Speaking French on Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Teena here, hoping your year is off to a fabulous start!

Today’s quick video is about :

• Valentine’s Day in France
• some French love phrases to share with your sweetie
• what to do in Paris in February
• and some questions and answers from the website.

So grab a tea or coffee, cold drink, whatever takes your fancy, and let’s get started :-)
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Today’s Video Newsletter

Here is today’s quick Video Newsletter – Postcards from Paris. Click the video to view:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8E45dB5AZ4

View on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8E45dB5AZ4

Today’s Useful French for Valentine’s Day

Watch today’s video to hear the pronunciation for these French words and phrases:

Paris + the French + Valentine’s

As with everything, there are several ways to say Valentine’s Day in French:

• le quatorze février / the 14th February
• le jour du Saint-Valentin / the day of St Valentine
• la fête des amoureux / the festival of lovers

Love terms with cute animal names:

• ma puce {mah poose} = my (little) flea (very popular!)
• mon lapin {mohn lahpahn} = my rabbit (ohhh cute!)
• mon poussin {mohn poosahn} = my (little) chick
• mon poulet {mohn poolay} = my chicken

Things to do in Paris in February / Fevrier

• Festival of St-Valentin
• Carnaval de Paris (fabulous festival)

• Chinese New Year
• Iceskating; sales coming to a close
• short queues at monuments, museums etc
• sit in cosy cafés with hot drinks, people-watching
• weather’s still chilly … winter’s not over yet!

Image at right: Theme is L’Arche de Noé / Noah’s Ark

Until next time! A bientôt!

That’s it for today, I look forward to chatting with you on the website (use the COMMENT form at the bottom of the pages), Youtube, Twitter and Facebook (and soon on Google Plus), it’d be so nice to hear from you.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon!!

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