French Archives | The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/tag/french/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:04:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 French Wine – Ultimate Guide to Regions, Labels & Vocabulary https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-order-wine-in-france/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-order-wine-in-france/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:33:00 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=11943 How to Order Wine in France: Decoding French Wine Labels, Regions, Phrases & Tips Knowing how to order wine in France takes much more than a few “essential phrases” in a guidebook. That’s because French wine labels are virtually impossible to decode if you don’t speak French (or don’t know the first thing about wine). Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/how-to-order-wine-in-france/feed/ 0 How to Make New Year’s Resolutions in French https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-in-french/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-in-french/#respond Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:10:18 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27726 Mes bonnes résolutions pour 2022. My good resolutions for 2022 Like many North Americans, European French-speakers are relentless self-improvers. The custom of making New Year’s resolutions is so ingrained it’s estimated that 80% of the French adult population make at least one every year, and often more. In France, Before Setting New Year’s Resolutions, You Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/new-years-resolutions-in-french/feed/ 0 La Fête Nationale – 2021 Guide to Quebec’s Largest Celebration https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/quebec-la-fete-nationale-st-jean-baptiste-day/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/quebec-la-fete-nationale-st-jean-baptiste-day/#respond Wed, 16 Jun 2021 20:54:02 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27012 Everything You Need to Know About Canada’s Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, or “The National Holiday of Quebec” As our lives teeter closer and closer to the brink of “back to normal,” more and more people are making travel plans for the future. However, despite our eagerness to fling the door open and greet the post-pandemic world with Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/quebec-la-fete-nationale-st-jean-baptiste-day/feed/ 0 Best Road Trips in the USA for Language Learners https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/usa-road-trips-language-learners/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/usa-road-trips-language-learners/#respond Tue, 13 Apr 2021 21:12:07 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=26697 Learn a Language on a Road Trip across America Did you know there are 350 languages spoken in the United States? Although the main language is English, hit the streets and you’ll hear everything from Spanish to German, Tagalog to Cantonese. And that’s not just from the tourists. Historic immigration has brought people into the Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/usa-road-trips-language-learners/feed/ 0 French Wine Vocabulary, Regions, Tasting Tips, and More https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/french-wine-vocabulary-regions-tasting-tips/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/french-wine-vocabulary-regions-tasting-tips/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2021 22:59:30 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=26579 A Tour of France Through French Wines Imagine France. What do you picture?  If you’re thinking of cosmopolitan Parisian streets, full of culture, historic buildings, and well-dressed people that could have walked out of a scene from Emily in Paris, you’re not wrong.  But get outside the capital city and you’ll find the country is Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/french-wine-vocabulary-regions-tasting-tips/feed/ 1 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds From Around the World https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/holiday-zoom-backgrounds-from-around-the-world/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/holiday-zoom-backgrounds-from-around-the-world/#respond Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:14:11 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=22702 Deck the Virtual Halls and Celebrate Your Love of Language, Heritage, and Travel with Our Fun and Festive Zoom Backgrounds Virtually celebrating the holidays again this year? Then download one of our free travel and heritage-inspired Zoom background images to display at your online gathering. Whether you’re celebrating a virtual Hanukkah, Christmas, or New Year, we’ve got you covered Read More >>

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