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Descriptions

Learn one useful expression to have better conversations in French. 

👋🇨🇵 Bonjour French learners !

Let's study or practice one useful expression for your daily life in a French speaking country. 

✅ Today's expression is: f a i r e   l a   q u e u e 

🇨🇵 Faire la queue = stand in line

Examples:
📌 Je déteste faire la queue. C'est long et ennuyeux.  - I hate standing in line. It's long and boring. 

📌 Je fais souvent la queue à la boulangerie pour acheter du pain.  - I often stand in line in the bakery to buy some bread.

🗣 Your turn!
Et toi, tu as déjà fait la queue pour manger au restaurant ? - Have you already waited/stood in line to eat at the restaurant?

😀 Hope it was useful for you!
🤩 Don't hesitate to answer in French in the comments, I'm here for you. 
🤗 Suggest another expression you want me to teach you.

En français avec Victoria

French expressions for your conversations. 1. 

今回はヒカルの碁について話しました。囲碁を全く知らなかった僕でもハマったこの漫画、みなさんも読んだことがありますか？ヒカルの碁の魅力、好きなキャラ、
好きなシーンなどについて話しました。知っている方はぜひコメントしてくださいね！
☆目次
0:00 オープニング
1:30 ヒカルの碁の魅力: ライバルの存在
8:10 好きなキャラ
12:05 好きな対局、シーン
☆語彙
題材(だいざい)
成立 (せいりつ)
神童 (しんどう)
切磋琢磨 (せっさたくま)
動揺 (どうよう)
大前提 (だいぜんてい)
傲慢 (ごうまん)
筆頭 (ひっとう)
執着 (しゅうちゃく)
接待 (せったい)
勘づく (かんづく)
ハンデ
案の定 (あんのじょう)
きざし
肩慣らし (かたならし)
痛感 (つうかん)
サボる
老獪 (ろうかい)

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

ヒカルの碁、いいよね！

Self introduction!  

Hello to all of you! I’m Ann, and I was born in a town in Iloilo, about 30 kilometers away from the city. Our home was surrounded by a small coffee plantation, with trees like mango, coconut, cacao, and many other tropical or native fruits — it really felt like paradise! We also had plenty of animals around — chickens, geese, ducks, goats, pigs, cows, and even a carabao — and a small rice field. That was my childhood — simple, yet full of joy and natural beauty.

Now, I carry those memories and stories with me here on the podcast Ma-HILIGAYNON Ta!

I still clearly remember how we used to walk about 3 kilometers just to get to school when my siblings and I were in elementary. It was only when I got to high school that we moved closer to the highway. During the rainy season, we’d walk barefoot through rice paddies and small streams, carrying our school shoes and supplies. We would wash our muddy feet in a little stream beside the road before waiting for our favorite tricycle driver to pass by and take us to school.

You know, it’s only now that I realize how tough that was — but back then, it all felt like fun. I never even thought of it as difficult, especially for young schoolgirls like me.

We had a very loyal dog — his name was Burgo. He looked like he came from a police breed, maybe part German Shepherd mixed with a native dog. He was a gift from my grandfather. He was my companion through every silly adventure and farm chore.

Want to hear more of my stories? Just follow my podcast! Let’s keep talking — see you in Ma-HILIGAYNON Ta! This is Ann — padayon lang, abyan (keep going, friend).



Ma-HILIGAYNON Ta!!!

Ilonngo gid ako ya!

breve intervista a una giovane donna che ha aperto un banco di prodotti vegani.

la Rubrica di Simona

La vegana a Testaccio

Daniel se réveille à l’hôtel. En sortant de sa chambre, il voit un camion. Le camion appartient au
restaurant « La Ratatouille folle ». Daniel trouve le transporteur. Il lui demande s’il peut voyager à l’intérieur du camion qui va à Marseille. Le transporteur lui dit oui. A l’intérieur du camion il se
retrouve avec un vieil homme. Lui aussi va à Marseille. Il veut retrouver son fils, Arnaud. L’homme est le père de l’ami de Daniel, Arnaud.

Read with me  the book : French stories in French - Olly Richards and Richard Simcott

Chapitre 3: French stories in French - Olly Richards and Richard Simcott

Narrator: Queen Elizabeth the First was born in 1533. Her father, King Henry the Eighth, was disappointed that his second wife Anne Boleyn had not produced a son and he had Anne’s head cut off when Elizabeth was only two years old. Elizabeth received the same education that a son would have and studied classical and modern languages, history and religion.

Narrator: When Henry died in 1547, Elizabeth’s younger brother Edward briefly became king, but on his death in 1553, her older sister Mary took over. Mary was a Catholic and wanted to bring England back into the Catholic faith after her father had broken with the Catholic Church and the Pope in Rome. She tried to achieve this by force and had 300 Protestants burnt at the stake. When “Bloody Mary” died childless in 1558, Elizabeth became queen.

Narrator: The first challenge Elizabeth faced was to bring the country together after the religious conflicts it had experienced during Mary’s rule. The Church of England that she set up occupied a middle ground between the Catholic and Protestant faiths and allowed some freedom in people’s personal beliefs as long as they attended church regularly. This saved England from further violence, although there were constant threats from both sides.

Narrator: Elizabeth was very skilled at presenting an image. She had many pictures of herself painted wearing expensive clothes and jewelry as well as makeup to make her face look pale, sometimes showing herself as a goddess or other figure from classical myths. She traveled around the country regularly on horseback so she could see and be seen by her people, who were very loyal to her.

Narrator: Elizabeth never married. Many men both at home and abroad wanted to marry her, but she played them off against each other. This meant she could avoid taking sides in various domestic and foreign political and religious conflicts, but it also meant that when she died, there would be no clear heir. She saw herself as married to the country...