Ah... Le fromage !!

Apparently some of you are quite curious about cheese as a French speciality, le fromage français ! It’s true that we have so many sorts of cheese that even me (greatly addicted to cheese) cannot...

French rules to build an essay

Here is a question from Sara, from Australia, who apparently has some troubles with the French rules about essays...: My teacher gave me a bad grade on an essay , in french of course, on the topic...

Les français sont des bons-vivants!

Very often when people want to describe french behavior, they use the word " bon vivant " The Frenchies are considered as bons vivants by their neighboors, and they define themselves also like...

Qui pour un apéro ??

Here is a new word today: apéritif The word is derived from the Latin verb "aperire", which means to open. An apéritif is an alcoholic drink usually enjoyed as an appetizer before a meal. An...

Une oeuvre, des oeuvres...!

One again, here is a question from Nanditha (India): What means the word "oeuvre"? The word «oeuvre » is literally translated as « Work » But if we want to precise the idea, we can consider “une...

Many thanks to Live Journal!

I've seen that a kind person from "Live Journal" post a very nice article about my blog! The Modo if this website is: LiveJournal lets you express yourself, share your life, and connect with...

L'île de France - idf

Here is a question from Nanditha (India) who's asking me about : What is Ile de France (my teacher told me its an island :|, which is wrong, obviously. But I myself don't know what it is :D)? So...

Step mother & Mother-in-law

Here is a question of Dave related to family bonds and how to name them in French: What are step parents in French? My text says that 'step mother' and 'mother in law' are both 'la belle mère' but...

A la mode

Hey all :) i received a few questions about the expression : "à la mode" So... What does that mean?? In english or US english people use à la mode to say "with ice crem". That's a funny way to use...

Paname et les parigots !

I live in Paname :) But i could also say, in a conventionnal way : i live in Paris ! ( = J'habite à Paris / Paname ) Yes, Paname means Paris ! Paname is well accepted by most of people, it's kinda...