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Archive for August, 2008  

When you took that irresistible job in France, everybody in your family was excited! Your wife couldn’t wait to go shopping in France, and your kids couldn’t wait to travel to a new country and meet new friends. Once you moved to France though, you had to discuss going to school in France with your children. Your youngest child is very nervous about her first days in her new school in France. You decide to invite some children from the neighborhood that are her age to your home so she will know some kids before she starts her French school. She has a lot of fun with her new French friends all afternoon! Now they all have questions for you in French! When can we have a snack? When does school start? Can I be a puppy when I grow up? Enjoy it now, Dad, before they want to be rock stars!

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Lower Intermediate lesson will prepare you to answer all of those questions pertaining to time with French future time indicators such as après que, and aussitôt que among many others! Then you will learn about the French Educational system!

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You know, I felt like I really looked good today when I left my apartment…but I had no idea the impact my new French jeans would have! I decided to go shopping today in Paris…take advantage of the couple of weeks I have left before school starts. Maybe the Parisian people mistook me for Angelina Jolie. I mean…it could happen. The minute I stepped onto the Paris streets, there were French paparazzi everywhere! I couldn’t escape the cameras anywhere in Paris! The French people were screaming things at me too…it must have been some sort of new French slang though because it sounded like another language to me. They almost seemed angry…I guess because I was trying so hard to escape them. What’s that? Oh yeah…I knew they were tourists…I was just joking. As if they really wanted me standing in front of the Eiffel Tower! But I did look good in those French jeans you know!

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Audio Blog lesson is completely in French and you can pick up the Lesson notes, as well as other helpful learning material on FrenchPod101.com! In this lesson, you will learn all about the busiest time for tourism in France, where France is the busiest at this time, and how the French deal with it!

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You have barely been in France a day when you make plans for an entire day of shopping in Paris! You have bought all the French magazines that show the styles for the following seasons, and you have practiced bargaining in French so you can get some good deals. You think you have all the bases covered…until you arrive at the first store. The French store is closed, and so is the second, and the third…in fact, they are all closed! There are signs on the doors with the store hours in French, but you cannot read the days they are open because they are in French! There are also other signs hanging in some of the windows, but they are also in French. Did you read the part of the magazine that mentioned the stores might close on July 14th? Maybe you should start your “shopping for days” with FrenchPod101.com’s Beginner Lesson 18!

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Beginner lesson, you will learn how say the days of the week in French, where the French days of the week obtained their names, and learn why there are seven days in a week. Finally, we will discuss the ten French holidays.


Learn French travel phrases with FrenchPod101.com! A little French can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling, visiting, or sightseeing, FrenchPod101.com has all the essential travel phrases just for you! Today we cover a high frequency French phrase that you’ll surely find useful on your trip, travels, or vacation to France.

Today’s French phrase is indispensable for haggling at markets in France. In this lesson, we’ll learn some more useful French phrases and tips for shopping in France! Be sure to stop by FrenchPod101.com!

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You are trying to get ready for work with your French roommate bumping into you. The two of you share everything, but right now, you are very late for work! You really just need to hurry! You are trying to find those cute new shoes you bought at that little French boutique last week. She yells to you in French to tell you where you will find your shoes. You think she says they are on your armoire…or did she say in…or behind??? Oh! You do not have time for this right now! Maybe you shouldn’t share everything until you can find it when she tells you where it is in French!

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Lower Intermediate lesson you will learn how to use French prepositions of place to indicate different places in French. Then we will discuss the intercultural differences between Americans and French.