Cultivate your French : Slow French, at the right pace.

CYF 115 — Rochechouart : Dans le même panier

Today brings us to Rochechouart! This is where we spent our holiday in March 2020 (before lockdown!) Rochechouart is a small town but with a lot of History! and nice people to meet. 

 

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

 

CYF 114 — Le mariage forcé (Molière)

You know that 2022 is "L'année Molière" because Molière was born 400 years ago.

This is the perfect opportunity to listen to one of the first Cultivate Your French episodes!

 

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CYF 113 — Aller au théâtre à Paris, rencontre avec Carl de Poncins — mercredi 16 février 2022

Going to the theater in Paris. Being an audience member like anyone else. Though it’s obvious when you go to Broadway or London. I’m sure this is not obvious when you plan a visit to France. Why? Because of the language barrier. 
This episode starts with a few lines from L’Avare, one of Molière’s famous plays. 
Then, we’ll speak French ! Nowadays’s French. And I’m sure that at the end of this episode you will feel the urge to go to the theater in Paris. 

https://www.theatreinparis.com/

 

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.

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

CYF 112 — Elections présidentielles — mercredi 9 février 2022

2022 is a special year for us in France, because we are going to choose a new President of France!
How is the election held? How does it work? Who are the main candidates? This what you are going to discover in this episode. 

And in today’s notes there will be a special focus on dates and on the elections’ vocabulary.

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.

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

CYF 111 — A la boulangerie un samedi après-midi — mercredi 2 février 2022

Last Saturday afternoon, we had a few things to do in Paris before Micaela’s trip to Italy with her school. The first thing and maybe the most important was a Covid test. Heureusement, she was negative. We got the result as Micaela and I were about to go into the Bo&Mie, one of the very good bakeries in Paris. 

In today’s notes, there is a special focus on buying breads and viennoiseries at the bakery. 

 

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.

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

CYF 110 — mercredi 26 janvier 2022 — Le brevet blanc de Felicia

In less than two weeks time, on the 7 and the 8 of February, Felica has to take an exam : a mock test of the Brevet des collèges. The Brevet des collèges is like the baccalauréat but for younger students. It ends the college time. She needs to revise the lessons done from September to now. The real exam will take place in June. But no worries, if you fail at the stage, you still can access the lycée. 

With the transcript of this episode, you get photos, explanations and today a special focus on the learning vocabulary !

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.

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

 

CYF 109 — mercredi 19 janvier 2022 — Livre ancien : la découverte de Claire

Be prepared, today Cultivate Your French takes you to a journey into the past. My friend Claire is an historian. She works at the INJS, a school for deaf people. Well the first school in the word for deaf young people, created in the 17th century by l’abbé de l’Epée. Her job at the INJS school is archivist of the ancient library. Recently, one of her colleagues asked her to find the oldest book of the library. It appeared to be a book published in 1514. Claire was really curious about this book so she looked on the BNF catalogue (National Library of France)  and found a similar copy. She asked for an appointment and went to the BNF to have a look and compare the two copies, hers and the BNF one. They appeared to be the same. One detail though was different : the date of publication. The BNF copy had been published on March the 14th of 1500. This date means something. But what ? This is what you are going to discover in today’s episode. 

With the transcript of this episode, you get photos, explanations and today a special focus on the pronoun « en ». 

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.

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

 

CYF 108 — mercredi 12 janvier 2022 — Une galette des Rois pour bien terminer la semaine

Last week was a long week! Our girls went back to school, they had tests in many subjects as math, geography, Italian, etc. 
I went back to kung-fu class 3 times a week because there will be a competition on January the 22nd. 
When the week-end started, I had the feeling that the Christmas holidays were a long time ago. 
But, the beginning of January is the time for the galette, the most comforting moment. 

In the notes of this episode I give you the vocabulary and useful sentences to celebrate La galette des Rois in French. 👑

 

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.

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

 

CYF 107 — mercredi 5 janvier 2022 — Le hangar Y

Bonne année à tous! Je vous souhaite une très belle et heureuse année 2022! 
I wish you to keep that sparkle of French in your life and to live nice French moments in 2022. 

On the 2nd of January, my friend Isabelle invited me to have a walk with her husband and her in Meudon. This is where we usually go with our nordic walk group. 
Thierry had the idea to walk in a part of the forest where we don’t usually go with our coach. It was a nice day. We took some nice pictures, we saw a young woman on a golden horse and we suddenly landed on a road. 

In today’s notes : special focus on indirect object pronouns. 

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.

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

CYF 106 — vendredi 31 décembre 2021 — Finir en beauté

The week was rather calm for us because the girls had a lot of homework to do. Pietro was supposed to be on holidays, but he had to go to work because one of his colleague had a sprain. 
But on Tuesday evening I found myself alone at home. What did I do? Something I haven’t done for years! 

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.

All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com