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Our brand new, hope-filled (may travel begin again in earnest!) e-course is French Abroad! In one easy place, find all you need to know and know how to say to enjoy your next voyage!

Check out our lessons for families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you, away from a screen. Delivered online, to be used face to face. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes speaking another language as natural and useful as your native tongue. You are already having a blast with French with Kids? Chouette! Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your ears, your vocal cords, and your life with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be prepared for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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Our brand new, hope-filled (may travel begin again in earnest!) e-course is French Abroad! In one easy place, find all you need to know and know how to say to enjoy your next voyage!

French from today:

journal de femmes/feminine magazines, le premier mois/the first month, de l'année/of the year, jurer/to swear, promettre/to promise, prendre la décision/make a decision, faire une résolution/make a resolution.

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Check out our lessons for families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you, away from a screen. Delivered online, to be used face to face. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes speaking another language as natural and useful as your native tongue. You are already having a blast with French with Kids? Chouette! Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your ears, your vocal cords, and your life with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be prepared for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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Angela's blog on France, language learning, travel, and everyday adventures: http://www.ahomeschoolstory.com/

This is the fourth and final episode in our series on the traditions for Christmas and more in France. I promised a gift that will go out to our newsletter subscribers (because you cannot publish a free thing this beautiful in the podcast notes!), so here is the link for signing up for the newsletter, in case you are not already a member of Commence le Dream: Sign up for our newsletter here!

French from today's show:

Le gui/mistletoe

Le hou/holly

La mousse au chocolat/does it need a translation? 

Joyeux Noël/Merry Christmas!!!

Our brand new, hope-filled (may travel begin again in earnest!) e-course is French Abroad! In one easy place, find all you need to know and know how to say to enjoy your next voyage!

Check out our lessons for families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you, away from a screen. Delivered online, to be used face to face. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes speaking another language as natural and useful as your native tongue. You are already having a blast with French with Kids? Chouette! Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your ears, your vocal cords, and your life with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be prepared for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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Angela's blog on France, homeschooling, language learning and life: http://www.ahomeschoolstory.com/ 

As always, check out our lessons for families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you, away from a screen. Delivered online, to be used face to face. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes speaking another language as natural and useful as your native tongue. You are already having a blast with French with Kids? Chouette! Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your ears, your vocal cords, and your life with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be prepared for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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Our brand new, hope-filled (may travel begin again in earnest!) e-course is French Abroad! In one easy place, find all you need to know and know how to say to enjoy your next voyage!

For families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you, away from a screen. Delivered online, to be used face to face. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes speaking another language as natural and useful as your native tongue. You are already having a blast with French with Kids? Chouette! Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your ears, your vocal cords, and your life with French! 

French at Home: a Conversation  Be prepared for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language. Coming January 1: French Abroad: all you need to travel in style and confidence...in French! 

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language. Don't miss another episode, video, blog post, or special offer on classes. 

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If you are looking for more French, check out our lessons for home and abroad. For families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you, away from a screen. Delivered online, to be used face to face. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes speaking another language as natural and useful as your native tongue. You are already having a blast with French with Kids? Chouette! Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your ears, your vocal cords, and your life with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be prepared for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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As always, check out our lessons for families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you, away from a screen. Delivered online, to be used face to face. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes speaking another language as natural and useful as your native tongue. You are already having a blast with French with Kids? Chouette! Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your ears, your vocal cords, and your life with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be prepared for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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As always, check out our lessons for families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you, away from a screen. Delivered online, to be used face to face. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes speaking another language as natural and useful as your native tongue. You are already having a blast with French with Kids? Chouette! Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your ears, your vocal cords, and your life with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be prepared for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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As always, check out our lessons for families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it natural and useful like your native tongue. You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your life with French!

French from today's podcast:

le football/le foot/soccer, on joue au foot?/want to play soccer/football?, pas maintenant, j'ai la flemme/not now, I am feeling too lazy, tu veux jouer aux échecs? do you want to play chess?/voudrais-tu jouer à la belotte?/would you care to play belotte (a card game)? oui, merci, avec plaisir/yes, thank you, that would be lovely, tout à l'heure, je digères/later, I am busy digesting. 

Qui commence?/who's first? je suis le premier/I am first, qui a gagné? who won?/qui a perdu?/who lost? (This, in my Southern France view, would be for a game of pétanque out in the courtyard.)

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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And on France, homeschooling, language learning and life: http://www.ahomeschoolstory.com/

As always, check out our lessons for families: French with kids. We help you create the space, time, and connections that bring French alive chez you. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it natural and useful like your native tongue. You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill your life with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together and unplugged. Course for those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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As always, check out our lessons for families: French with kids, to learn, prepare for your dream trip and simply bring the joy of  French into your life. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it natural and useful like your native tongue! You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill chez vous with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together the screen-free way. For those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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In today's episode, I hold my first insightful interview with a French-speaking person, my husband Thierry Chenus. I try to uncover from his experience, the advantages of speaking a foreign language. Stay tuned later this week as our very first guest, the poet, artist, and photographer, Lana March, joins us for an interview that will leave you with a sense of joy, a will to be a more loving human, and the desire to pay attention to the beautiful; art, music, and light. Read about it here: When Love Meets Art.

As always, check out our lessons for families: French with kids, to learn, prepare for your dream trip and simply bring the joy of  French into your life. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it natural and useful like your native tongue! You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill chez vous with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together the screen-free way. For those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of the two of you, hanging out and speaking together in French is what you desire, let us make it easy, fun, and immediate for you with our French at Home: a Conversation or French at Home: a Debut offerings. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

French from today's show:

• Bonjour monsieur / good morning, sir.
• Bonjour madame / good morning, madam.
• Bonjour mademoiselle / good morning, miss.
• Proposez-vous des cours de tricot ? / Do you offer knitting classes?
• Non, je suis désolée ? No, I am sorry.
• Oui, tous les samedis à 14:00. / Yes, every Saturday at 2:00 PM.
• Que puis-je faire pour vous aujourd'hui ? / How can I help you today?
• Je voudrais de la laine fine. / I would like lace-weight yarn.
• Par ici. / Over this way.
• Et voilà, le bonheur. / Ah, happiness.

Check out our lessons for families: French with kids, to learn, prepare for your dream trip and simply bring the joy of  French into your life. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it natural and useful like your native tongue! You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill chez vous with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together the screen-free way. For those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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And on France, homeschooling, language learning and life: http://www.ahomeschoolstory.com/

If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of the two of you, hanging out and speaking together in French is what you desire, let us make it easy, fun, and immediate for you with our French at Home: a Conversation or French at Home: a Debut offerings. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time. 

French from today: 

• Dimanche, lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi / Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
• On se voit ce soir ? / Shall I see you this evening or should we meet up tonight?
• Je te rejoins à dix-huit heure pour l’apéro, translates to “I’ll join you at 18:00 hours for a drink,” or at 6:00 pm.
• Midi: noon 
• 1: treize heures 
• 2: quatorze heures 
• 3: quinze heures 
• 4: seize heures 
• 5: dix-sept heures 
• 7: dix-neuf heures 
• 8: vingt heures 
• 9: vingt-et-une heures 
• 10: vingt-deux heures 
• 11: vingt-trois heures 
• 12: minuit (midnight) 
• Parfait, on se retrouve où ? / Perfect, where should we meet? 
• Je passe te chercher. / I’ll pick you up. 
• Prenons-nous rendez-vous pour huit heure et demi chez Pierrot ? / Let’s say 8:30 at Pierrot’s. 

Check out our lessons for families: French with kids, to learn, prepare for your dream trip and simply bring the joy of  French into your life. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it natural and useful like your native tongue! You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill chez vous with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together the screen-free way. For those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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And on France, homeschooling, language learning and life: http://www.ahomeschoolstory.com/

If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of including the marvels of French in your life as you hang out together as a family is what you desire, let us make it easy, fun, and immediate for you with our French with Kids program. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

French from today's show:

Voudrais-tu peindre ou sculpter ce matin?/Would you like to paint or sculpt this morning?

Je voudrais sculpter l’argile./I want to do clay.

Très bien, viens prendre une boule./Very well, come get a ball.

Je voudrais faire de la peinture./I would like to paint.

Va chercher le papier./Go get the paper.

Va chercher le stylo plume./Go get the fountain pen.

Va chercher les crayons de couleur./Go get the colored pencils, or crayons.

Un instant, je prends la laine et mes aiguilles./One moment, I am getting my yarn and needles.

Is it in the kitchen?/Dans la cuisine?

In the living room?/Dans le salon.

In the dining room?/Dans la salle à manger?

Outside at a table?/À la table dehors?

Check out our lessons for families: French with kids, to learn, prepare for your dream trip and simply bring the joy of  French into your life. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it natural and useful like your native tongue! You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill chez vous with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together the screen-free way. For those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

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My blog on learning French: https://www.commenceledream.com/blog

And on France, homeschooling, language learning and life: http://www.ahomeschoolstory.com/

If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of including the marvels of French in your life as you hang out together as a family is what you desire, let us make it easy, fun, and immediate for you with our French with Kids program. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

French from today's show:

As-tu fait pipi, mon cœur?/Did you go potty, sweetheart?

Bien sûr, papa./Of course, daddy.

Mets tes chaussures, mon grand./Put your shoes on, hon.

C’est fait, maman./I did, mommy.

Regarde; l’aigle, l’éléphant, la giraffe, l’oiseau, le singe, la tortue, le zébre/Look at the eagle, elephant, girafe, bird, monkey, turtle, zebra.

Au revoir les loups./Good-bye wolves.

Au revoir les tigres./Good-by tigers.

Au revoir les hippopotames./Good-bye hippopatamus.

Check out our lessons for families: French with kids, to learn, prepare for your dream trip and simply bring the joy of  French into your life. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it natural and useful like your native tongue! You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your couple into full French communication too. Fill chez vous with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together the screen-free way. For those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point, and always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary, and the thrill of another language.

Don't miss another episode, video, blog post, or special offer on classes. Subscribe to the podcast with the "subscribe" or  "follow"  button. AND

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You can find us on Facebook and Instagram at commence_le_dream

My blog on learning French: https://www.commenceledream.com/blog

And on France, homeschooling, language learning and life: http://www.ahomeschoolstory.com/

If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of including the marvels of French in your life as you hang out together as a family is what you desire, let us make it easy, fun, and immediate for you with our French with Kids program. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

French from this episode:

Je souhaiterais acheter deux billets, je vous prie, monsieur.

I would like to buy two tickets, please, sir.

Vous êtes prié de ne pas marcher dans l’herbe./Please do not walk on the grass. 

Vous êtes prié de bien vouloir patienter./Please hold.

Çela vous fait trente-cinq Euros, madame./That will be 35 Euros, madame.

Suivez-moi, je vous prie./Follow me, please.

Merci bien./Thank you.

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French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together the screen-free way. For those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and need to refresh and reinvent the language.

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French from today's episode:

As-tu envie d’aller à la librairie? Would you like to go to the book shop? Yes! That is one of the biggest false cognates we love to forget! 

Oui, ça me ferait très plaisir. Yes, I would be delighted.

Le b.d./a genre explained in the podcast

Chez nous, le café est bon. The coffee is good here (in our place, could be home or simply your favorite café). 

Une bonne chaise. A good chair. 

C'est joli(e). It is pretty.

C'est laid(e). C'est moche. It is ugly.

À demain! See you tomorrow. 

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Today we are featuring sections of an article from sudouest.fr, on the delicious Saint-Émilion Macaroons. We hope you will enjoy it.

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French words for the episode:

• the wine, le vin
• macaroons, les macarons
• specialty, spécialité
• dark, coloré
• Parisian cousin, cousin parisien
• many storefront windows, de nombreuses devantures
• the medieval city, la cité médiévale
• the authentic recipe, l’authentique recette
• inherited, a hérité
• the fabrication secrets, des secrets de fabrication
• of this cookie, de ce gâteau
• made up, imaginé
• the religious community, la communauté religieuse
• egg whites, blanc d’œufs
• these little cookies, ces petits biscuits
• tasty disks, disques savoureux
• minuscule shop, minuscule échoppe
• placing them in a box, mettent en boîte
• sold the day before, les ventes de la veille
• will gobble them up, les avaleront
• the foodies, les fins gourmets
• coffee, un café
• a glass of champagne, une coupe de champagne
• a glass of wine, un verre de vin
• fresh fruit, fruits frais
• an ice cream, une glace

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French from today:

Enlève tes chaussures, s’il te plait./Take off your shoes, please.

Enlevez vos chaussures, s’il vous plaît./Take off your shoes, please. (plural kids, not shoes)

Merci, mon cœur./Thank you, darling.

Veux-tu prendre un thé, ma poule?/Do you want a cup of tea, sweetie?

Veux-tu goûter, mon petit?/Do you want a snack, honey?

Oui, s'il te plait/Yes, please.

Une chocolatine/a chocolate croissant

Un pain aux raisins/a raisin bun

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Morning outings on one end of a leash. What is your morning routine like chez vous? Write us with requests, if you'd like! Email: pierre@commenceledream.com

We are back outside today, enjoying the fine fall weather. Requests that elicit responses, responses that make sense, and brilliant observations galore. 

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French expressions to add little bits of French to your day with ease and joy: from today:

une promenade/a walk  On prend la laisse, et les petits sacs à crotte, et le toutou./We grab the leash, the poo bags and the pup.

renifler/sniffing  faire pipi/going wee  saluer les autres chiens et les gens/greeting other dogs and people 

Regarde l’écureuil, la biche, l’oie/Look at the squirrel, the deer, the goose

Ramasse les crottes, s’il te plait/Pick up the poo, please.  

Mais maman, ça sent mauvais/But mom, it stinks.  Tant pis/Too bad

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Language that is used for the purpose of communicating something real is language that will be repeated day after day, and the repetition creates fluency. If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of the two of you, hanging out and speaking together in French is what you  desire, let us make it easy, fun and immediate for you with our French at Home: a Conversation or French at Home: a Debut offerings. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've  always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

A cultural conversation around cooking and family traditions in France (and even La Réunion). Thierry talks about cooking with his grandmother and more. 

French from today: 

une pastèque/mystery melon  un cake/pound cake sort of aigre/sour  épicé/spicy  piquant/spicy  

sucré/sweet  salé/savory (all adjectives used with a feminine noun will have an extra "e" at the end, except for "aigre")

bon appetit/enjoy your meal  à bientôt/see you soon

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Today's episode is in the kitchen...oui, again! People are hungry and dinner must be made, how about making it a little French?

Expressions from this episode: 

J’ai toujours faim, so oui!/I am always hungry, so yes!

Je ne sais pas./I don't know

Végétarien/vegetarian

Non, il fait trop chaud pour la soupe./No, it's too hot for soup.

un saladier/a big bowl   des tomates/tomatoes   des olives/olives  la ciboulette/chives

Que veux-tu dire par “easy”?/What do you mean by "easy"?

Va chercher la cuillère en bois, veux-tu?/Go find the wooden spoon, would you?

Remue/mélange, mais doucement, s'il te plait, mon amour. /Stir/mix, but gently, please, my love.

Et voilà, c’est fait./There we are, it is finished. 

Mets le couvert, mon chéri./Set the table, honey.

Tout de suite, papa./Right away, Daddy.

That was more French than usual, we get carried away in the kitchen sometimes! 

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French Please gives you expressions you can use every day to add FRENCH to your day, easily, fuss-free and in joy! If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of the two of you, hanging out and speaking together in French is what you  desire, let us make it easy, fun and immediate for you with our French at Home: a Conversation or French at Home: a Debut offerings. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've  always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

French from today:

Que mange-t-on?/What are we eating?

Nous avons au menu une fricassée de tomates et oignons, servie pour accompagner un poulet rôti.

On the menu is a tomato fricasé accompanying a roasted chicken. 

Comment comptes-tu faire le poulet?/How will I cook it?

Est-ce bien un poulet de la ferme?/Is it a farm chicken?

Le sel/salt   le poivre/pepper   l'huile d'olive/olive oil Un peu d'eau/a little water  

La cuillère à soupe/tablespoon  une cuillère à café/a teaspoon  une fourchette/a fork

Mets le couvert/set the table  bon appetit!

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How different is the experience of going out between France and America? It may depend on how old you are. Thierry talks a bit about his first trip to the States. You will hear a tale of Angela's first Fêtes de la Madeleine and we help out with all the useful things to say when you do find yourself in a café, soaking up the warm weather, somewhere in France soon or a year from now. 

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French from today:

Mademoiselle, je vous sers? (What can I bring you, miss?)

Voulez-vous bien me porter… (Would you please bring me...)

un café  (an espresso)

un crème (a café au lait)

une pression (a pint of draft beer)

une eau minérale (bottled water)

gazeuse? (fizzy)

plate? (flat)

un diabolo-menthe (listen to show for description)

un citron-pressé (freshly squeezed lemon juice and water)

un perroquet (green, dangerous drink)

une tomate (red, same danger)

Voulez-vous bien m'apporter l'addition, s'il vous plaît, monsieur?

(Would you please bring the check, sir?)

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French from today's show:

Le ménage                               Housework

Tu t’es lavé les cheveux?           Did you wash your hair?

As-tu bien frotté les ongles?     Have you scrubbed your nails?

As-tu tiré la chasse?                 Did you flush?

Ramasse tes chaussettes.         Pick up your socks.

Ramasse ton t-shirt.                 Pick up your shirt.

Ramasse ce pantalon.              Pick up this pair of pants.

Ramasse le téléphone.             Pick up the phone.

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What if we scheduled our time…or attempted to, between roommates, life mates or siblings to make sharing that precious resource known as ze bathroom that much easier? 

French from today's show:

À quelle heure vas-tu prendre ta douche? (What time are you going to take a shower?)

À 6h00 (6:00, presumed am, since a 24-hour clock is used too)

À 7h et demi (7:30 or half past seven)

À 8h et quart (8:15)

À 9h moins le quart (8:45)

Combien de temps vas-tu prendre?  (How long will you take?) 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes…

As-tu terminé? Are you finished?

C’est à moi maintenant! It’s my turn now. 

Vous avez bien partagé. Merci mes chéris. (You shared so well. Thank you my darlings.)

Que tu sens bon, mon cœur!  (Don't you smell good, sweetheart!)

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Today’s moment of choice: the bathroom…la salle de bain.

Equal parts concern for sharing time and sharing the earth's resources, one place we could begin is with time, or the length of time someone has been under the shower or soaking in the bath. French requests and answers for today:

Tu vas finir toute froissée! You’re going to wind up all prune-like. 

As-tu pris ta douche, mon chéri? Have you had a shower, honey?

As-tu brossé les dents, ma petite? Have you brushed your teeth, sweetie?

Tu t’es lavé la figure, mon chou? Did you wash your face, darling?

Oui, maman, papa, tatie. I'm going. J’y vais. I'm going.

Lave-toi les mains. Wash your hands.

Numbers from one to twelve.

Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze

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Books for families:

Le Club des Cinq, Enid Blyton (young sleuths solving mysteries out on their own in the 1950’s-60’s)

Le Petit Nicolas, Jean-Jacques Sempé, about the adventures at school and at home of the little Nicolas, who is mostly in trouble and often cannot figure out just why. Set in France of the 1950’s. Hilarious.

Les Misérables, Victor Hugo, especially if you want to get your money’s worth in French: it is a rather long 56 hours in length. And if you like detailed description.

Harry Potter is still a delight in French, and as you know the story, easy to follow.

And for adults:

Claudine à l’École, Colette, and all of the other Claudines; a Paris, etc. Colette was a giant of French literature and changed the way language is used in writing.

Chanson Douce, Leila Slimani, a true horror story.

On la trouvait plutôt jolie, Michel Bussi, the south of France, Africa, the game and perils of immigration from one to the other, a real thriller.

Candide ou l’optimisme, Voltaire, in my series of classic literature

Et moi, je vis toujours, Jean d’Ormesson on history as an entity

Les oubliés du dimanche, Valérie Perrin, a charming tale of a young CNA, love, death, betrayal and loyalty beyond all barriers.

Le talisman, Janine Boissard, a story of friendship, becoming adults together, love and mystery.

Tous les hommes n’habitent pas la terre de la même façon, Jean-Paul Dubois, it is France meets Canada, the wilderness and the most extreme of closed-in spaces; a penitentiary.

John Grisham translated into French; it is easy to follow and always entertaining.

The beauty of Audible is that, like a podcast, you control the speed of narration. You can hike it up to twice the pace or slow it down to 0.5, with every increment in between now: 1.7, 0.6, …

Podcasts for families:

• La Voie des Livres; stories for children
• Le Podcast Curieux; Histoires pour les Enfants
• Les Aventures de Rodolphe et Gala (free, but can be purchased by serie with no ads)

For adults: 

Christophe Hondelatte in Hondelatte Raconte, who is telling us all about courage and daring when he is not recounting a murder story, all based on real life accounts.

Boomerang, Augustin Trapenard; interviewing poets, artists, singers and actors in a show about culture and perspective.

Le Coin du Crime, a Canadian podcast all about, you guessed it, crime, mainly murder.

Historiquement Votre, Stéphane Bern et Matthieu Noël, all sorts of anecdotes from history that weave together to tell us about three individuals linked by some sort of theme but not by time nor relation.

One last phrase: bonne semaine! have a great week!

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French expressions for today:

Maman, où est mon cartable? (Mama, where's my school bag?) Où est-ce que se trouve mon cartable? Où se trouve mon cartable? 

Il est à côté de la chaise. (It's next to the chair.) Il est sous l'arbre. (It's under the tree.) Il est sur le toit. (It's on the roof.)

Regarde, Papa, j'ai trouvé le lapin. (Look, Dad, I found the bunny.) Oh, je vois ma chérie. C'est très bien. (Oh, I see sweetie. That's great!)

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One last word: bonne semaine! have a great week!

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French phrases from the episode: "l'objet du jour" (the object of the day) "la porte (door) "la fourchette" (fork) "le machin-truc" (whatchamacallit), "Qu-est-ce qu'il manque?" (What's missing?), "Il manque la cuillère" (the spoon is missing), "Il manque le pince-a-linge" (The cloths-pin is missing), "Qu-est-ce qui n'est pas là?" (What is not there?), "Le couteau n'est pas lá." (The knife is not there.) "Le fil n'est pas là." (The spool of thread is not there.) Below is the link for a blog post with 100 words in French for your home.

Blog Post: Label in French

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One last word: bonne semaine! have a great week!

If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of  the two of you, hanging out and speaking together in French is what you  desire, let us make it easy, fun and immediate for you with our French at Home: a Conversation or French at Home: a Debut offerings. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've  always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

French notes for today: "Je vous souhaite une semaine formidable!" (Have a fantastic week!)

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One last word: bonne semaine! have a great week!

If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of  the two of you, hanging out and speaking together in French is what you  desire, let us make it easy, fun and immediate for you with our French at Home: a Conversation or French at Home: a Debut offerings. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've  always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

French phrases from today: Regarde! (look!) (repeated each time), un écureil (a squirrel), où ça? (where?), là-bas, sous l'arbre (over there, under the tree), le chat (the cat), là-bas, sur le toit (over there, on the roof), une voiture bleue (a blue car), verte (green), jaune (yellow), rouge (red), noire (black), blanche (white), and one last note; mais non can mean a number of things; no, no way, of course not, uh-uh, not happening. 

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One last word: bonne semaine! have a great week!

If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of  the two of you, hanging out and speaking together in French is what you  desire, let us make it easy, fun and immediate for you with our French at Home: a Conversation or French at Home: a Debut offerings. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've  always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

We explore two potential moments you could start with in this episode, and on a cultural note; we dive into meals, how many times a day the French really kiss hello and good-bye, how many bisous to offer, and more.  

The French expressions from Episode Two: Passe-moi le plat, s'il te plaît. (Pass the dish please.) Tiens, mon petit. (Here, sweetie.) Bonjour, ça-va? (Hi, how are you?) Ça c'est bien passé? (Did it go well?) Oui, c'était super! (Yes, it was fantastic!)

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French at Home: a Conversation (be ready for your next trip, practice now, together, never with a screen.):

French with Kids: Bring the joy of French into your family's day the fun, quick and easy way (screen-free).

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One last word: bonne semaine! have a great week!

If you know you will not take the plunge alone, but this lifestyle of  the two of you, hanging out and speaking together in French is what you  desire, let us make it easy, fun and immediate for you with our French at Home: a Conversation or French at Home: a Debut offerings. Start now, today, and fill your day with the French you've  always dreamed you would speak again...or for the first time.

Notes from this episode: there was just one tiny bit of spoken French in this intro. À bientôt! See you soon! Tune in next time for exchanges to use in real life, as we expand your world through a French lens, adding beauty and joy to votre journée.

Check out our lessons for families: French with kids,  to learn, prepare for your dream trip and simply bring the joy of  French into your life. Don't wait: speak today, the way that makes it  natural and useful like your native tongue! You are already having a  blast with French with Kids? Add in one of the following to bring your  couple into full French communication too. Fill chez vous with French!

French at Home: a Conversation  Be ready for your next trip, do not wait one more day to "be ready".  Now is the time: learn and practice request and response together the  screen-free way. For those who perhaps spoke French once upon a time and  need to refresh and reinvent the language.

For beginners: French at Home: a Debut We walk you through it, request and response, short, to the point and  always relevant, building confidence, vocabulary and the thrill of  another language.

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One last word: bonne semaine! have a great week!