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Today’s post is a SPÉCIAL HALLOWEEEEN ! If you’re still at a loss as to what déguisement de Halloween (Halloween costume) to wear, you may -or may not!- consider this very peculiar French character, who has (well, almost) nothing in common with the “usual suspects” of French stereotypes you got used to see on TV, like l’Inspecteur Clouseau, or Pépé le Putois, a.k.a. in English “Pepe le Pew“!   [...]

Joyeux Halloweeeeeeeeen ! :) is a post from: French Language Blog

Ever wondered what the very first French Rap song was like? Well, in case you didn’t know it till now, the first super hit of le rap français (French Rap) came out, not from France, surprisingly, but from “le Plat Pays“ (“the Flat Country”), which pinpoints to either a specific region of la Belgique (Belgium), the one to which Jacques Brel once [...]

“Mais vous êtes Fous? Oh Oui!” (“Are You Guys Crazy? Oh Yeah!”) is a post from: French Language Blog

It’s just l’histoire d’un amour (a love story), banal yet eternal, that was first born in Panamá, then traveled the world through an Egyptian-born French Diva of Italian origins, to finally become a widely known French song From Panamá to “Paname” (as Paris is still nicknamed to this day, after the famous “Panama hat” in vogue around the turn of the 20th century): “Une histoire [...]

Histoire d’un amour à Paris (Love Story in Paris) is a post from: French Language Blog

 If you are among the countless fans of fine French cuisine whose péché mignon (little weakness) happens to be a filet mignon, then don’t look anywhere else, because this delicious recette (recipe) freshly hailing from the French coasts of la Normandie (Normandy) is just for you! • Pour 4 personnes (for 4 people): 800 g of filet mignon of veau (veal) cut in 4 parts 7 pommes (apples) of the ”Golden“ type 1 oignon (onion) Around 500 g of champignons (mushrooms) Le jus (the juice) of a [...]

Filet mignon—Bon appétit! is a post from: French Language Blog

What is your favorite astuce (trick) when you’re having a hard time falling asleep?   Aside from the radical solutions, such as resorting to sleeping pills, or -when desperate times call for desperate measures- forcing yourself to watch back-to-back episodes of “somniferous” shows like “Jersey Shore” (try better “Jersey Sore”, or even “Jersey Snore”…), some [...]

Compter les petits moutons blancs pour s’endormir (Counting Little White Sheep To Fall Asleep)… is a post from: French Language Blog

Whether you are a débutant (beginner) or un pro in French, you will always need to build up a better vocabulaire: Today, we’ll be giving you a lot of useful vocabulaire, French words and expressions, all related to one central topic or concept: DORMIR (to sleep.) So keep vos yeux (your eyes) wide open, and watch out for le marchand de sable (the Sandman)! La belle [...]

J’aime bien *Dormir*! (I Like to Sleep Well!) is a post from: French Language Blog

Imagine for a moment the swirling cauldron of emotions lying within the soul of a potential “runaway bride“, one living in the times of medieval France, who is suddenly left with no choice but to leave everything behind, family and friends, walking in a long “cortège de noce” (“wedding procession“), which ultimately leads her to [...]

A Long French Medieval “Cortège de Noce” (“Wedding Procession”) is a post from: French Language Blog

To each his own bouc émissaire (“scapegoat”, literally, meaning “the butt of a joke”): For a long time, les Anglais (the English) picked on les Irlandais (the Irish); the Americans on their “Southerner” Rednecks; the Egyptians on their own version of “Southerners”, so to speak, the Sa’idis (From la Haute-Égypte, or Upper Egypt); les Canadiens on their Newfies (the inhabitants of Newfoundland)—and les Français -in case you managed not to know this yet- [...]

Laugh with the French! Blagues françaises (French Jokes)! :) is a post from: French Language Blog

Whether you say rêver, rêvasser, songer, fantasmer, etc., it all basically means “to dream“, whereas expressions such as être dans la lune (to be in the moon), être dans les nuages (to be in the clouds), actually mean “to daydream“—as I hear some students around here tend to do in the middle of their French class! The verb [...]

French *Conjugaison*: The Verb “Rêver” (“To Dream”) is a post from: French Language Blog

Yes, you read it right, mes amis! Believe it or not, it really is him, le Roi du Pop (The King of Pop), Monsieur “Michel” Jackson, singing in French! You probably have already heard his song in English, “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You“, right? Now listen to the same song, interpreted by MJ himself, in French [...]

Monsieur MICHAEL JACKSON sings in FRENCH: “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” is a post from: French Language Blog