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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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Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Last Sunday was the first round of the Presidential Election in France. The campaing was very different from the latest ones, it was almost invisible. The Russian invasion of Ukraine had taken all the media coverage. And between us, in my family for example, or with friends, we almost didn’t talk about it.
In this episode, I tell you about first round of the election.
In the notes that goes with the transcript of this episode, this week we will study the importance of the adjectives.
How do you learn new adjectives? Where do you place them ?
How to say something else than « c’est interessant » or « c’est bon ».
The adjectives study will take us 3 episodes and this is the 2nd episode of our study.
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Last week, my friend Anne-Laure and I visited the Marcel Proust exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris : Marcel Proust, un roman parisien.
The Musée Carnavalet is the museum of the History of Paris. The museum re-opened last year after several years of works. It’s a wonderful museum that tells the story of Paris from the Neolithic ages to nowadays. There, you can see the famous portrait of Madame de Sévigné (by the way, she used to live in the Hotel particulier that hosts the museum), a shoe that belonged to Marie-Antoinette or Marcel Proust’s bedroom.
I really enjoyed the exhibition ! In this episode, I tell you about a specific painting, a big painting in front of which Anne-Laure and I stayed a long time to study it. It’s typical of the Belle Époque, when Marcel Proust lived in Paris.
In the notes that goes with the transcript of this episode, this week we will study the importance of the adjectives. How do you learn new adjectives? Where do you place them, etc. Or how to say something else than « c’est interessant » or « c’est bon ». The adjectives study will take us 3 episodes.
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Two weeks ago, I had the chance to meet Margaux Aycard, the cheffe that created and runs the Bar à Brioche, a place in Paris dedicated to the brioche. There you could meet the cheffe, and have either sweet or savory brioches for a quick lunch or for breakfast. The Bar à brioches is close to La Gare Saint-Lazare and a few stops away from Les Champs Elysées.
In this episode, Margaux Aycard tells us at what time she bakes her brioches and what could be the ideal breakfast of a listener visiting her place. Miam, miam !
In the notes with the transcript of the podcast, I highlight for you the expressions that are very natural and useful in French. Now, you can tell anybody about your ideal breakfast in French !
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Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Today’s episode is both a podcast and a video on YouTube ! Micaela and her little sister Lisa have filmed Micaela’s morning routine, all the actions that she does before going to school. It has been a lot of fun for them. Then, we recorded the audio version with useful sentences.
Do you know what a « grille-pain » or a « penderie » is? Thanks to this video, you will be relieved to know that Micaela brushes her teeth after breakfast !
With the transcript of this episode, I will highlight for you all the expressions that are very naturel and useful in French.
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Our life changed last Monday! We don’t have to wear the mask anymore. The girls are a little bit nervous about it. And what about the teachers? Or the people at the café where I was writing this episode? This is what we are going to talk about. With the transcript of this episode, I’m going to highlight for you very natural French sentences and expressions of the text. Those are the ones that you need to identify and that you might use when you speak French.
All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
It was a surprise for our girls. As my husband could not take some holidays, we decided to go to Normandy for the week-end. It was last week. The weather was incredible, sunny and just the right quantity of wind. We had booked a sand yachting session for them ! Have you noticed the colour of the sails? Blue and yellow. It was only a few days after the beginning of war in Ukraine.
All the information about the transcript is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
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
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
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!
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 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
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 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