Top 6 Tips on Learning French
In this article, we would like to offer a few suggestions and tips to help you learn French efficiently. We hope you will find it useful and interesting. When learning a foreign language, we know that it can be exciting, motivating, rewarding and fun but inevitably, at times, it can also be discouraging, frustrating and difficult – it is a bit like a roller coaster. Don’t...Read More
Future Tenses in French – Future Proche, Future Simple, which one to use
The future in French can be expressed in three different ways – le futur proche (aller + infinitive form of the verb), le futur simple or even at times with le présent. The choice depends mostly on whether you are talking about a planned event which will definitely take place; or whether you are thinking about something that could eventually take place one day; or if your...Read More
How to greet people in France
This French lesson on video will teach you how to greet people in French in shops, and in the day-to-day life in France. You will learn the vocabulary and the sounds related to French greetings. This French learning video is produced by Céline, a French native teacher, who manages the online French school “Learn French at Home“. In this French for beginner lesson, Céline...Read More
Swiss Cheese Fondue with Mushrooms – Fondue suisse au fromage et bolets
Cheese fondue is a specialty of Switzerland and of both Savoie and Haute-Savoie (fondue savoyarde) in the French Alps. However, the recipe we present here calls for Swiss cheeses. Fondue is most often made from cheese alone, but adding some boletus (or any other mushroom), makes it even more delicious. Learn French while cooking and enjoy this recipe in English or in...Read More
How to Learn the French language?
Are you fearful about learning French? Put your fears aside! Some of our new students at Learn French at Home tell us that they are quite intimidated in learning the language of Molière, Voltaire and Rousseau, that they consider to be a very classy and academic language. Find below some explanations on how to learn the French language by putting your fears aside… Do you know...Read More
The Essential French Key Phrases, Verbs and Words
In a previous post we provided a list of “Say’s” and “Don’t say’s” of typical French language mistakes that are the result of translating directly and literally from English to French. These common errors are what differentiate a French native speaker from a foreign French speaker. In this post, we continue with a second list of some of these useful verbs and expressions (published...Read More