<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every Friday, step into advanced French through real language, culture and current events. 
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Timo]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[t.lesoin@gmail.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[t.lesoin@gmail.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast #44 : l'Américaine qui a choisi la France]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen now | Improve your French and discover how a poor girl from segregated America became one of the most iconic women in French history.]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-44-lamericaine-qui-a-choisi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-44-lamericaine-qui-a-choisi</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 13:29:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199117638/bce61d20ed81e2fc62c7a84bcf50dc54.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Black American woman escapes racism in the US, becomes France&#8217;s biggest star, spies for the Resistance, and ends up in the Panth&#233;on.</p><p>This is a true story.</p><p>Her name was Josephine Baker.</p><p><em>Become a premium member to listen to the full podcast and get access to extra resources.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!62AL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22a38d6d-09bb-4850-87ef-a1d523ce03fc_860x569.png" 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Tellement denses qu&#8217;on a l&#8217;impression que plusieurs personnes se sont succ&#233;d&#233; dans le m&#234;me corps. Tellement romanesques qu&#8217;on se dit que si quelqu&#8217;un avait invent&#233; &#231;a, on ne l&#8217;aurait pas cru.</p><p>Jos&#233;phine Baker est une de ces vies-l&#224;. </p><p>Artiste. Espionne. R&#233;sistante. M&#232;re de douze enfants. Et au Panth&#233;on.</p><p>Pour une petite fille noire de Saint-Louis qui ne devait arriver nulle part, c&#8217;est pas mal.</p><p>Elle na&#238;t sous le nom de Freda Josephine McDonald, en 1906, Saint-Louis donc. Pauvre et Noire. Dans une Am&#233;rique o&#249; ces deux mots ensemble signifient : tu n&#8217;as presque aucune chance.</p><p>Sa m&#232;re fait la lessive pour des familles blanches. Son p&#232;re ? Absent. Elle grandit dans des quartiers o&#249; les enfants survivent plus qu&#8217;ils ne grandissent. &#192; huit ans, elle travaille d&#233;j&#224; comme domestique. On lui apprend &#224; dormir pr&#232;s du four pour ne pas geler pendant l&#8217;hiver.</p><p>Tr&#232;s t&#244;t, elle comprend qu&#8217;il faut jouer un r&#244;le pour survivre. Faire semblant d&#8217;&#234;tre invisible. Faire semblant de ne pas d&#233;ranger.</p><p>Et puis, il y a la sc&#232;ne.</p><p>&#192; treize ans, elle commence &#224; danser dans les rues. Pas pour le plaisir. Pour manger. Elle rejoint des troupes ambulantes, fait le clown, grimace, danse volontairement &#224; contretemps pour faire rire le public.</p><p>Pour la premi&#232;re fois de sa vie, les gens la regardent.</p><p>Sur une sc&#232;ne, les r&#232;gles ordinaires ne s&#8217;appliquent plus. Une petite fille noire de Saint-Louis peut enfin prendre de la place.</p><p>Et elle d&#233;cide de prendre toute la place.</p><p>Paris. 1925. Elle a dix-neuf ans.</p><p>Elle arrive en France avec la Revue N&#232;gre. Le nom dit tout de l&#8217;&#233;poque. Mais Paris est en pleine effervescence : le jazz, les Ann&#233;es folles, les caf&#233;s qui d&#233;bordent jusqu&#8217;au matin, un monde qui veut oublier la guerre.</p><p>Et Jos&#233;phine Baker explose.</p><p>Sur sc&#232;ne, au Casino de Paris, avec sa c&#233;l&#232;bre ceinture de bananes, elle danse comme personne n&#8217;a jamais dans&#233; &#224; Paris. Elle choque. Elle fascine. Elle hypnotise.</p><p>Les artistes et &#233;crivains de l&#8217;&#233;poque deviennent obs&#233;d&#233;s par elle. Pablo Picasso la peint. Colette l&#8217;admire. Ernest Hemingway dira qu&#8217;elle &#233;tait &#171; la femme la plus sensationnelle &#187; qu&#8217;il ait jamais vue.</p><p>Paris se passionne pour elle.</p><p>La France lui donne ce que l&#8217;Am&#233;rique lui a refus&#233; : le droit d&#8217;&#234;tre regard&#233;e comme une artiste, et non comme une curiosit&#233;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rzpu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7d3adbc-8035-4560-aefd-9fd91a9981be_960x1371.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rzpu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff7d3adbc-8035-4560-aefd-9fd91a9981be_960x1371.jpeg 424w, 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Mais l&#8217;Am&#233;rique ne la regarde toujours pas comme Paris la regardait. La s&#233;gr&#233;gation ne fait pas d&#8217;exception pour les stars.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Alors elle revient en France, se marie, et demande la nationalit&#233; fran&#231;aise.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Le 30 novembre 1937, Jos&#233;phine Baker devient officiellement fran&#231;aise.Mais derri&#232;re les plumes, les projecteurs et les applaudissements, il y avait aussi une femme qui observait tout.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;">If you enjoy learning French through true stories and culture, you&#8217;ll probably enjoy the premium version of this podcast.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The rest of this episode explores Josephine Baker&#8217;s extraordinary life &#8212; the Resistance, her Rainbow Tribe, the March on Washington, and her entry into the Panth&#233;on.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Become a premium member to continue listening and get access to full episodes, transcripts, vocabulary lists, interactive exercises, and live workshops &#8212; all for the price of a coffee each month.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Quand la guerre &#233;clate, en 1940, Jos&#233;phine Baker aurait pu partir. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please. Not "une bière".]]></title><description><![CDATA[A field guide to the bar, where the rules are unspoken and everybody knows them but you.]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/please-not-une-biere</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/please-not-une-biere</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:01:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d04ce9b9-ca5b-4f58-b8b7-167069c60770_806x563.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">You&#8217;ve made it to Paris. Or Lyon, Marseille, or a sun-drenched village square in Provence where old men play p&#233;tanque and squint at you like you might be lost&#8212;or worse, American. You walk into a bar &#8212; a real one, not the laminated-English-menu kind &#8212; and the barman looks up.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The good news: you don&#8217;t need perfect French. You need maybe six phrases and a basic sense of how French bars work.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Before you say a word, decide: counter or table?</strong> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In France &#8212; especially Paris &#8212; the same drink costs more at a table than at the counter. The price list is legally required to be posted somewhere on the wall, and it will show at least two columns: <em>au comptoir</em> (at the counter) and <em>en salle</em> or <em>en terrasse</em> (at a table or on the terrace). Check before you order.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counter is for regulars. It&#8217;s where the barman might actually talk to you. It also happens to be the cheaper option.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZgXj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa27567fc-1ffd-47a5-a5fe-b5ab87c905c5_4284x5712.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZgXj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa27567fc-1ffd-47a5-a5fe-b5ab87c905c5_4284x5712.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZgXj!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa27567fc-1ffd-47a5-a5fe-b5ab87c905c5_4284x5712.jpeg 848w, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Le bar, </em>the place to be</p><div><hr></div><h2>Rule one: never say &#8220;une bi&#232;re&#8221;</h2><p style="text-align: justify;">Don&#8217;t walk into a French bar and say &#8220;une bi&#232;re.&#8221; It technically means beer, but it&#8217;s too vague&#8212;like saying &#8220;one food, please.&#8221; </p><p style="text-align: justify;">In France, beer means draft beer &#8212; <em>la pression</em>. You order the size. A <em>demi</em> is 25cl, the standard glass. Despite the name meaning &#8220;half,&#8221; this is a perfectly normal, adult-sized drink and the default order in any French bar. A <em>pinte</em> is 50cl. Those are your two options. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg" width="724" height="965.1675824175824" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:724,&quot;bytes&quot;:1490833,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/i/199209224?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7ggl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0b8d6c1b-3b30-4e21-a553-84fa40feeddf_4284x5712.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: center;">Bottled beer is mostly for drinking at home in France. As my daughter says:   <em>c&#8217;est comme &#231;a la vie.</em></p><div><hr></div><p>&#10003; The default:</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; Je vais prendre un demi, s&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t. &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;5d31d97b-03ba-415a-b109-86bf78250807&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1.906939,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll have a demi, please.&#8221; &#8212; Confident. Natural. No tourist energy.</p><p>&#10003; You&#8217;re thirsty, go bigger:</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; Une pinte, s&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t. &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;5a7679a7-c7a9-4ba7-8375-98675dd2252f&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1.854694,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p>&#8220;A pint, please.&#8221; &#8212; Perfectly acceptable. No judgment.</p><p>Once you&#8217;re comfortable &#8212; especially on a terrace where you can&#8217;t see the taps &#8212; ask the question that opens every good bar conversation:</p><p>&#10003; The real local opener</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; Vous avez quoi en pression ? &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;e154a6f5-353c-469a-b638-4f465fd5f063&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:2.220408,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;What do you have on draft?&#8221; &#8212; The barman lists the beers, you choose one, and suddenly you stop sounding like someone translating from English in their head.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you&#8217;re not sure which beer to pick, go for the one that sounds the most Belgian. Generally a safe bet. If you&#8217;re settling in for the afternoon, a <em>blonde </em>beer is reliable &#8212; light, consistent, hard to regret. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>If you enjoy this kind of real, everyday French &#8212; the phrases people actually use, the social codes behind them, and the small cultural details textbooks usually ignore &#8212; you&#8217;ll probably enjoy the rest of this newsletter too.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3>How to get the barman&#8217;s attention</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">The French barman sees everything. He already knows you&#8217;re there. What works is catching his eye during a quiet moment, with a small nod or a soft <em>&#8220;s&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t&#8221;</em> once contact is made. Then he&#8217;ll finish what he&#8217;s doing and come to you.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Snapping fingers, waving across the room, calling out&#8212;none of it works. A little patience goes a long way, and once a barman likes you, the service becomes remarkably attentive. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The French barman has seen a thousand tourists wave at him like he&#8217;s a taxi. He will outlast all of them.</em></p><div><hr></div><h3>About water &#8212; yes, you can ask</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Tap water is free and you can ask for it at any bar without awkwardness. Many people don&#8217;t know this and spend the whole trip buying bottled water.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; Vous pourriez nous apporter une carafe d&#8217;eau ? &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;468db2ac-54f6-41b4-8e79-2bc23622d077&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:2.220408,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p>&#8220;Could you bring us a jug of tap water?&#8221; &#8212; Polite, fluid, and exactly the kind of phrasing you hear in real French caf&#233;s and restaurants. Because you&#8217;re using the conditional &#8212; vous pourriez (&#8220;could you&#8221;) &#8212; the sentence already sounds polite and natural in French. No need to add s&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Drinking with professionals</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">By professionals, I mean what the French call <em>des piliers de bar</em> &#8212; people who are, in some fundamental sense, structurally fused to the counter. If you end up drinking with them, the rules shift.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Nobody settles the bill at the end. That creates complications. Instead, one person orders for everyone and pays immediately. Then someone else gets the next round. This is called <em>payer sa tourn&#233;e</em> &#8212; paying your round &#8212; and it is a social contract, not a suggestion. There are codes. Rituals. An honor system. Even here, especially here.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Paying your round immediately</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; Je vais payer de suite. &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;56a330a9-f594-42f0-b1a8-d5d2b75426d5&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1.645714,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll pay right away.&#8221; &#8212; Resets the counter to zero. Clean, efficient, respectable.</p><p>Claiming the next one</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; La prochaine est pour moi. &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;52a8724d-cd21-49ba-8641-205f512ea575&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1.541224,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;The next one&#8217;s on me.&#8221; &#8212; And so the cycle continues until the bar closes or humanity collapses, whichever comes first.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When ordering for the whole table, one person speaks. Not everyone at once &#8212; that&#8217;s chaos:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">&#10003; Ordering for a group</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; On va prendre deux demis et un pastis. &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;61e2e053-1083-48a4-a7d9-60486e6ab592&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:4.022857,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;We&#8217;ll have two demis and a pastis.&#8221; &#8212; One person, one order. Natural, efficient, the French way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">When everyone is drinking the same thing &#8212; or you just want another round &#8212; the most useful sentence in the French language reveals itself:</p><p style="text-align: justify;">&#10003; The most useful sentence in France</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; La m&#234;me chose, s&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t. &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;ef6fdee5-0fff-449c-9c94-440a4b49886a&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1.593469,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p>&#8220;The same thing, please.&#8221; &#8212; This sentence alone can carry you through an entire evening.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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With a smile, anything is possible&#8230; but nothing is guaranteed. <em>&#192; vos risques et p&#233;rils !</em></p><div><hr></div><h3>The chips that appear unbidden</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes a small bowl of chips or crackers appears next to your drink. You didn&#8217;t order it. You don&#8217;t pay for it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Do not ask for it, because asking breaks the spell. It either arrives or it doesn&#8217;t, governed by forces beyond your understanding or control. Accept it when it comes, eat it without commentary, and move on with your life.</p><div><hr></div><h3>The Strange World of French Beer Cocktails</h3><p>If you feel like experimenting with France&#8217;s strange little beer inventions, you have options.</p><ul><li><p>There&#8217;s the <em>panach&#233;</em> (beer mixed with lemonade).</p></li><li><p>The <em>monaco</em> (beer, lemonade, and grenadine syrup &#8212; bright red and suspiciously easy to drink).</p></li><li><p>The <em>twist</em> (beer with lemon soda, usually something like Sprite).</p></li><li><p>The <em>demi-p&#234;che</em> (beer with peach syrup, beloved by French teenagers discovering alcohol for the first time).</p></li><li><p>And then there&#8217;s the <em>mazout</em> &#8212; beer mixed with Coca-Cola. If you really can&#8217;t live without Coke, there you go.</p></li></ul><p>And if you ever find yourself north of Paris, order a <em>Picon bi&#232;re</em> (beer with a bittersweet orange ap&#233;ritif called Picon) and you&#8217;ll sound more local than the locals.</p><div><hr></div><h3>A few more phrases that will save you</h3><p>In France, the bill does not arrive automatically. You must ask. Every time. Without exception. </p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; L&#8217;addition, s&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t. &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;8e087bdf-bc1e-4001-83f1-072f6bf04963&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1.724082,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p>When you have absolutely no idea what you want to drink:</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; Qu&#8217;est-ce que vous me conseillez ? &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;6e306607-0f16-4e42-af7e-792e584c0700&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1.776327,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><p>&#8220;What do you recommend?&#8221; &#8212; Barmen love this. It works in any situation and immediately disarms any awkwardness.</p><p>Some small bars are still cash only, especially in remote places. Ask before you order, not after. </p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#171; Je peux payer par carte ? &#187;</em></p><div class="native-audio-embed" data-component-name="AudioPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;label&quot;:null,&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;f8141e15-9e5a-461a-9d0b-075c46b7a256&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:1.619592,&quot;downloadable&quot;:false,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5ath!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ca3f226-b051-4f18-b72b-b42ac67b367e_4284x5712.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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I can&#8217;t help it, it just happens automatically.</p><div><hr></div><h3>One last thing</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">You don&#8217;t tip 20%. Service is included in France. Round up the bill, leave a euro or two on the counter if the service was genuinely good, and don&#8217;t make a production of it. The barman is a professional. Treat him like one.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Say <em>bonjour</em> when you walk in. Say <em>au revoir</em> when you leave. Say <em>s&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t</em> and <em>merci</em> in between. These four things &#8212; not your accent, not your vocabulary &#8212; are what determine whether you&#8217;ll be welcomed back.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">That&#8217;s the secret. It&#8217;s not about language. It&#8217;s about understanding the rhythm of the place, and showing a little respect for it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">And now I&#8217;m curious: what&#8217;s your own experience with French bars, caf&#233;s, or awkward drink orders? Have you ever confidently asked for something and immediately regretted it? Or discovered a drink you now order every time you&#8217;re in France? Tell me in the comments! </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/please-not-une-biere/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/please-not-une-biere/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p><em>&#192; votre sant&#233;.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ImEU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6adde403-c1a6-46ea-a3ac-c80b533ad8aa_625x625.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/198339175/e28e6fd0c35590a32b8b64e7585156e1.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">You watch videos. You listen to podcasts. And you forget 70% of it within 24 hours. In this new episode, I share 5 concrete techniques to change that, starting today. Full transcript below, including the access to the premium subscriber chat where I'll be sharing the workshop link on May 27th.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Join a community of 2,000 serious French learners &#8212; become a premium member today.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>English version available below</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bonjour et bienvenue !</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Si tu lis la newsletter, tu as re&#231;u un article au d&#233;but du mois. On parlait de quelque chose d&#8217;un peu inconfortable : tu regardes des vid&#233;os, tu &#233;coutes des podcasts, peut-&#234;tre tu as m&#234;me un professeur, et tu as quand m&#234;me l&#8217;impression de ne pas avancer. De faire les m&#234;mes erreurs, encore et encore.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Beaucoup d&#8217;entre vous m&#8217;ont &#233;crit pour dire : <em>&#8220;Oui, c&#8217;est exactement &#231;a. Mais alors, qu&#8217;est-ce que je fais ?&#8221;</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Cet &#233;pisode, c&#8217;est ma r&#233;ponse.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pas de la th&#233;orie abstraite. Cinq techniques concr&#232;tes que les vrais bilingues utilisent, souvent sans m&#234;me le savoir.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Pourquoi le cerveau oublie ?</strong></h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Avant les techniques, trente secondes de science, tout de m&#234;me.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">En 1885, un psychologue allemand qui s&#8217;appelait Hermann Ebbinghaus a fait une d&#233;couverte importante. Il a d&#233;couvert ce qu&#8217;on appelle la &#8220;courbe de l&#8217;oubli&#8221;. L&#8217;id&#233;e est simple : apr&#232;s avoir appris quelque chose de nouveau, tu oublies tr&#232;s vite. Apr&#232;s 20 minutes, tu as d&#233;j&#224; oubli&#233; 40%. Apr&#232;s une heure, presque 60%. Et apr&#232;s 24 heures &#8212; une journ&#233;e &#8212; tu as oubli&#233; environ 70% de ce que tu as appris.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Soixante-dix pour cent. C&#8217;est &#233;norme.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Donc quand tu &#233;coutes un podcast en fran&#231;ais, tu regardes une vid&#233;o, tu lis un article et que tu ne fais rien avec, ton cerveau efface presque tout. Ce n&#8217;est pas un probl&#232;me d&#8217;intelligence. C&#8217;est de la biologie.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mais si tu appliques ce que je vais te dire maintenant, ton cerveau retient beaucoup plus. Pas parce que tu es plus intelligent. Parce que tu utilises la bonne m&#233;thode.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Voici les cinq techniques.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Premi&#232;re technique : Le Stop and Repeat</strong></h3><p>Arr&#234;te et r&#233;p&#232;te.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tu &#233;coutes quelque chose en fran&#231;ais. Tu entends une phrase int&#233;ressante. Tu mets pause. Et tu r&#233;p&#232;tes cette phrase &#224; voix haute &#8212; pas dans ta t&#234;te, &#224; voix haute &#8212; en imitant exactement la prononciation, le rythme, la vitesse.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pourquoi &#231;a marche ? Parce que tu &#233;coutes, tu parles, et tu t&#8217;entends en m&#234;me temps. Ton cerveau cr&#233;e plusieurs chemins vers la m&#234;me information. Et plus il y a de chemins, plus c&#8217;est difficile d&#8217;oublier.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tu peux utiliser n&#8217;importe quelle ressource : une vid&#233;o YouTube, une s&#233;rie, un podcast. L&#8217;id&#233;al, c&#8217;est d&#8217;avoir une transcription ou des sous-titres pour v&#233;rifier ce que tu as entendu.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Deuxi&#232;me technique : Le shadowing </h3><p>La technique de l&#8217;ombre.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Au lieu de mettre pause, tu parles en m&#234;me temps que le locuteur. En temps r&#233;el. Comme une ombre.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Je sais ce que tu penses : &#8220;Je ne suis pas assez rapide.&#8221; C&#8217;est normal. Tu vas rater des mots. Mais ce n&#8217;est pas grave. Avec le shadowing, le processus est plus important que la perfection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Prends un extrait court, trente secondes suffisent. &#201;coute une premi&#232;re fois. &#201;coute une deuxi&#232;me fois avec la transcription, si possible. Et la troisi&#232;me fois, parle en m&#234;me temps que la voix ou l&#233;g&#232;rement d&#233;cal&#233;.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Encore une fois : n&#8217;importe quelle ressource fonctionne. Mais une transcription ou des sous-titres, c&#8217;est vraiment l&#8217;id&#233;al afin de ne pas deviner, pour &#234;tre plus pr&#233;cis.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Je te recommande d&#8217;utiliser les sc&#232;nes que j&#8217;ai publi&#233;es cette semaine, du film Les Poup&#233;es Russes. </em></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;bf96e72d-0986-4034-949e-4f09a73a2a7a&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This week, I watched the film Les Poup&#233;es Russes again, the sequel to L&#8217;Auberge Espagnole, directed by C&#233;dric Klapisch. While I really love the first installment, I think I prefer this one. And above all, it&#8217;s a goldmine for French learners. If you could only choose one film to analyze, choose this one. 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Tu &#233;coutes un &#233;pisode, tu regardes une vid&#233;o, tu lis un article. Et juste apr&#232;s tu fermes tout. Et tu essaies de te souvenir : qu&#8217;est-ce que j&#8217;ai appris ? Qu&#8217;est-ce que je retiens ? Quels mots, quelles expressions, quelles id&#233;es ?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tu peux faire &#231;a &#224; l&#8217;oral en parlant tout seul, tu r&#233;sumes ce que tu as compris. Ou &#224; l&#8217;&#233;crit en prenant un carnet et tu notes tout ce qui te reste en t&#234;te.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pourquoi c&#8217;est si efficace ? Parce que l&#8217;acte de chercher dans ta m&#233;moire, m&#234;me si tu ne trouves pas tout, renforce les connexions dans ton cerveau. En anglais, les chercheurs appellent &#231;a le &#8220;testing effect&#8221;. L&#8217;effet de test. Ton cerveau retient beaucoup mieux ce qu&#8217;il a d&#251; chercher activement que ce qu&#8217;il a juste re&#231;u passivement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Essaie maintenant. Dans cinq minutes, quand cet &#233;pisode sera termin&#233;, pose ton t&#233;l&#233;phone ou ferme ton ordinateur et dis &#224; voix haute : qu&#8217;est-ce que j&#8217;ai retenu ? Juste deux ou trois choses. C&#8217;est suffisant.</p><div><hr></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Quatri&#232;me technique : la phrase personnelle.</h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Tu apprends un nouveau mot. Tr&#232;s bien. Mais apprendre un mot isol&#233;, &#231;a ne sert pas &#224; grand chose. Ton cerveau a besoin de contexte pour retenir.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Alors voici ce que tu fais : quand tu trouves un nouveau mot ou une nouvelle expression, tu cr&#233;es imm&#233;diatement une phrase personnelle avec ce mot. Une phrase qui parle de ta vie. De quelque chose que tu connais.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Plus la phrase est personnelle, plus elle est &#233;motionnelle, plus elle est m&#233;morable.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Et si tu veux aller encore plus loin : &#233;cris ces phrases dans un carnet et relis-le une fois par semaine. C&#8217;est dix fois plus efficace qu&#8217;une liste de vocabulaire classique.</p><div><hr></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Cinqui&#232;me technique : l&#8217;output imm&#233;diat. </h3><p style="text-align: justify;">Et &#231;a rejoint un peu les 2 techniques pr&#233;c&#233;dentes, en fait. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Output&#8221; en fran&#231;ais, c&#8217;est la production. Ce que tu produis.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Voici le probl&#232;me de beaucoup d&#8217;apprenants : ils consomment beaucoup, mais ils produisent tr&#232;s peu. Ils comprennent mais ils ne parlent pas. Ils lisent mais ils n&#8217;&#233;crivent pas. Et cette asym&#233;trie cr&#233;e un probl&#232;me : ton cerveau sait reconna&#238;tre les mots, mais il ne sait pas les produire spontan&#233;ment.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">La solution : apr&#232;s chaque session d&#8217;apprentissage, produis quelque chose. Imm&#233;diatement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tu viens d&#8217;&#233;couter un podcast ? Envoie un message vocal &#224; quelqu&#8217;un &#8212; ou enregistre-toi &#8212; en r&#233;sumant ce que tu as entendu. En fran&#231;ais. Deux minutes. Pas besoin d&#8217;&#234;tre parfait.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tu viens de lire un article ? &#201;cris trois phrases en commentaire pour partager ce que tu as appris. En fran&#231;ais, bien s&#251;r.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Tu viens de regarder une sc&#232;ne de film ? Joue le r&#244;le d&#8217;un personnage. R&#233;p&#232;te ses r&#233;pliques. Improvise.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">L&#8217;output imm&#233;diat, c&#8217;est le pont entre comprendre et parler vraiment. Et c&#8217;est l&#224; que la plupart des apprenants n&#8217;osent pas aller, parce qu&#8217;ils ont peur de faire des erreurs. Mais les erreurs &#224; ce stade sont exactement ce dont ton cerveau a besoin pour progresser.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Voil&#224; les cinq techniques. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Mercredi prochain, on va pratiquer tout &#231;a ensemble dans l&#8217;atelier du mois de mai.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Pas de la th&#233;orie suppl&#233;mentaire, on va faire les exercices en direct. Je vais te montrer comment appliquer ces techniques sur un vrai contenu. On va travailler ensemble, en temps r&#233;el. 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Et dis-moi dans le chat ou en commentaire comment &#231;a se passe.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-43-le-secret-des-bilingues/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-43-le-secret-des-bilingues/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Merci d&#8217;avoir &#233;cout&#233; jusqu&#8217;au bout et &#224; mercredi pour l&#8217;atelier !</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png" width="202" height="202" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:500,&quot;width&quot;:500,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:202,&quot;bytes&quot;:485753,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/i/198339175?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bQYS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3fb41b1c-34dc-4379-8c9d-fb49566aee0f_500x500.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h3>Vocabulaire du podcast </h3><p><strong>Les mots cl&#233;s du podcast</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>stagner</strong> &#8212; to plateau, to make no progress </p></li><li><p><strong>retenir</strong> &#8212; to retain, to remember </p></li><li><p><strong>la courbe de l&#8217;oubli</strong> &#8212; the forgetting curve </p></li><li><p><strong>renforcer</strong> &#8212; to strengthen l&#8217;encodage &#8212; encoding m&#233;moriser &#8212; to memorize</p></li><li><p><strong>un chemin</strong> &#8212; a path, a route</p></li><li><p><strong>mettre sur pause</strong> &#8212; to pause</p></li><li><p><strong>un locuteur natif</strong> &#8212; a native speaker</p></li><li><p><strong>d&#233;cal&#233;</strong> &#8212; slightly offset, delayed </p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><strong>Expressions utiles du podcast</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>avoir l&#8217;impression de</strong> &#8212; to feel like, to have the impression that </p></li><li><p><strong>&#231;a ne sert pas &#224; grand chose</strong> &#8212; it&#8217;s not very useful</p></li><li><p><strong>aller encore plus loin</strong> &#8212; to go even further </p></li><li><p><strong>&#224; ton rythme</strong> &#8212; at your own pace </p></li><li><p><strong>d&#232;s le lendemain</strong> &#8212; from the very next day </p></li><li><p><strong>en temps r&#233;el</strong> &#8212; in real time </p></li><li><p><strong>pas besoin d&#8217;&#234;tre parfait</strong> &#8212; no need to be perfect</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>English translation </p><p>Hello and welcome!</p><p>If you follow the newsletter, you received an article at the beginning of the month. We talked about something a little uncomfortable: you watch videos, you listen to podcasts, maybe you even have a tutor &#8212; and you still feel like you&#8217;re going nowhere. Like you&#8217;re making the same mistakes, over and over again.</p><p>A lot of you wrote to me to say: &#8220;Yes, that&#8217;s exactly it. But what do I do about it?&#8221;</p><p>This episode is my answer.</p><p>No abstract theory. Five concrete techniques that truly bilingual people use &#8212; often without even realising it.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Why does the brain forget?</strong></p><p>Before the techniques, thirty seconds of science.</p><p>In 1885, a German psychologist named Hermann Ebbinghaus made an important discovery. He discovered what we call the &#8220;forgetting curve&#8221;. The idea is simple: after learning something new, you forget very quickly. After 20 minutes, you&#8217;ve already forgotten 40%. After one hour, almost 60%. And after 24 hours &#8212; one day &#8212; you&#8217;ve forgotten around 70% of what you learned.</p><p>Seventy percent. That&#8217;s huge.</p><p>So when you listen to a French podcast, watch a video, read an article &#8212; and do nothing with it &#8212; your brain erases almost everything. This isn&#8217;t a problem of intelligence. It&#8217;s biology.</p><p>But if you apply what I&#8217;m about to share with you, your brain retains much more. Not because you&#8217;re smarter. Because you&#8217;re using the right method.</p><p>Here are the five techniques.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Technique 1 &#8212; Stop and Repeat</strong></p><p>Stop and repeat.</p><p>You&#8217;re listening to something in French. You hear an interesting phrase. You hit pause. And you repeat that phrase out loud &#8212; not in your head, out loud &#8212; imitating exactly the pronunciation, the rhythm, the speed.</p><p>Why does it work? Because you&#8217;re listening, speaking, and hearing yourself at the same time. Your brain creates multiple pathways to the same piece of information. And the more pathways there are, the harder it is to forget.</p><p>You can use any resource: a YouTube video, a series, this podcast. Ideally, you want a transcript or subtitles so you can check what you heard.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Technique 2 &#8212; Shadowing</strong></p><p>The shadow technique.</p><p>Instead of hitting pause, you speak at the same time as the speaker. In real time. Like a shadow.</p><p>I know what you&#8217;re thinking: &#8220;I&#8217;m not fast enough.&#8221; That&#8217;s normal. You&#8217;ll miss words. That&#8217;s okay. With shadowing, the process matters more than perfection.</p><p>Take a short clip &#8212; thirty seconds is enough. Listen once. Listen a second time with the transcript. And the third time, speak along with the voice, or just slightly behind it.</p><p>Again: any resource works. But a transcript or subtitles are really ideal &#8212; so you&#8217;re not guessing, so you can be precise.</p><p>I&#8217;d recommend using the scenes I published this week from the film Les Poup&#233;es Russes.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Technique 3 &#8212; Forced Recall</strong></p><p>This is perhaps the simplest and most underrated technique.</p><p>Here&#8217;s how it works. You listen to an episode, watch a video, read an article. And immediately after &#8212; you close everything. And you try to remember: what did I learn? What do I remember? Which words, which expressions, which ideas?</p><p>You can do this out loud &#8212; talk to yourself, summarise what you understood. Or in writing &#8212; grab a notebook and jot down everything that&#8217;s still in your head.</p><p>Why is it so effective? Because the act of searching your memory &#8212; even if you don&#8217;t find everything &#8212; strengthens the connections in your brain. Researchers call this the &#8220;testing effect&#8221;. Your brain retains things much better when it has had to actively search for them than when it simply received them passively.</p><p>Try it now. In five minutes, when this episode is over, put down your phone or close your laptop and say out loud: what did I remember? Just two or three things. That&#8217;s enough.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Technique 4 &#8212; The Personal Sentence</strong></p><p>You learn a new word. Great. But learning a word in isolation isn&#8217;t very useful. Your brain needs context to retain things.</p><p>So here&#8217;s what you do: when you come across a new word or expression, you immediately create a personal sentence using that word. A sentence about your life. About something you know.</p><p>The more personal the sentence, the more emotional it is, the more memorable it becomes.</p><p>And if you want to go even further: write these sentences in a notebook and read it back once a week. It&#8217;s ten times more effective than a classic vocabulary list.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Technique 5 &#8212; Immediate Output</strong></p><p>This connects to the two previous techniques.</p><p>&#8220;Output&#8221; means production. What you produce.</p><p>Here&#8217;s the problem for many learners: they consume a lot, but they produce very little. They understand but they don&#8217;t speak. They read but they don&#8217;t write. And this imbalance creates a problem: your brain knows how to recognise words, but it doesn&#8217;t know how to produce them spontaneously.</p><p>The solution: after every learning session, produce something. Immediately.</p><p>You just listened to a podcast? Send a voice message to someone &#8212; or record yourself &#8212; summarising what you heard. In French. Two minutes. No need to be perfect.</p><p>You just read an article? Write three sentences in the comments to share what you learned. In French, of course.</p><p>You just watched a film scene? Play the role of a character. Repeat their lines. Improvise.</p><p>Immediate output is the bridge between understanding and actually speaking. And this is exactly where most learners don&#8217;t dare to go &#8212; because they&#8217;re afraid of making mistakes. But mistakes at this stage are exactly what your brain needs to progress.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Wrapping up</strong></p><p>There are your five techniques.</p><p>Next Wednesday, we&#8217;re going to practise all of this together in this month&#8217;s workshop.</p><p>No more theory &#8212; we&#8217;re going to do the exercises live. I&#8217;ll show you how to apply these techniques to real content. We&#8217;ll work together, in real time. And you&#8217;ll leave with a clear, concrete method you can start using the very next day.</p><p>The workshop is exclusively for premium subscribers. The link to sign up is in the premium subscriber chat &#8212; you can access it now from your subscriber page or by clicking here:</p><p>If you&#8217;re listening to this podcast and you&#8217;re not yet a premium subscriber, here&#8217;s exactly what you get every month: a new podcast every week, film scene analyses, live practical workshops, and access to the community. A complete environment to make serious progress in French, at your own pace.</p><div><hr></div><p>To finish: the good news is that you don&#8217;t need more time. You don&#8217;t need more content. You need to consume differently.</p><p>Twenty minutes a day with these techniques is worth more than two hours of passive consumption. Really.</p><p>So this week, try it. Just one technique. And tell me in the chat or in the comments how it goes.</p><p>Thank you for listening all the way to the end. See you Wednesday for the workshop!</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spoken French • Les Poupées Russes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The French film every language learner needs to watch]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/spoken-french-in-films-les-poupees</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/spoken-french-in-films-les-poupees</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 19:01:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/Mv3Ip6NIM-A" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">This week, I watched the film <em>Les Poup&#233;es Russes</em> again, the sequel to <em>L&#8217;Auberge Espagnole</em>, directed by <a href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-40-cedric-klapisch-le-cinema">C&#233;dric Klapisch</a>. While I really love the first installment, I think I prefer this one. And above all, it&#8217;s a goldmine for French learners. If you could only choose one film to analyze, choose this one. Your French will thank you!</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Join a community of 2,000 serious French learners &#8212; become a premium member today.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p style="text-align: justify;">All the scenes are great, but I chose this one, one of my favorites. Xavier wants to introduce his girlfriend to his grandfather, but he doesn&#8217;t have one. He decides to ask his roommate. But she isn&#8217;t really the perfect choice and has to play a role. The result is very funny and also touching. There are 4 short scenes in total, to work on 4 different things.</p><ul><li><p style="text-align: justify;">Watch it a first time without subtitles. Try to understand what is happening. </p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">If you have time, you can watch it again without subtitles and try to take notes. This step is important if you want to improve your listening comprehension. </p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">Then compare by watching it again, this time with subtitles. </p></li><li><p style="text-align: justify;">After studying the subtitles, it&#8217;s time for Shadowing, where you can repeat what is being said to work on your pronunciation and fluency. </p></li></ul><div><hr></div><ol><li><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>L&#8217;embrouille</strong></p></li></ol><p style="text-align: justify;">In this first scene, Xavier witnesses a couple&#8217;s argument while he was hoping to ask his girlfriend to put him up. It&#8217;s perfect for analyzing a typical French argument and learning some really useful slang words.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>If you can&#8217;t turn on subtitles, click &#8220;Watch on YouTube&#8221;.</em></p><div id="youtube2-AFKEbc1E75Y" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;AFKEbc1E75Y&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AFKEbc1E75Y?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Analyse : </p><ul><li><p><strong>Tu mates toutes les meufs qui tra&#238;nent</strong> &#8594; &#8220;You eye up every girl hanging around.&#8221; <em>Mater</em> = to stare/ogle, <em>meuf</em> = girl/woman (verlan slang, reversed from <em>femme</em>). Very common in everyday French slang.</p></li><li><p><strong>Tu me zappes</strong> &#8594; Literally &#8220;you zap me&#8221; (like changing TV channels) &#8212; meaning <em>you ignore me / you blank me</em>. Borrowed from the TV remote concept, used to say someone is being dismissed or overlooked.</p></li><li><p><strong>Je suis emmerd&#233;</strong> &#8594; &#8220;I&#8217;m in a tricky situation / I&#8217;ve got a problem.&#8221; From <em>merde</em>, slightly vulgar but extremely common. Softer than the next expression.</p></li><li><p><strong>Je suis un peu dans la merde</strong> &#8594; &#8220;I&#8217;m a bit in deep trouble / in a mess.&#8221; More emphatic than the previous one. Both are very frequently used in casual French.</p></li><li><p><strong>Thomas s&#8217;est fait larguer</strong> &#8594; &#8220;Thomas got dumped.&#8221; <em>Se faire larguer</em> = to be broken up with. Very common and natural way to talk about a breakup.</p></li><li><p><strong>Il d&#233;barque demain</strong> &#8594; &#8220;He&#8217;s showing up / arriving tomorrow.&#8221; <em>D&#233;barquer</em> literally means &#8220;to disembark,&#8221; but colloquially it means someone is <em>turning up</em>, often unexpectedly.</p></li><li><p><strong>Tu fais chier</strong> &#8594; &#8220;You&#8217;re a pain in the ass / you&#8217;re really annoying me.&#8221; Vulgar but extremely common in spoken French. A stronger version of <em>tu m&#8217;ennuies</em>.</p></li><li><p><strong>Prendre la t&#234;te</strong> &#8594; &#8220;To drive someone crazy / to be a headache.&#8221; <em>Tu me prends la t&#234;te</em> = you&#8217;re doing my head in. One of the most useful and frequently heard expressions in everyday French.</p></li><li><p><strong>Mon pote</strong> &#8594; &#8220;My mate / my buddy / my pal.&#8221; A very common and friendly term for a close friend, used across all age groups in informal French.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><ol start="2"><li><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>La demande indirecte</strong> </p></li></ol><p style="text-align: justify;">In the next scene, Xavier wants to introduce his non-existent girlfriend to his grandfather. He decides to ask his new roommate for help. Pay close attention to the way he goes about making his request, with the use of the conditional tense.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>If you can&#8217;t turn on subtitles, click &#8220;Watch on YouTube&#8221;.</em></p><div id="youtube2-5p2m63Nk_7A" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;5p2m63Nk_7A&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5p2m63Nk_7A?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Analyse </p><ul><li><p><strong>Tes fringues</strong> &#8594; &#8220;Your clothes.&#8221; <em>Fringues</em> is a very common slang word for clothes, used constantly in everyday informal French. The standard word would be <em>v&#234;tements</em>, but you&#8217;ll hear <em>fringues</em> far more often in casual conversation.</p></li><li><p><strong>Laisse tomber</strong> &#8594; Literally &#8220;let it fall&#8221; &#8212; meaning <em>forget it / drop it / never mind.</em> One of the most useful and frequently used expressions in French. It can be said dismissively in an argument or more gently when giving up on an idea.</p></li><li><p><strong>Une gal&#232;re</strong> &#8594; &#8220;A nightmare / a hassle / a real struggle.&#8221; Originally a <em>gal&#232;re</em> was a galley ship, rowed by slaves or prisoners &#8212; so the idea is something exhausting and painful. In modern slang it describes any situation that is complicated, frustrating or difficult. You&#8217;ll also hear the verb form <em>gal&#233;rer</em> &#8212; <em>je gal&#232;re</em> = &#8220;I&#8217;m struggling / it&#8217;s a real pain.&#8221;</p></li><li><p><strong>t&#8217;as, t&#8217;aurais pas</strong> &#8594; In spoken French, <strong>&#8220;tu&#8221;</strong> almost always becomes <strong>&#8220;t&#8217;&#8221;</strong> and the <strong>&#8220;ne&#8221;</strong> in negatives is almost always dropped, so <em>&#8220;tu n&#8217;aurais pas&#8221;</em> naturally becomes <em>&#8220;t&#8217;aurais pas.&#8221;</em></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>Le jeu</strong> </p></li></ol><p>In the following scene, Isabelle has finally put on the dress to pass herself off as Xavier&#8217;s girlfriend. They have fun playing the role of a couple. Notice the shift in register, from formal (in front of the neighbors) to informal (between themselves).</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast #42 : Lire en français : par où commencer ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A step-by-step reading guide for every level]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-42-lire-en-francais-par-ou-commencer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-42-lire-en-francais-par-ou-commencer</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 14:10:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197425277/9bdf71e25d0291635432494d4bde5c77.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">This week, a question I get asked all the time by my students : what should I read when I&#8217;m learning French ? It sounds simple but there&#8217;s actually a lot to say about it, so this is a longer episode than usual. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Which means we&#8217;re going to focus on listening and on picking up interesting expressions and phrases along the way and as usual, you&#8217;ll find a list of all of them in the transcript below. Bonne &#233;coute !</p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg" width="960" height="734" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:734,&quot;width&quot;:960,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:253131,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/i/197425277?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-lxX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f3efdbf-1994-4a7d-93ce-396be22bd8ad_960x734.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p>Claude Monet, La Liseuse - Printemps, 1872</p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>English translation available at the end of the article</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Qu&#8217;est-ce qu&#8217;on lit quand on apprend le fran&#231;ais ? C&#8217;est une question que mes &#233;l&#232;ves me posent tout le temps. Et <strong>franchement</strong> ? &#199;a me rend heureux. &#199;a veut dire qu&#8217;il reste de l&#8217;espoir. Je pr&#233;f&#232;re largement &#231;a &#224; &#8220;quel influenceur je dois suivre pour apprendre le fran&#231;ais ?&#8221; <strong>Et je m&#8217;inclus dans le lot</strong>, <strong>hein</strong>. 60 000 abonn&#233;s sur TikTok et Instagram, donc je fais partie du probl&#232;me, <strong>je vais pas faire semblant.</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Parce que sur les r&#233;seaux, faut rester <strong>au ras des p&#226;querettes</strong>. D&#232;s que &#231;a devient un peu trop int&#233;ressant, un peu trop profond, les gens scrollent. Donc si on veut que l&#8217;algorithme nous aime, on est oblig&#233; de <strong>niveler par le bas</strong>. Je pense parfois &#224; fermer tout &#231;a, <strong>d&#8217;ailleurs</strong>. Mais bon, ce n&#8217;est pas le sujet aujourd&#8217;hui, <strong>revenons &#224; nos moutons</strong>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Qu&#8217;est-ce qu&#8217;on lit ?</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Si vous &#234;tes grand d&#233;butant</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Si vous d&#233;butez vraiment, restez sur les supports de votre manuel ou de votre cours. C&#8217;est fait pour &#231;a, et c&#8217;est bien fait. Mais si vous voulez absolument ouvrir un livre, commencez par des livres pour enfants. Et <strong>je dis &#231;a s&#233;rieusement, pas pour vous vexer.</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Apprendre une langue, c&#8217;est comme redevenir un b&#233;b&#233;. On r&#233;apprend &#224; faire des nouveaux sons, &#224; articuler, &#224; lier les mots entre eux. Un livre pour enfant, <strong>c&#8217;est calibr&#233; exactement pour &#231;a</strong>. Des phrases courtes, de la r&#233;p&#233;tition et des images qui vous aident &#224; deviner le sens sans ouvrir le dictionnaire toutes les trente secondes.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Et petit bonus : si vous avez un jeune enfant dans votre entourage, un neveu, une ni&#232;ce ou des petits-enfants, c&#8217;est une excellente occasion de leur offrir des livres en fran&#231;ais. Vous leur lisez &#224; voix haute, ils vous jugeront pas, et il vous remercieront plus tard quand ils sauront parler. <strong>Tout le monde y gagne.</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Quelques titres concrets mais il y en a des miliers hein : <em>Le Loup qui voulait changer de couleur</em> d&#8217;Orianne Lallemand, c&#8217;est une s&#233;rie enti&#232;re, tr&#232;s bien faite. La s&#233;rie <em>Martine</em>, &#231;a existe depuis les ann&#233;es 50, il y a des dizaines de titres, et le fran&#231;ais est doux et tr&#232;s accessible. <em>T&#8217;choupi </em>pour les tout-petits. Et un peu plus tard, <em>Le Petit Prince</em>, mais attention, gardez-le pour quand vous avez un peu plus de niveau, parce que c&#8217;est plus po&#233;tique que &#231;a en a l&#8217;air. Et r&#233;cemment, quelqu&#8217;un a offert des livres Ana Ana &#224; ma fille, j&#8217;aime beaucoup et le fran&#231;ais est tr&#232;s int&#233;ressant.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Un conseil pratique aussi : lisez &#224; voix haute m&#234;me &#224; ce stade. Surtout &#224; ce stade, en fait. Votre bouche doit s&#8217;habituer aux sons, &#224; l&#8217;encha&#238;nement des mots. <strong>C&#8217;est pas du tout ridicule de</strong> lire <em>Boucle d&#8217;Or</em> en articulant bien dans votre salon. C&#8217;est m&#234;me exactement ce qu&#8217;il faut faire.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qycd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1bf722c-8ebc-4f55-91cd-3534257d6a30.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qycd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1bf722c-8ebc-4f55-91cd-3534257d6a30.heic 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qycd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1bf722c-8ebc-4f55-91cd-3534257d6a30.heic 848w, 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Please, don't start with novels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are five plays I recommend, roughly in order of difficulty.]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/please-dont-start-with-novels</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/please-dont-start-with-novels</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 19:33:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3f32e6a4-0476-4b48-a474-d8808f3f223a_860x600.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">It pains me to say this but I tell my intermediate students the same thing almost every time: <strong>don&#8217;t start with novels.</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">French literature is magnificent. But so much of it is also dense, literary, and full of the <em>pass&#233; simple</em>, a tense you&#8217;d rarely hear spoken aloud and that can trip up even advanced learners. Reading Flaubert or Zola before you&#8217;re ready doesn&#8217;t make you cultured. It makes you miserable. And demotivated. And, frankly, it makes you quit.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">So here&#8217;s what I recommend instead: <strong>theatre.</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Plays are almost entirely dialogue. The sentences are short, punchy, and built to be spoken out loud. The language feels alive because it <em>is</em> alive since it was written to be heard, not studied. You can read a character&#8217;s line and imagine yourself saying it. You can steal phrases directly and use them in real conversations.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sEpj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb78250d9-6011-4886-9ea7-c2ca5bc4a1a6_960x1269.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sEpj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb78250d9-6011-4886-9ea7-c2ca5bc4a1a6_960x1269.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sEpj!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb78250d9-6011-4886-9ea7-c2ca5bc4a1a6_960x1269.jpeg 848w, 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Make sure you&#8217;re subscribed.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Join a community of 2,000 serious French learners &#8212; become a premium member today.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;">Still determined to read a novel? No judgement, I get it. In that case, I&#8217;ve put together a separate list of <strong><a href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/5-french-classics-books-you-can-actually">5 French Classic Books You Can Actually Understand</a></strong>, chosen specifically for their accessible style and modern language. </p></div><div><hr></div><p><strong>1. Knock, ou le Triomphe de la m&#233;decine &#8212; Jules Romains</strong></p><p>Written in 1923, it&#8217;s the story of a dodgy doctor who arrives in a small village and convinces every healthy resident that they&#8217;re secretly ill. It sounds absurd but it&#8217;s also sharp, funny, and oddly timeless.</p><p>What makes it great for learning is that the dialogue is simple, rhythmic, and full of repetition. The kind of repetition that actually helps things stick. You&#8217;ll be smiling and learning French at the same time, which is exactly how it should feel.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>2. Rhinoc&#233;ros &#8212; Eug&#232;ne Ionesco</strong></p><p>People are turning into rhinoceroses. One by one. And the town just sort of... accepts it.</p><p>I have a confession to make about this one. My French teachers at school always told us to read Ionesco. I didn&#8217;t. I was that student, the one who did the opposite of whatever was recommended, on principle. A few decades later, I finally picked it up and thought: okay, they were right. I was wrong. <em>Mais mieux vaut tard que jamais, non ?</em></p><p>Behind the absurd comedy there&#8217;s something darker, a reflection on conformism and how societies go along with the unthinkable. But honestly, you don&#8217;t need to think about any of that to enjoy it. The language is repetitive, circular, almost playful, and much more accessible than you&#8217;d expect from something so famous.</p><p>If you want more Ionesco after this, <em>La Cantatrice chauve</em> and <em>La Le&#231;on</em> are the obvious next steps.</p><div><hr></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;">If you enjoy learning French through stories, films, music and the hidden meaning behind words, you&#8217;ll probably enjoy the premium version of this newsletter.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Become a premium member to get full access to the application (<a href="http://frenchwithtimo.com">frenchwithtimo.com</a>) and blog (<a href="http://learnfrenchwithtimo.com">learnfrenchwithtimo.com</a>), complete podcasts with transcripts, vocabulary notes, interactive exercises, cultural deep dives, the private subscribers&#8217; chat, and a seat at L&#8217;Atelier,  my monthly live conversational workshop.</p><p style="text-align: center;">You&#8217;ll also receive <em>The Honest French Guide</em>: practical, honest advice to help you navigate the French language and culture naturally.</p><p style="text-align: center;">All for the price of a coffee each month.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p></div><div><hr></div><p><strong>3. Art &#8212; Yasmina Reza</strong></p><p>Three friends. One very expensive all-white painting. One very bad reaction. What starts as a disagreement about art slowly turns into a crisis about the friendship itself. Fifteen years of things left unsaid all coming out at once.</p><p>Yasmina Reza is one of the biggest names in contemporary French theatre, and Art is her most famous work, translated into over thirty languages. The French is clean, modern, and easy to follow. Honestly, it&#8217;s one of those plays where you forget you&#8217;re studying and just want to know what happens next.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>4. Cuisine et d&#233;pendances &#8212; Agn&#232;s Jaoui &amp; Jean-Pierre Bacri</strong></p><p>A dinner party. Old friends who haven&#8217;t seen each other in a while. Awkward silences, half-finished sentences, and all the things people say when they mean something completely different.</p><p>You already know Bacri from my <a href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/spoken-french-le-sens-de-la-fete">spoken French video</a> published a few weeks ago, the one on <em>Le Sens de la f&#234;te</em>. Well, before he was a filmmaker, he was a playwright. And this is where it all started. He and Agn&#232;s Jaoui wrote dialogue the way people actually talk: interrupting each other, trailing off, saying exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong moment. </p><p>This one is particularly useful if your goal is to actually speak French, not just read it. The register is everyday, the situations are familiar, and you&#8217;ll walk away with phrases you can use immediately. </p><div><hr></div><p><strong>5. Huis clos &#8212; Jean-Paul Sartre</strong></p><p>Three strangers are locked in a room together. In hell. And there&#8217;s no way out. That&#8217;s the whole setup, and Sartre does extraordinary things with it.</p><p><em>&#8220;L&#8217;enfer, c&#8217;est les autres.&#8221;</em> Hell is other people. You&#8217;ve probably heard the line. This is where it comes from. I&#8217;ll be honest, this is my personal favourite on this list. There&#8217;s something about the claustrophobia, the tension, the way the characters slowly reveal themselves, that I find completely gripping every time I read it. Sartre&#8217;s writing here is surprisingly clear and direct, much more so than his philosophical essays. </p><p>If it hooks you, <em>Les Mouches</em> and <em>Les Mains sales</em> are the natural next reads. </p><div><hr></div><div data-component-name="FragmentNodeToDOM"><p>Most of these are accessible from B1 upwards, and <em>Knock</em> can work even at A2 with a bit of patience. Don&#8217;t worry about understanding every word. Read for the story first, then go back for the language. Reading aloud, even to yourself, is never a waste of time with theatre. </p><p>And if you find yourself reaching for your phone every two minutes to look something up, consider getting a bilingual edition. They exist for most of these plays, and there&#8217;s absolutely no shame in having the translation right there on the facing page. It keeps you in the flow of the story, which is the whole point.</p></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>&#128172; Have you read any of these? Do you have a favourite French play that helped you make progress? Tell us in the comments!</p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/please-dont-start-with-novels/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/please-dont-start-with-novels/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p></div><p>On se voit vendredi lors du prochain podcast pour approfondir ce sujet ! </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>&#192; bient&#244;t !</p><p>Timoth&#233;e</p><div 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century &#8212; discovers a modern bathroom for the very first time. The result is hilarious.</p><p>This scene perfectly illustrates what we explored in the <strong><a href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-31-les-francais-sont-ils">Podcast #31 : Les Fran&#231;ais sont-ils sales ?</a></strong> For centuries, bathing was not a natural habit in France. And if it makes us laugh today, it&#8217;s because the gap between those two eras is absolutely staggering.</p><div><hr></div><p>If you can&#8217;t turn on the subtitles, click <strong>&#8220;Watch on YouTube.&#8221;</strong></p><div id="youtube2-P2AadKQ6BfU" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;P2AadKQ6BfU&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/P2AadKQ6BfU?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h2><strong>Dialogue Analysis</strong></h2><blockquote><p><strong>Maman, j&#8217;ai peur !</strong></p></blockquote><p>&#8594; &#8220;Mom, I&#8217;m scared!&#8221; Simple expression of fear.</p><blockquote><p><strong>Jean-Pierre, maintenant ils disent que c&#8217;est toi qui leur fait peur.</strong></p></blockquote><p>&#8594; &#8220;Jean-Pierre, now they&#8217;re saying that you&#8217;re the one scaring them.&#8221; &#8220;Leur&#8221; = to them. Present tense &#8220;font&#8221; becomes &#8220;fait&#8221; (singular).</p><blockquote><p><strong>Bon, allez ! Savonnez-vous de bon c&#339;ur et insistez bien sur les pieds.</strong></p></blockquote><p>&#8594; &#8220;Okay, come on! Soap yourselves up enthusiastically and really focus on the feet.&#8221; &#8220;De bon c&#339;ur&#8221; = enthusiastically/wholeheartedly. &#8220;Insistez&#8221; = insist/focus on.</p><blockquote><p><strong>Le savon et les sels de bain sont l&#224;.</strong></p></blockquote><p>&#8594; &#8220;The soap and bath salts are there.&#8221; Straightforward instruction showing location.</p><blockquote><p><strong>Allez-y franchement ! Je vous laisse.</strong></p></blockquote><p>&#8594; &#8220;Go for it! I&#8217;ll leave you to it.&#8221; &#8220;Franchement&#8221; here means &#8220;really&#8221; or &#8220;thoroughly.&#8221; &#8220;Je vous laisse&#8221; = I&#8217;m leaving you (alone). </p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spoken French • L'auberge Espagnole]]></title><description><![CDATA[Practice spoken French with this hilarious clip from a French comedy]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/spoken-french-lauberge-espagnole</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/spoken-french-lauberge-espagnole</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 04:50:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/youtube/w_728,c_limit/4mM6oYrzRh8" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In this scene from L&#8217;Auberge Espagnole, Xavier is trying to organize his Erasmus exchange to Spain. What should be a simple administrative process quickly turns into a nightmare. Between missing documents, endless forms, passive-aggressive employees and bureaucratic confusion, Xavier slowly loses his patience.</p><div><hr></div><p>If you can&#8217;t turn on subtitles, click &#8220;Watch on YouTube&#8221;. Check below for the technique on how to use this content in an active way.</p><div id="youtube2-4mM6oYrzRh8" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;4mM6oYrzRh8&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4mM6oYrzRh8?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h3><strong>How to use this content</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Watch once without subtitles.</strong> Try to grasp the scene. Don&#8217;t worry about understanding everything. In real life, there are no subtitles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Watch again with a pen and paper.</strong> Pause, rewind, write down what you catch.</p></li><li><p><strong>Watch with subtitles.</strong> Compare with what you understood.</p></li><li><p><strong>Build your French bible.</strong> In a dedicated notebook, write down the words and expressions that resonated. Review it regularly.</p></li><li><p><strong>Shadow.</strong> Replay the scene phrase by phrase, pause, and repeat, matching the tone, rhythm, and speed exactly.</p></li></ol><p><em>The full grammar notes, and cultural explanations are available below &#8212; exclusive to premium subscribers.</em></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Analyse du dialogue</strong></h3><blockquote><p>&#171; C&#8217;est un bordel innommable. &#187;</p></blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s an indescribable mess.&#8221; </em><strong>Un bordel</strong> is one of the most common intensifiers in informal French. Literally a brothel, it&#8217;s used as a noun (<em>quel bordel !</em>) or adjective to mean chaos, mess, or disaster.</p><p><strong>Innommable</strong> means unspeakable or unnameable &#8212; literally something so bad it defies description. Together, the expression signals genuine, escalated frustration. You&#8217;ll hear <em>c&#8217;est le bordel</em> constantly in everyday French &#8212; it&#8217;s the go-to word for any situation that feels disorganized.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Il a fallu que je me renseigne &#224; ma fac sur les &#233;changes universitaires europ&#233;ens. &#187;</p></blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I had to find out at my university about European exchanges.&#8221;</em></p><p>Notice the construction <strong>il a fallu que + subjunctive</strong> (<em>je me renseigne</em>). After <em>il faut que</em> and its past form <em>il a fallu que</em>, French always requires the subjunctive. This structure expresses obligation and is extremely common in both spoken and written French. Also note <strong>se renseigner</strong> (to find out, to make inquiries) &#8212; much more natural than <em>chercher des informations</em> in a real conversation. And <strong>la fac</strong> &#8212; the informal shortening of <em>la facult&#233;</em>, used universally by French students for their university.</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Vous patientez s&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t. &#187;</p></blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Please wait.&#8221;</em></p><p>This is a beautifully French bureaucratic formula. Notice that <strong>patienter</strong> is used instead of <em>attendre</em> &#8212; a slightly more formal verb that literally means to be patient. In administrative and service contexts, <em>vous patientez</em> is the standard phrase. The intonation matters here: said as a flat statement (not a question), it signals that your request is not the priority. Any French learner who has dealt with administration, a call centre, or a bank queue will recognize it immediately.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast #41: Où vas-tu, mon amour, quand tu es seule dans ton lit ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Improve your French listening & discover the culture behind the lyrics of this famous English song from the sixties]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-41-ou-vas-tu-mon-amour</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-41-ou-vas-tu-mon-amour</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 16:55:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196481189/dfeb696044529235b36f891edad36783.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">She wore Balmain. She drank Napol&#233;on brandy. She lived on the Boulevard Saint-Michel. She never existed, and yet she conquered all of Europe. </p><p style="text-align: center;">In this episode, discover how one song became the ultimate love letter to French culture.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em>At the end of the transcription, you&#8217;ll also find a vocabulary list, key expressions, cultural references from the episode, and an interactive quiz to test your comprehension.</em></p></div><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!olvR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2db124cf-1a18-4a0d-af05-9b99d7d6b0e7_3128x2500.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><p><em>English translation available at the end of the post.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Bonjour et bienvenue ! Aujourd&#8217;hui on parle d&#8217;une chanson qui est, <strong>sans exag&#233;rer</strong>, un v&#233;ritable catalogue de la France <strong>fantasm&#233;e</strong> vue de l&#8217;autre c&#244;t&#233; de la Manche. Une chanson <strong>bourr&#233;e</strong> <strong>de r&#233;f&#233;rences</strong> &#224; la culture fran&#231;aise et qui pourtant a &#233;t&#233; &#233;crite par <strong>un type</strong> qui n&#8217;&#233;tait ni fran&#231;ais, ni parisien, ni m&#234;me europ&#233;en de naissance. On parle de &#8220;Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?&#8221; de Peter Sarstedt, num&#233;ro un au Royaume-Uni en 1969, et peut-&#234;tre la chanson la plus fran&#231;aise jamais &#233;crite par quelqu&#8217;un qui ne l&#8217;&#233;tait pas.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Commen&#231;ons par l&#8217;homme derri&#232;re la chanson, parce que son histoire est d&#233;j&#224; en elle-m&#234;me <strong>assez dingue</strong>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Peter na&#238;t en 1941 &#224; New Delhi, alors que l&#8217;Inde est encore sous <strong>domination</strong> britannique. Son p&#232;re g&#232;re une plantation de th&#233; &#224; Darjeeling. Oui, <em>ce</em> Darjeeling, le th&#233;. Il grandit dans des <strong>pensionnats</strong> anglais en Inde, puis sa famille d&#233;m&#233;nage &#224; Londres en 1954. Il est le petit fr&#232;re d&#8217;Eden Kane, une pop star des ann&#233;es 60, et le grand fr&#232;re de Clive Sarstedt, aussi musicien. Une vraie famille de chanteurs donc les Sarstedt, c&#8217;est un peu les Gallagher, mais en plus classe et sans les <strong>bagarres</strong>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Peter se lance dans la musique solo en 1968. Ses deux premiers singles ? Flop complet. Et puis d&#233;but 1969, il sort <em>&#8220;Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?&#8221;</em>, une chanson de 5 minutes avec un accord&#233;on, une guitare folk, et des paroles denses comme un roman. Elle monte directement au num&#233;ro un et y reste six semaines. Un seul <strong>tube</strong>, mais quel tube.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Il meurt en 2017 &#224; 75 ans, apr&#232;s six ans de combat contre une maladie neurologique rare. Mais cette chanson, elle, est immortelle.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Alors de quoi parle la chanson ? C&#8217;est l&#8217;histoire de Marie-Claire, un pr&#233;nom d&#233;j&#224; tr&#232;s fran&#231;ais, probablement inspir&#233; du magazine du m&#234;me nom, ce symbole de la mode parisienne depuis 1937.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Marie-Claire vient des <strong>bas-fonds</strong> de Naples. Elle &#233;tait pauvre, elle <strong>mendiait</strong> dans les rues en <strong>haillons</strong>. Et puis, par sa beaut&#233;, son ambition, son charme, elle est devenue membre de la jet-set internationale. Elle vit &#224; Paris, elle <strong>fr&#233;quente</strong> les plus grandes personnalit&#233;s du monde, elle porte du Balmain et elle skie &#224; Saint-Moritz...</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Le narrateur de la chanson, c&#8217;est un ancien ami d&#8217;enfance. Quelqu&#8217;un qui la connaissait <em>avant</em>. Et il lui pose la question : derri&#232;re tout ce glamour, derri&#232;re tous ces d&#238;ners chez les grands de ce monde, <em>where do you go to, my lovely, when you&#8217;re alone in your bed ?</em> O&#249; est-ce que tu vas, ma belle, quand tu es seule dans ton lit ?</p><p style="text-align: justify;">C&#8217;est une question sur la solitude de ceux qui ont tout r&#233;ussi. Sur l&#8217;identit&#233; qu&#8217;on efface quand on change de classe sociale. C&#8217;est touchant, un peu m&#233;lancolique, et absolument brillant.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Sarstedt a dit qu&#8217;il s&#8217;&#233;tait inspir&#233; de sa petite amie de l&#8217;&#233;poque, une &#233;tudiante danoise qu&#8217;il avait rencontr&#233;e &#224; Paris en 1966. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">D&#8217;autres y ont vu Sophia Loren, qui vient effectivement de Naples et a eu une enfance dans la pauvret&#233;. Mais lui a toujours dit : <em>&#8220;Je ne pensais vraiment &#224; personne en particulier.&#8221;</em> </p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>If you enjoy learning French through stories, culture, music and the hidden meaning behind words, you&#8217;ll probably enjoy the premium version of this newsletter.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The rest of this episode dives into all the French references hidden inside the song &#8212; from Balmain and the Sorbonne to Sacha Distel, Juan-les-Pins and the fantasy of Parisian sophistication.</em></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><em>Become a premium member to continue reading and get access to all full podcasts, translations, vocabulary notes, interactive exercises and live workshops &#8212; all for just the price of a coffee each month!</em> </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Et l&#224;, on rentre dans le vif du sujet. Parce que cette chanson, c&#8217;est un vrai <em>guide touristique de la France chic</em> en chanson. </p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason your French doesn’t sound natural]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s how to fix it]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/the-reason-your-french-doesnt-sound-natural</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/the-reason-your-french-doesnt-sound-natural</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 16:58:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f9649830-5d9d-4993-bce8-f5f69e688a92_1905x1344.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At some point, grammar stops being the problem. You understand most conversations. You know the structures. You can express ideas.</p><p>And yet, something feels slightly off. That&#8217;s where most learners plateau.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="pullquote"><p>Because real French isn&#8217;t just built on rules. It&#8217;s built on expressions.</p></div><p><strong>Idiomatic expressions are everywhere.</strong> Not as decoration, but as the way people actually think and speak. Expressions like <em>avoir le cafard</em>, <em>poser un lapin</em>, or <em>co&#251;ter les yeux de la t&#234;te</em> carry meaning, tone, and nuance that you simply can&#8217;t replace with literal language.</p><p>Without them, your French may be correct.<br>With them, it becomes natural.</p><p>And at a certain level, that&#8217;s the difference that matters.</p><p>And beyond that, idiomatic expressions are simply one of the most enjoyable parts of the language. If your motivation has been fading, this is often what brings it back.</p><p>They also play a key role in comprehension. In real conversations, films, or series, if you don&#8217;t know the expression, it&#8217;s often impossible to guess the meaning from a literal translation. Once you do, everything becomes clearer.</p><p>So I built something to fix this.</p><p>On my app <strong><a href="https://frenchwithtimo.com/">frenchwithtimo.com</a>*</strong> you don&#8217;t just learn expressions, you train your instinct. You see them in context, understand when they&#8217;re used, and start integrating them into your own French without translating in your head.</p><p>That&#8217;s how you move from understanding to speaking. 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It&#8217;s messy, fast, and full of life.</p><p>In this episode, discover the films of C&#233;dric Klapisch, one of the best ways to finally understand how French is <em>really</em> spoken.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>This content is reserved to premium subscribers. </strong>Join as a premium subscriber and get:</p><p>&#10003; Full access to all blog content and scene analyses &#10003; Monthly live workshops (this month: <em>active consumption</em>) &#10003; The private subscriber chat &#10003; A new podcast every Friday</p><p>And a bonus: Instant access to my ebook <strong><a href="https://learnfrenchwithtimo.gumroad.com/l/vdivmk">The Honest French Guide</a></strong> &#8212; 40 pages of no-nonsense advice for beginner to intermediate learners.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Join a community of 2,000 serious French learners &#8212; become a premium member today.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p><em>English translation available at the end of the post.</em></p><p>Bienvenue dans ce nouvel &#233;pisode. Aujourd&#8217;hui, on va parler d&#8217;un r&#233;alisateur que tu vas avoir envie d&#8217;explorer tout de suite apr&#232;s avoir &#233;cout&#233; ce podcast.  </p><p>Son nom, c&#8217;est C&#233;dric Klapisch. Et si tu apprends le fran&#231;ais, ses films sont parmi les meilleurs outils que tu puisses trouver. On verra dans ce podcast pourquoi. Mais d&#8217;abord, qui est-ce ?</p><p>Klapisch est n&#233; en 1961 &#224; Paris. Il fait ses &#233;tudes de cin&#233;ma aux &#201;tats-Unis, &#224; la  New York University, ce qui lui donne une ouverture sur le monde un peu particuli&#232;re pour un r&#233;alisateur fran&#231;ais. Mais il revient en France, et il commence &#224; faire des films qui parlent de gens ordinaires, dans des situations ordinaires. Pas de grandes &#233;pop&#233;es historiques, pas de h&#233;ros extraordinaires. Juste des gens qui cherchent leur place, qui se trompent, qui tombent amoureux, qui se disputent avec leurs fr&#232;res et s&#339;urs. Des gens, quoi. </p><p>Et c&#8217;est exactement ce qui le rend si int&#233;ressant pour apprendre le fran&#231;ais. Mais on y reviendra.</p><p>Son film le plus connu, c&#8217;est <strong>L&#8217;Auberge espagnole</strong>, sorti en 2002. Si tu en as entendu parler, c&#8217;est normal car c&#8217;est devenu un film culte, pas seulement en France mais dans toute l&#8217;Europe, et m&#234;me au-del&#224;. L&#8217;histoire, c&#8217;est celle de Xavier, un jeune Parisien qui part faire une ann&#233;e d&#8217;&#233;tudes &#224; Barcelone dans le cadre du programme Erasmus. Il se retrouve dans un appartement partag&#233; avec des &#233;tudiants venus de toute l&#8217;Europe : une Anglaise, une Espagnole, un Allemand, un italien, une Belge&#8230; Et l&#224;, forc&#233;ment, les cultures se m&#233;langent, les malentendus s&#8217;accumulent, les amiti&#233;s se forgent.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why you’re stuck at intermediate French]]></title><description><![CDATA[And what actually fixes it + Spoken French Episode]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/why-youre-stuck-at-intermediate-french</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/why-youre-stuck-at-intermediate-french</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:48:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/986d39c9-b09a-4a3d-b1aa-02e4c1ac60e3_806x563.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You watch French videos. You listen to podcasts. Maybe you even have a tutor. And yet you feel like you&#8217;re going nowhere. Worse, you keep making the same mistakes, over and over.</p><p>Sound familiar?</p><p>Here&#8217;s the uncomfortable truth: <strong>the problem isn&#8217;t how much content you consume. It&#8217;s how you consume it.</strong></p><div><hr></div><p>What I realised is the following: most French learners are passive. They watch, they listen, they nod, and they forget 90% of it within hours.</p><p>That&#8217;s the difference between learners who become truly fluent and those who stay stuck on the intermediate plateau forever.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>This month, we&#8217;re tackling exactly this. 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You might not recognize the name but you certainly know <em>Call My Agent</em> (<em>Dix pour cent</em>) on Netflix. He directed the first season.</p><p>Below, I&#8217;ve put together a scene from his cult film <em>L&#8217;Auberge Espagnole</em>, with:</p><p>&#10003; Carefully crafted subtitles &#10003; In-depth cultural and grammatical analysis &#10003; A full vocabulary breakdown &#10003; A step-by-step listening guide</p><p><strong>This Friday</strong>, premium subscribers also get a full podcast episode on Klapisch: his style, his language, and why his films are a goldmine for French learners.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Ready to stop being a passive learner? </strong>Join as a premium subscriber and get:</p><p>&#10003; Full access to all blog content and scene analyses &#10003; Monthly live workshops (this month: <em>active consumption</em>) &#10003; The private subscriber chat &#10003; A new podcast every Friday </p><p>And a bonus: Instant access to my ebook <strong><a href="https://learnfrenchwithtimo.gumroad.com/l/vdivmk">The Honest French Guide</a></strong> &#8212; 40 pages of no-nonsense advice for beginner to intermediate learners.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>Join a community of 2,000 serious French learners &#8212; become a premium member today.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em>Your French won&#8217;t fix itself. But with the right method, it can surprise you.</em></p></div><p>If you can&#8217;t turn on subtitles, click &#8220;Watch on YouTube&#8221;. Check below for the technique on how to use this content in an active way.</p><div id="youtube2-4mM6oYrzRh8" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;4mM6oYrzRh8&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4mM6oYrzRh8?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><h3>How to use this content</h3><ol><li><p><strong>Watch once without subtitles.</strong> Try to grasp the scene. Don&#8217;t worry about understanding everything. In real life, there are no subtitles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Watch again with a pen and paper.</strong> Pause, rewind, write down what you catch. </p></li><li><p><strong>Watch with subtitles.</strong> Compare with what you understood.</p></li><li><p><strong>Build your French bible.</strong> In a dedicated notebook, write down the words and expressions that resonated. Review it regularly.</p></li><li><p><strong>Shadow.</strong> Replay the scene phrase by phrase, pause, and repeat, matching the tone, rhythm, and speed exactly.</p></li></ol><p><em>The full grammar notes, and cultural explanations are available below &#8212; exclusive to premium subscribers.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3>Analyse du dialogue</h3><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>&#171; C&#8217;est un bordel innommable. &#187;</p></div><p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s an indescribable mess.&#8221;</em></p><p><strong>Un bordel</strong> is one of the most common intensifiers in informal French. Literally a brothel, it&#8217;s used as a noun (<em>quel bordel !</em>) or adjective to mean chaos, mess, or disaster. </p>
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Or maybe you caught them in a French film and felt like you were missing something.</p><p>Verlan is a secret language hiding inside everyday French: words flipped, coded, and used by millions of people across all ages and backgrounds. And once you know it, you start hearing it everywhere : in music, in series, in real conversations on the street.</p><p>In this episode, I&#8217;ll break it down simply so you can finally understand it and start recognizing it naturally, and at the end, <strong>you&#8217;ll find a PDF guide to help you master verlan.</strong></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em>This podcast is reserved for premium subscribers. As a premium member, you get access to all podcasts every week, extra content, downloadable PDFs, interactive exercises, and a monthly live workshop.</em></p></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><em>English Translation available at the end of the post</em></p><p>Bonjour et bienvenue dans ce nouveau podcast. Aujourd&#8217;hui, on plonge dans quelque chose que tu n&#8217;apprendras jamais dans un manuel scolaire mais que tu vas entendre d&#232;s que tu mettras les pieds en France, ou d&#232;s que tu allumeras la t&#233;l&#233;vision fran&#231;aise.</p><p>On va parler du <strong>verlan</strong>.</p><div><hr></div><h2>C&#8217;est quoi le verlan ? </h2><p>Le verlan, c&#8217;est un argot (slang) qui consiste &#224; <strong>inverser les syllabes</strong> des mots. Et la premi&#232;re preuve, c&#8217;est son propre nom. <strong>Verlan</strong>, c&#8217;est l&#8217;inverse de <strong>&#8220;l&#8217;envers&#8221;</strong>. L&#8217;en-vers &#8594; vers-l&#8217;en &#8594; verlan. Le mot porte sa propre d&#233;finition en lui. </p><p>Mais voil&#224;, quelque chose que beaucoup de gens ignorent : le verlan n&#8217;est pas n&#233; dans les banlieues des ann&#233;es 80. C&#8217;est un proc&#233;d&#233; linguistique extr&#234;mement ancien. Et son histoire est fascinante.</p><div><hr></div><p>Les premi&#232;res traces du verlan remontent au XIIe si&#232;cle. Dans le roman m&#233;di&#233;val <em>Tristan et Iseut</em>, le chevalier Tristan utilise le pseudonyme &#171; Tantris &#187; pour passer inaper&#231;u. C&#8217;est exactement le m&#234;me proc&#233;d&#233; : on prend un nom, on inverse les syllabes, et personne ne reconna&#238;t qui tu es. Le verlan comme d&#233;guisement. L&#8217;id&#233;e &#233;tait d&#233;j&#224; l&#224;, il y a pr&#232;s de neuf cents ans.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg" width="1200" height="730" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:730,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:434826,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;undefined&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="undefined" title="undefined" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ljht!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe2c41ed3-a249-4ed3-a5cd-11e0e011947f_1200x730.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em>Tristan &amp; Isolde</em>, toile de John Duncan, 1912.</p></div><p>Ce qui est encore plus <em>ouf</em>, c&#8217;est que le verlan a ensuite &#233;t&#233; adopt&#233; par les milieux aristocratiques et intellectuels. Les membres de la famille royale des Bourbons &#233;taient parfois surnomm&#233;s les <em>Bonbours</em> &#8212; verlan de Bourbons &#8212; dans des pamphlets politiques. Et il y a aussi une anecdote encore plus c&#233;l&#232;bre : Voltaire, le grand philosophe des Lumi&#232;res, aurait choisi ce pseudonyme comme verlan d&#8217;Airvault, la ville dont il &#233;tait originaire. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tcuj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f982f81-b8ad-46a3-9e4c-36561dfda9d3_1280x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Tcuj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f982f81-b8ad-46a3-9e4c-36561dfda9d3_1280x1600.jpeg 424w, 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Il se r&#233;pand dans les prisons et les bagnes, o&#249; les d&#233;tenus s&#8217;en servent comme code secret pour communiquer sans &#234;tre compris des gardiens. C&#8217;est ici que le verlan prend vraiment sa fonction de langage de r&#233;sistance, un outil pour ceux que la soci&#233;t&#233; a mis de c&#244;t&#233;.</p><p>Cette fonction de r&#233;sistance va culminer pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Des Fran&#231;ais utilisent le verlan pour d&#233;jouer la surveillance des occupants allemands. Parler en code, c&#8217;est survivre. Le langage devient une arme.</p><p>C&#8217;est seulement en 1953 que le mot <em>verlan</em> est utilis&#233; officiellement pour la premi&#232;re fois. C&#8217;est l&#8217;&#233;crivain Auguste Le Breton &#8212; lui-m&#234;me grand sp&#233;cialiste de l&#8217;argot et auteur entre autre du roman <em>Du Rififi chez les hommes</em> &#8212; qui l&#8217;emploie dans son dictionnaire. </p><p>Et puis vient la grande explosion populaire. En 1977, le chanteur Renaud sort une chanson qui va marquer des g&#233;n&#233;rations : <em>Laisse b&#233;ton</em> &#8212; verlan de <em>laisse tomber</em>. C&#8217;est l&#8217;un des premiers moments o&#249; le grand public fran&#231;ais entend du verlan sans forc&#233;ment le savoir.</p><p>Mais c&#8217;est l&#8217;arriv&#233;e du hip-hop dans les ann&#233;es 80 et 90 qui va tout changer. Des groupes comme NTM ou IAM int&#232;grent le verlan au c&#339;ur de leurs textes. Et l&#224;, le verlan sort d&#233;finitivement de la clandestinit&#233;. Il n&#8217;appartient plus aux prisons, ni aux banlieues ferm&#233;es sur elles-m&#234;mes. Il appartient &#224; toute une g&#233;n&#233;ration.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Comment &#231;a fonctionne ?</h2><p>La r&#232;gle de base est simple : on coupe le mot en syllabes, et on les inverse. </p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast #38 : Comment gagner en confiance à l'oral ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Practice your listening skills and improve your French with this podcast.]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-38-comment-gagner-en-confiance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-38-comment-gagner-en-confiance</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:58:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194473146/685c8c5b322e0cc685b3b7d97b58bc45.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>You understand French. So why does speaking feel so hard?</strong></p><p>You follow the conversations, you get the jokes. But the moment you open your mouth, the words just disappear.</p><p>I know that feeling, it happened to me last month. In English. I was chatting with an American mom at the pool and I completely froze. I teach languages for a living, and I still froze.</p><p>It gave me the idea for this episode: five things that actually helped me feel more confident speaking out loud.</p><p><em>This is a free podcast &#8212; and if you&#8217;d like to go further, you can become a premium member for the price of a coffee ($5/month) and receive new content every week to keep improving consistently.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><em>English Translation available at the end of the post</em></p><p>Bonjour &#224; tous, bienvenue sur ce podcast ! L&#8217;autre jour, en parlant avec une maman am&#233;ricaine qui am&#232;ne son fils &#224; la natation, impossible d&#8217;articuler deux phrases correctement. Je bloquais, j&#8217;avais du mal &#224; trouver mes mots, et m&#234;me &#224; la comprendre parfois. Et pourant, je comprends plut&#244;t bien l&#8217;anglais. Parfois je ne me rends m&#234;me pas compte que je regarde un film sans sous-titres. Au bout de 10 minutes, je les active quand m&#234;me, par peur de passer &#224; c&#244;t&#233; de quelque chose. Mais &#231;a vous donne une petite id&#233;e de mon niveau.</p><p>Alors &#231;a m&#8217;a donn&#233; l&#8217;id&#233;e de ce podcast, parce que je passe par exactement la m&#234;me chose que vous. Je suis plut&#244;t &#224; l&#8217;aise pour comprendre &#224; l&#8217;oral donc, je comprends parfaitement &#224; l&#8217;&#233;crit, sauf mon livre <em>Master and Commander</em> que j&#8217;ai achet&#233; en anglais, mais bon, c&#8217;est pas bien grave, on va dire que c&#8217;est un projet pour la retraite.</p><p>Alors je me suis demand&#233; : comment am&#233;liorer ma confiance &#224; l&#8217;oral ? Parce qu&#8217;en fait, c&#8217;est juste une question de confiance. J&#8217;ai fait un peu de recherches, j&#8217;ai appliqu&#233; certaines choses qui ont plus ou moins bien fonctionn&#233;. Et apr&#232;s quelques semaines... miracle : ma confiance s&#8217;est nettement am&#233;lior&#233;e ! Et m&#234;me si ce n&#8217;est pas parfait, j&#8217;arrive &#224; encha&#238;ner les phrases, et je ne rougis plus quand je commets une erreur, parce que le plus important, c&#8217;est de r&#233;ussir &#224; faire passer un message, pas de parler parfaitement.</p><p>Alors, qu'est-ce qui m'a vraiment aid&#233; ? Voil&#224; cinq choses concr&#232;tes.</p><div><hr></div><h2>1. Croire en soi avant tout</h2><p>Comme dit Jean-Claude Dusse dans <em>Les Bronz&#233;s font du ski</em> : <strong>&#171; Oublie que t&#8217;as aucune chance, fonce ! &#187;</strong> C&#8217;est probablement le meilleur conseil que je puisse vous donner.</p><div id="youtube2-UBQfpdippMw" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;UBQfpdippMw&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/UBQfpdippMw?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p>Et puis pensez &#224; &#231;a : parler deux langues, c&#8217;est d&#233;j&#224; faire mieux que 60 % de la population mondiale, qui ne parle qu&#8217;une seule langue. Vous &#234;tes d&#233;j&#224; dans une minorit&#233;. Repensez &#224; tout le chemin parcouru depuis que vous avez commenc&#233; &#224; parler fran&#231;ais. Toutes vos r&#233;ussites, tous ces moments o&#249; vous avez compris quelque chose que vous n&#8217;auriez pas compris six mois avant. Vous revenez de loin. Ce n&#8217;est pas pour s&#8217;effondrer &#224; la premi&#232;re conversation un peu difficile.</p><p>Alors allez-y concr&#232;tement : commandez votre caf&#233; en fran&#231;ais m&#234;me si vous savez que le serveur va vous r&#233;pondre en anglais. Posez votre question en classe m&#234;me si vous n&#8217;&#234;tes pas s&#251;r de la formulation. Appelez ce bureau, ce m&#233;decin, cette administration, m&#234;me si &#231;a vous fait peur. &#192; chaque petite victoire, vous reconstruisez votre confiance, brique par brique. La semaine prochaine, ce qui vous faisait peur cette semaine vous semblera normal. C&#8217;est comme &#231;a que &#231;a marche.</p><p>Et prenez &#231;a comme un jeu. De toute fa&#231;on, personne ne se souviendra de vos erreurs <em>*en fran&#231;ais</em> dans 200 ans. Nous ne sommes rien, et c&#8217;est lib&#233;rateur.</p><div><hr></div><h2>2. Parlez. Maintenant. Pas demain.</h2><p>N&#8217;attendez pas la perfection avant de commencer &#224; parler. La perfection n&#8217;existe pas. Et si vous attendez d&#8217;&#234;tre parfait, vous attendrez toute votre vie.</p><p>Parlez seul. &#192; vos plantes. &#192; vos animaux. Racontez votre journ&#233;e en fran&#231;ais dans votre t&#234;te, ou &#224; voix haute dans la voiture. </p><p>J&#8217;ai m&#234;me un &#233;l&#232;ve qui parle &#224; son petit-fils en fran&#231;ais, ce qui lui permet de pratiquer sans jugement et en plus sont petit-fils commence &#224; r&#233;pondre en fran&#231;ais. C&#8217;est incroyable, non ?</p><p>Et maintenant, vous avez une option que nous n&#8217;avions pas il y a quelques ann&#233;es : parler &#224; l&#8217;IA. Moi, parfois, au lieu d&#8217;&#233;couter de la musique dans la voiture, je lance ChatGPT et on discute de trucs en anglais. Je lui demande de me reprendre et de me corriger quand je fais une erreur.</p><p>Oui, c&#8217;est s&#251;r, je vous vois venir, c&#8217;est pas l&#8217;id&#233;al pour l&#8217;environnement mais pour me rassurer, je pense que la majorit&#233; des gens l&#8217;utilisent pour des trucs beaucoup plus d&#233;biles. Et si vous avez la possibilit&#233; de travailler avec un tuteur ou un prof, &#233;videmment, c&#8217;est encore mieux. La conversation r&#233;elle avec un &#234;tre humain reste irrempla&#231;able. Apr&#232;s vous pouvez tr&#232;s bien vous &#233;chauffer pendant 10 minutes avec l&#8217;IA juste avant votre classe ! Pourquoi pas.</p><p>L&#8217;id&#233;e, c&#8217;est simple : plus vous parlez, plus votre cerveau s&#8217;habitue. C&#8217;est comme un muscle. Il faut l&#8217;entra&#238;ner, m&#234;me maladroitement, &#231;a marche !</p><div><hr></div><h2>3. Le shadowing et l&#8217;&#233;coute active</h2><p>Celle-ci, je l&#8217;adore. Le <strong>shadowing</strong>, c&#8217;est quoi ? C&#8217;est trouver une vid&#233;o ou un extrait audio d&#8217;une personne qui parle fran&#231;ais &#8212; id&#233;alement quelqu&#8217;un dont vous aimez la fa&#231;on de parler, un acteur, un pr&#233;sentateur, un youtubeur &#8212; et r&#233;p&#233;ter exactement ce qu&#8217;il dit, en m&#234;me temps que lui, ou juste apr&#232;s. Vous imitez le rythme, l&#8217;intonation, les pauses, m&#234;me les petites h&#233;sitations.</p><p>Et en compl&#233;ment, travaillez votre <strong>&#233;coute active</strong> : quand vous regardez une s&#233;rie ou &#233;coutez un podcast en fran&#231;ais, ne soyez pas passif. Notez les expressions, r&#233;p&#233;tez les phrases que vous entendez, mettez sur pause et reformulez ce qui vient d&#8217;&#234;tre dit avec vos propres mots. La compr&#233;hension et l&#8217;expression orale, c&#8217;est la m&#234;me chose en fait, c&#8217;est les deux faces d&#8217;une m&#234;me pi&#232;ce.</p><div><hr></div><h2>4. Ma&#238;triser les bases de la conjugaison</h2><p>Vous n&#8217;allez peut-&#234;tre pas aimer celle-ci. Mais je dois vous la dire.</p><p>J&#8217;ai eu des &#233;l&#232;ves qui me demandaient comment &#234;tre plus confiants &#224; l&#8217;oral... et qui ne pouvaient pas conjuguer le verbe <em>avoir</em> au pr&#233;sent sans h&#233;siter. Et &#231;a, c&#8217;est un vrai probl&#232;me, parce que quand vous cherchez vos conjugaisons en pleine conversation, vous perdez le fil, vous perdez confiance, et vous bloquez.</p><p>Imaginez un guitariste qui doit chercher chaque accord avant de jouer. Il ne peut pas penser &#224; la m&#233;lodie, au rythme, &#224; l'&#233;motion car il est bloqu&#233; sur ses doigts. La conjugaison, c'est pareil : quand elle est automatique, elle dispara&#238;t, et vous pouvez enfin vous concentrer sur ce que vous voulez dire.</p><p>La solution, ce n&#8217;est pas d&#8217;apprendre toute la conjugaison fran&#231;aise d&#8217;un coup, ce serait fou. Commencez par les 6 verbes les plus fr&#233;quents : <em>&#234;tre, avoir, faire, aller, vouloir, pouvoir</em>. Conjuguez-les jusqu&#8217;&#224; ce que &#231;a devienne automatique, sans r&#233;fl&#233;chir. Puis passez aux 10 suivants, puis aux 20. Petit &#224; petit.</p><p>&#8594; <a href="https://frenchwithtimo.com/free-guide">t&#233;l&#233;charge le PDF </a><strong><a href="https://frenchwithtimo.com/free-guide">The French You Actually Need</a></strong><a href="https://frenchwithtimo.com/free-guide"> avec les 20 verbes les plus utilis&#233;s en fran&#231;ais</a></p><p>L&#8217;objectif n&#8217;est pas d&#8217;&#234;tre un champion de conjugaison et de grammaire. C&#8217;est d&#8217;avoir un socle solide pour que votre cerveau soit libre de chercher ses id&#233;es, pas ses terminaisons.</p><div><hr></div><h2>5. Parlez simple. Vraiment simple.</h2><p>Et voil&#224;, c&#8217;est peut-&#234;tre la plus contre-intuitive. Arr&#234;tez d&#8217;essayer de dire ce que vous voudriez pouvoir dire. Dites ce que vous &#234;tes capable de dire.</p><p>Quand on apprend une langue, on a souvent des id&#233;es complexes dans la t&#234;te &#8212; des nuances, des blagues, des raisonnements &#8212; et on veut les exprimer directement. Mais le foss&#233; entre ce qu&#8217;on pense et ce qu&#8217;on peut produire &#224; l&#8217;oral cr&#233;e une frustration qui paralyse. Alors on bloque. On se tait. On abandonne la conversation.</p><p>La solution ? R&#233;duire. Simplifier. Aller &#224; l&#8217;essentiel. </p><p><em>Alors pour &#231;a, j&#8217;ai une m&#233;thode progressive bien sp&#233;cifique, on en parlera tous ensemble lors de notre atelier mensuel le 29 avril et j&#8217;en ferai peut etre un article dans les prochaines semaines.</em> </p><p>Et parler simplement, ce n&#8217;est pas parler b&#234;tement. C&#8217;est parler avec confiance. Et la confiance, c&#8217;est exactement ce qu&#8217;on cherche ici.</p><div><hr></div><p>Voil&#224; pour aujourd&#8217;hui. Cinq cl&#233;s : l&#8217;&#233;tat d&#8217;esprit, la pratique quotidienne, le shadowing, les conjugaisons de base, et les phrases simples.</p><p>Pas besoin de tout appliquer en m&#234;me temps. Choisissez une seule chose cette semaine, et voyez ce que &#231;a change.</p><p>Et si vous avez une anecdote de conversation catastrophique comme la mienne avec la maman am&#233;ricaine &#224; la piscine, partagez-la en commentaire. &#199;a me ferait vraiment plaisir de savoir que je ne suis pas seul.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-38-comment-gagner-en-confiance/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/podcast-38-comment-gagner-en-confiance/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Merci beaucoup de m&#8217;avoir &#233;cout&#233; et &#224; tr&#232;s bient&#244;t pour un nouveau podcast. </p><p>Timo</p><div><hr></div><p>Le <strong>mercredi 29 avril</strong>, on approfondira ce sujet ensemble et on fera des activit&#233;s orales pour passer &#224; 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On pourrait m&#234;me dire que j&#8217;ai le b&#233;guin pour elle. <em>Avoir le b&#233;guin</em>, &#231;a veut dire avoir un crush. Bon&#8230; elle est d&#233;c&#233;d&#233;e depuis longtemps, donc &#231;a ne compte pas &#128516;</p><p>Je l&#8217;ai revue r&#233;cemment dans <em>Max et les ferrailleurs</em>. Il y a une sc&#232;ne en particulier que je trouve vraiment troublante. Si &#231;a vous dit, je peux en faire une petite analyse. 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Si vous ne l&#8217;avez pas encore vu, je vous le conseille vraiment. Je pr&#233;f&#232;re vous pr&#233;venir : c&#8217;est un peu badant (dur &#233;motionnellement)&#8230; mais la musique de Fran&#231;ois de Roubaix est magnifique, et puis, il y a Romy&#8230;</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.tv5mondeplus.com/fr/films/drame/le-vieux-fusil">https://www.tv5mondeplus.com/fr/films/drame/le-vieux-fusil</a></p><p>Bonne fin de semaine ! </p><p>Timo</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png" width="233" height="233" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:750,&quot;width&quot;:750,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:233,&quot;bytes&quot;:1151233,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/i/194473146?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VkzI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0e6226f-4d34-48a3-ad9f-0ad1f12e9180_750x750.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>English Translation </p><p>Hello everyone, welcome to this podcast! The other day, while talking with an American mom who brings her son to swimming lessons, I couldn&#8217;t put two sentences together properly. I froze, I struggled to find my words, and sometimes I even had trouble understanding her. And yet, I understand English pretty well. Sometimes I don&#8217;t even realize I&#8217;m watching a movie without subtitles. After about 10 minutes, I still turn them on, just in case I missed something. But that gives you a rough idea of my level.</p><p>So that gave me the idea for this podcast, because I go through exactly the same thing as you. I&#8217;m quite comfortable with listening comprehension, and I understand written English perfectly&#8212;except for my book <em>Master and Commander</em>, which I bought in English&#8230; but that&#8217;s okay, let&#8217;s say it&#8217;s a retirement project.</p><p>So I asked myself: how can I improve my speaking confidence? Because in the end, it&#8217;s really just a matter of confidence. I did a bit of research, tried a few things that worked more or less well. And after a few weeks&#8230; miracle: my confidence improved significantly! And even if it&#8217;s not perfect, I can now string sentences together, and I no longer blush when I make a mistake&#8212;because the most important thing is getting your message across, not speaking perfectly.</p><p>So, what actually helped me? Here are five concrete things.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>1. Believe in yourself first</strong></p><p>As Jean-Claude Dusse says in <em>Les Bronz&#233;s font du ski</em>: &#8220;Forget that you have no chance&#8212;just go for it!&#8221; That&#8217;s probably the best advice I can give you.</p><p>And think about this: speaking two languages already puts you ahead of 60% of the world&#8217;s population, who only speak one. You&#8217;re already in the minority. Think about how far you&#8217;ve come since you started learning French. All your successes, all those moments when you understood something you wouldn&#8217;t have understood six months earlier. You&#8217;ve come a long way. This is not the time to fall apart at the first difficult conversation.</p><p>So take action: order your coffee in French even if you know the waiter will reply in English. Ask your question in class even if you&#8217;re not sure about the wording. Call that office, that doctor, that administration&#8212;even if it scares you. With every small win, you rebuild your confidence, brick by brick. Next week, what scares you today will feel normal. That&#8217;s how it works.</p><p>And treat it like a game. Anyway, no one will remember your mistakes in French 200 years from now. We are nothing&#8212;and that&#8217;s liberating.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>2. Speak. Now. Not tomorrow.</strong></p><p>Don&#8217;t wait for perfection before you start speaking. Perfection doesn&#8217;t exist. And if you wait to be perfect, you&#8217;ll wait your whole life.</p><p>Speak alone. To your plants. To your pets. Describe your day in French in your head, or out loud in the car.</p><p>I even have a student who speaks to his grandson in French, which allows him to practice without judgment&#8212;and now his grandson is starting to reply in French. Incredible, right?</p><p>And now, you have an option we didn&#8217;t have a few years ago: talking to AI. Sometimes, instead of listening to music in the car, I open ChatGPT and we chat in English. I ask it to correct me when I make mistakes.</p><p>Sure, I can already hear you&#8212;it&#8217;s not ideal for the environment. But to reassure myself, I think most people use it for much more pointless things. And if you have the chance to work with a tutor or a teacher, of course that&#8217;s even better. Real human conversation is irreplaceable. But you can absolutely warm up for 10 minutes with AI right before your class&#8212;why not?</p><p>The idea is simple: the more you speak, the more your brain gets used to it. It&#8217;s like a muscle. You have to train it&#8212;even awkwardly, it works!</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>3. Shadowing and active listening</strong></p><p>I love this one. What is shadowing? It&#8217;s finding a video or audio clip of someone speaking French&#8212;ideally someone whose way of speaking you like, an actor, a presenter, a YouTuber&#8212;and repeating exactly what they say, at the same time or just after. You imitate the rhythm, the intonation, the pauses&#8212;even the small hesitations.</p><p>And in addition, work on active listening: when you watch a series or listen to a podcast in French, don&#8217;t be passive. Write down expressions, repeat sentences you hear, pause and rephrase what was just said in your own words. Listening comprehension and speaking are actually the same thing&#8212;they&#8217;re two sides of the same coin.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>4. Master the basics of conjugation</strong></p><p>You might not like this one. But I have to say it.</p><p>I&#8217;ve had students ask me how to be more confident speaking&#8230; and they couldn&#8217;t conjugate the verb <em>avoir</em> in the present tense without hesitation. And that&#8217;s a real problem, because when you&#8217;re searching for conjugations in the middle of a conversation, you lose your train of thought, you lose confidence, and you freeze.</p><p>Imagine a guitarist who has to look for every chord before playing. They can&#8217;t think about melody, rhythm, or emotion because they&#8217;re stuck on their fingers. Conjugation is the same: when it becomes automatic, it disappears&#8212;and you can finally focus on what you want to say.</p><p>The solution is not to learn all French conjugation at once&#8212;that would be crazy. Start with the 6 most common verbs: <em>&#234;tre, avoir, faire, aller, vouloir, pouvoir</em>. Practice them until they become automatic, without thinking. Then move on to the next 10, then 20. Little by little.</p><p>&#8594; <a href="https://frenchwithtimo.com/free-guide">Download the PDF </a><em><a href="https://frenchwithtimo.com/free-guide">The French You Actually Need</a></em><a href="https://frenchwithtimo.com/free-guide"> with the 20 most commonly used verbs in French</a></p><p>The goal is not to become a grammar champion. It&#8217;s to build a solid foundation so your brain is free to look for ideas, not endings.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>5. Speak simply. Really simply.</strong></p><p>And here it is&#8212;probably the most counterintuitive one. Stop trying to say what you wish you could say. Say what you are able to say.</p><p>When learning a language, we often have complex ideas in our head&#8212;nuances, jokes, reasoning&#8212;and we want to express them directly. But the gap between what we think and what we can produce creates frustration that paralyzes us. So we freeze. We go silent. We give up on the conversation.</p><p>The solution? Reduce. Simplify. Focus on the essentials.</p><p>I actually have a very specific step-by-step method for this&#8212;we&#8217;ll talk about it together during our monthly workshop on April 29, and I might write an article about it in the coming weeks.</p><p>And speaking simply doesn&#8217;t mean speaking poorly. It means speaking with confidence. And confidence is exactly what we&#8217;re looking for here.</p><div><hr></div><p>That&#8217;s it for today. Five keys: mindset, daily practice, shadowing, basic conjugation, and simple sentences.</p><p>No need to apply everything at once. Choose just one thing this week and see what it changes.</p><p>And if you have a disastrous conversation story like mine with the American mom at the pool, share it in the comments. I&#8217;d really love to know I&#8217;m not alone.</p><div><hr></div><p>Thank you so much for listening, and see you very soon for a new episode.</p><p>Timo</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[On est 2 000 ! 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un verbe qui ne PASSE pas inaperçu]]></title><description><![CDATA[A deep dive into passer and se passer]]></description><link>https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/un-verbe-qui-ne-passe-pas-inapercu</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/p/un-verbe-qui-ne-passe-pas-inapercu</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[French with Timo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:46:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!NCN6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0086d2ff-9f1f-4640-83d8-e3eadd08d4d2_806x563.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>English version available at the end of the article</em></p><p>Il y a des articles qui naissent d&#8217;une id&#233;e, et d&#8217;autres qui naissent d&#8217;une conversation. 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Passer &#8212; mouvement et d&#233;placement</h2><p>Le sens le plus fondamental. Quelque chose ou quelqu&#8217;un se d&#233;place, traverse, passe devant.</p><ul><li><p><em>Un avion est pass&#233; dans le ciel.</em> &#8594; A plane went by in the sky. </p></li><li><p><em>Le bus passe toutes les six minutes.</em> &#8594; The bus comes every six minutes. </p></li><li><p><em>La Seine passe &#224; Paris.</em> &#8594; The Seine runs through Paris.</p></li></ul><h3>2. Passer &#8212; le temps qui s&#8217;&#233;coule</h3><p>L&#8217;un des sens les plus utilis&#233;s au quotidien.</p><ul><li><p><em>Le temps passe vite.</em> &#8594; Time passes quickly. </p></li><li><p><em>Les ann&#233;es passent sans qu&#8217;on s&#8217;en rende compte.</em> &#8594; The years go by without us noticing. </p></li></ul><h3>3. Passer de &#8230; &#224; &#8212; la transition</h3><p>C&#8217;est la transition d&#8217;un &#233;tat &#224; un autre. </p><ul><li><p><em>Il est pass&#233; d'apprenti &#224; contrema&#238;tre en deux ans.</em> &#8594; He went from apprentice to foreman in two years. </p></li><li><p><em>On est pass&#233;s du rire aux larmes en cinq minutes.</em> &#8594; We went from laughing to crying in five minutes. </p></li><li><p><em>Le m&#233;tal passe de l'&#233;tat solide &#224; l'&#233;tat liquide.</em> &#8594; Metal goes from solid to liquid state.</p></li></ul><h3>4. Passer un examen &#8212; subir une &#233;preuve &#9888;&#65039;</h3><p>Un faux ami classique. <em>Passer</em> un examen, c&#8217;est le pr&#233;senter, pas forc&#233;ment le r&#233;ussir.</p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; mon permis hier.</em> &#8594; I took my driving test yesterday. </p></li><li><p><em>Il a pass&#233; le bac en juin.</em> &#8594; He sat his baccalaureate in June.</p></li></ul><p>Pour dire qu&#8217;on l&#8217;a r&#233;ussi : <em>r&#233;ussir</em> son examen, ou famili&#232;rement <em>l&#8217;avoir</em>.</p><h3>5. Passer du temps &#8212; employer son temps</h3><p>Tr&#232;s courant, tr&#232;s utile.</p><ul><li><p><em>On a pass&#233; une excellente soir&#233;e.</em> &#8594; We had a great evening. </p></li><li><p><em>Elle passe ses week-ends &#224; lire.</em> &#8594; She spends her weekends reading. </p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; deux heures &#224; &#233;crire cette lettre.</em> &#8594; I spent two hours writing that letter.</p></li></ul><h3>6. Passer pour &#8212; avoir la r&#233;putation de</h3><p>Exprimer l&#8217;image que l&#8217;on renvoie aux autres &#8212; ou la r&#233;putation qu&#8217;on a.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je ne veux pas passer pour un idiot.</em> &#8594; I don&#8217;t want to look like an idiot. </p></li><li><p><em>Il se fait passer pour un m&#233;decin.</em> &#8594; He&#8217;s pretending to be a doctor.</p></li></ul><h3>7. Passer quelque chose &#224; quelqu&#8217;un &#8212; transmettre, c&#233;der, pardonner</h3><p>Trois nuances en une, selon le contexte.</p><ul><li><p><em>Tu peux me passer le sel ?</em> &#8594; Can you pass me the salt? </p></li><li><p><em>Elle m&#8217;a pass&#233; son rhume.</em> &#8594; She gave me her cold. </p></li><li><p><em>Il lui passe tous ses caprices.</em> &#8594; He lets her get away with everything. </p></li><li><p><em>Passez-moi les d&#233;tails.</em> &#8594; Spare me the details.</p></li></ul><h3>8. Passer &#224; autre chose &#8212; tourner la page</h3><p>Tr&#232;s courant dans la vie quotidienne au sens physique, &#233;motionnel ou conversationnel.</p><ul><li><p><em>Bon, on passe &#224; autre chose !</em> &#8594; Right, let&#8217;s move on! </p></li><li><p><em>Apr&#232;s la rupture, il a mis du temps &#224; passer &#224; autre chose.</em> &#8594; After the breakup, it took him a while to move on. </p></li><li><p><em>Passons !</em> &#8594; Let&#8217;s not dwell on it.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>SE PASSER</h2><h3>9. Se passer &#8212; avoir lieu, se produire</h3><p>Le sens fondamental de la forme pronominale. Vous l&#8217;entendrez chaque jour.</p><ul><li><p><em>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui s&#8217;est pass&#233; ?</em> &#8594; What happened? </p></li><li><p><em>&#199;a s&#8217;est pass&#233; comment ?</em> &#8594; How did it go? </p></li><li><p><em>L&#8217;histoire se passe en Bretagne.</em> &#8594; The story takes place in Brittany. </p></li><li><p><em>Je ne sais pas ce qui se passe en moi.</em> &#8594; I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on inside me.</p></li></ul><p>&#192; noter : <em>se passer</em> d&#233;signe un &#233;v&#233;nement, un fait. Il ne dit rien sur la dur&#233;e.</p><h3>10. Se passer de &#8212; faire sans</h3><p>Une expression d&#8217;ind&#233;pendance, de privation volontaire, ou d&#8217;addiction moderne.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je me passe de sucre depuis janvier.</em> &#8594; I&#8217;ve been going without sugar since January. </p></li><li><p><em>On ne peut plus se passer de son t&#233;l&#233;phone.</em> &#8594; We can&#8217;t do without our phones anymore. </p></li><li><p><em>Peut-on se passer de sommeil ?</em> &#8594; Can we do without sleep? <em>&#199;a se passe de commentaires.</em> &#8594; It speaks for itself.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>&#202;tre ou avoir ? L&#8217;auxiliaire aux temps compos&#233;s</h2><p>C&#8217;est l&#8217;une des questions les plus fr&#233;quentes. <em>Passer</em> illustre la r&#232;gle &#224; merveille, car il peut fonctionner dans les deux sens.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>J&#8217;ai pass&#233;</strong> &#8594; avec <em>avoir</em>, le verbe a un <strong>compl&#233;ment d&#8217;objet direct</strong></p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; un examen.</em> &#8594; I took an exam. </p></li><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; une bonne soir&#233;e.</em> &#8594; I had a great evening. </p></li><li><p><em>Il lui a pass&#233; le sel.</em> &#8594; He passed her the salt.</p></li></ul><p>Ici, <em>passer</em> est transitif : il agit sur quelque chose ou quelqu&#8217;un. On utilise <em>avoir</em>.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Je suis pass&#233;</strong> &#8594; avec <em>&#234;tre</em>, le verbe exprime un <strong>d&#233;placement ou une transition</strong>, sans compl&#233;ment direct.</p><ul><li><p><em>Je suis pass&#233; par Paris.</em> &#8594; I went through Paris. </p></li><li><p><em>Elle est pass&#233;e te voir ce matin.</em> &#8594; She stopped by to see you this morning. </p></li><li><p><em>Le temps est pass&#233; vite.</em> &#8594; Time went by quickly.</p></li></ul><p>Ici, <em>passer</em> est intransitif : il d&#233;crit un mouvement, une trajectoire. On utilise <em>&#234;tre</em>.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Je me suis pass&#233; de...</strong> &#8594; forme pronominale, toujours avec <em>&#234;tre</em></p><ul><li><p><em>Je me suis pass&#233; de caf&#233; pendant un mois.</em> &#8594; I went without coffee for a month. <em>&#199;a s&#8217;est bien pass&#233;.</em> &#8594; It went well.</p></li></ul><p>Tous les verbes pronominaux se conjuguent avec <em>&#234;tre</em> aux temps compos&#233;s. Sans exception.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Le truc pour ne plus se tromper :</strong> Posez-vous la question : <em>est-ce que je passe quelque chose ?</em> Si oui &#8594; <em>avoir</em>. Si je me d&#233;place, je traverse, ou le verbe est pronominal &#8594; <em>&#234;tre</em>.</p><ul><li><p><em>J&#8217;ai pass&#233;</em> la fronti&#232;re <em>(= j&#8217;ai franchi quelque chose)</em> </p></li><li><p><em>Je suis pass&#233;</em> &#224; la boulangerie <em>(= je me suis d&#233;plac&#233;)</em> </p><p></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>Expressions idiomatiques</h2><p><em>Passer</em> est aussi le moteur de quelques expressions imag&#233;es qui &#233;maillent la conversation quotidienne.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Passer du coq &#224; l&#8217;&#226;ne</strong> Sauter d&#8217;un sujet &#224; un autre sans aucun lien logique. <em>Il passe du coq &#224; l&#8217;&#226;ne, impossible de suivre.</em> &#8594; He jumps all over the place &#8212; you can&#8217;t keep up.</p></li><li><p><strong>Les chiens aboient, la caravane passe</strong> Les critiques parlent, mais on continue sa route quand m&#234;me. <em>Les critiques ? Les chiens aboient, la caravane passe.</em> &#8594; Critics? Let them talk &#8212; I&#8217;m not stopping.</p></li><li><p><strong>Passer un savon &#224; quelqu&#8217;un</strong> R&#233;primander quelqu&#8217;un s&#233;v&#232;rement. <em>Le prof lui a pass&#233; un sacr&#233; savon.</em> &#8594; The teacher gave him a real dressing-down.</p></li><li><p><strong>Passer l&#8217;arme &#224; gauche</strong> Mourir. Un euph&#233;misme imag&#233;, l&#233;g&#232;rement morbide. <em>Le vieux chien a fini par passer l&#8217;arme &#224; gauche.</em> &#8594; The old dog finally kicked the bucket.</p></li><li><p><strong>Passer entre les mailles du filet</strong> &#201;chapper &#224; un contr&#244;le, &#233;viter d&#8217;&#234;tre pris. <em>Il a encore r&#233;ussi &#224; passer entre les mailles du filet.</em> &#8594; He managed to slip through the net again.</p></li><li><p><strong>En passant</strong> Au passage, incidemment &#8212; pour glisser une remarque naturellement. <em>Et en passant, tu m&#8217;avais dit que tu appellerais&#8230;</em> &#8594; And by the way, you did say you&#8217;d call&#8230;</p></li><li><p><strong>Y passer</strong> Subir quelque chose d&#8217;in&#233;vitable &#8212; ou, plus sombrement, mourir. <em>On va tous y passer un jour.</em> &#8594; We&#8217;ll all go through it one day. <em>Il a failli y passer.</em> &#8594; He nearly didn&#8217;t make it.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><em>&#192; votre tour ! &#201;crivez une phrase dans les commentaires avec</em> passer <em>ou</em> se passer. 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This one belongs to the second category.</p><p>After the article on <em>se mettre</em>, many of you wrote to tell me how much this format had helped you, and you suggested I do the same with the verb <em>passer</em>.</p><p>So today: <em>passer / se passer</em>. Two words you already use&#8212;but whose full range you may not have explored yet.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h3>1. Passer &#8212; movement and motion</h3><p>The most fundamental meaning. Something or someone moves, goes through, or passes by.</p><ul><li><p>Un avion est pass&#233; dans le ciel. &#8594; A plane went by in the sky.</p></li><li><p>Le bus passe toutes les six minutes. &#8594; The bus comes every six minutes.</p></li><li><p>La Seine passe &#224; Paris. &#8594; The Seine runs through Paris.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>2. Passer &#8212; time passing</h3><p>One of the most commonly used meanings in everyday life.</p><ul><li><p>Le temps passe vite. &#8594; Time passes quickly.</p></li><li><p>Les ann&#233;es passent sans qu&#8217;on s&#8217;en rende compte. &#8594; The years go by without us noticing.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>3. Passer de &#8230; &#224; &#8212; transition</h3><p>The transition from one state to another.</p><ul><li><p>Il est pass&#233; d&#8217;apprenti &#224; contrema&#238;tre en deux ans. &#8594; He went from apprentice to foreman in two years.</p></li><li><p>On est pass&#233;s du rire aux larmes en cinq minutes. &#8594; We went from laughing to crying in five minutes.</p></li><li><p>Le m&#233;tal passe de l&#8217;&#233;tat solide &#224; l&#8217;&#233;tat liquide. &#8594; Metal goes from solid to liquid.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>4. Passer un examen &#8212; to take an exam &#9888;&#65039;</h3><p>A classic false friend. <em>Passer un examen</em> means to sit/take it&#8212;not necessarily to pass it.</p><ul><li><p>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; mon permis hier. &#8594; I took my driving test yesterday.</p></li><li><p>Il a pass&#233; le bac en juin. &#8594; He sat his baccalaureate in June.</p></li></ul><p>To say you succeeded: <em>to pass an exam</em>, or informally, <em>to have it</em>.</p><div><hr></div><h3>5. Passer du temps &#8212; to spend time</h3><p>Very common, very useful.</p><ul><li><p>On a pass&#233; une excellente soir&#233;e. &#8594; We had a great evening.</p></li><li><p>Elle passe ses week-ends &#224; lire. &#8594; She spends her weekends reading.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; deux heures &#224; &#233;crire cette lettre. &#8594; I spent two hours writing that letter.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>6. Passer pour &#8212; to be seen as</h3><p>Expressing the image you project&#8212;or your reputation.</p><ul><li><p>Je ne veux pas passer pour un idiot. &#8594; I don&#8217;t want to look like an idiot.</p></li><li><p>Il se fait passer pour un m&#233;decin. &#8594; He&#8217;s pretending to be a doctor.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>7. Passer quelque chose &#224; quelqu&#8217;un &#8212; to pass, give, let go, forgive</h3><p>Three nuances in one, depending on context.</p><ul><li><p>Tu peux me passer le sel ? &#8594; Can you pass me the salt?</p></li><li><p>Elle m&#8217;a pass&#233; son rhume. &#8594; She gave me her cold.</p></li><li><p>Il lui passe tous ses caprices. &#8594; He lets her get away with everything.</p></li><li><p>Passez-moi les d&#233;tails. &#8594; Spare me the details.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>8. Passer &#224; autre chose &#8212; to move on</h3><p>Very common in everyday life&#8212;physically, emotionally, or in conversation.</p><ul><li><p>Bon, on passe &#224; autre chose ! &#8594; Right, let&#8217;s move on!</p></li><li><p>Apr&#232;s la rupture, il a mis du temps &#224; passer &#224; autre chose. &#8594; After the breakup, it took him a while to move on.</p></li><li><p>Passons ! &#8594; Let&#8217;s not dwell on it.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>SE PASSER</h2><h3>9. Se passer &#8212; to happen, take place</h3><p>The core meaning of the pronominal form. You&#8217;ll hear it every day.</p><ul><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui s&#8217;est pass&#233; ? &#8594; What happened?</p></li><li><p>&#199;a s&#8217;est pass&#233; comment ? &#8594; How did it go?</p></li><li><p>L&#8217;histoire se passe en Bretagne. &#8594; The story takes place in Brittany.</p></li><li><p>Je ne sais pas ce qui se passe en moi. &#8594; I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on inside me.</p></li></ul><p>Note: <em>se passer</em> refers to an event, a fact. It says nothing about duration.</p><div><hr></div><h3>10. Se passer de &#8212; to do without</h3><p>An expression of independence, voluntary restraint&#8212;or modern addiction.</p><ul><li><p>Je me passe de sucre depuis janvier. &#8594; I&#8217;ve been going without sugar since January.</p></li><li><p>On ne peut plus se passer de son t&#233;l&#233;phone. &#8594; We can&#8217;t do without our phones anymore.</p></li><li><p>Peut-on se passer de sommeil ? &#8594; Can we do without sleep?</p></li><li><p>&#199;a se passe de commentaires. &#8594; That speaks for itself.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h2>&#202;tre or avoir? The auxiliary in compound tenses</h2><p>One of the most frequent questions. <em>Passer</em> illustrates the rule perfectly, as it works both ways.</p><div><hr></div><h3>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; &#8212; with <em>avoir</em></h3><p>The verb has a direct object.</p><ul><li><p>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; un examen. &#8594; I took an exam.</p></li><li><p>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; une bonne soir&#233;e. &#8594; I had a great evening.</p></li><li><p>Il lui a pass&#233; le sel. &#8594; He passed her the salt.</p></li></ul><p>Here, <em>passer</em> is transitive: it acts on something or someone. Use <em>avoir</em>.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Je suis pass&#233; &#8212; with <em>&#234;tre</em></h3><p>The verb expresses movement or transition, with no direct object.</p><ul><li><p>Je suis pass&#233; par Paris. &#8594; I went through Paris.</p></li><li><p>Elle est pass&#233;e te voir ce matin. &#8594; She stopped by to see you this morning.</p></li><li><p>Le temps est pass&#233; vite. &#8594; Time went by quickly.</p></li></ul><p>Here, <em>passer</em> is intransitive: it describes movement or trajectory. Use <em>&#234;tre</em>.</p><div><hr></div><h3>Je me suis pass&#233; de&#8230; &#8212; pronominal form (always with <em>&#234;tre</em>)</h3><ul><li><p>Je me suis pass&#233; de caf&#233; pendant un mois. &#8594; I went without coffee for a month.</p></li><li><p>&#199;a s&#8217;est bien pass&#233;. &#8594; It went well.</p></li></ul><p>All pronominal verbs use <em>&#234;tre</em> in compound tenses. No exceptions.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The trick to stop making mistakes:</strong><br>Ask yourself: <em>am I passing something?</em> If yes &#8594; <em>avoir</em>.<br>If I&#8217;m moving, going through, or the verb is pronominal &#8594; <em>&#234;tre</em>.</p><p>J&#8217;ai pass&#233; la fronti&#232;re (= I crossed something)<br>Je suis pass&#233; &#224; la boulangerie (= I moved / went somewhere)</p><div><hr></div><h2>Idiomatic expressions</h2><p><em>Passer</em> is also at the heart of several vivid expressions used in everyday conversation.</p><p>Passer du coq &#224; l&#8217;&#226;ne &#8594; To jump from one topic to another with no logical connection.</p><p>Les chiens aboient, la caravane passe &#8594; Critics talk, but you keep going anyway.</p><p>Passer un savon &#224; quelqu&#8217;un &#8594; To give someone a severe scolding.</p><p>Passer l&#8217;arme &#224; gauche &#8594; To die (a slightly dark euphemism).</p><p>Passer entre les mailles du filet &#8594; To slip through the net.</p><p>En passant &#8594; By the way / incidentally.</p><p>Y passer &#8594; To go through something inevitable&#8212;or to die.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Your turn!</strong> Write a sentence in the comments using <em>passer</em> or <em>se passer</em>. 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Le fran&#231;ais se place derri&#232;re l&#8217;anglais, le mandarin et l&#8217;espagnol et d&#233;passe maintenant l&#8217;arabe et le bengali.</p><p>Mais ce qui m&#8217;int&#233;resse vraiment, ce n&#8217;est pas le classement. C&#8217;est ce qui se passe en ce moment.</p><p>Le fran&#231;ais est en pleine croissance. C&#8217;est la deuxi&#232;me langue &#233;trang&#232;re la plus apprise dans le monde, pr&#233;sente sur les cinq continents. Et elle se d&#233;veloppe vite, surtout en Afrique, o&#249; vivent d&#233;j&#224; 65 % des francophones. D&#8217;ici 2050, on pourrait atteindre 600 millions de locuteurs.</p><p>Le fran&#231;ais n&#8217;est pas une langue du pass&#233;. 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Le fianc&#233;, lui, se console avec la pi&#232;ce mont&#233;e.</p><p>L&#233;g&#232;re, facile &#224; &#233;couter, et pleine de vocabulaire du quotidien. </p><p>Paroles : <a href="https://genius.com/Christophe-merci-john-detre-venu-lyrics">https://genius.com/Christophe-merci-john-detre-venu-lyrics</a></p><div id="youtube2-udOeNmU2qn0" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;udOeNmU2qn0&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/udOeNmU2qn0?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><div><hr></div><p>&#192; tr&#232;s vite, </p><p>Timoth&#233;e</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png" width="175" height="175" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1000,&quot;width&quot;:1000,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:175,&quot;bytes&quot;:374503,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/i/192809904?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T5Vf!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3e9a349e-8dc9-452f-ad6d-e9edc0fb71ce_1000x1000.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>English version :</strong> </p><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>A little piece of news to start: French has become the fourth most spoken language in the world.</p><p>And no, this is not an April Fools&#8217; joke!</p><p>According to the International Organisation of La Francophonie, there are now nearly 400 million speakers. French comes after English, Mandarin, and Spanish, and has now surpassed Arabic and Bengali.</p><p>But what really interests me isn&#8217;t the ranking. It&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening right now.</p><p>French is growing fast. It&#8217;s the second most learned foreign language in the world, present on all five continents. And it&#8217;s expanding quickly, especially in Africa, where 65% of French speakers already live. By 2050, the number could reach 600 million.</p><p>French is not a language of the past. It&#8217;s a language of the future.</p><p>Alright, between us&#8230; it seems that a lot of Americans want to learn French right now. I&#8217;m not exactly sure why&#8230; &#128516;</p><p>But everything I just told you is true. I promise.</p><p>Because today is April 1st. And in France, we call it &#8220;poisson d&#8217;avril&#8221; &#128031;.</p><p>The idea: we play pranks, tell fake stories&#8230; and sometimes, we secretly stick a little paper fish on someone&#8217;s back.</p><p>So be careful what you read on social media today&#8230;</p><p>But the figures about French are very real. And if this language keeps growing around the world&#8230; maybe now is the right time to give it a bigger place in your daily life.</p><div><hr></div><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p><strong>This month&#8217;s workshop &#8212; Wednesday, April 29</strong></p><p>This month, we&#8217;re working on speaking confidence.</p><p>Because knowing vocabulary is great. But if you don&#8217;t dare to open your mouth, it&#8217;s not very useful.</p><p>We&#8217;ll look at how to speak more naturally, without overthinking, and above all without stress.</p><p>&#8594; Find the link in the <a href="https://substack.com/chat/2669074">premium subscribers chat on Substack</a></p><div><hr></div><p>&#128483;&#65039; <strong>The Circle &#8212; weekly conversation group</strong></p><p>Every week, we meet in a small group to speak French. No lessons, no pressure&#8212;just guided conversation to get you used to speaking.</p><p>For your first session: 50% off with the code TIMO26 &#8212; offer valid until April 30.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://calendly.com/learnfrenchwithtimo/le-cercle-conversation">Book my spot</a></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>In April</strong></p><p>On the free side: a tip to practice French in your car, and a podcast on a question we all ask ourselves: How do French people stay slim?</p><p>On the premium side this month: a podcast on the most wanted man in France (this Friday), an episode on <em>verlan</em> (French as it&#8217;s really spoken in the streets), and the continuation of <em>La sorci&#232;re</em>, my short story that I&#8217;m finishing&#8212;promise!</p><p>&#128073; Premium subscription is $5/month, and you can cancel anytime.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.learnfrenchwithtimo.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>What you liked in March</strong></p><p>Two pieces of content were especially popular this month: the podcast <em>The Subjunctive in 10 Minutes</em> and the article <em>20 Useful Sentences for Traveling in France</em>. Thanks for your likes and comments&#8212;I really appreciate it!</p><div><hr></div><p>&#127925; <strong>Song of the month</strong></p><p><em>Merci John d&#8217;&#234;tre venu</em> &#8212; Christophe</p><p>A funny, slightly absurd song, perfect for April 1st. The story of a village wedding where the Beatles show up unexpectedly&#8230; and John Lennon leaves with the bride. The groom consoles himself with the wedding cake.</p><p>Light, easy to listen to, and full of everyday vocabulary.</p><p>Lyrics: <a href="https://genius.com/Christophe-merci-john-detre-venu-lyrics">https://genius.com/Christophe-merci-john-detre-venu-lyrics</a></p><div><hr></div><p>See you soon,<br>Timoth&#233;e</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>