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Do you want to improve your listening skills and comprehension of the French as it is spoken in France? With Cultivate Your French podcast, things go smoothly. This is slow French podcast. But it’s also a podcast in which you hear about everyday life in France, in which you hear stories and meet French people.
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Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
CYF 062 — Mercredi 24 février 2021 — Pauline est allée au théâtre
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Sometimes, we get very good at understanding a language. It’s the beginning of something new, something very pleasant and rewarding. The ear catches whole sentences, we get good at understanding videos on the Internet, movies in French etc.
But sometimes, we set aside how to improve our speaking of that language. And I don’t think this is a good plan.
So, as in last week episode, today the aim is that you train yourself to talk. I have recorded this dialogue between my friend Pauline and I. She tells me about the play her husband and her had seen the day before. First you are going to hear the dialogue.
Then, to make things more practical, you will also hear only my lines. With the other part of the dialogue left blank,you will be able to act as if you were Pauline telling me about your evening at the theater!
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast, ONE slow french episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France. I have also been running the podcast One Thing In A French Day since 2006
All the information about the transcripts, notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
CYF 061 — Mercredi 17 février 2021 — Chez le fromager
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
It’s a great thing to improve your understanding skills, this way you can be ready for the next step which is « talking in French ». Yes, talking! Never forget to talk, it’s important ! But, you have to be ready. To train yourself to your next visit to France, today’s episode and next week’s episode are about talking in French.
Today, you will come with me to the cheesemonger. Yes, don’t you remember what’s on your shopping list? Camembert, Beaufort and goat cheese. And you know that once inside the shop you might be tempted to buy something else too.
Are you ready? You are in Paris, queuing outside the little shop. Some customers go out and it’s your turn to go inside. It smells good!
First you are going to hear the dialogue between my friend Pauline, who plays the cheesemonger, and myself, the customer.
Then, to make things more practical, you will also hear only the cheesemonger lines. With the other part of the dialogue left blank,you will be able to act as if you were the customer at the fromagerie!
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast, ONE slow french episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France. I have also been running the podcast One Thing In A French Day since 2006
All the information about the transcripts, notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
In January, I had the chance to meet a wine professional in Paris, his name is Benoît Melendez. He has a shop, L’extra brut. Does it give you any clue about the kind of wine he sells? yes? He sells wines, but particular ones : he sells Champagne and only Champagne! In this shop, which is also a « Bar à Champagne » you can drink Champagne at the bar with some food or buy a bottle to bring home. Of course, the « bar » is closed for the moment but the shop is opened. So on cold winter day, I walked from Saint-Lazare station to rue Condorcet, in South PIgalle, to meet Benoît Melendez. You have to imagine me in his shop, surrounded by nice bottles, seated on a bar stool made of wood, in front of a very smiling man who really loves his work.
So, in today’s episode, you are going to hear Benoît Melendez talking about Champagne!
Cultivate Your French podcast, ONE slow french episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France. I have also been running the podcast One Thing In A French Day since 2006
All the information about the transcripts, notes and photo is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
L’Extra Brut : 19 Rue Condorcet, 75009 Paris
http://lextrabrut.com/
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
CYF 059 — mercredi 3 février 2020 — Felicia étudie la Révolution française
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
My second daughter Felicia is in 4e; it’s the third year of collège. She is now thirteen years old. The 4e is not an easy grade. She works a lot so I have the impression that we never see her. Sometimes she appears to take a slice of kougelhopf for goûter. She seems to enjoy it then she looks at the clock and says that it’s time for her to go back to work. In today’s episode, you are going to hear more of Felicia’s appearances and disappearances and how we get clues of what she is studying.
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast, ONE slow french episode every week.
My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France. I also run the podcast One Thing In A French Day since 2006
All the information about the transcripts, notes and photo is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com