French language

While in France this year, I finally had to understand what it is and how it was used. The article below sums it up best. It means nothing, like the "alors," "donc" and "bon ben" that confused us all as novice French speakers. The informal French adverb du coup, pronounced "due coo," is one of those little details of language…read more

My family accuses me of wasting time on Quora. I couldn't resist answering this question though since it relates so closely to my enjoyment of France and the French language. The most common, most demotivating, most un-attractive mistake is not understanding how phonetically different French is from English. You simply cannot pronounce French words “the way they look” in English.…read more