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Cultivate your French : Slow French, at the right pace.

Cultivate your French : Slow French, at the right pace.

Laetitia Perraut

Do you want to improve your listening skills and comprehension of the French as it is spoken in France? With Cultivate Your French podcast, things go smoothly. This is slow French podcast, but Slow French doesn’t just mean speaking slowly and it’s not about quick progress. It’s a nice learning approach.

313 - 238 — Virtual Pietro sur un bateau — mercredi 20 novembre 2024
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  • 313 - 238 — Virtual Pietro sur un bateau — mercredi 20 novembre 2024

    Are you familiar with the Vendée Globe race? It’s a solo round-the-world yacht race on a small boat, a monohull. A race without assistance! It’s what we call a ‘sick race’. Every four years, the participants set off from Les Sables d’Olonne, in Vendée, and arrive in Le Sable d’Olonne after sailing around the world from west to east.  Pietro is very fond of this race, and has been taking part virtually for several years. What exactly do I mean by ‘virtually’, that’s what you’re going to find out in this episode, among other slightly wacky things. In the notes accompanying the transcript, you’ll find three useful and natural expressions in French, with examples. We’ll also take a closer look at what the little word ‘bien’ can change in a sentence. Especially when you’re investigating, my dear Watson.  So, if you want to cultivate your French, not virtually, but the Slow and at the right pace way, I invite you to subscribe to the transcript at www.cultivateyourfrench.com

    Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - 06min
  • 312 - 237 — Lire dans une tache de thé — mercredi 13 novembre 2024

    On Friday, I met up with my friend Anne-Laure for lunch at a cute little restaurant in La Garenne-Colombes. To warm us up, we ordered tea. ‘Let it steep for two minutes’, said the lady in the restaurant. Everything changed when I removed the tea bag. Fortunately, as they say in French, ‘le ridicule ne tue pas’.  In the notes accompanying the transcript, we’re going to play around with switching certain sentences from indirect speech to direct speech, because it’s very useful to know how to do that when you’re telling someone something, a little adventure that’s happened to you, for example. We’re also going to identify some pronouns to see how they’re used in the sentences in the episode. It’s a good opportunity to pick up some automatic patterns, both when you’re listening and when you need to express yourself.  So if you want to cultivate your French, the Slow Way, I invite you to subscribe. www.cultivateyourfrench.com

    Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - 07min
  • 311 - 236 — Une histoire de loups dans le Jura — mercredi 6 novembre 2024

    As I prepare this episode, we still don’t know the result of the US elections. I hope this episode will give you a break from the stress of the election campaign.  Last week, we were in the Jura mountains. We went for a walk with Eric Wolff, a naturalist guide, around the village of Etival. After climbing ‘Le Mont Paradis’, where we were able to observe a number of different plant species, we went back down a wooded path to look for animal tracks - there were traces of wild boar.  In the notes that accompany the transcript, there will be photos of the walk, but we’re also going to look at a word that occurs three times in the text, but in different contexts. If you have time, I’ll suggest that you send me a mini-story about the wolf or a phrase to repeat on the podcast answering machine.  So, to cultivate your French, the slow way, I invite you to follow in the footsteps of the wolf, er, of the other subscribers. www.cultivateyourfrench.com

    Wed, 06 Nov 2024 - 07min
  • 310 - 235 — Retirer de l’argent au distributeur — mercredi 30 octobre 2024

    After going to the bakery, in last week episode,  two days later, I went back to Bécon, this time to withdraw money from the ATM. Lisa was with me. Perhaps she’ll tell us about her cinnamon roll?  In the notes that accompany the transcript, you’ll find an assortment of super-practical phrases about withdrawing money from an ATM. Yes, yes, you also need to know how to speak ATM French!  So if you want to cultivate your French and have a nice assortment of words about withdrawing money, I invite you to subscribe.  www.cultivateyourfrench.com

    Wed, 30 Oct 2024 - 07min
  • 309 - 234 —A la boulangerie — mercredi 23 octobre 2024

    Today’s episode is a live recording. I recorded it on Monday morning on my way to do an errand. The recording starts outside my building. It’s a chance for you to hear some totally natural French, as well as a real dialogue at the bakery.  In the notes that accompany the transcript, we’ll look at all the expressions that are typical in this dialogue and how you can use them.  So, to cultivate and improve your French at the boulangerie, the slow way, I invite you to subscribe to the transcript. www.cultivateyourfrench.com

    Wed, 23 Oct 2024 - 05min
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