French

There are several words and expressions to say “to meet” in French ; let’s meet them together! Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode Rencontrer = to meet (for the first...Show More

Talking about broken bones and how to say where you’re sore! More than just expressions, you will also reinforce some grammar notions that many students of French often get wrong. Vocabulary and Spell...Show More

We’re going to talk about the people who are very important in our lives: friends – the different words to say “friend” in French, their differences in meaning and the history behind the words. I’ll a...Show More

In the Northern hemisphere, summer is coming to an end, holiday time is over. Children and students are going back to school soon (la rentrée) and you may now be listening to me on your commute rather...Show More

“Voir” or “regarder”? I’ll explain the difference, because it seems to be a source of confusion for many students of French. Learn vocabulary and expressions along the way too! Vocabulary and Spelling...Show More

This short episode is a 2 in 1 episode: By adding extra words to your vocabulary, you will also (and mostly) brush up or add to your existing knowledge of some basic vocab : names of fruits. Just as i...Show More

How to say “to run up”, “to run down”, “to swim past”, “to crawl through”, etc. in French?  Learn to think differently so you won’t get stuck anymore, because literal translation is not working here! ...Show More

New learners of French are often unsettled or scared when they find out that every French noun has a gender: it is either masculine or feminine. How to know whether a word is masculine or feminine in ...Show More

This is the second part about how you can tell whether a noun is masculine or feminine in French!  (For the first part, listen to French Your Way Podcast, episode 32). In last week’s episode, I’ve ran...Show More

“How to say including in French?” (question was submitted by Souvira from Canberra) For example, how do we say “I did a lot of things today including gardening”. Are there other expressions we can use...Show More

I’ve compiled my best tips about how to improve your French listening skills after receiving this question from many of you. If you find it a struggle to hold a conversation in French because you can’...Show More

I love comparing language learning  to an investigation game, where you use clues to understand the meaning of words! In this episode, I will start by giving a few examples of these clues that can mak...Show More

Many students struggle with the pronunciation of the French R, so in this episode I will give you some practice exercises and phonetic tips on how to pronounce the French R so that you can sound more ...Show More

Imagine it’s Wednesday today (if you listen to this episode on the day it’s realeased, it actually IS Wednesday today!).  If your friend tells you: “Let’s go camping next week-end!”, when do you under...Show More

I’m going to talk about the differences between aller/venir (so far so good, in general), but also revenir and retourner (. as I esp notice many misuses of the word retourner) – so I wanted to clarify...Show More

Students of French often mix “écouter” and “entendre”, so let’s clarify these! You will also learn a bunch of common expressions with “écouter” and “entendre” to boost your French vocabulary! Vocabula...Show More

I didn’t feel like recording a “normal” episode this week – just wanted to express my sorrow after the Paris attacks in the night of November 13th. I will give you some French vocabulary related to th...Show More

What is “The difference between bien and bon(ne). I’m never quite sure. In English we would say ‘very good’ for a good piece of work, but in French you would say ‘très bien’ (I think), which would dir...Show More

Follow me through a rainbow of colours with this selection of common French expressions using colours! While some expressions have an obvious origin (usually a comparison to something that is of the s...Show More

Students of French often mistranslate “because of” in French. This is because of two reasons: translating literally without thinking in advance of the structure of the sentence, and not taking into ac...Show More

As if French language didn’t have enough grammar rules with exceptions, French conjugation tenses and irregular verbs, when it comes to numbers it also seem to go all wrong between 70 and 99. Why is t...Show More

Here are some tips to help you get the most of your private lessons with a teacher or a tutor. This is not limited to French private lessons but applies to language learning in general. Do you have ot...Show More