La Fête des Mères (Mother’s day)

Audio et lecture | 1:30 min Si le deuxième dimanche du mois de mai est dédié à la célébration de la fête des Mères en Australie, en France, c’est le dernier dimanche de mai. If the second Sunday of May is dedicated to the celebration of Mother’s Day in Australia, in France, it is the…

4 weeks of french learning at Bookoccino

Join us for an immersive journey through French language, food and culture with Sandrine Iratchet-Bonython. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced speaker, preparing for your next sojourn or just wanting to learn a new skill, you’ll love our four week immersion into French language and culture.

Every Tuesday we meet to talk, listen and eat, in French!

Enjoy an hour of language and culture tuition then an intermission with amuse bouche, featuring regional produce and wine. We end with group conversation and language practice.

NEXT FRENCH IMMERSION AT BOOKOCCINO – Starts 14th MAY 2024

This course has ended. Thank you to all the participants. x A voyage to the heart of France, to learn language and culture in a fun, immersive and delicious style. Testimonial My father and I really enjoyed the course and meeting all the other French enthusiasts. You were a wonderful and engaging teacher and I…

C’est zoomanifique! book your Zoom tuitions with a me

Zoom tuitions with a Zest! Zoom offers an opportunity to keep learning from the comfort of our home. It is simple, fast, convenient and a technology available for free ! I provide my French tuition on Zoom and you can book your next lots of tuition below. Ne laissez pas tomber votre apprentissage de la…

SURPRENANT LANGUE FRANCAISE

Je le répète à mes édudiants, apprendre le francais est simple. Une dose de bonne volonté et le tour est joué! Toute simplicité a aussi ses futilités..voire contradictions? En voici quelques exemples rigolots. Pourquoi dit-on qu’il y a un Embarras de voitures quand il y en a trop, et Embarras d’ argent quand il n’…

Ces mots qui donnent des maux de tete! [lafrenchlesson.com]

Ces mots qui donnent des maux de tete! On les appelle les homophones [ they’re called homophones] homo = grec = même = same || phone = son = voice Ils sont utilises pour faire des jeux de mots mais de facon plus ordinaire, ce sont des mots a part entiere, qui trouvent leur place…

Mais où est donc Ornicar?

All french students will know this “off by heart”!! We called a memo-technique phrase. What is it? It relates to the “conjonction de coordination” – that little word linking 2 sentences into one.

“Féminin ” or “masculin”, that is the question!

If you didn’t know it already, all french nouns are either ” feminine” or “masculine”. For anglosaxons this can be tricky. It matters as feminine nouns will be preceded by “la” or “une” and masculine nouns by “le” or “un”. To help out here is a tip: usually feminine nouns will end with the sound…