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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Reach out and touch someone in France! Though you’ve enjoyed your French trip, it’s time to go back home, at least for a little while, But with all the fun you’ve had while you’ve been in France, you’re sure you won’t stay away for too long. Before you leave, you need to tell your newly made French friends that you intend to stay in touch while you’re back in America. One after the other, you call your French friends, but you mostly end up with their French voicemail. When you do, you leave a message in French that says, “I really enjoyed meeting you, and I’m going to stay in touch with you when I get back home.” You’re going to tell them to overnight you pastries from your favorite French bakery, but you decide to wait until you send them an e-mail to request those. You’ll have to think of something you can send them from America that will make it a worthwhile trade. Hmm…
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Gengo lesson will allow you to brush up on your skills at using the French near future tense and the compound past tense. We’ll review some critical grammar rules so you’ll be prepared to chat with your French friends on the phone to plan everything you will do on your next trip! Visit us at FrenchPod101.com where you will find many more fantastic French lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!
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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! What would we do without French vowel sounds? Well, the obvious answer is that we’d say a lot of consonants! We’d end up sounding like a lot of other Eastern European languages rather than the mellifluous French language. And just what would we do without French words like voila? Somehow, the letters vl by themselves don’t quite convey the dramatic sense you get when you use that French word. Or what if we had to ask someone for a buttery, delicious French croissant? Somehow the letters crssnt just don’t flow off the tongue as fluidly without the French vowels separating them.
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Pronunciation lesson will teach you all about the nineteen French vowels sounds you’ll need to know to sound like a pro French speaker. And by the time we’re done with this lesson, the various groups of French vowels will make much more sense to you! Visit us at FrenchPod101.com where you will find many more fantastic French lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!
Your French boss has invited you to dine at his house with a few of your colleagues. You are very excited to see his beautiful French home and have a real home-cooked French meal. However, when you leave for work that afternoon your French colleagues jokingly tell you to be sure you know your French table manners! They say the boss’s French wife is especially particular about how you handle the cheese! Where in the world are can you get a crash course in chomping French cheese and French feasting faux pas?? You are so lucky to know us here at FrenchPod101.com!
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! In this French Culture Class lesson, you’ll learn the French rules of dining, what the French consider bad or good table manners, and how to eat cheese with class in France. Visit us at FrenchPod101 to find more of these great French lessons and some great French learning materials! Leave us a comment while you are there!
Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Though you’ve known your French work colleagues for a while, you’re still getting used to their French customs. You’ve retained your traditional hand-shaking routine with most of your French co-workers, especially the men. However, as you’ve grown more familiar with your French colleagues, they’ve started giving you air kisses, particularly when you are hanging out informally after work. One night after work, you meet a bunch of your co-workers at the local French bar. All the women rush over and begin their French air-kissing routine. At the end of the receiving line, a male French co-worker comes up to you and you start to lean in to give him an air kiss also. He responds in French, “Hey, dude, let’s just keep this a bit more professional!” and puts his hand out for a handshake. You reply in French, “Oh, sorry, I didn’t know! Handshake it is, pal!”
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Audio Blog lesson will review the ways French people like to say hello to each other. We’ll tell you the “rules” behind these French greetings so you’ll know whether to shake hands, air kiss, or kiss someone’s cheek when you’re in France. Visit us at FrenchPod101.com where you will find French Lesson notes (remember-this lesson is spoken entirely in French!) as well as many more fantastic French lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!
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Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! Did you know that French liaisons could be dangerous? Well, when it comes to French pronunciation, if you don’t know the rules, linking words together could be disastrous. You could use the wrong combination of French words and share an unintended meaning without even realizing it, or worse yet, native French speakers will certainly take you for an amateur. Keep studying this lesson, and we’ll teach you the right way to put these words together so you can save face in France.
Learning French with FrenchPod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn French! This French Pronunciation lesson will teach you when and how to link together words that begin and end with certain letters to form appropriate French liaisons. We’ll give you the insider tips so you’ll always know when you should link words and when you shouldn’t - there are many exceptions to the rules, so be sure to learn them! After this lesson, you’ll be well on your way to becoming an expert in French liaisons! Visit us at FrenchPod101.com where you will find many more fantastic French lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!











