Bienvenue's How To Become Fluent in French

The adverb's job is to modify the meaning of a word or a verb, or even an entire clause. Understanding what they mean is easy, and learning to use them is certainly a key to becoming fluent in French.

In order to help my students get to the point of fluency, I put together what I call Bienvenue's English to French Translation Guide. It's a compilation of words and expressions that can be tricky to translate. Here are three of those expressions.

The misuse of articles in French is one of the most frequent mistakes people make. From remembering gender to using an article when we don't use one in English, it can be confusing-but it doesn't have to.

Me, you and them seem to hold a mystery when it comes to French, or at least French learners seem to think. But it is a lot easier than you think. Work with this episode and you will be that much closer to becoming fluent in French.... and yes, c'est moi qui ai mangé tous les chocolats!

The French already think Americans over react, so when you try to use I'm excited, announcing to the whole world that you are horny, well, it's just plain embarrassing. Learn some good alternatives to maintain your decorum...

Discover the world of gros mots (big words), in French. We give you the essentials, from mild to very rude...

Put those amateur mistakes behind you once and for all. It will only take a few minutes...

Learning the gender of each noun doesn't have to be as tedious as you make it out to be. There are a few categories that are always masculine or feminine.

In our last Episode we talked about il fait, one of the many idiom idiomatic expressions using the verb faire. The great thing about the verb fare is that it is so diverse it's sort of the go to verb in French.

It is are two of the most difficult words to translate into French, mostly because we insist on translating word for word instead of expression what we mean. Once you let go of that you will never wonder, "how do I translate it"... again. Promise.