Learn how to say it is painful (avoir mal)

Here is a video to learn how to say it is painful in the body:

the interrogative pronouns

Here is a video with the question words:

what time you do your activities

In this video, learn how to say at what time you do your activities in informal situations:

In this video, learn how to say at what time you do something at work in formal French:

tell time in French

Learn how to tell time in a conversation with my video:

Learn how to tell time in an official situation (airport, train station, etc...) with this video:

introduce yourself

Learn to introduce yourself in French in a formal situation with my video:

Learn to introduce yourself in French in an informal situation with the following video:

means of transport

How do you go to school or work? Learn how to say that in my video:

colours in French

Learn how to say colours in French with my new video:

numbers from 20 to 69

Learn more numbers with my following video:

greetings

Learn how to say greetings with my new video:

numbers from 0 to 20 in French and school supplies

Learn the numbers from 0 to 20 with my video and at the same time the vocabulary for school supplies!

Video: learn to say months

Learn how to say the months with my video posted on Youtube:

Video: days of the week

Here is how to say the days of the week in French with my video posted on Youtube:

Video: the French alphabet

Learn how to say the alphabet in France with my Youtube video.
There is also a word starting with each letter.

Bonne fête des Mères!

Bonne fête Maman!
Bonne fête des Mères!

Happy Mother's day! Today's is the day when we celebrate Mother's day in France. It's always the last Sunday in May.

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#happymothersday #bonnefetemaman

Video: learn how to say the weather in French

Here is a video I published on Youtube to learn simple phrases about the weather.

Proverbe: En avril ne te découvre pas d'un fil.

En avril ne te découvre pas d'un fil. Literaly, it means "In April, don't take off a thread". The saying means: don't remove your clothes too much when the weather is getting warmer because it can change quickly and become chilly. 

It's so true today. It's only 6 degrees (degrés) in some parts of France after a heat wave (une vague de chaleur) a few days ago.

And usually, the saying is followed by "En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît", i.e. "in May, do what you like".

grèves

If you plan to go to France, please check on the following link and calendar (calendrier) when the national rail (SNCF) plans to go on strike (faire la grève) from April to June. The dates are highlighted in pink.
Also, other public transports might be on strike the same days too.

Click here for the link.

The right to go on strike is written in the French Constitution (la constitution), so whenever civil servants (les fonctionnaires) are unhappy with a change, they go on strike and it could block the whole country.

Fête des Mères

Bonne fête Maman!
Bonne fête des Mères!

Happy Mother's day! It's not celebrated today in France. It's usually the last Sunday in May.

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#happymothersday

Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait le week-end dernier?

Avec ma famille, nous nous sommes promenés (to go for a walk) le long du fleuve (along the river). Le temps était magnifique! De belles jonquilles (daffodil) jaunes ont fleuri. On se serait cru (we would think) au printemps s'il ne faisait pas un froid de canard. Click here to learn about this idiom.

#jonquilles #daffodils #river #fleuve #learningfrench #spring #printemps

#frenchidioms "Il fait un froid de canard"

Il fait un froid de canard!

Literally, it means "It's a duck's cold"! or simply It's freezing. But why the duck (le canard) is involved here! It comes from duck hunters (les chasseurs). The hunting (la chasse) period lasts until January (Janvier), so hunters have to wait for ducks to hunt them down in the cold weather.

And for the coming week, we'll experience a freezing cold again. Hopefully, it's the last one for this winter (l'hiver).
Click here to have an example of how to use this idiom.

Paris sous la neige.

So when it snows (il neige) in Paris, it's chaos... but it's also beautiful! A picture of the Eiffel tower taken today by a friend.

Actualités: la France sous la neige #neigeparis #neigefrance

Les deux tiers de la France se retrouve sous la neige. Et quand il neige, les transports sont paralysés: train en retard, bus annulés, embouteillages monstre... La région parisienne a d'ailleurs battu les records avec plus de 700 km d'embouteillages (ou de bouchons). 

En lien, un article sur la neige et les transports pour les personnes ayant un niveau intermédiaire ou avancé. Cliquez ici.

French idioms: "C'est un jeu d'enfants!"

"C'est un jeu d'enfants". The equivalent in English is "a piece of cake" or "easy peasy". 
Literally, "it's child's play". Kids' plays are easily understood by anybody.

"Apprendre le français est un jeu d'enfants?

- Pas vraiment!"