There are many things you need to master when learning a foreign language: vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, speaking. All of these different aspects of the language have to be learnt in tandem; you can’t really focus on just one at a time and separate them out into individual parts…

Indefinite articles are the words for “a” and “an” — The words “a” and “an” are called indefinite articles, and in French, there are two different words. There’s a masculine and a feminine version. Masculine: un Feminine: une The version you use depends on whether the noun it goes in front of is a masculine or a feminine noun. This…

Definite articles are the words for “the” — The word “the” is called a definite article, and in French, there are three different words. There’s a masculine version, a feminine version and a plural version: Masculine: le Feminine: la Plural: les The one you use depends on the noun it goes in front of. If it’s in…

This little tip will immediately make you sound more French — If there’s one thing that I would say will improve your French accent in the easiest way possible, it’s this: you should emphasise the last syllable of any word. In English In English, you stress different parts of the word, and you just have to know which part to emphasise. fantastic —…

The very first sentence you learn to build in my 3 Minute French course is “c’est bon”, which we learn means, “it’s good”. — Obviously, you can use “c’est bon” to simply mean “it’s good” “Tu aimes le gâteau?” … “Oui, c’est bon” — “Do you like the cake?” … “Yes, it’s good” But, it’s actually an extremely versatile phrase that can be used for all sorts of things. That works You can use “c’est bon”…

Let’s go through Édith Piaf’s famous song and see what French we can learn — Part 1 You might have heard of the French song, “La vie en rose” written and sung by Édith Piaf. It’s a beautiful song, and it has lots of useful vocabulary and phrases that we can learn from it. Firstly, the title, “La vie en rose” literally means “life in pink”…

I’ve just watched the Disney film “Encanto” and there was plenty of Spanish in it — I’ve just watched the Disney film “Encanto”, and there was plenty of Spanish in it, so I thought I’d write a quick article about how we can use any bit of Spanish we find to improve our language skills. What is “Encanto” about? The film is about a family who live in a…

Here’s a quick guide to using (and pronouncing) colours in French — Quelle est ta couleur préférée? What is your favourite colour? Colours are very useful words to learn in any language. Most of the time, they’re used to describe things, which means they’re adjectives. Before I go on, let’s have a look at the colours in French (you can click the colour to be taken to…

Let’s have a look through the first two paragraphs in the Spanish version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and see what we learn — Reading books in Spanish is a brilliant way to improve your language skills. Even the bare minimum will help to increase your comprehension skills, your vocabulary and your understanding of grammatical structures. Let’s have a read through the first couple of paragraphs in the first Harry Potter book.