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Instead, the affective accent can be used to emphasize what the speaker wants to say.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/pronunciation">French pronunciation</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/affective-accent.htm">French pronunciation: Affective accent</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 12:00:00.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/affective-accent.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/affective-accent.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/affective-accent.htm&zItl=French pronunciation: Affective accent">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/affective-accent.htm Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000 2010-02-09T12:00:00Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/vacances-en-france.htm <p>En France, l'année scolaire est entrecoupée de cinq périodes de vacances&#160;:</p> <ol> <li>Vacances de la <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/b/2009/10/30/la-toussaint.htm">Toussaint</a> (deux semaines en octobre/novembre)</li> <li>Vacances de <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/cs/culture/a/christmas.htm">Noël</a> (deux semaines en décembre/janvier)</li> <li>Vacances d'hiver (deux semaines en février/mars) <a href =http://french.about.com/b/a/256886.htm>Read more...</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/vacances-en-france.htm">Les vacances en France</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 03:00:55.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/vacances-en-france.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/vacances-en-france.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/vacances-en-france.htm&zItl=Les vacances en France">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/09/vacances-en-france.htm Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:00:55 +0000 2010-02-09T03:00:55Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/08/french-expressions.htm There are dozens of expressions in English which contain the word "French," like French cleaners, French drain, and French leave, but are these things actually French? Take a look at this list with the French equivalents and the literal translations - you might be surprised.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/expressions">French expressions</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/08/french-expressions.htm">French and English: "French" Expressions</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Monday, February 8th, 2010 at 12:00:39.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/08/french-expressions.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/08/french-expressions.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/08/french-expressions.htm&zItl=French and English: "French" Expressions">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/08/french-expressions.htm Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:39 +0000 2010-02-08T12:00:39Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/08/french-word.htm Learn a new French word every weekday! <br /><b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary">French vocabulary</a> &#124; <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/a/daily.htm">Daily French</a> <br /><br /><br /> <h2>Free French Help </h2> Questions about French? 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This project, which can be done in class or independently, is fully adaptable for any level and duration.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/library/od/projects">French Projects</a> &#124; <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/writing">Writing Resources</a> &#124; <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/a/daily.htm">Daily French</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/07/keep-a-french-journal-project.htm">French project: Keep a French Journal</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 09:00:01.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/07/keep-a-french-journal-project.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/07/keep-a-french-journal-project.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/07/keep-a-french-journal-project.htm&zItl=French project: Keep a French Journal">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/07/keep-a-french-journal-project.htm Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:00:01 +0000 2010-02-07T09:00:01Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/06/improve-your-french-vocabulary.htm Words, words, words! Languages are made up of words, and French is no exception. Here are all kinds of French vocabulary lessons as well as tips to help you get better at learning and remembering French words.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/improveyourfrench">Tips on improving your French</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/06/improve-your-french-vocabulary.htm">Study tips: Improve your French vocabulary</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Saturday, February 6th, 2010 at 09:00:42.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/06/improve-your-french-vocabulary.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/06/improve-your-french-vocabulary.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/06/improve-your-french-vocabulary.htm&zItl=Study tips: Improve your French vocabulary">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/06/improve-your-french-vocabulary.htm Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:00:42 +0000 2010-02-06T09:00:42Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/il-y-a.htm <i>Il y a</i> - "there is" or "there are" - is one of the most important expressions in the French language. Learn about the meanings, uses, negation, and interrogative powers of <i>il y a</i>, and then come back here to share your thoughts. <br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/expressions">French expressions</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/il-y-a.htm">Essential French: Il y a</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 06:00:44.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/il-y-a.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/il-y-a.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/il-y-a.htm&zItl=Essential French: Il y a">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/il-y-a.htm Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:00:44 +0000 2010-02-05T06:00:44Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/manger-les-truffes.htm <p>Plusieurs personnes m'ont posé la question&#160;: quel goût a la truffe&#160;? La réponse n'est pas évidente. Je peux vous dire qu'à mon avis, et selon l'avis de beaucoup de Français, les truffes sont délicieuses, mais décrire le goût est une tout autre affaire. <a href =http://french.about.com/b/a/256866.htm>Read more...</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/manger-les-truffes.htm">Manger les truffes</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 03:00:42.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/manger-les-truffes.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/manger-les-truffes.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/manger-les-truffes.htm&zItl=Manger les truffes">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/05/manger-les-truffes.htm Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:00:42 +0000 2010-02-05T03:00:42Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/all-about-falloir.htm <i>Falloir</i> is an irregular impersonal French verb that is better known in its conjugated form: <i>il faut</i>. Falloir means "to be necessary" or "to need," and may be followed by the subjunctive, an infinitive, or a noun.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/verbs">French verbs</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/all-about-falloir.htm">French lesson: All about falloir</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 12:00:07.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/all-about-falloir.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/all-about-falloir.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/all-about-falloir.htm&zItl=French lesson: All about falloir">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/all-about-falloir.htm Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:00:07 +0000 2010-02-04T12:00:07Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/french-verb-6.htm Learn simple verb conjugations, see similarly conjugated verbs (if any), and learn more with links to related lessons for this common French verb.<br /><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/library/verb/bl-verbconjugator.htm">French verb conjugator</a><br /><br /><b>Mot du jour: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/g/tarder.htm">tarder</a></b><br />Learn a new French word every weekday!<br /><b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary">French vocabulary</a> &#124; <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/a/daily.htm">Daily French</a> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/french-verb-6.htm">French verb of the week: commencer</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 06:00:21.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/french-verb-6.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/french-verb-6.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/french-verb-6.htm&zItl=French verb of the week: commencer">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/04/french-verb-6.htm Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:00:21 +0000 2010-02-04T06:00:21Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/virtual-travel-fiction-set-in-france.htm I find that books about France, whether fiction or non-fiction, pique my appetite for travel more than anything else. I love writers who weave culture and language into their stories and memories. Of course, the best books are probably those written in French, but since not everyone reads well enough to survive <i>Germinal</i>, here's a list of my favorite English-language novels set in France. <br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/books">Books about French and France</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/virtual-travel-fiction-set-in-france.htm">Virtual travel: Fiction set in France</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 12:00:26.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/virtual-travel-fiction-set-in-france.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/virtual-travel-fiction-set-in-france.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/virtual-travel-fiction-set-in-france.htm&zItl=Virtual travel: Fiction set in France">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/virtual-travel-fiction-set-in-france.htm Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:26 +0000 2010-02-03T12:00:26Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/quiz-confusing-french-pairs.htm How well do you understand the difference between <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/confusingpairs">confusing French pairs</a> like <i>bon</i>/<i>bien</i>, <i>an</i>/<i>année</i>, and <i>depuis</i>/<i>il y a</i>? This automatic-scoring quiz will ask up to 100 questions on 20 different pairs of confusing French words and topics to help you pinpoint your most common mistakes.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/tests">French tests</a><br /><br /><b>Mot du jour: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/g/taper.htm">taper</a></b><br />Learn a new French word every weekday!<br /><b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary">French vocabulary</a> &#124; <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/a/daily.htm">Daily French</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/quiz-confusing-french-pairs.htm">French quiz: Confusing pairs</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 at 06:00:10.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/quiz-confusing-french-pairs.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/quiz-confusing-french-pairs.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/quiz-confusing-french-pairs.htm&zItl=French quiz: Confusing pairs">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/03/quiz-confusing-french-pairs.htm Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:00:10 +0000 2010-02-03T06:00:10Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/perfect-participle.htm The French perfect participle, <i>le passé composé du participe présent</i>, is used to describe a condition existing in the past or an action that took place right before another action. It's similar to the past infinitive, except that the perfect participle can have a different subject than the main clause. Having studied this lesson, you'll have no trouble with the French perfect participle.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/verbtensemoodvoice">French verb tenses and moods</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/perfect-participle.htm">French grammar: Perfect participle</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 12:00:53.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/perfect-participle.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/perfect-participle.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/perfect-participle.htm&zItl=French grammar: Perfect participle">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/perfect-participle.htm Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:53 +0000 2010-02-02T12:00:53Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/trufficulture.htm <p>Il y a une certaine magie concernant les truffes, appelées <i>rabasses</i> en provençal. Elles vivent dans le sol, mais pas n'importe quel sol, et sur les racines d'arbres, mais seulement certains types d'arbres. Jusqu'en 1810, quand le lien entre les truffes et les arbres a été découvert dans le Vaucluse, personne ne savait faire pousser les truffes&#160;; on ne pouvait que les <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/truffes.htm">chercher</a> et espérer. La trufficulture, la culture des truffes, a connu un «&#160;âge d'or&#160;» d'une trentaine d'années à la fin du XIXe siècle, pendant lequel la production dans l'<b><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/g/hexagone.htm">Hexagone</a></b> (mot du jour) atteignait parfois jusqu'à 2&#160;000 tonnes par an. <a href =http://french.about.com/b/a/256857.htm>Read more...</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/trufficulture.htm">La Trufficulture</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 03:00:46.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/trufficulture.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/trufficulture.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/trufficulture.htm&zItl=La Trufficulture">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/trufficulture.htm Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:00:46 +0000 2010-02-02T03:00:46Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/la-chandeleur-crepe-day.htm In France, 2 February is la Chandeleur, Fête de la Lumière, or jour des crêpes. It's customary to eat crêpes and do some fortune telling, and there's a fun game for French classes too.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/library/bl_fetes.htm">French holidays</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/la-chandeleur-crepe-day.htm">Célébrez : La Chandeleur / Crêpe Day</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 01:00:04.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/la-chandeleur-crepe-day.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/la-chandeleur-crepe-day.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/la-chandeleur-crepe-day.htm&zItl=Célébrez : La Chandeleur / Crêpe Day">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/02/la-chandeleur-crepe-day.htm Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:00:04 +0000 2010-02-02T01:00:04Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/01/french-expressions-with-rendre.htm The verb <i>rendre</i> usually means "to return" in the sense of giving back, and also has a number of additional meanings both on its own and in idiomatic expressions. 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Please join us in the forums. <br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/ab-french">A la française</a> - Bilingual Q+A and discussion<br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/ab-french3">French for beginners</a> - No question is too simple<br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/ab-french5">French pen pals</a> - Find email correspondents<br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/ab-french4">Profs de français</a> - Talk to virtual colleagues<br /> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://forums.about.com/ab-french2">Le Carrefour francophone</a> - Discuter en français<br /><br /> Subscribe to this French blog: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://z.about.com/6/g/french/b/rss2.xml">RSS feed</a> &#124; <a href="http://twitter.com/lkl" target="_blank">LKL @ Twitter</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/01/learn-french-words.htm">Mot du jour: bec </a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Monday, February 1st, 2010 at 03:00:00.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/01/learn-french-words.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/01/learn-french-words.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/01/learn-french-words.htm&zItl=Mot du jour: bec ">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/02/01/learn-french-words.htm Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:00:00 +0000 2010-02-01T03:00:00Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/30/les-egouts-de-paris.htm An interesting report on something that most people give little thought to, and the unusual museum where you can learn more about it: the Parisian sewer network. Test yourself with this listening comprehension exercise based on a sound file from <i>Champs-Élysées audiomagazine</i> (<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/cs/listening/a/champselysees.htm">read my review</a>).<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/library/listening/bl-listeningindex2.htm">French listening</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/30/les-egouts-de-paris.htm">Listening to French: Les égouts de Paris</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 at 09:00:59.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/30/les-egouts-de-paris.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/30/les-egouts-de-paris.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/30/les-egouts-de-paris.htm&zItl=Listening to French: Les égouts de Paris">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/30/les-egouts-de-paris.htm Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:00:59 +0000 2010-01-30T09:00:59Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/french-expression-avoir-du-pot.htm What does the French expression <i>avoir du pot</i> mean? Click the link above to learn all about it, and then come back here to share your thoughts. <br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/expressions">French expressions</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/french-expression-avoir-du-pot.htm">French expression: Avoir du pot</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 06:00:24.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/french-expression-avoir-du-pot.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/french-expression-avoir-du-pot.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/french-expression-avoir-du-pot.htm&zItl=French expression: Avoir du pot">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/french-expression-avoir-du-pot.htm Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:00:24 +0000 2010-01-29T06:00:24Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/truffes.htm <p>Parmi tous les délices français, la <i>Tuber melanosporum</i>, surnommée la truffe du Périgord, est sans doute le plus savoureux - et le plus cher. Ce tubercule noir pousse toujours sous terre, dans un sol calcaire et en symbiose avec les racines d'arbres truffiers - le plus fréquemment des chênes, mais parfois aussi des noisetiers, charmes, saules et tilleuls. <a href =http://french.about.com/b/a/256841.htm>Read more...</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/truffes.htm">Les truffes</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 03:00:31.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/truffes.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/truffes.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/truffes.htm&zItl=Les truffes">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/29/truffes.htm Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:00:31 +0000 2010-01-29T03:00:31Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/28/ne-litteraire.htm What I call the <i>ne littéraire</i> is the phenonomen in literary writing (and, to a much lesser extent, spoken French) whereby certain verbs and constructions need <i>ne</i> but not <i>pas</i> in order to be negative.<br /> <b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/negation">French negation</a> &#124; <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/literature">Literature</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/28/ne-litteraire.htm">Formal French: Ne littéraire</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Thursday, January 28th, 2010 at 12:00:00.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/28/ne-litteraire.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/28/ne-litteraire.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/28/ne-litteraire.htm&zItl=Formal French: Ne littéraire">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/28/ne-litteraire.htm Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:00 +0000 2010-01-28T12:00:00Z http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/28/french-verb-5.htm Learn simple verb conjugations, see similarly conjugated verbs (if any), and learn more with links to related lessons for this common French verb.<br /><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/library/verb/bl-verbconjugator.htm">French verb conjugator</a><br /><br /><b>Mot du jour: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/g/barbiche.htm">barbiche</a></b><br />Learn a new French word every weekday!<br /><b>More:</b> <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary">French vocabulary</a> &#124; 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C'est un événement à nul autre pareil. Comme il arrive souvent, les photos ne lui rendent pas justice, mais je pense qu'elles vous donneront au moins une idée de la beauté et de la grandeur du spectacle. <a href =http://french.about.com/b/a/256826.htm>Read more...</a><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border: 1px solid #d5d0bf;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/26/fete-des-lumieres.htm">Fête des Lumières 2009</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/">About.com French Language</a> on Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 at 03:00:31.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/26/fete-des-lumieres.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/26/fete-des-lumieres.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://french.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/26/fete-des-lumieres.htm&zItl=Fête des Lumières 2009">Email this</a></p> http://french.about.com/b/2010/01/26/fete-des-lumieres.htm Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:00:31 +0000 2010-01-26T03:00:31Z