What a first session! + Chapter 2 next Friday, and something special 🍂

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

What a beautiful first session of Le Cercle de Bruno! 💕

There was so much laughter, so many wonderful tangents, and the kind of real, unpolished French conversation that reminds us why we started this in the first place.

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It’s today! Join us for Le Cercle de Bruno 📚

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

Today’s the day!

We’re so happy to remind you that Le Cercle de Bruno begins this afternoon, and we would love for you to be there.

📅 Today’s Details

Today, Friday, September 11th
🕓 4pm UK / 5pm France / 11am EDT / 8am PDT

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This Is How Your Brain Picks Up French, One Little Story at a Time

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

Something wonderful arrived in our Telegram group this week!

Nadya shared the most delightful photograph of her handmade crochet cats, all in shades of violet and lavender, settled cosily among a little stack of French books.

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What Happens When French Shows Up in Real Life

To our circle of French Story Listeners,

This week, Karel, one of our dearest community members, shared something on Telegram that made me smile from the inside out.

Early one morning, he received an urgent call from a close friend. His friend’s son, an agronomy student on internship in France,

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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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