French the natural way: join us for our next book club!

Coucou les French learners,

En avril, ne te découvre pas d’un fil !

This is a classic French proverb: even though it’s officially spring and the weather is warming up, it’s still too early to shed your warm clothes. Well… Over here,

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French the natural way: next book club!

Coucou les French learners,

Spring is around the corner! Let’s celebrate, let’s feel the energy and let’s open our minds to new perspectives!

I don’t know about you, but the last winter months have been a roller coaster with a strict lock down and having to juggle between family and work.

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French the natural way: how to retain vocabulary?

Coucou les French learners,

Il fait très chaud ici, au Portugal ! It is very hot here, in Portugal!

This weekend, we went for un pique-nique du soir, an evening picnic by the river. There are many plages,

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French the natural way: context is what matters

Coucou les French learners,

Comment ça va ? Comment allez-vous ?

My dream would be to cross/meet someone wearing a tee-shirt on wich would be written ” Very good. Thank you and you?”

In an attempt to send you a weekly newsletter,

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French the natural way: get used to it!

Coucou les French learners,

Je suis de retour ! I am back!

The reason why there was no newsletter for quite a while is a GOOD one! Here is a new addition to our family, a beautiful girl, Jeanne. C’est une grande joie,

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French the natural way: C’est le moment !

Coucou les French learners,

Joyeuses Pâques un peu en retard ! Happy belated Easter!

It was a very special Easter, one to remember but still Easter brings us l’Espoir, Hope! And here is a cute little poem about les oeufs de Pâques,

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French the natural way: meet a polyglot!

Coucou les French learners,

Comment ça va ? Est-ce que tu as envie de jeter l’éponge ?

Do you feel like throwing in the towel or the sponge? If you think learning French is too much, think about polyglots who can acquire multiple languages with ease.

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