A day in French

Welcome to the thirtieth episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. As you could see from the title, we’ll talk about something light. It will be surprising for you maybe but it was my first time going to a circus show. It was a good experience but don’t imagine I went to a kind of Cirque du soleil performance. Anyway, with the pandemic, I don’t think that they have shows going on. This episode is full to the brim with words and phrases regarding the circus. I know it’s not really your typical vocabulary you would learn in a lesson or in a french news podcast, but maybe you’ll be interested in going to a show in the future. When you do, I hope you’ll think about me. There’s no grammar focus today but there’s a little nugget for B levels. I created a tricky sentence with several compound relative pronouns. Google it if you have no clue what i’m talking about but I have to tell you, you’re going to sweat when you see what it is. Everything can be found in the study guide I have created. Download it below. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Learn the vocab you need to talk about the circus
• My first time at the circus
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-ninth episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. Originally I wanted to talk about the Eurovision, I know it’s cheesy as hell and I have no idea why I watched it this year. Maybe it’s me getting old or maybe I sensed that our talent would finally be recognized this day. In any case, I watched it and I had fun. Tell me in the comment section if you watched it too and which country you were rooting for. You’re allowed not to say France. But we’re not gonna talk about Eurovision today as you can guess from the title of this episode. I’ve been sick and it’s still going on this week. I’ve spent a lot of days in bed, in the dark because I suffer from migraine every month. I thought I would talk about this today and I will use this excuse to infuse this episode with phrases and words you will need if you ever get sick in France and need to see a doctor or if you go to the pharmacy. In episode 6 of “A day in French“, we covered several useful phrases to explain your symptoms, go listen to it if you need a refresher. As for the grammar focus, today will be for B levels as we will review how to express goals with and without the subjunctive. Everything can be found in the study guide I have created. Download it below. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Learn the vocab you need to talk at the pharmacy
• My story with episodic migraine
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-eighth episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. I hope you’re fine because I was not happy for sure when the week started. I happened to find leaky pipes in my home. I wasn’t planning on talking about this today but I couldn’t let this occasion pass. I don’t know if you remember but it’s not the first time I’m not happy with something.

In episode 16 of a “A day in French”, I got angry at a sales rep. Go listen to it if you want to know the full story, and in today’s episode I get very displeased again. To make it short, if you happen to rent a place in France and you face a leakage, then after this episode you’ll know what to say, because that’s what happened to me this week. No grammar focus this time as there’s a lot of very specific vocabulary for you to learn that will allow you to explain in detail if you ever need to call a plumber or your rental agency. Everything can be found in the study guide I have created. Download it below. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Learn the vocab you need to call a plumber
• My story of an unfortunate event involving pipes
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-seventh episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. I hope you enjoyed last week’s episode. If you have missed it, I suggest you go listen to it (click on the link) as in today’s “A day in French” we will use what we have learnt. Last week, we did the theory and today we’ll practice. I will tell you about my dreams and things I wish I could do. The grammar focus is for everybody, that’s quite unusual, since we will review the verb “manquer” and there will also be some B level grammar with a review of the hypothesis. Everything can be found in the study guide I have created. Download the transcription, the vocabulary and the grammar focus below. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Practice your verb “manquer”
• Review the hypothesis and how to talk about dreams
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-sixth episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. In this episode, you’ll learn everything, to buy or order what you need for gardening so that if you happen to go to a garden centre in France or to order from a French website, you’ll know what to ask and look for. It’s not the first time I talk about nature. If you’d like to learn about mushrooms, listen to this episode and if you’d like to know more about how olives are processed, click here.

Today, the grammar focus is for A students as we will review simple ways to ask questions. As usual, with this episode comes a study guide that contains the transcription, the vocabulary and the grammar focus. You might want to check it out. Don’t forget to download it. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Learn gardening vocabulary
• Review the simple ways to ask questions
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-fifth episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. Last time, we talked about ice cream and today we will talk about croque monsieur. If there’s one dish you can make at home that is super easy and really French, it’s the croque-monsieur. With a side of salad, you’ve got yourself a perfect lunch. I encourage you to try. If you do, please let me know. Coincidentally, Marcel Proust will make an appearance again in this episode.

Today, the grammar focus is for B students as we will review the two conditionals, present and past. As usual, with this episode comes a study guide that contains the transcription, the vocabulary and the grammar focus. You might want to check it out. Don’t forget to download it. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• How the croque-monsieur was invented
• Review the conditionals present and past
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-fourth episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. In this episode, I will share some anecdotes related to taste and ice cream. It’s strange to talk about this in winter but I’m longing for sunny days. In episode A day in French – 21 – A Christmas menu in Paris, we talked about some strange food and I’d like to continue today.

The grammar focus is for A levels as we will review the negative. As for the vocabulary, it will be useful for when we get to travel again during the summer. You’ll become ice cream professionals as we will learn many words that you will hear when you order in France. If you struggled understanding the different possibilities on a menu, listen to today’s episode, study the guide and you’ll be ordering like a native. Don’t forget to download it to get access to the transcription. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Order ice cream like a native
• Review the negative
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-third episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points.

Today, we’re going to dive into the world of movies. We’ll learn some useful phrases to describe them. I don’t usually talk about movies I watched because I’m not really into this. I rarely go to the cinema and I don’t even watch that many tv shows. If you’ve listened to episode 5 of “A day in French”, then you know that I like to watch hockey instead. How about you? Are you passionnate about movies? What do you watch? Please tell me in the comment section. I decided to talk about the movie called “Amelie Poulain” because I learnt that one character and what he does were inspired by real events. I couldn’t imagine that anything in that movie was actually real so I was surprised and wanted to share this piece of information with you.

Don’t forget to download the study guide to get access to the transcription. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Cultural nugget about the movie “Amelie Poulain”
• Review phrases to describe movies
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-second episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. I hope you’re hungry because we’re going to talk about food, my favourite topic. In the previous episode, we talked about food as well but about a very strange Christmas menu. I wonder if there were any vegetarians who listened to that episode. Today, nothing disgusting I promise, it will be about olive oil. I will share a story about last summer and a tour that I did with my family. Don’t forget to download the study guide to get access to the transcription. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Cultural nugget about olive oil
• Review the object pronoun “les”
• A challenge for you to shine

Welcome to the twenty-first episode of this series that will transport you to the daily life of a French woman. We will cover specific vocabulary to increase your fluency while practicing particular grammar points. What is the weirdest or most disgusting thing you have ever eaten in your life? For me, it was silkworm pupae, that I ate when I was in Korea. I put it in my mouth a bit reluctantly. I really thought it was going to be disgusting but to my surprise, I enjoyed it. I won’t say it was delicious but it was edible and somewhat interesting. Today, we’re going to travel back in time and we will be heading towards Paris during a hard time the town had to face. Since, it was Christmas not a very long time ago, I would like to talk about a very strange Christmas menu that was found in restaurants at that time. Stay tuned!

In this Episode

• Historical nugget about a crazy time in Paris
• Animal and food vocabulary
• Review the passive voice with the present tense
• A challenge for you to shine