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French can be an Adventure
My adventure with French started very early. I  (Mirek Nowak) started to be interested in foreign languages in third or fourth form of primary school. It was very popular then to write simple letters in Polish to some foreign companies asking for some promo materials and believe me usually they sent [...]

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Learn French the French way
I remember when I was learning French in junior high, my French teacher was telling us about a new method for learning French I thought was interesting. It was the humiliation method. They were doing it in Paris and some people said it was very effective. It involved doing things like [...]

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French accent syndrome
Once in a great while people that have had a traumatic injury to the brain, thank God recover, however, with one small quirk.  They develop a foreign accent.  There are many parts of the brain which are involved in speech.  It is not merely a matter of alterations of the part of the [...]

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Love phrases
One of the reasons I like to learn Love phrases in other languages is, you will use it. Guaranteed if you learn an another language you will use love phrases or at least the words associated with love phrases.
Love phrases in several languages
Most of the most famous love phrases can be translated to any [...]

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French kiss
Origin of the term French kiss
The term French kiss dates back at least to the 1920s. I think it has something to do with the specific culture of France in the roaring 20s. The States had the Great Gatsby and decadence expressed in materialism, while the French had a decadence expressed as [...]

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French foreign legion
Who are the French foreign legion and do they still exist
Origin of the French foreign legion
The French foreign legion was formed after the revolution of 1830. The purpose of the French foreign legion was to defend the colonies. They are composed of foreigners which can obtain French citizenship in three years of [...]

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The easiest language to learn
Easiest language
English- no cases, no gender, no word agreement, arguably no grammar. The language is everywhere and can be heard, absorbed and used anywhere.  Short words, verbs change only in the third person. Native speakers are very forgiving of mistakes as so many people speak it as a second language. This [...]

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Days after “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” online translations started to appear on the internet. Chinese, French, Spanish version are already on the web, I have not seen Polish but I am sure someone translated it, even for personal fun not for commerical profit. I thought of translating it for fun but [...]

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Did you know France has two languages?  Proper French and a separate Occitan language or lenga d’òc.  Occitan is the language of the south.  It had its relative zienth in the 14th century but still has several million speakers today.  However, there is a huge delcine in native speakers, only about a half a million [...]

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Salut is the French word for hi. It is used to greet someone with respect and good will.   It is an informal or familiar expression but has formal origins in Latin ( salūtāre, from salūs, salūt) meaning health or a wishing of health.  Similarly in English we have salutations and salute. 
 
Salut can be used for [...]

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