Cultivate your French : Slow French, at the right pace.

Oct 30 2024 40 ep. 7 mins 892
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Do you want to improve your listening skills and comprehension of the French as it is spoken in France? You’re right, it’s very motivating to understand well when someone talks to you. With Cultivate Your French podcast, things go smoothly. First, I, Laetitia, read the text that I have chosen from One Thing in a French Day slowly, with clear articulation. Then I read the text to you at a normal speed.

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235 — Retirer de l’argent au distributeur — mercredi 30 octobre 2024

Oct 30 2024 7 mins  
After going to the bakery, in last week episode, two days later, I went back to Bécon, this time to withdraw money from the ATM. Lisa was with me. Perhaps she’ll tell us about her cinnamon roll? In the notes that accompany the transcript, you’ll find an assortment of super-practical phrases about withdrawing money from an ATM. Yes, yes, you also need to know how to speak AT

234 —A la boulangerie — mercredi 23 octobre 2024

Oct 23 2024 5 mins  
Today’s episode is a live recording. I recorded it on Monday morning on my way to do an errand. The recording starts outside my building. It’s a chance for you to hear some totally natural French, as well as a real dialogue at the bakery. In the notes that accompany the transcript, we’ll look at all the expressions that are typical in this dialogue and how you can use them.

233 — Dimanche soir, un débat — mercredi 16 octobre 2024

Oct 16 2024 6 mins  
On Saturday nights, we eat a slice of homemade pizza in front of the TV. But not on Sunday evenings. this Sunday, Lisa suggested we watch something. By the time we’d agreed, Pietro’s soup was ready. We watched a live political debate on France 5. The subject of the debate was the importance of ecology in the new government. There were a few sighs at the beginning of the program

232 — Le jeu des péniches — mercredi 9 octobre 2024

Oct 09 2024 6 mins  
When Micaela was a baby, one of my favourite walks was to the Pont de Levallois. If I saw a barge, I thought I’d won the barge game. If I didn’t see one, I’d lost. Sometimes I’d see two or even three barges. It was a real party. Since then, playing the game of barges has become a sort of reflex whenever a member of the family passes over the bridge or on a train over the S

231 — Différences de cultures financières, avec Pierre — mercredi 2 octobre 2024

Oct 02 2024 7 mins  
Today we’re not going to talk about choux, but about sous (money). Cultural differences are sometimes also differences in financial culture, as my friend Pierre explained to me about mortgages. It’s his job, and he knows the French banking industry very well. He’s going to compare a few aspects of mortgages in France and the United States. The first difference is that there i

230 — Les choux à la flouve — mercredi 25 septembre 2024

Sep 24 2024 5 mins  
On Saturday morning, I had tea near the station with Anne-Laure. We were sitting on the café terrace, slightly in the sun. It was lovely! - So what are you doing this weekend?’ asked Anne-Laure. I explained that I had to go to Paris, to a luthier in the 11th arrondissement, to get Felicia’s viola da gamba fixed. The luthier’s workshop was located in a typical passageway

229 — Escapade en Normandie — mercredi 18 septembre 2024

Sep 18 2024 5 mins  
Last Thursday, Géraldine and I headed off to Normandy to spend the day. We arrived early in Trouville, by the sea, to see an exhibition dedicated to the painter Augustin Rouart. On the train home, I asked Géraldine how she liked the exhibition. You’ll hear our conversation in this episode. In the notes that accompany the transcript, we’ll take a look at three natural French

228 — Préparation d’un voyage en Normandie (Augustin Rouart) — mercredi 12 septembre 2024

Sep 11 2024 6 mins  
Just before the start of the new school year, I received a text message from my friend Géraldine. She asked me to come with her for a day to Normandy, to see two exhibitions, one of which was on the painter Augustin Rouart, as part of the Normandie Impressioniste festival, which takes place every four years. The name Rouart sounded familiar, but I wasn’t really sure why. I said

227 — Une expérience des J.O. avec Alistair — mercredi 4 septembre 2024

Sep 04 2024 8 mins  
You’ve probably seen it on TV, or perhaps in Paris, the atmosphere at the Olympic Games was extraordinary! Last week we went to a para-swimming event at La Défense and the girls, Pietro and I loved the atmosphere, watching the athletes and seeing their performances. Over at the kung fu club, Alistair got the chance to work for the Olympics thanks to a partnership between his s

226 — Le dîner des vendangeurs — mercredi 28 août 2024

Aug 28 2024 7 mins  
Last Thursday, Micaela and Anna (Micaela’s best friend) returned from their Interrail trip. The trip was part of their plans for this summer. They were away for ten days, visiting Vienna and Munich. We had planned for them to tell us about their trip over dinner on Saturday with Anna’s parents, Hélène and Olivier. It’s this dinner that we’re talking about in today’s