French Word of the Day

the little hand, the big hand

À cinq heures, la petite aiguille indique le 5 et la grande aiguille indique le 12.
At 5 o’ clock, the little hand is at 5 and the big hand is at 12.

THIS WEEK
We’re exploring a common topic that is covered early on in most French classes — the time — but with a level of detail you might not have learned before. We’ll cover parts of the clock and other words that will help you do more than just say or understand what time it is.

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parsley

Je prépare des crevettes sautées au persil pour la fête des Mères.
I’m preparing shrimp sauteed with parsley for Mother’s Day.

THIS WEEK
We’ve been covering a random selection of words that we think are interesting and help make anyone’s French vocabulary a little richer and more interesting.

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to reach

Marie a atteint sa destination à 14h15.
Marie reached her destination at 2:15 p.m.

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We’re covering a random selection of words — ones we’ve come across in the past week or so that we think are interesting and help make anyone’s French vocabulary a little richer and more interesting.

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