how to become fluent in french
Episode #54 - Going To Bed With The Chickens
Episode #53 - Current Expressions You Won’t Learn From Your Teacher
Episode #53 - Current Expressions You Won’t Learn From Your Teacher
And Other Animal-Related Expressions
Episode #53 - Current Expressions You Won’t Learn From Your Teacher
Episode #53 - Current Expressions You Won’t Learn From Your Teacher
Episode #53 - Current Expressions You Won’t Learn From Your Teacher
New expressions you should be using
Episode #52 - How To Sound French
Episode #53 - Current Expressions You Won’t Learn From Your Teacher
Episode #51 - How to Add Thousands of Words to Your Vocabulary
Without Learning Any French
Episode #51 - How to Add Thousands of Words to Your Vocabulary
Episode #51 - How to Add Thousands of Words to Your Vocabulary
Episode #51 - How to Add Thousands of Words to Your Vocabulary
If you can say it you can understand it.
Episode #50 - Expressions We Get Stuck On
Episode #51 - How to Add Thousands of Words to Your Vocabulary
Episode #49 - Tip to Become Fluent in French
Translation tricks...
Episode #49 - Tip to Become Fluent in French
Episode #51 - How to Add Thousands of Words to Your Vocabulary
Episode #49 - Tip to Become Fluent in French
Tips, hacks and tricks.
how to become fluent in french
Episode # 48 - Tour of a French Kitchen
Episode # 47 - Foods Commonly Used in French Kitchens
Episode # 47 - Foods Commonly Used in French Kitchens
Appliances, utensils and other useful stuff
Episode # 47 - Foods Commonly Used in French Kitchens
Episode # 47 - Foods Commonly Used in French Kitchens
Episode # 47 - Foods Commonly Used in French Kitchens
Not So Much For Us
Episode # 46 - French Homonyms
Episode # 47 - Foods Commonly Used in French Kitchens
Episode # 45 - Où Sont Les Toilettes SVP?
Confusing words?
Episode # 45 - Où Sont Les Toilettes SVP?
Episode # 43 - Things We Falsely Attribute to the French
Episode # 45 - Où Sont Les Toilettes SVP?
...and not La Salle De Bains
Episode # 44 - Dialogue with a Stranger
Episode # 43 - Things We Falsely Attribute to the French
Episode # 43 - Things We Falsely Attribute to the French
Try this to practice your French
Episode # 43 - Things We Falsely Attribute to the French
Episode # 43 - Things We Falsely Attribute to the French
Episode # 43 - Things We Falsely Attribute to the French
And how they translate into French
Episode # 42 - Ten Questions You Can Ask Someone To Get To Know Them
Episode # 42 - Ten Questions You Can Ask Someone To Get To Know Them
Episode # 42 - Ten Questions You Can Ask Someone To Get To Know Them
A few questions to get you started.
Episode # 41 - Expressions That Will Earn You The Evil Eye in France
Episode # 42 - Ten Questions You Can Ask Someone To Get To Know Them
Episode # 42 - Ten Questions You Can Ask Someone To Get To Know Them
A few rudimentary words to be used properly
Episode # 40 - Speaking Like a Native - Part II
Episode # 42 - Ten Questions You Can Ask Someone To Get To Know Them
Episode # 40 - Speaking Like a Native - Part II
A few expressions that make you sound French.
Episode # 39 - How to Start a Story in French
Episode # 37 - Making Numbers Roll Off Your Tongue
Episode # 40 - Speaking Like a Native - Part II
Don’t be afraid to speak up!
Episode # 38 - French Pastries
Episode # 37 - Making Numbers Roll Off Your Tongue
Episode # 37 - Making Numbers Roll Off Your Tongue
And what we can learn from them.
Episode # 37 - Making Numbers Roll Off Your Tongue
Episode # 37 - Making Numbers Roll Off Your Tongue
Episode # 37 - Making Numbers Roll Off Your Tongue
Knowing your numbers is more important than you think...
how to become fluent in french
Episode # 36 - Talking About the Weather
Episode # 34 - Some of My Favorite Expressions
Episode # 36 - Talking About the Weather
Il fait un froid de canard!
Episode # 35 - Everyday Expressions
Episode # 34 - Some of My Favorite Expressions
Episode # 36 - Talking About the Weather
Expressions you need at the drop of a hat.
Episode # 34 - Some of My Favorite Expressions
Episode # 34 - Some of My Favorite Expressions
Episode # 33 - 10 French Words That Make Us Chuckle
Expressions I find myself using a lot...
Episode # 33 - 10 French Words That Make Us Chuckle
Episode # 33 - 10 French Words That Make Us Chuckle
Episode # 33 - 10 French Words That Make Us Chuckle
Some words just sound funny...
Episode # 32 - Profiter du Printemps
Episode # 33 - 10 French Words That Make Us Chuckle
Episode # 32 - Profiter du Printemps
Take Advantage of Spring
Episode # 31 - La Mode - Fashion
Episode # 33 - 10 French Words That Make Us Chuckle
Episode # 32 - Profiter du Printemps
Printemps/Eté 2021
Episode # 30 - Learning Adjectives in Pairs
Episode # 29 - Six Things That Will Turn You Into A Snob, French Style
Episode # 29 - Six Things That Will Turn You Into A Snob, French Style
Some opposites do attract
Episode # 29 - Six Things That Will Turn You Into A Snob, French Style
Episode # 29 - Six Things That Will Turn You Into A Snob, French Style
Episode # 29 - Six Things That Will Turn You Into A Snob, French Style
Come take a walk down French lane...
Episode # 28 - Ten Things The French Keep in Their Purse
Episode # 29 - Six Things That Will Turn You Into A Snob, French Style
Episode # 28 - Ten Things The French Keep in Their Purse
or Man Bag
Episode # 27 - How to Talk About Nothing
Episode #25 - Using English Word in French
Episode # 28 - Ten Things The French Keep in Their Purse
Small Talk for the Elevator or Grocery Store
Episode # 26 - Ordering Food in France
Episode #25 - Using English Word in French
Episode #25 - Using English Word in French
How to Avoid the Unexpected
Episode #25 - Using English Word in French
Episode #25 - Using English Word in French
Episode #25 - Using English Word in French
Just add a French accent, and voilà!
How To Become Fluent in French
#24 - Are They Coming on to You?
#24 - Are They Coming on to You?
#24 - Are They Coming on to You?
Pick-up lines in French and how to respond .
#23 - The Language of Love
#24 - Are They Coming on to You?
#24 - Are They Coming on to You?
Expressions of love & nicknames.
#22 - How To Talk About...
#24 - Are They Coming on to You?
#21 - Two Word Expressions:
Personalities, stuff you like and... hair.
#21 - Two Word Expressions:
#20 - Expressions with Periods of Time
#21 - Two Word Expressions:
Interjections To Pull Out of Your Pocket
#20 - Expressions with Periods of Time
#20 - Expressions with Periods of Time
#20 - Expressions with Periods of Time
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Tomorrow, yesterday, everyday. No more confusion, just a few reptitions and it will become second nature.
#19 - How to Use Reflexive Pronouns
#20 - Expressions with Periods of Time
#20 - Expressions with Periods of Time
Add a pronoun to these verbs to broaden your horizons
#18 - Je Sais ou Je Connais
#17 - Faux-Amis Just Waiting to Get You In Trouble
#17 - Faux-Amis Just Waiting to Get You In Trouble
and a few other things we always mix-up
#17 - Faux-Amis Just Waiting to Get You In Trouble
#17 - Faux-Amis Just Waiting to Get You In Trouble
#17 - Faux-Amis Just Waiting to Get You In Trouble
Be careful of fake friends...
#16 - Pardon, Did You Say My Slip Is Showing?
#17 - Faux-Amis Just Waiting to Get You In Trouble
#16 - Pardon, Did You Say My Slip Is Showing?
Listen for keywords to get it right
#15 - Thinking on Your Feet--in French
#14 - Adverbs Change the Way We Live, Eat and Play
#16 - Pardon, Did You Say My Slip Is Showing?
Sometimes short and sweet is better...
#14 - Adverbs Change the Way We Live, Eat and Play
#14 - Adverbs Change the Way We Live, Eat and Play
#14 - Adverbs Change the Way We Live, Eat and Play
Using adverbs, which so aptly enrich our speech, are definitely a sign that you are becoming fluent.
#13 - How To Translate After, Again & All
#14 - Adverbs Change the Way We Live, Eat and Play
#14 - Adverbs Change the Way We Live, Eat and Play
After, again and all can be a little tricky to translate...
Podcast: How to become fluent in french
#1 - Learn to Listen Like a Native
#1 - Learn to Listen Like a Native
#1 - Learn to Listen Like a Native
When you have a conversation in English you are engaged, but often listening intently can make you seem rude and aloof.
#2 - Start Thinking in French
#1 - Learn to Listen Like a Native
#1 - Learn to Listen Like a Native
Translating word for word doesn’t always have the desired effect; it’s time to start thinking in French.
#3 - Deciphering Liaisons
#1 - Learn to Listen Like a Native
#4 - Talking to your Dog in French
Silent s's make a lot of noise when they run into vowels. They take on a whole new persona...
#4 - Talking to your Dog in French
#5 - Impersonal Expressions: C’est, Il fait & Il faut
#4 - Talking to your Dog in French
Or, how to learn the imperative...
#5 - Impersonal Expressions: C’est, Il fait & Il faut
#5 - Impersonal Expressions: C’est, Il fait & Il faut
#5 - Impersonal Expressions: C’est, Il fait & Il faut
It is: the two most difficult words to translate into French.
#6 - Using the Verb Faire with Flair
#5 - Impersonal Expressions: C’est, Il fait & Il faut
#5 - Impersonal Expressions: C’est, Il fait & Il faut
Faire is the go-to of French verbs,,,
#7- Le or La. A Few Rules To Lean On
#9 - Words Your French Teacher Won’t Teach You
#8 - How to Translate In, To and From
There are a few rules to determine gender, but go with the ones without a zillion exceptions.
#8 - How to Translate In, To and From
#9 - Words Your French Teacher Won’t Teach You
#8 - How to Translate In, To and From
Settle it once and for all! Never stumble again into or from again...
#9 - Words Your French Teacher Won’t Teach You
#9 - Words Your French Teacher Won’t Teach You
#10 - Stop Trying to Translate I’m Excited and Other American Expressions
Using our unique lemon scale, learn a few choice words or expressions in French to keep you out of trouble .
#10 - Stop Trying to Translate I’m Excited and Other American Expressions
#10 - Stop Trying to Translate I’m Excited and Other American Expressions
#10 - Stop Trying to Translate I’m Excited and Other American Expressions
Resist the urge to translate I’m excited and check out some of our alternatives
#11 - Moi, Toi and the Others
#10 - Stop Trying to Translate I’m Excited and Other American Expressions
#12 - The Indefinite, Definite and Partitive Articles
Stressed pronouns are the moi, and toi you’ve heard, but may not always know when to use...
#12 - The Indefinite, Definite and Partitive Articles
#10 - Stop Trying to Translate I’m Excited and Other American Expressions
#12 - The Indefinite, Definite and Partitive Articles
The misuse of articles is one of the frequent mistakes people make.