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: tap into your inner child

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L’automne est bien là, fall is here. Last year, My Dear Man and I published a sweet poem about this special season entitled Jour pluvieux d’automne, written by Michel Beau. Our community members met last Saturday to read and comment the poem together.

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French the natural way: how to listen?

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Last week was sad as we said au revoir to charismatic French actor, Jean-Paul Belmondo.

I think I must have watched Cartouche with my brother, sister and cousins cent fois, one hundred times when I was a child and then later on in my life,

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French the natural way: bougez, move!

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L’hiver est presque terminé, winter is almost over…

On Tuesday, we celebrated la Chandeleur, Candlemass which exactly falls 40 days after Christmas. It is the occasion to eat crêpes which look and feel like the sun,

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French the natural way: let’s do it!

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J’espère que vous passez de bonne fêtes de fin d’année ! Joyeux Noël ! I hope the end of year celebrations are going well! Merry Christmas!

We enjoyed a great live session last Tuesday. It was the first live event of the community members and it was wonderful to see my dear learners sweet faces!

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French the natural way: 3 tricks to stay motivated

Coucou les French learners,

Wednesday was a day off in France as we commemorated the end of the Great War, la Première Guerre Mondiale.

L’Armistice

Thanks to one of my dearest learner and French lover,

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French the natural way: Bonne Année 2020 et les choix à venir…

Coucou les French learners,

Bonne année 2020 !

Don’t make the mistake!

Did you know that French people usually wish one another Bonne Année and add on Bonne Santé, to good health not only on the first day of the new year?

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