by Alliance Française | Jan 24, 2016 | Blog
The film is called Welcome by Philippe Lioret with Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi and Audrey Dana.It is a drama taking place in Calais, Simon ( Vincent Lindon) is a swimming instructor ( maître nageur) at Calais swimming pool ( la piscine de Calais), his wife, Marion (...
by Alliance Française | Jan 17, 2016 | Blog
It is situated in Paris between the 10th ( le 10ème )and 11th ( le 11 ème) arrondissement and was built in 1822, mainly to bring drinking water ( de l’eau potable) to the Parisians. It is not very long, only 4.55km, has nine locks ( neuf écluses), two swinging...
by Alliance Française | Jan 3, 2016 | Blog
Happy New Year and Good Health! This is what the French tend to say at midnight ( à minuit) on 31st December ( le 31 décembre) drinking a glass of champagne ( un verre de champagne), having spent the evening ( le réveillon) with their friends.The night of 31st is...
by Alliance Française | Dec 27, 2015 | Blog
As you read last week, poor Mère Noël was unable to play her part in the Tuesday morning French class as she broke her arm but Martine, the French tutor, came to the rescue and here is the second part of the sketch written by Robin:Fac : Bon, la prochaine question il...
by Alliance Française | Dec 25, 2015 | Blog
by Alliance Française | Dec 20, 2015 | Blog
Unfortunately, La mère Noël broke her right arm ( elle s’est cassée le bras droit) in Liverpool and could not be back for her usual chat with le facteur. So, Martine, the French teacher in the Tuesday morning French class, had to take over the part of La mère...
by Alliance Française | Dec 13, 2015 | Blog
It is the suppository ( le suppositoire)! Paul, student in Audrey’ s Thursday evening French tuition class, wrote a story just about that!A patient (un patient) goes to the GP ( le généraliste) because he has twisted his ankle ( il s’est tordu la...
by Alliance Française | Dec 6, 2015 | Blog
After all we are now in December! I went to a nursery ( une pépinière) this morning, naively thinking that I could still buy some Winter pansies ( des pensées d’hiver) for the garden, (I have been a bit late with my gardening this year!) only to find rows...
by Alliance Française | Nov 29, 2015 | Blog
Martine’s Tuesday evening French class learnt how to write recipes using the imperative or the infinitive, Martine suggested it would be fun to write out recipes to describe jobs. Here are some examples: Comment faire un footballeur professionnel – une...
by Alliance Française | Nov 16, 2015 | Blog
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