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by celineMarch 6, 2018 French Grammar Lessons0 comments

French grammar points – Il faut – Do I Have to? Or Should I?

Il faut ! If you live or have traveled in France, you’ve probably heard these two short words over and over again. When do we use it exactly and how does the sentence construction work? We use il faut to express directions, orders and very strong suggestions. Il faut can be expressed in an impersonal or personal way. Instinctively, foreigners are likely to say “c’est nécessaire de”,...
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by Vincent AnthoniozMarch 6, 2018 French Grammar Lessons0 comments

How to be Polite in French – Quelques formules de politesse

Receive our Free eMagazine Receive our French Learning e-Magazine for FREE! To help you improve your French language skills, we are happy to offer French Accent Magazine for Free! Improve your French listening comprehension with our audio clips. Listening to our French scenarios, vocabulary, dictations, songs, shorts stories… will help you to learn...
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by Vincent AnthoniozMarch 6, 2018 French Grammar Lessons0 comments

French Flash Cards

To help you review and remember the usage of certain French verbs and words, we created a series of flash cards. Teachers hear the same typical mistakes that are being said often due to false friends (a French word that looks awfully close to the English word but differ significantly in their meaning), or due to literal translations. If they are useful to you, we suggest that you...
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by celineMarch 6, 2018 French Grammar Lessons0 comments

French grammar points – Faire = To do / To Make

One of the first verbs to master in the French language is the verb faire. It is used to express both of the following actions: ‘to do’ and ‘to make’ but it is also widely used in many different contexts such as the weather, sports, and household tasks, and many, many more…. Faire is an irregular verb and when conjugated in the present, you will notice how the vous form does not end...
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by Vincent AnthoniozMarch 6, 2018 Expat Stories0 comments

Expatriate’s story from Peta living in the Normandy region in France.

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…………………..” Sunlight hits our bedroom window early and I’m off for a jog with one of our dogs ; acroos our field, past the cows, up towards the Haras to look at the new foals born during the warm summer night, and as far as the church, standing above the valley, just as the bells toll 7 a.m. Apart from the usual hares,...
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by Vincent AnthoniozMarch 6, 2018 Expat Stories0 comments

Story from Debbie, who bought a studio in Paris.

A little over three years ago, a dream came true when I bought an apartment in Paris. A French friend referred me to her realtor, who luckily knew agents all over town; otherwise I would have had to go from agency to agency to find out what each had to offer, since there is no central listing service like we have in the US. The legal formalities were similar to those in America, but much more...
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by Vincent AnthoniozMarch 6, 2018 Expat Stories0 comments

Expatriate’s story from James and Elma, living in France.

Our decision to come to live in France on our retirement was based upon our experiences of having a holiday home here for several years. Our relatively frequent visits enabled us to appreciate the gentle lifestyle of the local people, their natural friendliness and the beautiful countryside. However we quickly became aware of the primary obstacle to a fuller enjoyment of this life – the...
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