🗣️🇫🇷 Parlez-vous français ?
Improve your French language skills with these fun and practical tips.
Bonjour ! Tout va bien ?
How did your midterms go? Now that those are out of the way, you’re suddenly left with a lot more time on your hands. So why not take the opportunity to brush up on your French language skills?
It’s been said it’s much easier to integrate into French culture if you speak la langue de Molière. Locals open up to you faster, your vocabulary expands, and you can better understand why the president’s controversial pension reforms are all anyone can talk about lately.
Allons-y !
1. 📺 PRACTICE MADE FUN
Learning a new language can sometimes feel overwhelming, but luckily there are ways to make it a more enjoyable experience.
We offer you some options that have worked for us in the past, and may do the same for you.
Fun Ways to Better Your French
2. 💬 UNDERSTANDING VERLAN
The only way a language survives with time is by adding new words to its vocabulary. Or in the case of French, this can mean rewriting old ones.
You guessed it: we’re talking all things verlan. Find out about its origins, how it works, and a few words you should know — and avoid!
To Verlan or Not to Verlan? Decrypting French Slang
3. 👩🎨 TALK LIKE A LOCAL
As the saying goes: “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”
Good thing we’re in Paris, not Rome. And to talk like a Parisian, you could use some new phrases to add to your arsenal. For example, what’s the French version of “the pot calling the kettle black”?
5 French Phrases to Use at Your Next Get-Together
That’s it for this week, camarade.
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À la prochaine !
The Paris à la Carte Team