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 | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog
Are you planning your next holidays in this January weather? Il ne fait pas un temps à mettre un chat dehors! (it is not the kind of weather to put a cat out = it’s miserable!) Forget Milton Keynes and discover France’s unusual sea side resort created in...
by Alliance Française | Jan 7, 2017 | Blog
Every year at the beginning of January, bakeries in France ( les boulangeries) fill up with two types of cakes to celebrate the Epiphany: Les royaumes (meaning kingdom): Et les galettes: Both of these have a secret; in them are hidden little charms...
by Alliance Française | Dec 31, 2016 | Blog
Here is the second part and the end of the Tuesday morning French group Christmas sketch. Like last year, Robin, who wrote the sketch, chooses an extra syllable to start a word. He chose “bé” this time, so each time la Mère Noël asks him a question, the...
by Alliance Française | Dec 24, 2016 | Blog
For several years now, Robin, student in Martine’s Tuesday morning French class, has written a sketch about Christmas with Robin as the postman (le facteur) and Mother Christmas (la Mère Noël). Sarah is taking this part this year as Maureen who had done it for...
