Children's Word of the Day - A Fireman

Quick Phrase of the Day - He Gave Me Some Money

il moi as donné de l’argent (eel mwah ah doh nay deh lahr zhan) -He gave me some money


Repeat this phrase till you know it by heart.


Vocabulary word of the day:
rue (roo) -street
la rue (lah roo) -the street
une rue (oon roo) -a street

Children's Word of the Day - A Letter

Quick Phrase of the Day - I Hope You Don't Mind

J’espère que vous n’y voyez pas d’inconvénient (zheh spehr keh voo nee vwah yay pah dahn kahn vee nee ahn) -I hope you don't mind


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


Vocabulary word of the day:
liquide (lee kweed) -liquid
un liquide (uhn lee kweed) -a liquid
le liquide (leh lee kweed) -the liquid

Lesson # 192 Hearing

M'entendez-vous bien? (mahn tahn day voo bee ehn) -Can you hear me?
Tu t'imagines des choses (too tah mah zheen day shohz) -You are hearing things
J'ai appris que tu partir (zhay ah pree keh too pahr teer) -I hear that you are leaving.
Tu n'es pas au courant (too neh pahz oh koor rahn) -Haven't you heard?
J'ai telement entendu parler de vous.(zhay tell eh mahnt ahn tahn doo pahr lay deh voo) -I heard so much about you.

Must See French Film -Wasabi

A woman (later revealed to be a transvestite) dancing provocatively to the enjoyment of other nightclub patrons is abruptly hit in the face by Hubert Fiorentini (Reno), a commisaire of the French Police. Fiorentini drags her/him out of the club in handcuffs, assaulting other patrons who come too close to free the captive woman or attempt to hinder his exit. Unfortunately, one of these patrons includes the Prefect's son.

Hubert Fiorentini is chastised for the violent and unorthodox methods that he uses to accomplish his goals and is put on paid leave from the force. Despite his success and his seemingly enjoyable lifestyle of fighting crime, playing golf, and being the object of a beautiful woman's (Bouquet's) attentions, he has been unable to forget his one true love, Miko, a Japanese spy he met 19 years prior. Upon receiving news of her death, he is summoned to Japan by her lawyer, Ishibashi (Hirata Haruhiko) for the reading of her will.

Ishibashi informs Fiorentini that he has inherited the guardianship of Yumi (Hirosue), a fiery, adorable and eccentric Japanese/French teenage girl over whom he has custody until she reaches adulthood in two days (the age of adulthood in Japan being 20). Yumi, who was led to believe she was the result of her mother's rape and subsequent abandonment, hates her unknown father. Hubert realizes Yumi is his daughter, but doesn't tell her as she would probably flee him.

Fiorentini uncovers evidence that Miko was the victim of foul play. He discovers that Miko had stolen a small fortune from the Yakuza, a fortune now destined for Yumi upon reaching adulthood. Fiorentini summons the help of Momo (Muller), a former intelligence colleague living in Tokyo. He helps Fiorentini with further investigations into Miko's death and in guarding Yumi from the Yakuza by supplying him with two metal suitcases of weapons.

Yumi discovers that Fiorentini is her father as she is captured by the Yakuza. With the help of former intelligence colleagues, Fiorentini and Momo free Yumi from her kidnappers when they attempt to withdraw money from Yumi's bank account. During the rescue attempt a gunfight breaks out and all of the Yakuza are killed without any casualties to the "good guys".

Following the ordeal, Fiorentini takes a flight back to France, having promised Yumi he would be back in a month. But just before the plane takes off, a group of customs officers enter the cabin with two familiar metal suitcases in hand, asking for their owner.

Must See French Film -With A Friend Like Harry

It takes nearly an hour for anything unusual to happen in With a Friend Like Harry, but that first hour is oddly unsettling. German filmmaker Dominik Moll reveals the trouble with Harry (Sergi López) with low-key precision, his thriller sensibility channeled from Hitchcock through Claude Chabrol, while emphasizing casual conversation in the style of Eric Rohmer. Harry's found Michel (Laurent Lucas) in a public restroom, identifying himself as an old schoolmate who remembers far too much about Michel, even though Michel has no recollection of Harry at all. But Harry's an ingratiating type, and nice enough on the surface, so Michel invites Harry and his girlfriend, Plum (Sophie Guillemin), to the summer cottage he's renovating with his wife, Claire (Mathilde Seigner), and their three young daughters. The Spanish actor López (from An Affair of Love) modulates his performance so carefully that Harry's psychosis--never explained, but strangely compelling--reverberates well beyond the film's shocking conclusion.

Children's Word of the Day -Newspaper

Quick Phrase of the Day - A Patch of Blue Sky

Un bout de ciel bleu (uhn boo deh see ehl bluh) -A patch of blue sky


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


Vocabulary word of the day:
riz (reez) -rice

Children's Word of the Day - Jelly

Children's Word of the Day - A Painting

Children's Word of the Day - The Front Door

Thanks to Sylvie for the correction

Lesson # 190 I Am Wearing

porter (pohr tay) -to wear (clothing), to carry, to bring


We will deal with the wearing of clothes in this lesson.


Je porte (zhuh pohrt) -I wear, I am wearing
tu portes (too pohrt) -you wear, you are wearing (when speaking to a friend or family member)
il porte (eel pohrt) -he wears, he is wearing
nous portons (noo pohr tohn) -we wear, we are wearing
vouz portez (voo pohr tay) -you wear, you are wearing (when speaking to someone you do not now well)
ils portent (eel pohrt) -they are wearing (when speaking of an all male or mixed male & female group)
elles portent (ell pohrt) -they are wearing (when speaking of an all female group)


Je porte une chemise brune (zhuh pohrt oon sheh meez broon) -I am wearing a brown shirt.
il porte un manteau noir (eel pohrt uhn mahn toh nwah) -He is wearing a black coat.
tu portes un chapeau bleu (too pohrt uhn shah poh bluh) -You are wearing a blue hat.

Children's Word of the Day - Birthday

Quick Phrase of the Day - When Are You Leaving?

Quand partez-vous? (kahn pahr tay voo) -When are you leaving?


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


Vocabulary word of the day:
doigt (dwaht) -finger


un doigt (uhn dwaht) -a finger
le doigt (leh dwaht) -the finger
mon doigt (mohn dwaht) -my finger
mes doigts (my fingers) -my fingers

Must See French Film - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is a 1958 French film directed by Louis Malle. It was released as Elevator to the Gallows in the USA and as Lift to the Scaffold in the UK. It stars Jeanne Moreau and Maurice Ronet as criminal lovers whose perfect crime begins to unravel when Ronet is trapped in an elevator. The film is often associated by critics with the film noir style.
The central characters, lovers Florence Carala and Julien Tavernier (Moreau and Ronet), plan the perfect crime — the murder of Florence's husband, Simon Carala. The murderer, Julien, an ex-Foreign Legion parachutist officer veteran of Indochina and Algeria, rappels up the office block on a rope to kill Carala in his office without being seen, but on going to his car, realizes he left the rope dangling outside the building. Leaving his expensive car unlocked and with the keys in the ignition, he returns to remove the evidence, but in doing so becomes trapped in the lift as the building closes down for the weekend.


A very Hitchcock type film. Great soundtrack by Miles Davis

Quick Phrase of the Day - Where Is My Shirt? It Is In The Closet

Où est ma chemise? Elle est dans le placard. (oo ay  mah sheh meez ell ay dahn leh plah kahr) -Where is my shirt. It is in the closet.


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


Vocabulary word of the day:
chemise (sheh meez) -shirt


une chemise (oon sheh meez) -a shirt
ma chemise (mah sheh meez) -my shirt
la chemise (lah sheh meez) -the shirt
les chemises (lay sheh meez) -the shirts

Quick Phrases of the Day - New

nouveau (noo voh) -new (for a male word) nouvelle ((noo vell) -new (for a female word)


J'ai une nouvelle voiture (zhay oon noo vell vwah churr) -I have a new car
J'ai un nouveau portable (zhay uhn noo voh pohr tah bluh) -I have a new laptop

Quick Phrases of the Day - Old

vieux (vee ew) -old (for a male word) vielle (vee ell) -old (for a female word)


Le livre, c'est un vieux (leh lee vruh seht uhn vee ew) the book is old
La bicyclette, c'est une vielle (lah bee see kleht) the bicycle is old.


L'homme est vieux (lohm ay vee ew) -the man is old
La femme est vielle (lah fehm ay vee ell) -the woman is old

Lesson # 188 Breathing Problems

J'ai un problème respiratoire (zhay uhn proh blehm rehs pee rah twah) -I am having trouble breathing. 
J'ai quelques difficultés à entendre (zhay kell kuh deefee kuhl tayz ah ahn tahn druh) -I am having some difficulty hearing 
Prenez une grande inspiration (preh nay oon grahnd ahn speer ay shee ohn) -take a deep breath 
Je ne prend pas une grande inspiration (zhuh neh prahn pahz oon grahnd ahn speer ay shee ohn) -I can not take a deep breath
Je ne prend pas une grande inspiration sans beaucoup tousser (zhuh neh prahn pahz oon grahnd ahn speer ay shee ohn sahn boh koo too say) -I can not take a deep breath with out coughing a lot.