moi apprendre francais

Bonjour! Cest mon francais journal. Je fait cette blog car je apprend francais! Je suis une americain (afro-americain) c'est intéressé en francais culture. Je suis maintenant estudier film en college aussi. J'espère tu apprécies!

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french stuff to scroll

secouchermoinsbete : our TIL (today i learned)

viedemerde : the original FML

legorafi : our onion (twisted version of “le figaro” actual serious newspaper)

buzzfeed : our buzzfeed

on tumblr : #upthebaguette, buzzfeed, payetashnek (women denouncing harassment), the opposite of adults (lots of french and politics)…

on twitter : CommeConvenuBD (french drawer who explains how her boss ruined her life for several years), lejeududico (a bot gives you a definition and you have to pick the right (v rare/unused) word for it out of four - i’m a literature major and i’m happy if i know one) + my old list, still good

on instagram : @louiseebelpandora (amazing blogger/model) @passionchateau, @museelouvre, @museeorsay (artsy culture)

(don’t forget to check pinterest, loads of cheesy quotes!)

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Je mange á le Maison Kayser en New York, New York. Je escribe en mon journal de francais et aprendre Er/ IR/RE conjugations

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Is there another way of saying ‘ are there?’ Without using y-a-t-il ?

“Est-ce qu’il y a …” or “il y a…” with a raise in intonation

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Aujourd’hui, je fait siri parler en francais. Je croit que ca va aider moi apprender francais

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A tip for native English speakers learning romance languages

In English, most verbs have a lot of different significations, and you can use the same verb in a lot of different contexts, sometimes just by changing the preposition that goes after the verb, for exemple: to look at, to look after, to look forward to… English speakers use the same verbs, such as “to have”, “to take”, “to go”, for a lot of different situations, whereas romance languages speakers will change the verb to be more accurate depending on the situation. 

So if you want to speak French, Spanish, Portuguese etc. like a native, you will have to do a lot of work on vocabulary to learn the different verbs so that you can use the right one depending on the context.  An example of this is that the verb “to bring” can be translated in French by “amener”, “emmener”, “emporter” and “apporter”, which are all pretty close but still have a slightly different meaning. 

Here are some examples in Spanish and French to help you be more accurate:

TO TAKE  

To take a picture - SACAR / TOMAR una foto - PRENDRE une photo To take a video - GRABAR un video - PRENDRE une vidéo  To take a pencil - AGARRAR un boli - PRENDRE un stylo  To take the bus - TOMAR el autobus - PRENDRE le bus To take an exam - PRESENTAR un examen - PASSER un examen  To take someone to - LLEVAR alguien a - EMMENER quelqu’un à  To take a shower - BAÑARSE - PRENDRE une douche  To take away - QUITAR - PARTIR  To take back - DESVOLVER - RENDRE  To take off - IRSE - S’EN ALLER  To take out - SACAR - SORTIR  To take a walk - DAR un paseo - SE PROMENER  To take something from someone - ARREBATAR algo a alguién - PRENDRE quelque chose à quelqu’un 

TO GET 

To get something - ENTENDER algo - COMPRENDRE quelque chose  To get to the destination - LLEGAR al destino - ARRIVER à destination  To get to study at Harvard - LOGRAR a estudiar a Harvard - REUSSIR à étudier à Harvard  To get $100 - GANAR $100 - GAGNER $100 To get along with someone - LLEVARSE bien con alguien - S’ENTENDRE avec quelqu’un  To get around - SALIR a menudo - S’EN SORTIR To get away - ESCAPARSE - S’ECHAPPER  To get dirty - ENSUCIARSE - SE SALIR To get back - VOLVER - RETOURNER To bet better - MEJORAR - S’AMELIORER To get dressed - VESTIRSE - S’HABILLER  To get into - ENTRAR - ENTRER To get in trouble - METERSE en problemas - S'ATTIRER des problèmes  To get married - CASARSE - SE MARRIER  To get on - SUBIR en - MONTER sur  To get out - SALIR - SORTIR To get started - EMPEZAR / COMENZAR - COMMENCER To get up - LEVANTARSE - SE LEVER  To get worse - EMPEORAR - EMPIRER

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french expressions with “en”🌼

these french words are also used in english (mostly older english), maybe to indicate someone who uses pompous dialogue, and the sentences below are examples of the usage of the words in english. 

1. En ami (“as a friend”): “I confide in you en ami.”

2. En arrière (“behind”): “Discretion is the better part of valor, I reminded myself as, letting my more valorous friends go before me, I marched en arriere.”

3. En attendant (“meanwhile”): “I entertained myself en attendant by thumbing through a magazine while she troweled on her makeup.”

4. En avant (“forward”): “En avant, comrades. Fortune awaits us through that door.”

5. En badinant (“in jest”): “Relax, my friend — I meant what I said en badinant.”

6. En bagatelle (“in contempt”): “He glared at me en bagatelle, as if I were vermin.”

7. En banc (“with complete judicial authority”): “I sentence you en banc, as judge, jury, and executioner, to death.”

8. En bloc (“in a mass”): “We can depend on them to vote en bloc in support of the proposal.”

9. En clair (“in clear language, as opposed to in code”): “The spy’s telegram was carelessly written en clair.”

10. En deshabillé (“undressed, or revealed”): “She opened the door to find me standing there en deshabille, and immediately retreated.”

11. En échelon (“in steps, or overlapping”): “The flock of geese flew overhead en echelon.”

12. En effet (“in fact, indeed”): “You see that I am, en effet, in control of the situation.”

13. En famille (“with family, at home, informally”): “Let us now return to that happy household, where we find the denizens lounging en famille.”

14. En foule (“in a crowd”): “He had the remarkable ability to blend in en foule.”

15. En garçon (“as or like a bachelor”): “I have separated from my wife and am now living en garcon.”

16. En grande (“full size”): The bouncer approached and, with a scowl, reared up en grande.”

17. En grande tenue (“in formal attire”): “She arrived, as usual, en grande tenue, and in consternation that everyone else was dressed causally.”

18. En grande toilette (“in full dress”): “The opening-night crowd was attired en grande toilette.”

19. En garde (“on guard”): “She assumed a defensive position, as if en guard in a fencing match.”

20. En haute (“above”): “From my perspective — en haute, as it were — I’d say you are both wrong.”

21. En masse (“all together”): “The members of the basketball team arrived en masse at the party.”

22. En pantoufles (“in slippers, at ease, informally”): “He had just settled down for a relaxing evening en pantoufles when the doorbell rang.”

23. En passant (“in passing”): “She nonchalantly mentioned the rumor en passant.”

24. En plein air (“in the open air”): “We celebrated by venturing en plein air.”

25. En plein jour (“in broad day”): “They boldly rendezvoused en plein jour.”

26. En poste (“in a diplomatic post”): “Though he was a friend, I decided to send the memorandum en poste.”

27. En prise (“exposed to capture”): “He found himself en prise, beset on all sides.”

28. En queue: (“after”): “I bided my time and followed en queue.”

29. En rapport (“in agreement or harmony”): “I’m delighted that we are all en rapport on the subject.”

30. En régle (“in order, in due form”): “I believe you will find the documents en regle.”

31. En retard (“late”): “Typically, they arrived en retard for dinner.”

32. En retraite (“in retreat or retirement”): “After uttering the verbal blunder, she ducked her head and exited the parlor en retraite.”

33. En revanche (“in return, in compensation”): “En revanche, I invite you to attend my upcoming soiree.”

34. En rigueur (“in force”): “We have arrived en rigueur to support you.”

35. En route (“on the way”): “En route to the post office, she passed by the derelict house.”

36. En secondes noces (“in a second marriage”): “The community was so conservative that she found her matrimonial state, en secondes noces, to be the topic of gossip.”

37. En suite (“connected, or in a set, as a bedroom with its own bathroom”): “She was pleased to see that the room was en suite.” (Also spelled ensuite.)

38. En tasse (“in a cup”): “I’ll take some en tasse.”

39. En tout (“in all”): “We’d like to use your banquet room, please — we are a score or more en tout.”

40. En vérité (“in truth”): “En verite, I am the one responsible.”

Source: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/40-french-expressions-en-tout/

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Facial actions in French 🇫🇷

Bâiller = Yawning

Éternuer = Sneezing

Cligner = Blinking

Rôter = Burping

Mordre = Bite

Se curer le nez = Picking your nose

Se frotter l’œil = Scratching your eye

Se gratter la tête = Scratching your head

Renifler = Sniffing

Cracher = Spitting

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French party vocab

Je veux rentrer chez moi - I wanna go home

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Je suis fais dejeuner francais “puffs. Les ingridents sont: 1/4 coupe pas sel beurre. 1/4 coupe huil 1 coupe lait Et 2 ouef Mangeons-Ils cettes en france ou non?

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expressions #3

expressions #1

expressions #2

words.

- guignol (m) : someone who’s acting dumb, ex : arrête de faire le guignol!

- copain / copine : friend (also used for boyfriend/girlfriend)

- gueule (f), tronche (f), trogne (f) : face (fam)

- bin’s (m), foutoir (m), bordel (m), dawa (m) : mess (formal : désordre (m))

- fric (m) : money (formal : argent (m))

- pyj (m) : pajamas (formal : pyjama (m))

- plaie (f) “wound” : annoying person, ex : quelle plaie cette fille!

- bouchons (m) “corks” : traffic jam (formal : embouteillages (m))

- menottes (f), mimines (f) / petons (m) : hands / feet (childish)

- dico (m) : dictionary (formal : dictionnaire (m))

- marmot (m) : kid (formal : enfant (ep))

- pépin (m) : umbrella (formal : parapluie (m))

- mince / flûte / punaise / purée : crap! (polite)

expressions.

- à l’oeil “to the eye” : for free, ex : j’ai mangé à l’oeil dans cette brasserie

- en rade : out of order (formal : en panne)

- sans façons : no way!, ex : me couper les cheveux? sans façons!

- pas grand-chose : not much

- en permanence : constantly

- un moyen : a way

- eh ben dis/dites donc / eh ben ben ben : well I never

- en compote “stewed (fruit)” : aching, ex : j’ai les pieds en compote

- en bouillie “porridgey” : crushed

- bon sang : damn

- pauvre type (m) : asshole

- >>> en train de : -ing, ex : je suis en train de conduire > I’m driving rn <<<

- n’importe quoi : rubbish, ex : c’est du n’importe quoi, ton histoire! 

- de fortes chances “big lucks” : a good bet

- mal à l’aise : ill at ease

- un bout de : a piece of 

- mine de rien : although it does not seem like it

- il ne fallait pas : you shouldn’t have

- à la place de : instead of, ex : he has a bean à la place du brain

- de son plein gré : of one’s free will

- rien faire de mal : not doing anything wrong, ex : on n’a rien fait de mal!

- qu’est-ce que ça donne? : how is it going, what do you get? (about a project)

- un paquet de : a lot / group of 

- ça me dépasse “it’s overtaking me” : I don’t get it, it’s beyond me

- du coup : as a result

- il se trouve que : it happens that

- passe une bonne journée/soirée! : have a good day/evening

- en un clin d’oeil “in the blink of an eye” : very quickly

- une épée de Damoclès : a weight on the shoulders 

- c’est la meilleure de l’année (”it’s the best of the year”) : that’s the dumbest thing i’ve ever heard

verbs.

- faire le clown, v : doing stupid shit, ex : arrête de faire le clown!

- avoir qq chose sous la main “having sthg under the hand”, v : having something figuratively within reach, ex : Ross Geller must have a lawyer sous la main since he got divorced eight times already

- arranger, v : to fix, ex : je vais t’arranger ça (formal : réparer)

- faire semblant, v : to pretend

- se ficher, v : not to care, ex : je m’en fiche!

- se rendre compte, v : to realize, ex : tu te rends compte de ce que tu dis?

- faire main basse sur, v : to help oneself to / steal 

- être à la hauteur “to be to the height” : to be up to the challenge

- se débarrasser, v : to get rid of 

- planquer, v : to hide, fam (formal : cacher, v)

- n’y être pour rien, v : not having any responsibility about stg 

- se trouver, v : the thing is, ex : il se trouve que je ne veux plus te voir (the thing is I don’t want to see you anymore)

- se retrouver, v : to end up, ex : s’ils se retrouvent dans la même pièce, ils vont se disputer (if they end up in the same room, they’ll fight)

- laisser tomber, v : to give up on something/someone

- s’empiffrer, v : to stuff oneself

- être loin de, v : to be far from (figuratively), ex : il est loin d’être stupide

- faire une pause, v : to take a break

- se tromper, v : to be wrong

- faire un tour “doing a turn”, v : to go for a walk

- se dépasser, v : to surpass oneself

- faire de son mieux, v : to do one’s best

- s’envoyer, v : to eat a lot, ex : il s’est envoyé huit burgers au dîner

- poser ses fesses “to put down one’s buttocks”, v : to sit down

- rentrer dedans, v : to bump violently into someone (pedestrian, car)

- faire du rentre-dedans, v : to flirt explicitly with someone

- se sauver, v : to leave quickly, ex : I’m late, je dois me sauver! 

- se prêter au jeu “to lend oneself to the game”, v : to agree to be a part of stg

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The only way to start speaking a language is to start speaking it badly

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everyone talks about immersion - how important it is to surround yourself with your target language in order to learn effectively, and I agree that it’s a crucial point in making progress. the standard solutions are reading books, talking to people online, listening to music etc etc, which are all good recommendations and i encourage everyone to try them out! this list will include some more ways of immersion which i find to take very little effort, but which still have good effects. 

1. blogs, facebook pages, apps

“reading articles” is common advice, but how often do you even read articles in your native language, much less your target one? In order to still increase exposure to your target language, like news sources in your TL on facebook so you see what they post (even if you don’t click on it), follow blogs that post in your TL, and download apps that will send you push notifications (newspapers, magazines, football, you name it). if you see something interesting, read it. 

2. play words with friends and other word-based games

if your TL is one of these, you can play words with friends and expand your vocabulary in absolutely no time. it’s very difficult in the beginning (i even had trouble with english first), but it gets so much better so quickly! you’re also being matched with similar skill-levels, so it should still be fun, and you can play games in different languages simultaneously without having to change the settings. there are many word-based games out there (it has its own category in the app store), so try what you like best! :) 

3. talk to siri/voice recognition technology

siri/whatever programme you have listens to short sentences, will provide you with a written and spoken answer, and won’t make fun of you for mistakes. It’s also great for practising smalltalk like “how’s the weather”.sSet your alarm or ask to have appointments added to your calendar. 

4. talk to yourself

ever wanted to be on graham norton and tell everyone about the imaginary grammy/nobel prize/oscar you’ve won? or explain your grandma’s chocolate cake recipe on the great british bake off? or write a novel about your gap year backpacking experience? now’s your chance - find some time when you’re alone (or not, if you don’t mind others listening i guess), and start talking. have your own cooking show while you make lunch, make a commercial for your shampoo while you’re in the shower, reminisce about your (imaginary or real) life experience, but do it in your TL. you’ll learn vocabulary for things you actually care about and you’ll gradually lose the fear of speaking. plus, you’ll be super prepared for when graham norton really does invite you to his show. 

5. the “how-would-i-say-this”-mentality 

this may take a bit of time, but after a while it’s there and won’t go away again. you use your native language presumably every day, especially for mundane things like buying bread or asking where the bathroom is, or reading an ad on the bus. try to get used to translating those small sentences from your native language into your TL. you don’t have to put a lot of effort or time into this - just reminding your brain of your TL’s existence and trying to form simple sentences every day does loads for your progress. sometimes you might look a word up, sometimes you might paraphrase or simplify it, but every bit helps. 

good luck with your language learning! :) 

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beautiful french words ✿

ange – angel (masc.) baleine – whale (fem.) bisou – kiss (masc.) brindille – twig (fem.) brûler – to burn brume – mist (fem.) câlin – hug (masc.) chaleur – heat (fem.) chatoyer – to shimmer chaussettes – socks (fem.) chouchou – my little cabbage, said as a term of endearment (masc.) citronnade – lemonade (fem.) citrouille – pumpkin (fem.) coquillage – seashell (masc.) croquis – sketch (masc.) dépaysement – the feeling of being in another country, the weird feeling you get from things being different from what you’re used to.  (masc.) doux – soft écarlate – scarlet éclatant – brilliant, dazzling, gleaming effleurer – to touch or brush against empêchement – something that keeps you from doing something (masc.) épanoui – blooming, joyful, radiant éphémère – ephemeral étoile – star (fem.) feuilles – leaves (fem.) flâner – to stroll aimlessly floraison – bloom (fem.) grelotter – to shiver hirondelle – swallow (bird) (fem.) libellule – dragonfly (fem.) loufoque – wild, crazy, far-fetched luciole – firefly (fem.) myrtille – blueberry (fem.) noix de coco – coconut (fem.) nuage – cloud (masc.) orage – thunderstorm (masc.) pamplemousse – grapefruit (masc.) papillon – butterfly (masc.) parapluie – umbrella (fem.) pastèque – watermelon (fem.) piscine – swimming pool (fem.) plaisir – pleasure (masc.) pleuvoir – to rain plonger – to dive retrouvailles – the feelings of seeing someone again after a long time (fem.) sirène – mermaid (fem.) soleil – sun (masc.) sortable – someone you can take anywhere without being embarrassed tournesol – sunflower (masc.)

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Bonjour! Cest bien a voir une (afro-americain? Juste africain?) apprender francais! Parler bientot?

Bonjour! Oui je suis afro-américaine (je suis née dans les états-uni mais ma famille vient de l'amérique du sud). Et je suis d'accord, je suis ravie que les noirs comme moi apprennent les langues étrangères. Je peux parler français à quelque niveau et nous peux parler ensemble (si tu demandes ça). Bonne chance avec tes études !

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An expression all French teens/young adults use 🇫🇷

So there’s this thing we say to express the way we act, the way we acted or the way we’re gonna act, and it’s:

EN MODE

Basically, it ressembles the “be like”

Here’s an example of what my best friend just sent me:

To translate:

Okay there’s a possibility I might go talk to him

And be like

Hey I’ve got a crush on you bye

Hahahaha

(lol excuse our petty conversations)

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bringing it back cause it’s so important!!

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Nuits comme cette nuits comme cette j’espere je pourrais le impossible

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I need to have a picnic on a lavender field in France during a sunny midsummer afternoon at least once in my life