Keep this list handy if you want to speak confidently and blend in with the locals on your next trip to France. Fact checked by Elizabeth MacLennan Anyone who has spent even the shortest amount of ...

If you speak French, you can communicate with people from around the world. It’s an official language in 29 countries in Europe, Africa, North America and the Caribbean. That’s the second highest ...

From 'Monsieur Dupont' to a 'Flasher', via an unsavoury metaphor involving flies and a word for meat-lovers, here's a roundup of some of our favourite French words and expressions of the day. Every ...

Answer by David Bailey, CEO of Spotnight, on Quora. I’ve learned several foreign languages as an adult. I was able to learn French to conversation fluency in 17 days using the following techniques.

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Doing exercises in a book was très terrible. A friend suggested something more radical. By Rachel Kushner There’s a scene I love in the movie “Husbands,” when John Cassavetes, performing in his own ...

It is 6 p.m. You have logged off from work and are unwinding with a glass of wine. You turn on the TV, but instead of Netflix, you click on a new app called 6pm in Paris, and spend the next 30 minutes ...

We may not be thrilled with our housebound conditions, but what better opportunity for learning a foreign language? By Stephanie Rosenbloom It’s a classic travel fantasy: flying to another country to ...

Anyone who has spent even the shortest amount of time in France knows the importance of being able to speak a little français. Locals will quickly warm to travelers who at least make an effort to ...