Tenses make sense – we've got those in English. Conjugation can be a bit difficult, but at least that's relatively straightforward. The subjunctive, on the other hand, feels much less concrete. And what is

Languages Spoken in FranceFrench is recognized as the official language of France, but there are, in fact, many regional languages that have been spoken within France’s borders for at least as long,

Sentence structure is an important part of language, and French is no different. Sentences in French are constructed methodically, often beginning with the subject of a sentence, followed by a verb and finally

What are the Differences Between French French and Canadian French? You may have heard that the French spoken in Canada is so different from the French in France that people in Metropolitan France

Have you ever heard someone refer to language as being alive?New words pop up all the time, but the past eighteen months have seen a particular influx of terminology related to the

Fashion Week, or la Semaine de la mode, occurs biannually in Paris, as it does in London, Milan, and New York. I remember being in Paris one January, walking through the Jardin des

Katharine's English LessonThere is a scene in Shakespeare’s play, King Henry the Fifth, in which Katharine, princess of France, learns English words from her companion, Alice. Katharine says to Alice “Alice, tu

Ideas people have about French spelling range from disgruntled: “It doesn’t correspond to what you hear” to exasperated: “It’s irrational”. Such perceptions of French spelling may have to do with these

Once I lived in an apartment above a Swiss German couple. Sometimes I would hear their raised voices and I thought that they were having very heated discussions. When a friend of mine,

You may have noticed that there are words in English that are very similar to, or even the same as, words in French. To describe something weird, an English-speaker could say it is

If there is one thing the French love, it is oral exams. I believe I took five during my university years alone. This doesn’t even include the oral presentations, or *exposés oraux*

It’s easy enough to interchange words that sound similar, but when they sound similar and also have similar meanings, they are extremely easy to mix up. Does anyone remember their grammar school

What Are Conjugations? How Do You Learn French Conjugations?Conjugations are variations on verbs in an inflected language that reflect voice, mood, tense, number, and person. Conjugations are used in languages such as

Shopping is very much a part of going on vacation, as it gives you the opportunity to walk around neighborhoods, interact with different people, and perhaps pick up something original that you cannot

The Ne without PasIf you listen to spoken French quite a lot, you will notice that the ne often gets dropped in negations. “Je les vois pas”, “Ils sont pas encore arrivés”, and