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24 ans Tunisienne

[mea-lingua]

French expressions: heart edition

avoir le cœur qui bat la chamade

lit. to have the heart beating like a military instrument (drum or trumpet)

def. to have one’s heart pounding or racing

avoir un cœur d'artichaut

lit. to have an artichoke heart

def. to fall easily in love

en avoir gros sur le cœur / l'estomac / la patate

lit. to have heaviness on the heart / stomach / potato

def. to bave a heavy heart (a lot of sorrow or sadness)

note: … ‘sur l'estomac’ is the most popular; … 'sur la patate’ is colloquial/familiar

avoir le cœur sur la main

lit. to have one’s heart on one’s hand

def. to be very generous

haut les cœurs !

lit. raise the hearts !

def. chin up! / show some courage !

par cœur

lit. by heart

def. as in English, 'from memory’

[toncoeurbat]

l'amour est beau et vous donne envie de vous réveiller le matin, vous maintient motivé, vous encourage à sortir de votre zone de confort, à essayer de nouvelles choses, à guérir, à grandir, à apprendre, à devenir vulnérable et si vous ne vous sentez pas ces choses, alors ce n'est pas de l'amour.

[sanasbuckteeth]

chubby girls who think they’re better than thin girls because “guys like thick girls” are clowns. thin girls who think they’re better than chubby girls because “guys like skinny girls” are clowns. you’re all clowns, stop letting men turn you against other women (over something so superficial and unimportant!!!). stop letting men “validate” your existence and body type. they dont care about you, they have a fetish.

[tristamateer]

“I miss you so much it feels gross. It feels wet. It feels nauseating. I want to rip out my heart and shake it like a magic eight ball.“Is this okay, is this okay, is this okay or does it make me weak?””

— “Ask Again Later” Trista Mateer

[noirsilk-deactivated20200913]

Italy will always be my favourite ❤️

[thestrawberrynight]

living in the small house, it's warm and cozy inside, basking near the fireplace, preparing dishes for supper with your friends, walking through park in order to find ghosts, looking in the window while reading books, the sound of wind and rain

[katherinablk]

Part 2 / Grammar

Nouns

Introduction

Number: singular or plural

Gender: masculine or feminine

Gender: masculine or feminine 2

voilà vs. il y a: devices for introducing nouns

temps, heure, fois: different nouns for ‘time’

Videos on Youtube about nouns:

Gender of nouns

Masculine or feminine?

Plural nouns

QUIZ! Masculine or feminine?

+ more quizzes: Gender, Gender 2 , Gender 3

Adverbs

Introduction

Formation and placement

Placement of adverbs with the passé composé

Comparative and superlative of adverbs

Il y a ‘ago’

Bon/meilleur vs. bien/mieux

Tôt, tard, en avance, en retard, à l'heure 

+ Adverbs , Adverbs 2 ( lessons )

Videos on Youtube about adverbs:

Les adverbes

How to form adverbs in French

Useful French Adverbs

+ quiz: Adverbs

Adjectives

Introduction 

Formation and placement

Adjectives before the noun

Irregular adjectives

Adjectives whose meaning varies with placement

Comparison of adjectives

Superlative of adjectives

Participles as adjectives

Videos on Youtube about adjectives:

Adjective Rules 

Most used adjectives

+quiz: Adjectives

Pronouns

Introduction 

subject pronouns: je, tu, il, elle, on, nous, vous, ils, elles

c'est vs. il/elle est

disjunctive pronouns: moi, toi, lui, elle, nous, vous, elles, eux

direct object pronouns: me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les

indirect object pronouns: me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur

pronoun: y

pronoun: en

relative pronouns: qui and que

relative pronouns: ce qui and ce que

relative pronouns: dont, ce dont, où, lequel

order of object pronouns

indefinite pronouns: chacun and quelqu'un

demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux, celles

possessive pronouns: le mien, la mienne, etc.

Videos on Youtube about pronouns:

Pronouns Y and En 

QUI vs QUE

Relative Pronoun DONT

Relative Pronouns LEQUEL

+ quiz: Pronouns

Verbs

 Introduction

-er verbs (regular)

-er verbs (stem changing)

-ir verbs (regular)

-ir verbs (irreg) like ouvrir ‘to open’

-ir verbs (irreg) like partir 'to leave,’ sortir 'to go out,’ dormir 'to sleep’

-re verbs (regular)

-re verbs (irregular) like prendre 'to take’

-re verbs (irregular) like mettre 'to put, to place’

-re verbs (irregular) like suivre 'to follow’, vivre 'to live’

être 'to be’

avoir 'to have’

aller 'to go’

pronominal verbs: se raser, se lever, se disputer

modal verbs: vouloir 'to want to,’ pouvoir 'to be able to,’ devoir 'to have to’

impersonal verbs and expressions: il faut, il est important de …

quitter, partir, sortir, laisser: different verbs for 'to leave’

present participle

transitive vs. intransitive constructions

causative faire (faire+infinitif)

Videos on Youtube about Verbs:

Verbs for beginners 

Verbs MOST USED 

+quizzes: Verbs

Tense/aspect/mood/voice

Introduction 

present tense

passé immédiat (venir de+infinitive)

passé composé with avoir

passé simple (literary tense)

passé antérieur (literary tense)

futur proche (aller+infinitive)

simple future (regular)

simple future (irregular)

futur antérieur

imperative mood (regular and pronominal)

regular subjunctive formation

irregular subjunctive formation

conditional

past conditional

reported speech in present

reported speech in past

active voice vs. passive voice

TENSES

TENSES 2

TENSES 3

TENSES 4

Videos on Youtube about tenses:

Past tenses

Future tenses

Conditional tenses

Subjunctive

Conditional tense 2

Subjunctive 2 

Future tense 2 

IMPERFECT vs PASSÉ COMPOSÉ

Imperfect tense

+quizzes: tenses,  imparfait vs. the passé composé, past tenses

Good luck! Bonne chance!

[desultory-suggestions]

Having a phone does not mean you must be accessible to anyone and everyone at all times. Phones are supposed to help innovate and improve life, not stress you to the point of breaking.

[toncoeurbat]

pardon, de t'avoir infligé ma colère, ma haine et tout ce qui fait peur. j'aurais aimé être d'une douceur dont tu te serais rappelé éternellement.

[ugh-blog1]

[disgruntled-american]

Still my favorite post ever.

[augustthetimeofsadness]

رسالتي

أوهايو (رساله لم يكتبها Vincent van Gogh إلي Theo)

عزيزي ثيو

ها أنا أكتب لك رسالة ربما تكون الأخيرة ،لما يا عزيزى كلما مزجت الألوان تستحيل إلي السواد ، مها بدت بيضاء فما النور إلا غياب الظلام والسواد ، كلما أتتني الأفكار تلوذ بالفرار من رأسي تتحول إلي الأسود ، لا شئ هنا غير العدم ، وإني مملوء به ، أصابعي تحولت من كثرة الالوان إلي السواد ، إن الأسود يتمدد يبتلعنى ، ولا يمكنني الرسم بلون واحد حتي ولو فالاسود يحاصره ويحاصرني ، إني أرشف نبيذي هذا وما عدت أعرف إن كان حقا أحمر أم أن قتامت الأسود قد خفت . بالأمس قد جلست أرسم ليلة النجوم أردت أن أعثر علي ما يمحي هذا السواد ، لكن سرعان ما أتت السحب وغطت تلك النجوم ، حتي السحب البيضاء ، كأني أقف علي أرض يطاردني ظلي الأسود أينما رحلت وذهبت ، عزيزي أنني اللون الأخير وأشعر أن السواد لا بد وأن ينال مني ، لكن مصدره تلك المره لن يكون من الخارج بل من الداخل إني أتأكل من الداخل يزاد الفراغ في قلبي والعدم فيزاد السواد أني أحترق ، أتعفن أتحول إلي رماد وأتناثر ، عزيزي ثيو إملاء قبري بزهور عباد الشمس واسكب عليه الالوان وأكتب علي شاهده مات بحثا عن لون مات هاربا من ظله بحثا عن النور ، ها هنا أودعك عزيزي ثيو ها هنا أنتهي وافني وأموت .

[witchys-stuff-deactivated202005]

Vintage envelopes

[learninglinguist]

Link to the original tweet 

[strengthins0lidarity]

Yikers.

[toutcommenceparunbaiser]

“Après trente ans passés à avoir étudier la psychologie féminine, je n'ai toujours pas trouvé la réponse à la grande question: que veulent-elles au juste?”

— Freud

[seanconneraille]

French songs that most french people have heard at least once in their life at random parties (or the french songs playlist nobody asked for) :

Les lacs du Connemara - Michel Sardou

Alexandrie, Alexandra - Claude François

L’Aventurier - Indochine

Partenaire Particulier - Partenaire Particulier 

Nuit de Folie - Début de soirée

Les démons de minuit - Images

Africa - Rose Laurens

Voyage Voyage - Desireless 

Femmes que j’aime - Jean-Luc Lahaye

Sous les sunlights des Tropiques - Gilbert Montagné

Macumba - Jean-Pierre Mader

Ça (c’est vraiment toi) - Téléphone

Ça fait rire les oiseaux - La Compagnie Créole

Quand la musique est bonne - Jean-Jacques Goldman 

Femme libérée - Cookie Dingler

Maldon (La musique dans la peau) - Zouk Machine 

Fruit de la passion - Francky Vincent 

More recently:

Les Sardines - Patrick Sébastien

L’apologie - Matmatah

Rude Boy - Dub Inc

Bonus:

Tu veux mon zizi - Francky Vincent (i had to put this one somewhere :p)

(feel free to add more because i’m pretty sure i forgot a lot of them or don’t know others, i just worked with my brain half awake)

[multilingual-masha]

Speaking another language is like gaining a new you, you have a new mindset, a new personality, a new way to express yourself. You’re able to reach into a new culture and see a whole new side to how life can be. Speaking another language gives you a gift that being monolingual cannot ever offer. It’s worth it. No matter what language you are learning, no matter what people say, no matter your reason it’s worth it.

[disc80s]

what I say: I speak six languages

what I mean: I can speak two languages fluently, I am getting there with my third, I can understand and say the basics in the fourth aaaaand I like watching series in the other one :-)