by Alliance Française | Feb 10, 2017 | Blog
This half Belgian half Rwandan singer has become a real star in the last few years, both in France and in Belgium. His stage name, Stromae, is the verlan (a familiar way to speak in which you switch syllables, coming from the French à l’envers) for maestro. The...
by Alliance Française | Feb 4, 2017 | Blog
I’m sure you know this already, but French is a colourful language. You are about to discover that it can be as colourful as a wide range of fruit and veg! Here are some useful phrases you might want to try in friendly company as they are quite familiar. être...
by Alliance Française | Aug 21, 2016 | Blog
Martine’ s French tuition groups on Tuesday evenings and Friday mornings read it last term.Anne Wiazemsky is François Mauriac’ s granddaughter, she was an actress between 1966 and 1988, married Jean-Luc Godart in 1967 and played in several of his films,...
by Alliance Française | Aug 14, 2016 | Blog
Bumper against bumper: this was the head lines on the magazine L’Express yesterday and below, finds the beginning of the article: “Lyon – “Bouché de chez bouché !”: après les deux grands chassés-croisés de l’été, le trafic était...
by Alliance Française | Aug 7, 2016 | Blog
Les JO are les Jeux Olympiques. You may know that François Hollande has flown over to Rio to support the French athletes. In 2012, the French delegation won 34 medals ( a récolté 34 médailles), 11 gold ( 11 médailles d’or), 11 silver ( 11 médailles...
by Alliance Française | Jul 31, 2016 | Blog
this small town in Normandy where the priest Jacques Hamel was murdered on 26th July. All over France today, religious services have taken place in his memory bringing together people of all faiths or with no religious faith. As you may know France is what we call un...
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