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By Anne on June 5th, 2019

D-day : Le Débarquement – Today’s French

D-day: the Landings in 1944 – A video

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How did the D-Day landings take place on June 6, 1944? Learn about one of the longest days of history happened in French.

Comment s’est passé le Débarquement, le 6 juin 1944 ? Voyez comment s’est passé un des jours les plus longs de l’histoire en français.

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En français

D-day : le Débarquement en 1944

C’était il y a 75 ans. Ce 6 juin 1944, un moment crucial se joue sur les plages normandes. Il s’apprête à changer le cours de l’histoire. Le débarquement de Normandie, ou la plus grande invasion maritime jamais entreprise. Une opération militaire d’une envergure sans précédent ; tant dans sa préparation que son exécution. Dans la nuit du 5 au 6 juin, les troupes alliées ont traversé la Manche. Des milliers de navires, de bombardiers, parachutistes et fantassins ont débarqué sur les cinq plages choisies.

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D-day: the Landings in 1944

It was 75 years ago. June 6, 1944, a crucial moment is happening on the Normandy beaches. It’s about to change the course of history. The Normandy landings, or the biggest maritime invasion ever undertaken. A military operation of unprecedented scale; both in its preparation and in its excution. On the night of June 5-6, Allied troops crossed the English Channel. Thousands of ships, bombers, paratroopers and infantry landed on the five selected beaches.

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here we go again – French expression

What does ” c’est reparti ” mean? How do you say ‘ here we go again ’ 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.

c’est reparti comme en 40 – it’s to leave again like in 40. 40 (quarante) is the year 1940 during the second world war. I’m not sure why we use this expression in such a way, but c’est reparti comme en 40 expresses the idea that something big and difficult is starting again. c’est reparti comme en 40 means ‘brace yourself’ or ‘here we go again’ in everyday French.

There is an older version of this expression: c’est reparti comme en 14, beginning of WW1.

« Aïe aïe aïe ! La rentrée arrive et il va falloir se battre pour trouver toutes les fournitures à temps. C’est reparti comme en 40 ! »
- “Oh dear ! Back-to-school is here and we’ll have to fight to find all the school supplies on time. Here we go again!”

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Learn a French expression today. What does ” tu veux ma photo ” mean? How do you say ‘ What are you staring at ’ 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.

tu veux ma photo ?– you want my picture?. In everyday French, tu veux ma photo means ‘What are you staring at?’.

« Arrête de me regarder comme ça. Tu veux ma photo ? »
- “Stop looking at me like this. What are you staring at?”

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What does ” un rencard ” mean? How do you say ‘ a date ’ 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 rencard can also be spelled with a t at the end – un rencart. Go figure! In everyday French, and it’s familiar French, un rencard means ‘a date’. If you wanted to be more sophisticated, you’d say ‘un rendez-vous amoureux’.

« Je peux pas venir avec toi faire des courses samedi. J’ai un rencard avec Marcel. J’ai hâte. »
- “I can’t come with you on Saturday. I have a date with Marcel. I can’ wait.”

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Cannes ouvre ses portes at FrenchHour

By Anne on May 14th, 2019

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Cannes Film Festival 2019 opens its doors tonight!

For two weeks, the movies in competition in Cannes will be shown one after another on the Croisette Avenue.

Let’s join Édouard Baer, Penelope Cruz, Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, and Leonardo DiCaprio … and dive into glamor and glitz for a little while! As you can see on the glitzy picture, I’m not afraid to play.

And as a gift, I just prepared this free-access lesson – for a few days only! It’s called “Préparatifs du Festival“. To improve your French, download the lesson and the recording, and then listen, and read. That’s all you have to do.

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Cannes 2019 ouvre ses portes ce soir !

Pendant deux semaines, les films en compétition à Cannes vont se succéder sur la Croisette.

Rejoignons Édouard Baer, Penelope Cruz, Quentin Tarantino, Brad Pitt, et Leonardo DiCaprio… et plongeons un peu dans le glamour et les paillettes pour un petit bout de temps ! Comme vous le voyez sur la photo glamour, je n’ai pas peur de jouer.

Et en cadeau, je viens de préparer cette leçon en accès libre – pendant quelques jours seulement. Elle s’appelle « Préparatifs du Festival ». Pour faire des progrès en français, téléchargez la leçon et l’enregistrement puis écoutez, et lisez. C’est tout ce que vous avez à faire.

Trouvez les autres leçons de ce dossier sur le thème du Festival de Cannes, et apprenez le français avec chic !

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mettre de l’eau dans son vin – to put some the water in his/her wine. In everyday French, mettre de l’eau dans son vin means that you agree to compromise with someone, ‘to make concessions’, to meet someone halfway’.

« Il a mis beaucoup d’eau dans son vin avec elle et leur relation est bien meilleure maintenant. »
- “He’s been meeting her halfway a lot and their relationship is a lot better now.”

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