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Before any major election in France, just like any other country, les blagues politiques (political jokes) reign supreme! The following French joke is actually quite universal, and can be particularly appreciated everywhere in the world where 2012 happens to be a Presidential Elections Year: In les États-Unis (USA), la Russie, l’Inde (India), la Tunisie, le Yemen, [...]

A Mini Dose of French Humor: Politics Explained to Little French Kids! is a post from: French Language Blog

  Cancel all your plans and rendez-vous! Whether you have to go à l’école (to school) tomorrow, or must be au bureau (at the office) at the first hour of the morning, put all that aside—because we’re all going on a field trip to spend UN JOUR EN FRANCE (A DAY IN FRANCE)!  Since you guys [...]

Hey! Let’s all go together spend “Un Jour en France” (“A Day in France”)! is a post from: French Language Blog

As the national attention of her pays natal (native country), l’Égypte, was overwhelmingly occupied by the stunning popular uprising qui battait son plein (at its height) just a year ago, the disappearance from this world of l’enfant du pays (the native child, or literally “the child of the country”) -who was also of Lebanese extraction and later became French, par adoption- went by almost completely inaperçue (unnoticed)… Andrée Chedid, [...]

She Loved France with a Passion: A Great Novelist, Mother, and Grandmother is a post from: French Language Blog

To this day, only a handful of people can positively state how the first spark of the “French Touch” Electro music scene came to be ignited. To have an idea, you’ll have to travel in time more than 20 ans en arrière (20 years backwards.) L’Angleterre (England), 1988: Thousands of diehard Techno devotees turn “barking mad” [...]

Electrifying Masters of The “French Touch” Electro Music: Daft Punk! is a post from: French Language Blog

“L’Homme Providentiel“, the “Providential Man“, (or “La Femme Providentielle” this year), the “Savior of the Masses”, is one of those “dynamite figures”, so to speak, which have for long jalonné (punctuated) the History of France: From Louis XIV, “le Roi Soleil” (The Sun King), to his Supreme Highness, le Grand Empreur Napoléon Bonaparte—To, finally, the much less sophisticated “parodical figureheads” of later pedigree… Much to [...]

Here Comes “l’Homme Providentiel” of the 2012 French Presidential Elections! is a post from: French Language Blog

Yes, nearly everyone agrees:  Le subjonctif, or the French subjunctive mood, is not exactly “easy” to handle… But then again, what do you think the raison d’être of The French Blog is, if not to always fly to the rescue whenever summoned or needed! Here’s something brief to clear up your mind about le subjonctif, to understand in general what it [...]

Don’t Let the French Subject of “Le Subjonctif” Subjugate You! is a post from: French Language Blog

Even les débutants (the beginners) at learning the French language get to enjoy the The French Blog!   Today, you will review with us the basic unités du temps (units of time.) * D’abord (first), il y a la seconde (there’s the second.) “Le tour du monde en 80 secondes“ (“Around the world in 80 seconds”)! Directed by two voyageurs: Romain Pergeaux and Alex Profit. A project completed in only 3 semaines (3 weeks.) This route is [...]

Learn French Time—In No Time! is a post from: French Language Blog

Have you ever listened to le reggae français (French Reggae) before? If not, then here is a sample of a pretty successful French Reggae song titled “L’Hymne de nos campagnes“, meaning “The Anthem of our Countryside.” Pierre-Auguste Renoir‘s “La Danse à la campagne“ (“The Dance in the Countryside”) Tryo: L’Hymne de nos campagnes (The Anthem of our Countryside) Si [...]

Let’s Grooove This Weekend—with Le Reggae français (French Reggae)! is a post from: French Language Blog

Love needs to be fort (strong.) Love needs to be réciproque (reciprocal.) But for love to be firm, it also desperately needs to be confirmé (confirmed.) Hence the utmost importance of telling, whispering, writing, yelling, drawing, encore et encore (over and over again) what your deepest feelings are! - So yes, go ahead, refresh mon cœur et mon esprit (my heart and my mind): Dis-moi encore que tu m’aimes (Tell [...]

Dis-moi Encore Que Tu M’aimes (Tell Me Again You Love Me) is a post from: French Language Blog

  One more time, it’s “retour aux bases“ (back to the basics) on The French Blog! We will be able to identify les classes grammaticales (grammatical classes), which make today’s core subject: Le verbe (the verb), le nom (the noun), l’adjectif (the adjective), le déterminant (the determiner), le pronom (the pronoun), la conjonction (the conjunction), la préposition (the preposition), and finally l’interjection ! * LES CLASSES GRAMMATICALES *   CLASSE GRAMMATICALE LA FONCTION L’ACCORD (The [...]

1st Class French Grammar: “Les Classes Grammaticales”! is a post from: French Language Blog