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Meeting People in Paris

This is the fifth and final part in my series this week on Paris.
 
Moving to a new place where you may not know many people is never easy, even less so when you don’t speak the language and the city is a big as Paris. And the truth is, the city can sometimes feel like [...]

Is Paris for you? Now the bad

This is the second part of TresFrench’s look at Paris. Read yesterday’s article on the good side of Paris.
Paris is a great city to live in, there’s no doubt about it. However the fact that it draws so many people to it leads to its major drawbacks.
Housing in Paris is expensive
Paris is an expensive place [...]

Free and single on a Sunday night? Try a Pastas Party!

What to do on a Sunday night? Particularly if you’ve just moved, far from home, your family, friends…well, if you’re single and on the market, there’s a new concept in town!

5 things I did to practice my French before I came to France

If you’re taking French lessons outside of France, one of the most difficult things to do is to put it into practice. In order to become completely fluent, you need to start thinking in French and using common expressions that the French use every day. So what did I do?

Explain it to me: the difference between ‘Tu’ and ‘Vous’

In French, the informal is represented by ‘tu’ and the formal and plural by ‘vous’. However, it is difficult to know when to use which one.

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