a bit of my culture, the French culture, from fashion to sport to food.

When you understand the culture, you understand the language too and vice and versa.

French elegance: Hubert de Givenchy
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French the natural way: Joyeuses Pâques !

Joyeuses Pâques ! Happy Easter!

Today is Lundi de Pâques in France and it is a bank holiday. Children have been told that the bells from Rome flew all the way to France to deliver chocolate eggs and they are now happily hunting chocolates in their gardens.

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Oranginaman !

Coucou,

here is your weekly dose of French input because getting input is the first and only step to acquire a language naturally and effortlessly!

Not convinced? Have a read at this article in the Business Insider entitled: “How to learn a new language while making dinner,

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