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Common French Sayings and French Slang. Hi (informal Hello): Salut. I love Paris: J'adore Paris. Have a good trip: Bon voyage. Enjoy your food: Bon appétit. Forget it, drop it, or let it go ...
The English and French languages share over 1,700 identical words – often with similar or exact meanings. In fact, up to 45% of English words have French origins, largely due to the Norman ...
What’s been less well explored is which sounds don’t wind up in curses—which ones soften the sound of a word so that it can’t pack the angry, cathartic power that common curse words do ...
The 10 most common French words you won't learn in school The Local France - [email protected] Published: 16 Jul, 2020 CET.
These are the French words every traveler should know. Learn basic vocabulary, common phrases, and French slang to speak like a local on your trip to France.
Swear words lack the consonant sounds l, r, w and y across several languages – including Chinese, English and Spanish, according to a new study from researchers at Royal Holloway, University of ...
It goes without saying that memorising the 1,000 most common words in Lingala, French or Chinese is not going to make anyone a fluent speaker. That would have been an unrealistic goal.
French is a richly creative and poetic language, which is why so many people love it. But it also has a lot of words and phrases that absolutely do not mean what they appear to. Here are some of ...
The French language is a product of centuries of cultural and historical development, and it’s full of words with fascinating etymologies. One of the most interesting is “aujourd’hui ...
A new study shows that swear words across languages may have more in common than previously thought. Many of them tend to leave out the same sounds.