Lesson with Manon

02/02/2021

🥞La chandeleur🥞
Every year, 40 days after Christmas, French people celebrate "la chandeleur". It is an old christian celebration (presentation of Jesus at the Temple) which also brings with it a few superstitions.

For example: Some say that making crêpes on la chandeleur will bring you money during the year...

❓Who knows if it is true? You can check by making your own crêpes! Here is a recipe 😁

11/01/2021

🎉Je vous souhaite une très bonne année 2021 ! 🎉

🇫🇷 Les bonnes résolutions 🇫🇷

Quelles sont vos bonnes résolutions pour cette nouvelle année ?
- What are your resolutions for this new year ?

To help you talk about your resolutions here are a few sentences you may use :

🟨 Je vais ... (+ infinitive)
Cette année, je vais apprendre le français !
- This year I am going to learn French!

🟪 Je veux ... (+ infinitive)
En 2021, je veux découvrir le monde.
- In 2021 I want to discover the world.

🟩Je dois ... (+infinitve)
Cette année, je dois manger plus sainement.
- This year, I have to eat healthier.

But you could also say ...
🟧 Cette année, je ne prends pas de bonne résolution.
- This year, I am not taking any resolution.

25/11/2020

Voyons à quoi ressemblait l'apprentissage du français dans les années 70 ...
Let's see what learning French looked like in the 70's ...

De vive voix - first published in 1972

14/05/2020

📽Le cinéma français📽

French cinema is very rich and diverse. Watching movies is a really good way to learn more about the culture, idioms and lifestyle.

👉Did you know that one of the most popular French film ever was Amélie until Intouchables in 2012 !

🙃 Here is a non-exhaustive list of "films cultes" -iconic movies.
Vous préférez lequel ? - Which one is your favorite ?

Tous les cultes films français. Un bon film français à voir. : Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre, La Cité de la peur, Les Tontons flingueurs, …

07/05/2020

🇫🇷Le 8 mai🇫🇷

The 8th of May in France is "un jour férié" -a public holiday- in order to commemorate the end and "la Victoire" - the victory- of WWII.

👉On the 8th of May 1945, Charles de Gaulle announced the end of "la seconde guerre mondiale" -World War II- and the Victory of the Allies.

30/04/2020

🇫🇷La fête du travail🇫🇷

Each year, on the 1st of May in France, we celebrate "la fête du travail" -labour day.

👉It is "un jour férié" - a public holiday. Usually, it means that people are off work, all the shops are closed and there is very few public transport available.

👉On this day, the tradition is to give "un brin de muguet" - a bit of lilly of the valley- for good luck. If you walked the streets of France on the 1st f May, you would probably see people selling these flowers in front of their house.

👉Sometimes, "on fait le pont". For example, if "le premier Mai" -the first of May- is on a thursday, we would take friday off in order to have a longer week-end. This is what we call "Faire le pont", it is like having a long week-end.