by Alliance Française | Jun 12, 2016 | Blog
It is the 15th edition starting at Le stade de France in St Denis, near Paris, on 10th June to finish on 10th July. The opening match ( le match d’ouverture) is between la France et la Roumanie at le stade de France like for the final match ( le match de...
by Alliance Française | Jun 5, 2016 | Blog
They started in the middle of the week between Orléans and Paris and now they are moving into Normandy. The Seine is flooding, we say La Seine est en crue (la crue comes from the verb croître which means to grow), Vigiecrues which is a body part of the ministry of the...
by Alliance Française | May 29, 2016 | Blog
In her Tuesday evening French tuition class, Martine asked her students to write about their jobs in the form of a recipe as they had been working on the use of the imperative and the vocabulary of the workplace. Here is Kathy’ s recipe: Un Nouveau Projet de...
by Alliance Française | May 22, 2016 | Blog
Le Festival de Cannes which was called until 2002 Le Festival International du Film drew, yet again, lots of stars who climbed the famous stairs ( les marches ) on the red carpet ( le tapis rouge). The festival started in 1946 and La Palme d’Or was introduced in...
by Alliance Française | May 15, 2016 | Blog
The exhibition will be shown for a few months but here is an invitation at:Millennium Square Big Screenon Thursday 19th May 6-7pmFreeBerlingots and photos with Alliance Française de BristolCome and discover competition winning photos from all around the world on the...
by Alliance Française | May 8, 2016 | Blog
Martine’s French class certainly do, Maureen wrote a little story using quite a few: jolie comme un cœur: as pretty as a picture connaître un endroit comme sa poche: to know somewhere like the back of one’s hand gai comme un pinson: as happy as a lark...
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