Archive for the ‘French’ Category
Feb
Feb
The French you already know
Since today is Mardi Grás, I thought it would be fitting to take a moment away from talking about Italian to remind you that you already speak a foreign language — several, in fact! But today, we’re talking about French.
Apr
Apr
The sounds of French
When I first got started this with Italian, I started by looking for the alphabet and its sounds, and I used YouTube to hear them correctly pronounced by a native Italian speaker. But several of my readers are learning French, and I never really got things started for them. So today I’d like to just explore the sounds of French.
Jun
Jun
Language profile: French
This isn’t quite a first look…, since I already have some experience with French, but that doesn’t mean I can’t still do a basic exploration of the language as I would do with any other language I don’t know.
French is an official language in 29 countries. It is spoken by 136 million people