Author Archive | Beatriz Moreno

8 Advanced French Learning Tricks That Don’t Feel Like Studying

The first mile of a marathon feels a lot shorter than the last mile.

During the first mile, your muscles are strong, nimble and ready to go.

Before you know it, it’s behind you.

By the time you hit that …

Already bored of the French you started learning not so long ago?

Or maybe you feel like you’ve already learned quite a lot of French, and are wondering what the next step is?

Whatever your language woes, the solution is …

OVNI. ONG. ONU.

Yes, this is the beginning of a lesson in French—not some crazy, alien language.

The French love their acronyms.

This is exciting news for those of us who delighted in Pig Latin as children.

The rest …

Oh, idioms. Those wonderful phrases whose only goal seems to be to remind you that you’re not a native speaker. And that you will never get there. Whatsoever. Right?

Wrong! Geez—don’t “make a whole cheese out of everything.”

Two …