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You just purchased your first new home in France! How exciting! You cannot wait to show off your new French home to anyone and everyone you know! What better way than to have a good old-fashioned French housewarming party! You have sent out the invitations to all your new French-speaking friends and began to prepare for the festivities! One friend asked you if you were going to hang a crémaillère. Well, first you’ll have to find out what that is… Now your fluent French friends are asking whose home this is, who the party is for, and so on. Maybe your French wasn’t very clear in the invitations you sent out! Who is this Chez person they keep asking about? I know I didn’t invite him!

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 make invitations in French, describe trips, and say “at someone’s home” in French using the French word, chez. Finally, we will tell you about the French tradition of hanging a crémaillère in your new home.


 

Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! When your new French friend invited you to dinner party, you were expecting a small gathering, but there are people everywhere and a huge feast on the table! The French food looks so delicious, but you’re in the middle of a French conversation with someone. Would it be rude to steer them towards the food table?

 

In this lesson, you will learn the question How is the French food? in French and how to answer it. Visit us at FrenchPod101.com, where you will find French lesson notes and many more fantastic lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

 


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.


Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Your French friend is taking you on a shopping trip to buy chrysanthemums. You never thought your friend had much of a green thumb (his French apartment is full of dying plants), so you’re surprised flowers are on his list. He explains that the flowers aren’t for him. You wonder why someone would take these flowers to a date. You suggest in French that perhaps he should get roses instead!

In this lesson, you will learn how the French celebrate All Saints’ Day. We’ll distinguish this French holiday from the one that follows it and explain what the French do to commemorate these days. We’ll also tell you why the French only briefly celebrated Halloween. Visit us at FrenchPod101.com, where you will find French lesson notes (remember—this Advanced Audio Blog lesson is spoken entirely in French!) and many more fantastic lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Before going to work in France for the day, you glance at your calendar. You confirm that it is Monday, so you do have to go to your French office. However, you notice some small print that translates from French into “Labor Day.” Does that mean that you and your French co-workers are going to have a cake at work? Or does it mean that you get to stay home and relax today?

Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Advanced Audio Blog lesson, you will learn how the French celebrate Labor Day—and no, it’s not by going to work at their French jobs! We’ll also tell you why you might receive a particular flower from a French person on this day. Visit us at FrenchPod101.com, where you will find French lesson notes (remember—this Advanced Audio Blog lesson is spoken entirely in French!) and many more fantastic lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!