Ewww, I know. As cringey as that app is with all the fetuses dancing in overly provactive ways for their age (where are there parents?!) Us adults are slowly realising everyone and their aunt has at least downloaded the app. All the known public figures and celebs are alos on it so it may be […]
Category: Learning…
Russian and Hebrew- basic vocabulary part 1
For some reason I had the urge to learn a few key phrases in both these languages. I watched a documentary about the Russian modelling industry and then some videos on YouTube made by Jewish youtubers so I googled some key phrases and have added them to my notes to learn. And I thought u […]
Farm vocabulary list- french vocab list
This is a very short list of farm vocab that I found useful that I thought I would post. la ferme – farm la grange – barn l’écurie – stable le hangar – shed le moulin – windmill
French – Animal vocab list
le lapin – male rabbit la lapine – female rabbit le lapereau – baby rabbit le chien – male dog la chienne – female dog le chiot – puppy le chat – male cat la chatte – female cat le chaton – kitten la vache – cow le taureau – bull le veau – calf […]
French vocab list – Forest Animals
More animal vocabulary, but this list is more niche. By now, we all know dog, rabbit and cat. But do you know what a squirrel or badger is? No? well its your lucky day. Un cerf = a deer Une biche = a doe Un chevreuil = a roe deer Un écureuil = a squirrel […]
French vocab list – 10 Top French Abbreviations
These abbreviations are great for texting and what you may see if you are in contact with a french person via text message or any other messaging platform. BSR – bonsoir have a good night, hi (in the evening) SLT – salut MDR – mort(e) de rire LOL JTM – je t’aime I love you […]
French vocabulary list of the day
A fun list I found on FluentU titled, “Next-level Vocab: 24 Advanced French Words for Your Climb to Fluency”. Regardless, of what level you’re on, you can learn these to increase your vocabulary and perhaps seem more fluent than you are 😉 déroger– To depart from, to contravene the status quo affubler – to get up in, to deck […]
Commenting on a meal – French vocab list
Délicieux/ Délicieuse – Delicious Parfait(e) – perfect Cuit à la perfection – Cooked to perfection Pas trop sucré – not too sweet à mon goût – for my taste J’ai une passion pour – I’m just mad about Ça me rappelle – It reminds me of ajouter – to add Verser – to pour Couper […]
French vocabulary list – Kitchen
La fourchette – fork Le couteau – Knife La cuillère – spoon Le plancher – the floor Le plafond – the ceiling un plat – a plate une hotte – extractor stove top – une plaque de cuisson un evier – sink un plan de travail – work top un lave-vaisselle – dish washer un […]
Art french vocabulary
Decided to make it look a little more artistic seeing as it’s vocab focused around art. Art could be a fun project to get stuck into during lockdown. artwork – l’œuvre (f) la couleur – colour, hue la roue chromatique – colour wheel le pigment – pigment un atelier – a workshop un tableau/une peinture […]
French vocab list A- Z PART 3
ambulance (f) – ambulance compte bancaire (m) – bank account carte bancaire (f) – bank card patron (m) patronne (f) – boss cassé – broken monnaie (f) – change (money) carte de crédit (m) – credit card client (m)/ cliènte – client (f)customer accueil (m) – customer service dégâts (m/pl) – damage euro (m)eurocours d’échange […]
French vocab list A-Z part 2
Grande – big Plus grande – bigger Gratuit – free Impoli – impolite Important – important Impossible – impossible Intelligent – intelligent Inutile – useless Isolée – isolated Léger – lightweight Libre – free Lourd(e) – heavy Malheureux – unfortunate Malheureuse Marrant – funny Mauvaise – bad Mince – thin Mobile – mobile Moderne – […]
DELETED TWEETS SHOW KARDASHIAN’S TRUE COLOURS
PSA to all the News outlets: Some horrific people are worth exposing and justice is worth being served. But scrolling through celebrities and influencers twitters to try and find controversial comments they made in 2007, lame. A great writer/outlet can get clicks reporting on actual news. Interesting news, unique takes and great writing. Thank you […]
Free French lessons vocabulary
I found this great site to help with learning the body parts which I though I would share with you guys. https://www.frenchspanishonline.com/beginnersfrench/school/body/slangbody.html http://elcondefr.blogspot.com/2016/02/notre-corps.html?spref=pi
French I learned today…
I watched a french vogue video. Une Fille, une style video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCPj7FwwAKo I later watched this video too: I practiced my french speaking with a friend. We chatted about what we did today and what we’ve been doing throoughout quarantine. This is the list of words I had to look up: Tu es/vous êtes d’où? […]
Amazing historical figures
If black lives didn’t matter and people didn’t advocate for those who have been silenced and oppressed in society these great people below would never of had the opportunity to do there not in transforming the world we live in today and making history. So I challenge you today and throughout your life. Think are […]
Breanna Taylor – RIP
Sign the petition below to bring justice for Brenna https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor Stay safe everyone and keep spreading love, not hate. P.S amazing work and graphics here are courtesy of @adriennebailon. These were shared on her story and I felt compelled to share in a simplistic and beautiful manner. May all the beautiful souls lost to […]
Free french lessons – menu food guide vocab list
This vocab list is to help you order and understand french menus. This list is strictly words beginning with the letter A. Abricot – apricots à emporter – to take away Agneau – lamb Aiguillette de boeuf – slices of rump steaks Ali – garlic Ailoli – garlic mayonnaise à la broche – spit roast […]
Free french lessons – Fashion vocabulary
Found this great fashion vocabulary list on this site French Entrée that I just have to post their list. Great for shopping in french speaking countries, describing what you like. If you want to work in fashion, France is the mecca of said industry so this list will be invaluable to you. Enjoy! Remember, look, […]
Feeing anxious about the future
As I am coming to the end of my university career the constant anxiety of “What am I gonna do with my life?!” Keeps popping into my head and clouding my thoughts. I have lots of ideas, I’m just worried how well I will be able to execute them and whether people will take me […]
Free French lessons – vocabulary post and bank
Le facteur – postman le code postal – postcode le timbre – stamp en recommandé- registered post par avion – air mail le colis – parcel le carte postale – postcard la banque – bank le code – PIN le guichet – cashier les billets – notes le distributeur automatique – ATM/cashpoint les chèques de […]
Free french lessons – animal vocabulary
Le chat – cat Le lapin – rabbit L’oiseau – bird Le poisson – fish Le chien – dog Le hamster -hamster Check out our podcast: Outspoken Scientists, available on all platforms.
Free French lessons – Job interview French vocabulary
Perhaps you want to work in a french speaking country? Perhaps you’re job requires you to be bilingual or maybe you’re just trying to learn as much french vocabulary as possible (i.e me) either way, I hope this list is beneficial and helps you get that one step closer towards your french goals. offrir la […]
Outspoken Scientists podcast NEW EPISODE!
Love and dating chats: Bae Watch, What girls look for in Guys & revealing our deepest darkest secrets… Just posted a new podcast episode on Love and dating chats: Bae Watch, What girls look for in Guys & revealing our deepest darkest secrets. Check it out, it’s already on 7 different podcasTing domains including apple […]
Free french lessons- business vocabulary
Maybe you’re working from home, maybe you’re still in the office, maybe you’re trying to learn more french, maybe you’re starting an online business, whatever you’re trying to do. Here is YET another weekly vocabulary list. Enjoy! Le paiement – payment Le document – document Le planning – schedule La livraison – delivery Le budget […]
Free french lessons – Job vocabulary
Pronunciation in the brackets Médecin- Doctor (medsan) Infirmier – nurse (anfairmyay) Dentiste – dentist (Donteest) Professeur – teacher (Professeur) Comptable – accountant (Koñtabluh) Avocat – lawyer (Avokah) Designer – designer (Deesineur) Consultant – consultant (Koñsooltõn) Secrétaire – secretary (Sekraytair) Commerçant – shopkeeper (Komairsõn) électricien – electrician Plombier – plumber Cuisinier – cook/chef (Kweeseenyay) Ingénieur – […]
Free french lessons – clothing vocabulary
Maybe because your quarantined right now you’ve been doing a lot on online shopping and want to know what said clothing items are in French. I’ve got you covered. La chemise – shirt La cravate – tie La veste – jacket La poche – pocket La manche – the sleeve Le pantalon – trousers La […]
Free french lessons – shop vocabulary
La boulangerie – baker La pâtisserie – cake shop Le tabac – tobacconist La boucherie – butchers La charcuterie – meatshop La librarie – bookshop La poissonerie – fish monger L’épicerie – grocery La banque – bank Où est la/le ……………? – For example : Where is the florist?
French podcast
It’s finally here! I have finally made a podcast all about self help and improvement and of course because my current endeavour is learning french I simply had to include regular french pod nuggets so give it a listen. I’m gonna use/am using it as a revision and french learning aid for you guys so […]
Free french lessons- Healthy vocabulary
Seeing as everyone, everywhere is talking about health and the Corona virus I thinks it’s of use if we learn some health vocabulary in french. En bonne santé – In good health En mauvaise santé – In poor health Je me sens bien aujourd’hui! – I feel good today! Je me sens mal! – I am […]
Free french lessons – Hotel room Vocabulary
With a pandemic so rife it probably isn’t that useful right now to learn travel vocabulary, unless your planning on risking it…but for when we can finally leave our hobbit holes here is some useful hotel vocabulary. You can describe your room to the hotels staff, what you need for example. If there’s an issue […]
The truth about Juice
Juice refreshing, full of vitamins and a child favourite.But there’s actually so much more to juice. Firstly, juice is pressed fruit or vegetables of course. But some people avoid juice at it is supposedly “empty calories”. This is because it is essentially vitamin liquid without the benefits of the fibre which aids in digestion and […]
Free french lessons – Airport vocabulary
La carte d’embarquement – boarding pass L’enregistrement des bagages – baggage check in Le billet – ticket Le passeport – passport La valise – suitcase Le bagage à main – hang luggage Le chariot – trolley L’enregistrement – Check in Le départ – departures Le contrôle des passeports – passport control L’arrivée – arrivals Le […]
French Sightseeing vocab
Le guide – guide book L’entrée – entrance ticket Les heures d’ouverture Le jour férié – Public holiday L’entrée gratuite – free entrance La visite guidée – guided tour La rive – the shore La côte – the coast La péninsule – the peninsula L’île – the island Le continent – the continent Le fleuve […]
Lean french online for free -Être and Avoir
Avoir and Être are super important verbs used to construct many tenses (see previous posts) in describing yourself, others and the world around you. You definitely need to learn these off by heart as they are basically the essentials of this language. Cover and test yourself and then repeat, repeat and repeat even more. Être […]
Free online french lessons – French vocab
The french vocabulary we will be learning today is… Town vocab? That’s what I would call it. The best way to learn each of my vocab lists is to read it. Cover the french and learn the english. Keep doing that until you think you’ve learnt it. Theeen come back to it when your learning […]
French vocab
Parts of a car could be very beneficial vocab if your travelling in France and are renting a car or brake down. Le coffre – Boot Le pare brise – Windscreen Le capot – Bonnet Le pneu – Tyre La roue – Wheel La portiere – Door La pare – chocs – Bumper Les Phares […]
Ma famille vocabulary in french
Mon – My with masculine Ma – my (with feminine) Mes – my (with plural) ton – your (informal) with masculine ta – your (informal with feminine) tes – your (informal with plural) votre – your (formal, with masculine or feminine) vos – your (formal with plural)
French vocabulary: Les relations- Relatives
Le grand père – grandfather Le frère – brother La sœur – sister Le père – father La mère – women La grand-mère – grandma Les fils – boy La belle – sœur Le beau-frère – brother in law/ stepbrother La demi sœur – half sister Le demi frère – half brother Les enfants – […]
How to pass your driving theory first time
The best app for the UK Driving theory exam, I have found is the Theory 4 in 1 app. It is 4.99 GBP on the app store and truly worth it. My advice is do ten questions, 20, 30 etc etc even 50, and aim to get 8,9 or ten on each one, or until […]
French – Basic greetings
Bonjour – Hello Bonsoir – Good evening Salut – Hi Coucou – Hi close friends often use this. You can even use the word ciao Ça va – How are you? Ça fait longtemps, dis donc – Long time, no see Bien merci – Good thank you Enchanté(e) – Nice to meet you (extra e for feminine verbs) […]
Imperfect tense -French
The imperfect tense is a way of describing states and actions that are repeated in the past or ongoing for example, I used to play football, which in french would be Je jouais. We form this delightful tense by first, taking the present nous form of a verb, removing the ending and adding the endings ais, […]
Future Conditional tense -French tenses
The conditional tense is the tense you use to express something that might happen i.e I will swim, I will run. An easy way to form this tense is using the phrase Je voudrais + infinitive. To say, I would like to + the infinitive of the verb. An example being, I would like to […]
Daily motivational quote
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are. -Muhammad Ali
French- The Present tense
The present tense in french is a tense expressing an action that is currently going on or habitually performed. According to the Oxford dictionary. It’s formed by taking the infinitive of the verb, removing the ER, IR and RE, and adding the following endings as depicted in the photo below. The irregular verbs must be […]
Future tense – french
Get the infinitive of any word. (The form in the dictionary e.g to read, lire or to wake up, réveiller) and add ai, as, a, ons, ez, ent for each respective pronoun. I – ai You – as He/She/It – a We – Ons You – ez They – ent Formula: Infinitive + ai, as, […]
Physical appearance: French vocab of today
Below you’ll find vocab to describe someone in French/ yourself. Today it’s physical appearance. I think I might do a whoooole run through from extremely beginner, to help anyone who wants to learn the language from scratch. Let’s begin with eyes and hair. Colours of eyes: bruns: brown Bleu : Blue Verts : Green Noisettes […]
February, the come back month.
I have been very busy recently with work and working on my degree. But I’m excited to come back and put useful science backed nutrition content up here and more interesting content regarding food finds, recipes, healthy snacks and even some other non related Nutrition content like my travel recommendations, photography, inspiration in all facets […]
Different types of yoga
Different types of Yoga Hatha Yoga This is the term referred to when most people say they practice yoga in western society. Contrary to popular belief, it is not an actual style, but simply means to ‘do yoga’, although some people have used this name for loosely based yoga classes that don’t follow the usual […]
Daily Motivational quotes
Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places.
Daily motivational quotes 01/09/19
Sometimes the wrong choices bring us to the right places.
Learning…Francais
Today, To learn practice my french and take my metaphorical monoply piece closer to the grand prize of fluency. I firstly woke up at an ungodly hour, namely 4.50am (got to love that out of whack circadian rhythm, which is also prompting me to make a post on the importance of sleep hygiene and maintaining […]
What French did I learn today…Post 1
Just a quick what I learnt today regarding french. I’ll be posting shortly, regarding why I’m blogging about french. But in the mean time know that the healthy scientist aims to get fluent in french/to a very high standard by Jan 1st 2021 (achievable goals) the earlier the better but I believe this is acgievable […]
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