What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est lundi, le 28 février 2011 (say luhn dee leh vahnt weet ay uhn fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 28, 2011.

Numbers For The Week 1-5

un (uhn) One  deux (doo) Two   trois (twah) -Three   quatre (kah truh) -four
cinq (sahnk) -five


Repeat these numbers everyday this week

Children's Word of the Day - A Farmer

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est dimanche, le 27 février 2011 (say dee mahnsh leh vahnt seht fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 20, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - The Full Moon

Must Read Book - A Tale Of Two Cities

I have to admit, even though I am a bit of a geek, and love technology and gadgets. But I do still like to read a good book every now and then. But I find a lot of modern literature unoriginal. How many times can you read a novel involving serial killers, or courtroom dramas written by ex-lawyers, or medical fiction involving a spreading fatal disease? I have been finding myself turning to a lot of books I used to have to read back in high school (and cringed at having to have read), but now finding out how really good they were. Which leads us to this postings must read book. "A Tale Of Two Cities" is a thrilling story, that if written today, would probably be a T.V. show (hopefully a PBS production), because it was written by Dickens as installments when first published. The major part of the story concerns the French Revolution, which it is why a british author's novel is included on this site. This is one of the best novels ever written.

For those of you who have bought a Kindle or a Nook recently, this is one of those great free out of copyright books you can download. 

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est samedi, le 26 février 2011 (say sah meh dee leh vahnt seece fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 26, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Handlebar

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est vendredi, le 25 février 2011 (say vahn dreh dee leh vahnt saynk fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 25, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Whipped Cream

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est jeudi, le 24 février 2011 (say zhuh dee leh vahnt kah truh fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 24, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - A Comedy

Lesson #217 Now Phrases

Pour le prèsent... (pohr leh preh zahn) -for the moment...
Maintenant que tu le dis... (meh teh nahn keh too leh dee) -Now that you mention it...
D’ici quelques années... (dee see kell kuh ah nay) -In a few years from now...
Voyons, où en étais-je? (vwoy ohn oo ahn ay tay zhuh) -Now what was I saying?
C'est le moment ou jamais (say leh moh mahnt oo zhah may) -It's now or never.

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est mercredi, le 23 février 2011 (say mehr kreh dee leh vahnt twah fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 23, 2011.

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est mardi, le 22 février 2011 (say dee mahr dee leh vahnt doo fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 15, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Pet Store

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est lundi, le 21 février 2011 (say luhn dee leh vahnt ay uhn fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 21, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Bank

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est dimanche, le 20 février 2011 (say dee mahnsh leh vahnt fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 20, 2011.

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est samedi, le 19 février 2011 (say sah meh dee leh deece nuhf fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 19, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - A Zebra

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est vendredi, le 18 février 2011 (say vahn dreh dee leh deece weet fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 11, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - The Ocean

Lesson #216 Are You Going To...

Allez-vous... (ah lay voo) -are you going...


Allez-vous à la banque? (ah vay vooz ah lah bahnk) -Are you going to the bank?
Allez-vous au supermarché? (ah lay vooz oh soo pehr mahr shay) -Are you going to the supermarket?
Allez-vous au cinéma? (ah lay vooz oh see nay mah) -Are you going to the movies?
Allez-vous à l'école? (ah lay vooz ah lay kohl) -Are you going to school?
Allez-vous à la plage? (ah lay vooz ah lah plahzh) -Are you going to the beach?

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est jeudi, le 17 février 2011 (say zhuh dee leh dee seht fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 17, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Paper

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est mercredi, le 16 février 2011 (say mehr kreh dee leh sehz fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 16, 2011.

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est mardi, le 15 février 2011 (say dee mahr dee leh kahnz fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 15, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - An Orange

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est dimanche, le 13 février 2011 (say dee mahnsh leh treize fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 13, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Potatoes

Lesson #215 At The Restaurant

Je suis végétarien (zhuh swee vay zhay tah ree ehn) -I am a vegetarian.
Je ne mange pas de porc (zhuh beh nahnzh pah deh pohrk) -I don't eat pork.
Quelle est la spécialité de la maison (kell ay lah sapy shee ah lee tay deh lah may zhahn) -Is there a house specialty?
Je voudrais un plat avec ... (zhuh voo dray uhn plaht ah vehk) -I would like a plate containing...
Je voudrais commander maintenant (zhuh voo dray koh mahn day mehn teh noh) -I would like to order now.
Ce n'est pas ce que j'ai commandé (seh nay pah seh keh zhay koh mahn day) -I did not order this.

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est samedi, le douze février 2011 (say sah meh dee leh dooz fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 12, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Apples

French Music of the Week - Johnny Hallyday

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est vendredi, le 11 février 2011 (say vahn dreh dee leh onze fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 11, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Puppets

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est jeudi, le 10 février 2011 (say zhuh dee leh deece fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 10, 2011.

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est mercredi, le 9 février 2011 (say mehr kreh dee leh noof fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 9, 2011.

Must See French Film -La Belle et la Bête

No not the Disney version (although I do like that one too). This is the 1946 french version that I had first seen while going to Art école back in the 70's. A great piece of cinema, that is studied by film classes all over the world. The film is notable for its surreal quality and its ability to use existing movie technology to effectively evoke a feeling of magie and enchantment. The set designs and cinematography were intended to evoke the illustrations and engravings of Gustave Doré and, in the farmhouse scenes, the paintings of Jan Vermeer. 

Based on a French fairy tale that was first published in 1740.

Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film adaptation of Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont's fairy tale. Directed by French poet/filmmaker Jean Cocteau, the film stars Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as both Avenant and The Beast. The plot revolves around Belle's père who is sentenced to death for picking a rose from Beast's garden. Belle offers to go back to the Beast in her father's place. Beast falls in love with her and proposes marriage on a nightly basis which she refuses. Belle eventually becomes more drawn to Beast, who tests her by letting her return home to her family telling her that if she doesn't return to him within a week, he will die of grief.

père (pehr) -father     magie (mah zhee) -magic      école (ay kohl) -school

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est mardi, le 8 février 2011 (say dee mahr dee leh weet fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 8, 2011.

Children's Phrase of the Day - I Have Green Eyes

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est lundi, le 7 février 2011 (say luhn dee leh seht fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 7, 2011.

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est dimanche, le 6 février 2011 (say dee mahnsh leh seece fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 2, 2011.

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est samedi, le 5 février 2011 (say sah meh dee leh cinq fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 5, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Waterfall

Quick Phrase of the Day - I Live On The First Floor

J'habite au premier étage (zhah beet oh preh mee ay ay tahz) -I live on the first floor


Repeat this phrase all day long till you know it by heart.


Vocabulary word of the day:
avocat (ah voh kah) -lawyer (male)
avocate (ah voh kaht) -lawyer (female)

French Music of the Week - Yves Simon

Yves Simon was born in Choiseul, France, in 1944. He has published over 30 books and released about twenty albums.

Simon came to wide attention in 1972 with the release of Les Gauloises Bleues. After this, he was booked as the opening act for major artists such as George Brassens. His 1973 album, Au pays des merveilles de Juliet, won the prestigious 'Grand Prix de l'Académie du disque'. Respirer chanter was a success in 1974. In 1977, his soundtrack to Diane Kurys's film Diabolo Menthe was well received. His album USA-USSR (1983) met with success, and Liaisons was a hit in 1988.
He retired from live concerts in 1977 but continued to release successful albums displaying a wide range of musical influences. He also made some live concert appearances in Japan in 1982 and in France in 2007.
He also has written articles for the magazine Actuel and many others. Simon's first best-selling roman was Océans in 1983. In 1991, Simon won Le Prix Médicis, for his novel La Dérive des sentiments. His novel Le Prochain amour (1997) became successful, and a short story collection, Un instant de bonheur, published in 1998, won the 'Grand Prix de la chanson de l'Académie française'.


concerts (kohn sehr) -concerts       roman (roh mahn) -novel

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est vendredi, le 4 février 2011 (say vahn dreh dee leh quatre fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 4, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Chess

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est jeudi, le 3 février 2011 (say zhuh dee leh twah fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 3, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Paper Napkin

What Is Today's Date?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?

C'est mercredi, le 2 février 2011 (say mehr kreh dee leh doo fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 2, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Bread

French Film of the Week -The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre (Le Retour de Martin Guerre) is a 1982 French film directed by Daniel Vigne and based on historical events in France during the 16th century. 
The Return of Martin Guerre is set in France during the Hundred Years' War. Imagining herself a widow, Nathalie Baye is astonished when her husband Gerard Depardieu returns after nine years. He looks like her mari and sounds like her mari, and certainly has a working knowledge of the couple's prior relationship. Still, neither Baye nor her neighbors can shake the notion that Depardieu is an imposter--especially since he's a much nicer and more responsible person than the man who marched off to war so long ago. Matters come to a head when the local magistrate sentencesDepardieu to hang for his own murder.


mari (mah ree) -husband

What's The Date Today?

Quelle est la date? (kell ay lah daht) -What's the date today?


C'est mardi, le premier février 2011 (say mehr dee leh preh mee ay fay vree ay doo meel sahnt ohnz) -Today is February 1st, 2011.

Children's Word of the Day - Electric Guitar