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14 French Expressions with the verb FAIRE
I know French conjugation is harder than English conjugation. Some verbs are regular, which is nice but some are irregular, and that’s...

Virginie Paradis
Aug 15, 20173 min read
15 Mispronounced French Foods
Last week I taught you how to pronounce French brands, today I’m going to teach you how to pronounce 15 French foods properly! They’re...

Virginie Paradis
Aug 8, 20172 min read
14 Mispronounced French Brands
Today I want to teach you how to pronounce French brand names properly. I hear them mispronounced regularly so I thought this would be...

Virginie Paradis
Jul 31, 20171 min read


Learn French with music : French prepositions with Gainsbourg
Learn French with famous French songs and singers, today S. Gainsbourg. Follow along with the French lyrics and the English subtitles.

Virginie Paradis
Jul 24, 20172 min read


Demonstrative pronouns: CELUI-CI, CELLE-CI, CEUX-CI, CELLES-CI
Last week we learned about the demonstrative adjectives ce, cet, cette, and ces which mean this, that, these, and those. This week, I’m...

Virginie Paradis
Jul 19, 20172 min read
Demonstrative adjectives: CE, CET, CETTE, CES
All these annoying little c words! I mean: ce, cet, cette, ces… can quickly become confusing and overwhelming. After all they all look...

Virginie Paradis
Jul 11, 20172 min read
Vive la Révolution
America just celebrated its national day and now it’s France’s turn! While I cannot take part in the 4th of July festivities because of...

Virginie Paradis
Jul 6, 20173 min read
Devoir: Must or Should?
Did you know that we use the same verb in French to express must and should? Et oui, only one verb: devoir. Sometimes devoir means must...

Virginie Paradis
Jun 29, 20172 min read
10 Meanings for OUH LÀ LÀ
Let me tell you right away, there are so many more meanings for OUH LÀ LÀ because it can mean whatever in the world you want to express!...

Virginie Paradis
Jun 20, 20172 min read


Learn French with music : sing in slow French, classic or exotic?
Learn French with music, favorite French songs and singers, today F. Hardy Follow along with the French lyrics and the English subtitles.

Virginie Paradis
Jun 13, 20173 min read
Most Commonly Used French Acronyms
You know that feeling when someone uses an acronym and you have no idea what it stands for? It happens in our own language so never mind...

Virginie Paradis
Jun 6, 20172 min read
French Préposition À
Remember last week’s video on the French préposition DE? I told you that a preposition was a liaison word that was invariable, this means...

Virginie Paradis
May 30, 20173 min read
French Préposition DE
Before we start, let me ask you something. What is a preposition? Very simple: a preposition is a liaison word that is invariable: it has...

Virginie Paradis
May 23, 20173 min read


Learn French with music : J’aime Paris au mois de mai
Learn French with music, favorite French songs and singers, today C. Aznavour. Follow along with the French lyrics and the English subtitles

Virginie Paradis
May 17, 20173 min read
French Possessive Pronouns
What’s the difference in French between my and mine? Her is masculine? There are 3 ways of saying your and 3 other ways of saying yours?...

Virginie Paradis
May 11, 20173 min read


How to say I Miss You in French
What? I miss you is tu me manques ? But that’s all reversed how can that be? It just is. And no matter how good your French is, I miss...

Virginie Paradis
Apr 27, 20172 min read
6 Mistakes the French make in English
You feel bad because you make mistakes when you speak French? Or you feel afraid to communicate in French because you are sure to make...

Virginie Paradis
Apr 18, 20173 min read
French Possessive Adjectives
What’s the difference in French between my and mine? Her is masculine? There are 3 ways of saying your and 3 other ways of saying yours?...

Virginie Paradis
Apr 12, 20173 min read
Le Pique-Nique Français
In case you haven’t noticed with the previous video and blog post, I am pretty excited about the spring! Flowers, extra hour of sun, and…...

Virginie Paradis
Apr 5, 20172 min read
Promise You Won’t Laugh at Me…
Ok you probably will… Fine I don’t care! Yes it is silly, but it is also a very efficient to quickly improve your French in a non chore...

Virginie Paradis
Mar 30, 20172 min read
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