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FRENCH NETFLIX SHOW

Hey,

I just started this French show on Netflix called ‘Plan Cœur’ or 'The Hook Up Plan’. The show is about a single girl called Elsa, who is hung up over her ex. So her friends hire a guy to go on two dates with her. It’s a really good show.

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What to do during lockdown

(and work on your French):

FSL homework

Work on your pronunciation

Read some classics

Read some fanfiction

Listen to podcasts

Listen to TED Talks

Listen to music

Listen to the radio

Watch french movies (detailed, by period and type)

Watch dubbed/subtitled movies: The Simpson, Cesar and Cleopatra, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Red Shoes, La Vérité

Watch cartoons

Watch youtubers

Watch let’s plays: 1 2 3 4 5

Work on some MOOCs

Learn about black holes, Pompei, giant animals, gladiators, the Dreyfus affair, Charles Manson, ants, Leonardo da Vinci, Rome, smelly cheeses, Mozart, the Bermuda triangle, meditation…

Follow french subreddits

Search our social media

Visit the Louvre online

Check my practice tag

And make sure your priorities are in order!

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Update: fun-MOOC.fr has made all of their content available for free

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can you please make a list of really popular french songs? like, the type of songs that if you play them at a party in france almost everybody knows all the words and can dance to them.

Hi, this has been taking root in my asks for a while and I’m sorry but this is a hard question; people born in Nice in the 60s and in Trappes in the 90s will have extremely different references. And the dancing criteria makes it worse.

What people are likely to know, regardless of social context: the most famous songs of Piaf (La vie en rose, Mon manège à moi, maybe Milord), Aznavour (La bohème, Hier encore, Emmenez-moi), Brel (La chanson des vieux amants, Ne me quitte pas, Quand on a que l’amour), Gainsbourg (La javanaise, Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais, Le poinçonneur des lilas),  Brassens (La mauvaise réputation, Les copains d’abord, Gare au gorille), etc.

Stuff a bit less old (to not say younger, as I’m talking 80s): Michel Berger (Le paradis blanc, La groupie du pianiste), Indochine (L’aventurier, J’ai demandé à la lune, Trois nuits par semaine), France Gall (Ella Elle l’a, Il jouait du piano debout, Poupée de cire), Daniel Balavoine (Le chanteur, L’aziza, Mon fils ma bataille), Joe Dassin (Et si tu n’existais pas, A toi, Pour un flirt avec toi), etc.

Then: Jean-Jacques Goldman (Je te donne, Là-bas, Quand la musique est bonne, Au bout de mes rêves), Mylène Farmer (Désenchantée, Libertine, Sans contrefaçon), Garou (Seul, Sous le vent, Belle), Céline Dion (Pour que tu m’aimes encore, On ne change pas, S’il suffisait d’aimer), Florent Pagny (Savoir aimer, Ma liberté de penser, Là où je t’emmènerai), etc.

2000s: BB brunes’ Dis-moi, Kyo’s Dernière danse, L5′s Toutes les femmes de ta vie, Larusso’s Tu m’oublieras, Matt Pokora’s Elle me contrôle, Renan Luce’s La lettre, Superbus’ Lola, Tragédie’s Hey ho, Diam’s La boulette, Fatal Bazooka’s Mauvaise foi nocturne, Rose’s La liste, etc.

2010s: Sexion d’assaut’s Avant qu’elle parte and Désolé, Colonel Reyel’s Celui and Aurélie, Mika’s Elle me dit, Stromaé’s Alors on danse and Papaoutai, Kendji Girac’s Andalouse and Bella, Louane’s Jour un and Avenir, etc.

Currently are huge: Aya Nakamura’s Jolie nana, Hatik’s Angela, Bosh’s Djomb, Vitaa and Slimane’s Versus, Jul’s La machine, Maes’ Les derniers salopards, Gambi’s La vie est belle.

Now-

I was born in 1992. There’s a lot of stuff I’ve never heard of because I’m not that interested in current stuff - I’ve never listened to Jul, for example. Had you asked your question to a 14-year-old, they would probably mention him very quickly. What I can say is that people my age would destroy everything up to the 2000s at a karaoke session, and then start having issues; whereas my younger sibling, eight years younger than me, would have the exact opposite problem. Why? Because I heard the very old stuff on the radio, before the Internet even happened; nowadays, people don’t listen to the radio anymore, they go on Youtube or Spotify, so they don’t experience that stuff.

So I’m afraid there’s not really *one* answer to that question, except maybe if you want to focus on lame stuff DJs play at parties when people are starting to be bored, like Les démons de minuit ou Partenaire particulier. Those will get everybody on their feet. But that’s probably not what you’re looking for!

Hope this still helps! x

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Chère Maman, Please recommend good French books for beginners and lower intermediate learners? I learned English by reading a lot and I thought I'd learn French that way too. Merci d'avance. Bisous xx

Hello dear, 

Here are a few children books (very few indeed, I’ve only looked for free ebooks), written or translated in french :

Le Tour du monde en 80 jours, 20 000 lieues sous les mers, Voyage au centre de la terre, l’Île mystérieuse (Jules Verne, SF) 

Les Malheurs de Sophie, Les Petites Filles modèles (Comtesse de Ségur)

Astérix - comic strips about gauls (René Goscinny)

Les Contes du Chat perché (Marcel Aymé, first link)

Tintin en Amérique - belgian comic strip (Hergé)

Le Petit Prince (Antoine de Saint-Éxupéry)

Harry Potter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (J.K. Rowling)

Charlie et la chocolaterie, Matilda, Sacrées sorcières (Roald Dahl)

Alice au pays des merveilles (Lewis Carroll)

Percy Jackson 1 2 3 4 5 (Rick Riordan)

La Petite Maison dans les grands Bois (Laura Ingalls Walder)

Le seigneur des anneaux, Bilbo le Hobbit (J. R. R. Tolkien)

Le passeur (Lois Lowry)

Andersen’s tales - danish

Grimm brothers’ tales 1 2 - german

My short stories list, bilingual classic extracts, online resources, classic french literature masterpost part 1 (level +++), leisure time, my unique textbook recommendation, a few french poems.

Hope this helps! x

[cutereactions]

ADHD moodboard

[graceofgosh]

its just cliche when a man gets extremely angry and aggressive. do something original for once.

[sprachgefuehle]

are you familiar with the youtuber loic suberville? he makes really funny skits about languages

Not yet, but I just checked out a few of his videos and I feel like the ones about French captures 100% the spirit of every conversation me and my seat neighbour had in French class about that weird ass language (affectionate)

[mali-umkin]

I love the guy so much

[stealing-your-kittens]

You guys have to watch this one

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Yiddish Resources

Apps and Websites

Duolingo

Mango

Memrise

YiddishPOP

Yiddish Book Center

YIVO

The Forward

Books

Colloquial Yiddish

In Eynem

College Yiddish

Basic Yiddish - A Grammar and Workbook

Yiddish Grammar

Steven Spielberg Digital Yiddish Library

Youtube

Yiddish Book Center

Yidlife Crisis

1 Hour of Yiddish Communist Music

The Sound of the Yiddish Language

History and Culture (Books)

YIVO and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture

Adventures in Yiddishland

History of the Yiddish Language

Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil

The Story of Yiddish

The New Joys of Yiddish

[tariqah]

Ma-ia hi

Ma-ia ho

Ma-ia ha

Ma-ia ha ha

[tariqah]

alo

Salut

[yuuri-akatsuki]

sunt eu

un… haiduc???

[wolfsteax]

dont you sick fucks make me relive this

[zanimez]

SI TE ROG…. IUBIREA MEA PRIMESTE  FERICIEEEEEAAAA  

[saipng]

ALO?

Alo?

sunt eu

PICASSO

[acidwaste]

ti-am dat beep

si sunt voinic

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Dar sa stii nu-ti cer nimic😂😂😂

VREI SA PLECI DAR

[velvetrotangel]

Nu mă, nu mă ieei

[rrosetum]

NU MĂ, NU MĂ IEI

[contrainous]

nu mă, nu mă, nu mă iei

[acid-wash-and-lemonade]

I have no idea what happened here

[dangerbooze]

Lucky bastard. It’s stuck in my head now

[spelviin]

CHIPUL TAU SI DRAGOSTEA DIN TEI 

[fifty-shades-of-umbridge]

Mya mintesc day oki tay-yay

[apartment-witch]

am i having a stroke

[walks-the-ages]

What is this? What is this from? Why do thousands of people know what this is. Apparently it’s Romanian. What is it??

[accessibleposts]

They’re the lyrics to the song Dragostea Din Tei by Moldovan pop group O-zone. It was a very popular song in the early 2000s

[cannabisexual]

We’ve finally reached the point where the old memes are too old for today’s generation… Fs in the chat.

[rescue-ram]

For any wretched zoomers…one of the original viral videos aka the finest of vintage memes

[tygermama]

We must not despair as long as we are here, we can teach the children about the ancient texts

[areistotle]

just an fyi to all you bookworms 📚

in case you are, like me, trying to avoid giving more money to amazon, i want to recommend blackwell's books to you. i actually just received an order from them today. they ship worldwide (quite quickly too i must say!) and have really good prices (the prices for shipping are also included within the price of the book itself, so you don't have to worry about that). plus they send you a really lovely bookmark with your order too! i've added an affiliate link to blackwell's, just in case you'd like to order a book or two for yourself. it would be really nice if you used it. have a lovely day 💓

[drumlincountry]

EMAILS TO MAKE YOUR LIFE EASIER

Hello friends and enemies,

I have decided to do a masters degree for some fucking reason. Due to these godforsaken circumstances, I am going to be a student again.

Now, based on my experience being an undergrad with my Brain and Misc Issues, I knew that my hubris in pursuing YET MORE EDUCATION would result in having to write a lot of stressful emails, while dealing with a stressful situation.

So, to help myself cope in advance, I’ve decided to write drafts of these emails in advance, so that it’s less agonisingly painful to deal with this shit when it comes up.

And you can use them too!

under the cut, I have some draft emails for when you need to tell your lecturers:

I’m going to miss a lecture.

I have missed a lecture

I will be turning in an assignment late

I have missed a deadline

I have had a personal crisis which impacts my studies.

SEND AT START OF SEMESTER: explaining that you fidget/stim without using the word stim.

Keep reading

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Hello! I've just started learning French and I'd like to try reading something. A whole novel sounds quite intimidating, so do you know of any short stories with simple language?

Hello,

My mind goes to :

Les lettres de mon moulin by Alphonse Daudet

Trois contes by Gustave Flaubert

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès by Maurice Leblanc (ha!)

Les diaboliques by Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly (pretty)

Le sommeil de la raison by Gabrielle Wittkop

Contes de l’Absurde + Histoires perfides by Pierre Boulle (emo)

Je voudrais que quelqu’un m’attende quelque part by Anna Gavalda

Les filles du Feu by Gérard de Nerval (v pretty)

Le mur by Jean-Paul Sartre (classic)

La Fontaine aux Fées by Chantal Robillard

L’Exil et Le Royaume + L’Étranger by Albert Camus (classic)

Solitude de la Pitié by jean Giono

Des Filles bien élevées by Anne Wiazemski

La Rêveuse d’Ostende by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

La Chapelle Sextine by Hervé Le Tellier (naughty)

Le Ratichon Baigneur by Boris Vian

Poussières d’anges by Ann Scott

Contes cruels by Octave Mirbeau (weirdo)

L’arbre des Possibles by Bernard Werber

Mordre au travers by Virginie Despentes (feminist, weird)

Clair de Lune + L’Inutile Beauté + Boule de Suif + Le Horla (has a slight Dorian Gray vibe, classic) by Guy de Maupassant

Les Plaisirs et les Jours by Marcel Proust, 

L’Heptaméron by Marguerite de Navarre, 

Cantatrix sopranica by George Pérec, 

Deux et deux font cinq by Alphone Allais

Religere + Déchirures by Sir Cédric (goth)

Gloire à nos Illustres Pionniers by Romain Gary

Les Vrilles de la Ligne by Colette (badass lady)

Nouvelles sous Extasy by Frédéric Beigbeder (v weird/edgy)

La Botte Secrète by Éric Boisset

And that’s probably enough. Hope this helps! x 

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“What”

Bonjour! Could you tell me the different ways to say what? Because I am super confused at why there are so many and what they all are! xx

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1. INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN:

Quoi, in the sense of What thing, can be preceded by a preposition (De, En, Sur…). What are you thinking about? À quoi pensez-vous ?

Qu’est-ce que, followed by a personal pronoun and a verb, to ask about something abstract. What are you doing? - Qu’est-ce que tu fais? 

Qu’est-ce qui, followed by a personal pronoun and a verb, to ask about someone’s actions. What is he doing? - Qu’est-ce qu’elle fait? 

Quel (and siblings) followed by the verb Être, comes with the whole family: Quel, Quelle, Quels, Quelles, and is found at the beginning of a sentence. What is the problem? - Quel est le problème? 

Ce que, to wonder about the future. I’d like to know what’s going to happen to me. J’aimerais savoir ce que je vais devenir.

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2. INTERROGATIVE AND EXCLAMATIVE ADJECTIVE:

Quel and siblings, again, followed by a noun, to talk about things. What fruit do you prefer? - Quel fruit préfères-tu? What a pretty dress! - Quelle jolie robe!

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3. RELATIVE PRONOUN:

Ce qui, to make a conclusion about something abstract. What’s certain is that he’ll never come. - Ce qui est sûr, c’est qu’il ne viendra jamais 

Ce que, to comment someone’s words or to express an analogy. 1/ It’s true, what you’re saying. - C’est vrai, ce que tu dis. 2/ He is to man what the alley cat is to the wildcat. - Il est à l’homme ce que le chat de gouttière est au chat sauvage. 

Ce dont, to ask about past information or express a need. Tell me what you remember. - Dites-moi ce dont vous vous souvenez. What I need is a good nap. - Ce dont j’ai besoin, c’est d’une bonne sieste.

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4. INTERJECTION:

Quoi?! Comment? (polite) by itself, to express anger, frustration, or confusion.

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5. EXPRESSIONS:

What about me? - Et moi? 

What if she hears us? - Et si elle nous entend?

What’s-his/her-name - Machin/Machine

What a mess! - Quelle pagaille!

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Expressing pain/symptoms

My (body part) hurts: "I am hurt at the "body part" - we don't use a possessive as the body part is necessarily ours.

Ex: J’ai mal à la jambe: My leg hurts.

Having a hard time doing something: J'ai du mal à + verb

Ex: J'ai du mal à respirer: I have trouble breathing

Acouphènes, f: Tinnitus

Amaigrissement, m: Weight loss

Angoisses, f: Anguish, anxieties

Asymptomatique: Asymptomatic

Ballonnements: Bloating

Bouche sèche, f: Dry mouth

Bouffées de chaleur, f: Hot flashes

Bouton, m: Pimple

Brûlure, f: Burn

Congestion nasale, f: Stuffy nose

Constipation, f: Constipation

Convulsions, f: Convulsions

Courbatures, f: Body aches

Cracher du sang: Spitting blood

Crampes, f (period)/une crampe (muscle): Cramps

Croûte, f: Scab

Délire, m: Delirium

Démangeaison, f: Itch

Douleurs musculaires, f: Muscle pain

Diarrhée, f: Diarrhea

Dysphorie, f: Dysphoria

Engourdi-e: Numb

Engourdissement, m: Numbness

Enroué-e: Hoarse

Enrhumé-e: Having a cold (adjective)

Épuisé-e: Exhausted

Éruption cutanée, f: Skin rash

Éternuement, m: Sneeze

Éternuer: Sneezing

Être malade: Being sick

Essouflé-e: Short of breath

Extinction de voix, f: Loss of voice

Fatigué-e: Tired

Fièvre, f: Fever

Fiévreux/euse: Feverish

Flatulences, f: Flatulency

Fourmillements, m: Pins and needles (Fourmi: ant)

Frissons, m: Shivers

Frissonner: Shivering

Ganglions, m: Swollen glands

Gargouillements, m: Gurgling

Glaires, m: Phlegm

Gonflé-e: Swollen, Bloated (belly)

Gonflement, m: Swelling

Griffe, f: Scratch

Grosseur, f: Lump

Hyperventilation, f: Hyperventilation

Jambes lourdes, f: Tired/heavy legs

Nausée, f: Nausea

Ne pas se sentir bien: Not feeling well

Ne plus goûter/perdre le goût: Not having a sense of taste

Ne plus sentir les odeurs/perdre l'odorat: Not having a sense of smell

Nez bouché, m: Blocked nose

Nez qui coule, m: Runny nose

Oeil qui pique, m: Itchy eye

Oeil qui pleure, m: Watery eye

Oreilles qui sifflent, f: Ringing ears

Pâleur, f: Paleness

Paralysie, f: Paralysis

Perte d'appétit, f: Loss of appetite

Perte de mémoire, f: Memory loss

Perte d'équilibre, f: Loss of balance

Point de côté: Side stitch

Pulsative: Throbbing

Pupilles dilatées, f: Dilated pupils

Rage de dents: Raging toothache

Régurgitations, f: Regurgitations

Rhume, m: Cold

Rougeurs, f: Red patches

Salivation, f: Salivation

Sécheresse, f: Dryness

Sécrétion, f: Discharge

Sensibilité au toucher, f: Sensitivity to touch

Somnolence, f: Drowsiness

Souffle au coeur, m: Heart murmur

Syncope, f: Blackout

Tousser: Coughing

Toux, f: Cough

Toux sèche, f: Dry cough

Transpiration, f: Sweatiness

Tremblements, m: Shaking

Vaginisme, m: Vaginismus

Vertiges, m: Dizziness

Vomir: Puking

Vomissements, m: Vomiting

Vocabulary post about health/illnesses

[pompadourpink]

do you ever speak franglish?

I try not to because it sounds extremely pretentious (disclaimer: in France; lower your weapons, Canadians!) but I do throw a word once in a while, either because I can’t remember the French translation or an expression when we don’t have an equivalent. But full-on Franglish? Only people working in the marketing business do that (and we don’t like them).

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am I the only one who thinks this is dope as hell? How does the brain just do that?

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[geschiedenis-en-talen]

My French text book says « mais ce serait trop simple si c’était systématique, n’est-ce pas?! » and I think that’s the French language’s motto