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By Anne on April 27th, 2019

Pickpockets à la Tour Eiffel

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Pickpockets à la Tour Eiffel
Le site de la Tour Eiffel attire tous les ans des millions de touristes venus du monde entier. Malgré les forces de l’ordre et les vidéos de surveillance, les pickpockets mêlés à la foule énorme réussissent à escroquer les touristes. Ils gagnent des sommes inimaginables tous les jours. Faites bien attention à vos affaires quand vous allez sur des sites touristiques.

Pickpockets à la Tour Eiffel
The Eiffel Tower monument attracts millions of tourists from around the world every year. Despite the police and surveillance videos, the pickpockets mingled in the huge crowd manage to defraud the tourists. They earn unimaginable amounts of money every day. Please, pay attention to your belongings when you go to tourist places!

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Français

Pickpockets à la Tour Eiffel

—Sous la tour Eiffel, les touristes savent bien qu’il faut faire attention : les pickpockets sont partout.

—Y en [sic] a des personnes qui nous disent « Gardez les mains dans les poches », ou, ou euh, « attention à vos poches arrière » etc.

—Il faut avoir son téléphone près du corps et garder ses affaires dans les poches de devant et garder l’œil ouvert.

—Car les touristes attirent les voleurs et autres escrocs. La situation sous la tour Eiffel est telle, que même le personnel d’accueil se sent en danger.

English

Pickpockets at the Eiffel Tower

—Under the Eiffel Tower, tourists know very well that they must be careful: pickpockets are everywhere.

—There are some people who tell us, “Keep your hands in your pockets,” or, or, uh “Watch your back pockets” etc.

—You need to have your phone close to your body and keep your stuff in your front pockets and keep your eyes opened.

—Because tourists attract thieves and other crooks. The situation under the Eiffel Tower is such that even the reception staff feels in danger.

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Saying French Numbers – Today’s French at FrenchHour

By Anne on April 25th, 2019

Dire les chiffres – Le français d’aujourd’hui

Saying French Numbers – Practice French numbers, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, fractions and more. You’ll hear French numbers. Write them down and check your answers below.

Now, you’ll hear two digits. Write them down and say what they both make as a number. For instance: 1 …. 2 makes 12

2 …. 7 makes 27

3 …. 9 makes 39

6 …. 5 makes 65

Adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing. Write down the first two numbers, say their total amount out loud before you can hear the answer. For instance: 1+2=3

38+6=44

187-28=159

9*3=27

10/5=2

And now, you’ll hear different types of numbers, fractions and more. Write them down.

2 013 (number with a space)

54,44 € (54-euro-44)

Louis XIV

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avoir la pêche – Mot du jour at FrenchHour

By Anne on April 24th, 2019

to feel good – French expression

What does ” avoir la pêche ” mean? How do you say ‘ to feel good ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

avoir la pêche – to have the peach, fishing – means to feel good, to be full of energy, to be enthusiastic in everyday French.

You may also hear: avoir la banane – to have the banana, avoir la patate – to have the potato, avoir la frite – to have the French ‘frie’.

« J’ai la pêche aujourd’hui. Je vais aller au marché. »
- “I feel good today. I’m going to go to the farmer’s market.”

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Dictée

Un café suspendu – Today’s French at Frenchhour

By Anne on April 23rd, 2019

A suspended coffee – French dictation

A “dictée” is the transcription of a spoken text. This dictation is going to help you improve your French vocabulary, your understanding of the structure of sentences and your listening comprehension as well.

En français

Un café suspendu – Dictée

J’ai perdu mon boulot il y a deux ans. Je suis au RSA et j’ai bien du mal à joindre les deux bouts. Je n’ai pas trop la pêche en ce moment. Pourtant, aujourd’hui, et malgré le froid, on m’a vraiment réchauffé le cœur…

In English

A suspended coffee – French dictation

I lost my job two years ago. I get an income support from the government and it’s hard to make ends meet. I’m kind of down these days. However, today, and despite the cold, something warmed my heart up….

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un son de cloche – Mot du jour at FrenchHour

By Anne on April 20th, 2019

an opinion – French expression

What does ” un son de cloche ” mean? How do you say ‘ an opinion ’ in French? How is it pronounced? How is it used in a French sentence? Listen to Anne, a French native say it at FrenchHour.com.

un son de cloche – a sound of bell. In everyday French, un son de clochemeans ‘an opinion’. It’s often used with même (same) or autre (another).

Le même son de cloche: the same opinion, I agree. un autre son de cloche: another opinion, another story, I don’t agree.

« Tu dis que faire un soufflé, c’est facile ; mais moi, j’ai entendu un autre son de cloche. »
- “You say that cooking a soufflé is easy; but I heard it another opinion.”

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une cloche – a stupid person

Quelle cloche ! – What a stupid person! (dated expression)

un son de cloche – an opinion

c’est cloche – ‘it’s a pity (dated expression)

se taper la cloche – to eat well, to pig out

sonner les cloches à quelqu’un/e – to scold someone

il y a quelque chose qui cloche – something’s wrong

une querelle de clocher – a fight within a community or a storm in a tea cup

un esprit de clocher – chauvinistic

à cloche-pied – to hop, on one leg

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Menus de Seder – Today’s French at FrenchHour

By Anne on April 19th, 2019

Seder – Le français d’aujourd’hui

Bonne fête de Pessah !

En cette occasion de Pessah, nous travaillons sur du vocabulaire. J’ai ajouté des mots sur cette une vidéo sans parole qui présente des menus traditionnels du repas de la Pâque juive, le seder.

Je vous propose de répéter après moi et de travailler sur votre prononciation du français.

Happy Passover!

It’s Passover and we’re working on vocabulary. I added words on this silent video that features traditional menus for the Passover meal, seder.

I’d love you to repeat after me and work on your French pronunciation.

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