French Blabla

Today, I'd like to continue on the topic of finding a language partner to talk to since it's a big struggle for many of you . In episode 42 , I shared my tips to be able to find a conversation partner. If you haven't listened to it yet, go check it out and grab yourself a French friend. However, finding somebody is only the first step in an efficient language practice. There are some other importa...

In this episode, we're going to talk about the intricacies of the pronouns "tu" and "vous". Today's title is a bit misleading and I'm sorry about that. My intent isn't really to have a definite guide of the different uses of these pronouns, instead I would like to go deeper into the complexity of French social interactions. These two words really reflect that. Obviously, as always, I'll give you s...

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. 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 y...

It's been almost two months that 2021 has started and I haven't even asked you if you had any good French goals for this year. Every new year is always an opportunity to start fresh and I thought it would be a nice change on the podcast to have a guest. Her name is Ines and she used to be a French teacher, a regular one, just like me, years ago. Now she's a French coach and she specializes in neur...

A few weeks ago, I sent you an email asking you what your biggest struggle was. The answers were overwhelming. Almost everybody asked me how to find natives to talk to. Christine for example told me "finding someone to speak French with". David, who also answered my email, faces the same problem. "Finding opportunities to practice" he told me. I also received emails directly in my inbox asking me...

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. I decided to talk about the movie called "Ame...

In the special episode of "Quoi de beau Caro ?" we will recap 2020 and talk about the great project coming ahead this year. Music by Podington Bear - Wavy Glass

Guys, it's time for the truth! Are you guilty of answering "comme ci comme ca" when somebody asks you how you are? I have no idea where it comes from, maybe from a song but when I was teaching in schools, students sometimes answered with this phrase. Frankly, I don't know anybody in my relatives nor friends that ever said this. Today, we're gonna drop the comme ci comme ca and study how to answer...

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 wonde...

I noticed that a lot of learners struggle with the translation of "let's", especially since it's very different from the translation of the verb "to let". This can be confusing. Today we're going to talk about it. Before listening, I suggest you refresh your mind with the episode 26 , where we covered when to use "nous" and when to use "on". You will need it to fully grasp this new episode. Stay t...

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...

Welcome to the thirty-ninth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. Today's episode is a special request from a dear listener, Sarah. She contacted me on the chat and she told me "Caroline, in french you usually drop the last letter. But how is it with the "plus" I can't figure out when to say plu or plus". When I...

Welcome to the twentieth 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 new episode we'll be talking about my birthday and what I will do on this special day. I will also talk about the joy of bathing and the bath culture. Don't forget to download the...

Welcome to the nineteenth 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. Did it ever happen to you that you woke up in the middle of the night and an idea popped into your mind, for no reason whatsoever. That's exactly what happened to me for this episode. I g...

Welcome to the thirty-eighth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In episode 36 , we talked about different ways to express the phrase "je ne sais pas". One of these ways was "alors là", my personal favourite. I thought about this phrase and realized that this word "alors" is really multifaceted. So today, we wi...

Welcome to the eighteenth 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. Days ago, I was working on the last Day in French in the living room while the other members of my family were watching TV. In France, the national public TV service loves historical docu...

Welcome to the eighteenth 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. Days ago, I was working on the last Day in French in the living room while the other members of my family were watching TV. In France, the national public TV service loves historical docu...

Welcome to the eighteenth 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. Days ago, I was working on the last Day in French in the living room while the other members of my family were watching TV. In France, the national public TV service loves historical docu...

Welcome to the seventeenth 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 I'd like to use the news to talk about our topic. This presidential election was a good opportunity to study this very specific vocabulary. We will also do a small comparison betwe...

Welcome to the thirty-seventh episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. Today's episode is a special request from a dear listener, Russ. In  episode 33 , he told me that he struggles to remember and use certain phrases that combine too many verbs. We will talk about a method that will help you remember difficult gram...

Welcome to the thirty-sixth episode of the French Blabla podcast where we will cover tips to increase your fluency while boosting your way of learning. In episode 33 , we talked about different alternatives to the word "oui" you could use to enrich your conversation and to become a more active participant. In this episode, we continue to expand our vocabulary and we're going to tackle the phrase "...

Welcome to the sixteenth 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 wasn't planning on creating this episode but I got so upset with what happened that I thought it was the perfect opportunity to review some more subjunctive. Some phone calls can be so a...

Welcome to the eighth episode of our summer series "La Saga de l'été". This summer, we will travel to the south of France in the town of Nice. This is the last episode of our saga. Our metal friends' adventure will soon be over as they're about to be saved and go back to their dearest Promenade. Don't forget to download the study guide to get access to the transcription and the vocabulary. Stay tu...

Welcome to the fifteenth 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. Do you like flea markets? Summer is the season to visit them. It seems every little town has its own market when summer is here. Today, I'd like to talk about the complicated relationship...

Welcome to the seventh episode of our summer series "La Saga de l'été". This summer, we will travel to the south of France in the town of Nice. This is the last chance to survive for our friends from Nice. They have an idea but will it be enough and will their friend be on time to save them? This short novel is a soft thriller with humor. Don't forget to download the study guide to get access to t...