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October, 2008 
To say that your new French boss is more than a little steamed is an understatement! He slams the quarterly sales report on your desk and asks you in his thick French accent if this is your idea of a joke! You look at him confused and it is only then that he realizes you don’t know! If you could just crawl under your desk you would, but not while everyone in your office is watching! Does he always talk this loud or is it because he is laughing so hard that makes it seem that way? He tells you, in French this time that you speak in French like a pro… but you write in French like a Kindergartner! To this he bursts out laughing loudly again, this time with everyone in the French office behind him! He bellows that you have until morning to correct your mistakes and have the report on his desk! Can you just stay under yours…?
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 climb out from under that desk and write your reports in French! We will teach you those valuable vowel-dropping rules for writing in French like a pro! Then learn a little about the popularity of the French printed press.
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You have the privilege of visiting your husband’s family in France during All Saints Day. You are already very excited about being in France, finally meeting his family, and being able to use your French language skills first-hand! Now, you are going to celebrate an authentic French holiday with the entire French side of his family-in France! You are not sure exactly what to expect, but your husband’s mother explains in French that you should dress nicely, get a lot of sleep the night before, and be prepared to talk a lot in French! Oh yeah, she also mentioned something in French you think you might have misunderstood. She told you in French they have a long list of family that has passed away with whom they want to visit. Did you understand that right?
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Culture Class lesson, you will learn about how the French celebrate November first and second, commonly referred to in France as All Saints Day and All Souls Day, respectively. Don’t forget to stop by FrenchPod101 for more great French lessons and French learning materials! Leave us a message while you’re there!
You decided one rainy night to buy some French videos from the hotel and stay in your room for the evening to relax. You watched some incredible French films that evening! A French director named Marcel Pagnol directed one of those wonderful French films. Upon returning the videos the next morning, the French hotel clerk mentions that the director also writes French novels. You ask in your broken French where you might be able to checkout some of his French novels along with some books about the history, art, and architecture of France. You can’t remember the French word for library so you just say in English. Thank goodness, he seems to know exactly what you are talking about! He tells you where you can find all those books in a great French library just across town. Oh, how I hope you brought enough money to cover this mistake!
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Idioms and Proverbs Lesson, you will learn about French False Friends…you know those little words that sure do look the same as the English ones, but they do not mean the same thing! You will also learn a bit about a famous French playwright, novelist and filmmaker, Marcel Pagnol…and he is not a False Friend. Don’t forget to stop by FrenchPod101 to pick up more French learning materials and lessons! Be a real friend and leave us a comment while you’re there!
Are you looking to really make the French you learn stick? FrenchPod101.com has exactly what you need! Check out our new Expansion Questions (Beta), which will have your French expanding at rates you never thought possible! Listen in to this News Update and find out how you can achieve the fluency you never thought possible! Also, in this news update, we’ll be sharing in the Forum the most bizarre and original places to visit in France and the New Lesson types coming up.
What a stroke of luck! You landed this unbelievable French job just in time for their big 10-year anniversary! Your new French boss is feeling extremely generous and wants to throw a party for his beloved French employees. Guess who is in charge of invitations? You guessed it! How do you tell this generous Frenchman that he just hired someone who does not know the proper etiquette for sending invitations in French? Should these be formal or informal? Even more than that… how do you say, “I invite you to the 10th anniversary employee party,” in French? You had better find out soon or you can save yourself some time by learning how to accept an invitation instead… to another job interview!
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Lower Intermediate lesson you will learn many different ways to extend, accept, or refuse invitations in French - both formally and informally.
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