by John Elkhoury | Nov 19, 2013 | Learning French
How can I improve my French pronunciation and lose my pesky accent? Well to explain this question, we would need to understand that a foreign accent results from not fully adapting to another language’s set of phonological and phonetic rules. To make matters...
by John Elkhoury | Oct 30, 2013 | Learning French
In French there are two simple ways to talk about something that will happen in the future: Le Futur Proche (near future) and Le Futur (the future). This article will address how to form these two types of future tenses and when to use each of them. At the end of the...
by John Elkhoury | Oct 14, 2013 | Learning French
Even after having years of French instruction, people still exhibit some confusion over the indefinite pronoun on in French. So what exactly is on and when can we use it? On (pronounced /ɔ̃/ like the vowel in the word “pont”) has a few meanings in French....
by John Elkhoury | Oct 2, 2013 | Learning French
What prepositions should I use when talking about different countries or cities in French? The preposition depends on the gender of the country you’re trying to talk about. Luckily there is straightforward rule to determining the genders in French with minimal...
by John Elkhoury | Sep 14, 2013 | French Music
Formidable in English Lyrics reviewed and translated by Stromae & John Elkhoury COMPREHENSION DIFFICULTY: MEDIUM Formidable, formidable Wonderful, wonderful Tu étais formidable, j’étais fort minable You were wonderful, I was pathetic Nous étions formidables...
