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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 Slow French doesn’t just mean speaking slowly and it’s not about quick progress. It’s a nice learning approach.
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Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
I hope you are well and happy.
Tonight, it’s the réveillon de Noël, Christmas Eve Dinner. The day is very busy for us : there are many things to prepare for tonight and tomorrow.
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.
All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
On Monday, Micaela and I went to the Mairie de quartier where we had an appointment to renew her identity card. Micaela should go to Italy with her class at the end of January and her identity card should end at least 6 month before the travel. That what not the case, so we took this appointment. She should get her new card in 2 or 3 weeks.
All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Last week-end, I attended my first Kung-fu competition, the Open de France de Wushu. It was a long day. I arrived there, in the 13th arrondissement, at 8 o’clock and I put on my routine at almost 3 o’clock in the afternoon. In this episode, I tell you about my first routine, the bare hands one.
Pietro and our 3 girls, some friends and the other club members were there to support me. It was a great moment!
All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
The episode you are about to hear invites you to take a piece of paper and a pen to draw. My friend Estelle, who is a drawing teacher, is doing this exercice with her students, at the beginning of her sessions. In consist in taking a pen, closing the eyes and follow her voice to draw a portrait à l’aveugle.
Once you have started, you cannot put the pen in the air. It stays on the paper.
The result is always abstract and it is out of the « good drawing » standards. This exercice is not to look for perfection and it doesn’t require be a specialist, it only requires to allow yourself be surprised and open-minded.
It also allows you to do something different in French and to learn the vocabulary related to the face.
To record this episode, we went to Chez Ninon a nice salon de thé in Paris, rue du Cardinal Lemoine. Their patisseries mix French style and Japanese ingredients. It’s lovely!
All the information about the transcript, notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
My friend Anne-Laure told me about the nice leather cover for notebooks that she had bought at Louise Carmen.When I saw it, I found it very nice, practical and above all well designed. It had all the details that notebooks lovers are looking for.
I contacted Nathalie Valmary, who created Louise Carmen, and she agreed to talk about her notebooks for the podcast.
This is a section of the interview. I’ve chosen specifically this part because Nathalie Valmary tells the story of her first leather cover. She had the idea during the trip around the world she did with her husband and their two daughters. It’s important to know how to tell a story in French, it’s part of the conversation.
You can imagine Anne-Laure and I on the first floor of the boutique located in one of the famous passages parisiens, le passage du Grand-Cerf, where time is slightly different and the atmosphere so unique.
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, notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Last Friday, I met with Françoise, a friend of mine. We are part of the same nordic walk group. We had planned to visit the latest exhibition of David Hockney’s work : A Year In Normandie at the musée de l’Orangerie.
David Hockney painted a big fresque inspired by the change of seasons in his property in Normandy. He has also been inspired by the medieval work : la tapisserie de Bayeux that he found marvelous. I have also read that he had also been inspired by Claude Monnet’s Nymphéas which are right upstairs in the same musée.
Today, you are going to hear Françoise talking about how she met with David Hockney’s work. We were having lunch at the WH Smith café, in front of the Jardin des Tuileries.
All the information about the transcript, notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
Wednesday Nov 10, 2021
You are listening to Cultivate Your French podcast, ONE slow french episode every week. I hope you are well and happy.
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, notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
As many students, my three girls have homework to do during the holidays. Sometimes it’s hard to find the motivation when there are so many things you wish to do. But what will they remember from these holidays? I hope it will be the good moments.
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
Wednesday Nov 03, 2021
We are on holidays in Jura. Last sunday, as you may know, it was Halloween. It’s becoming popular in France. And, I think, this year, a lot of people were expecting the children to knock at their door. Our three daughters were invited to join the two children of our owners for the Halloween walk in the village at night. First, Micaela didn’t want to go, but we convinced her to go : « Allez, Micaela, vas-y! ». I recorded the girls as they came back.
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.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
When we were travelling to Brittany, I heard on the radio Gaspard Koening. This philosopher was talking about his trip from Bordeaux to Rome with his horse Destinada. He followed the steps of a colleague from an other time : Michel de Montaigne.
As Montaigne did, he kept a travel diary then he published a book out of it.
Later that same day, we entered a nice bookshop in Paimpol where I found that very book « Notre vagabonde liberté ». I bought it and started to read it almost right away. I’m still reading it and as I was reading it, I met an acquaintance. Yes !
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.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
Wednesday Oct 13, 2021
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.
All the information about the transcript,notes and photos is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
A long time ago, I used to tell you about our Wednesdays. The girls didn’t go to school on Wednesday mornings at that time. We used to go shopping at our local organic shop, La Biocoop. I remember Micaela walking and holding at the same time the double stroller in which Felicia and Lisa were sitting.
Our Wednesdays are very different now. They are more school and music related!