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 […]

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 […]

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 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? […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 – 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 […]

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)

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]