What The French?

16/06/2018

OK, so I haven't posted here during the last couple of months in Paris, but hey, there's always my instagram feed (see ) for Paris street photography. I hear it's a hidden gem (from that voice of positivity put in my head by a ruthlessly optimistic mother). And Andrew (who is less blatantly self-promotional) has an amazing feed (more gem, far less hidden) of his daily web comics that you should definitely follow.

16/05/2018

New breed of tourist spotted at Louvre: the selfiecorn.

10/04/2018

You can expect more frequent posts from Paris this May and June. Also, beginning this summer...a short but sweet series of $1 books.

16/11/2017

Nutella and Mini Cooper are just a couple of the names French courts have rejected.

20/06/2017

As luck would have it, I happened upon Street Artist Konny Steding in action today.

19/06/2017

Here's a thought: if you can't spell "Merci" you don't get to do graffiti.

17/12/2016

Writing a French paper? Don't use these words:
1. gens (instead, specify who, exactly you mean)
2. chose (what "thing"? does it have a name?)
3. il y a (no....how about using an active verb instead?)
4. ça (use cela for anything even marginally formal)
boom! your paper is instantly better. (and yes, I really did make that vertiginous circle on a student's paper with a giant Nooooooo heading toward "gens:)

25/11/2016

Does anyone want to show us some love and review What The French?! on the iTunes/iBook store? Pretty please. Somebody rated us 3 stars because they didn't know how to turn on scrolling view. Don't make us release the mimes.

25/11/2016

Here's how to view our book in portrait view (thanks a lot Apple for making this counterintuitive): when viewing a page click the A and enable scrolling view.

14/09/2016

Whether you're a beginner or an advanced learner of French (and maybe even if you're a teacher!) you might have wondered just what the rules of *la liaison* are, but were either too afraid to ask, or did ask and got an incomprehensible answer.

This post explains the ins and outs of why a 'z' gets pronounced between *les* and *amies* or *ces* and *hommes*, but not between *des* and *haricots*, and much, much more. Give it a read now! Save it for use right before your next oral quiz! Passive-aggressively send it to someone who's doing it wrong! Get on the highway to the liaison zone.

http://whatthefrench.com/highway-to-the-liaison-zone/

“I would really like to understand when to use liaisons and when not to. When is it obligatory, when is it optional, and when is it forbidden?”

22/07/2016

oh the irony! our "what's new in this version" update description about fixing typos has typos. We totally meant that. Yeah, that's right, it was on purpose.

22/07/2016

You know that "portrait mode" problem? It turns out it's just a setting in iBooks. When you have the book open on a page, tap once and look for the "Aa" in the bar at the top. Tap on "Aa" and enable "scrolling view."