Sep 25

oleDid I already tell you that yours truly has been admitted in a Spanish post graduate course?

Practically that means that I have already missed quite a lot of courses there due to having to work for the money, and it is on top of my French course.

In other words: it’s way too much but: once you are in, you are in!

In again other words: it’s just a matter of time and of course hard work and I will both have a French and Spanish certificate obtained in Europe. If you don’t hear me for the next few years, you know why :-)

Anyway, that means there will be a new blog about how to learn Spanish in the making: Rocket Spanish Words!


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Sep 20

Well, seems today I am in a scolding mood :-) Part of this has to do with the latest Wordpress update I did: my French accents all have been crumbled up or messed up or… whatever :-)

So I am now correcting French sentences… thanks to an upgrade.

Anyway, if you still don’t know yet: you can also learn French in Belgium or follow French courses in Belgium. French in Belgium is 1 of the 3 national languages, besides Dutch and German.

French in Belgium

French in Belgium

Casse Toi!

By now looking at the French picture, you could have guessed what these French swear words are all about:

  • Piss off !!!

Learn French in Belgium : Brussels

If you want to speak French, you can visit Belgium: especially the south of Belgium and the capital Brussels harbours a French speaking population.

When in Brussels, you will need to ask directions from the Main Square in order to walk a few minutes and find this funny little statue of a little guy pissing… kind of shameful to know what Belgium is famous for… But when you get really harassed by a French in Belgium: you know what to say :-) Casse Toi!

How to ask for directions, you can read further at: Basic French Phrases : Basic French Words: Directions


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Sep 16

learn French fastI find it quite cute that although this blog’s title is French Swear Words, I get a lot of visitors looking for French love phrases :-)

That’s probably the crowd that needs to Learn French Fast because they got themselves a French boyfriend or girlfriend.

Or they are just like me: engaged in a don’t know which language chat room and trying to keep up with the obvious:

  • what’s your name,
  • where you live and
  • at the end of the conversation: what are you wearing :-) (ideal to study the names of French clothes)

Chatrooms are fun though if you want to practice the French you just learned because it’s very repetitive (like I mentioned above!).

As soon as you can write the obvious perfectly in French, then you can start to make you chatroom conversation longer: 1 sentence at a time. Don’t worry: there will be plenty of "teachers" to help you around :-)

If you are a bit more serious in learning more French phrases fast, buy yourself an online French course like the one I love the most : Rocket French!

Why do I love Rocket French?

  • you pay, you download and you are ready to start learning French : as fast and easy as that!
  • it has a must need when you learn French: French audio
  • it has pictures that help you understand and memorise the French phrases
  • and it also has a few French Love Phrases :-)

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Sep 11

best way to learn german 

Guten Tag! Add to that our free, sexy blond German girl’s videos and you have found the best way to learn German.

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Sep 10

learn French fastIf you want to learn French fast on your computer, make sure you have audio and video tapes available.

If you still need to buy French language software, then we recommend :

 

  • online you can buy Rocket French: it has French audio with lot’s of helpful French drawings like I did in my own free French course at: French Step by Step Course
     
  • offline you can buy Breakthrough French 1 from Stephanie Rybak. It’s ideal for French beginners that want to know just enough French to get by in France, ask for the basic necessities and understand the French.

    Do make sure you get the audio material, as it contains fun games you can do at home.

    There is also a Breakthrough French 2 and 3, which I don’t recommend, as they go into too much detail.

 

Why buy online French courses when my French Step by Step Course is free?

 

Because online French courses are easy to study from and refer to when you spend a lot of time behind your computer.

 

Also the CD of Breakthrough French is easily plugged into your computer to practice the audio.

 

How to learn French fast on your computer

Each time you come back to your computer (after you just woke up, after you had lunch…) spend at least 5 minutes on your French course!

 

If you are motivated, 5 minutes soon become 10!

 

If you are not so motivated: it’s better to learn French 5 minutes a day with a fresh mind, then only study half an hour once a week! Been there, done that the first time I had to study Japanese!

 

So join my French Step by Step Course as that’s the fastest way to learn French fast on your computer! Once you have finished my course, leave a comment and ask for more French courses!

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Sep 08

learn frenchIt has always been my dream to learn French for free and to teach French for free. But I also need to pay my bills, so I do recommend:

But when the above covers my expenses, it is getting time I start giving some French courses for free as well, and I will start right doing so in my next post.

I do have lots of French material to put online, but I also want to let you experience the real French that you don’t learn in school.

Like I said: I saw my niece who studies French in Malaysia and although her vocabulary is huge and she thinks in French when speaking French, what is missing is the "real French pronunciation".

Now you will say: people in Paris of course will have a different accent than people speaking the French language in Belgium or in Morocco. You are right, but my niece didn’t sound like any of these accents either.

All this because she never studied French in France and she only has been able to practice her French with a handful of French teachers, some of which being locals.

So I will go on a mission (having no clue yet how) to gather "all French voices" of the entire world, so you can at listen how French is spoken in different parts of the world.

If you want to speak in French texts, and help people to learn French for free, please leave a comment!

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Sep 05

Always have fun when learning French! It is always difficult to give an exact English to French translation or French to English translation. Therefore we will try to illustrate with cartoons in the French language when it is more or less appropriate to use French swear words.

Funny in French language…

French course

A French dictionary will translate très drôle with "very funny".

We are still looking for more très drôle cartoons to illustrate French swear words and other French words that you normally don’t hear when you study French in your every day French courses…

We would appreciate any input from you readers to add some funny or juicy French post to French Swear Words: just leave a comment!

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Sep 01

Why learn how to speak French when “everybody” speaks English?

French (le français, la langue française-the French language-) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish language and Portuguese language. In 1999 the French language was the 11th most spoken language in the world being spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones-speak French) as a mother tongue, and by 128 million altogether including second French language speakers. It is an official or administrative language in various communities and organizations (such as the European Union, IOC, United Nations and Universal Postal Union).

Why learn French spelling during a French Course?

French spelling is by no means phonetic. Terminal consonants have often become silent in most French dialects, unless followed by a vowel sound (liaison) or silent altogether (e.g., “et” is never pronounced with the ending “t”). In many words, the “n” and “m” become silent and cause the preceding vowel to become nasalized (i.e. pronounced with the soft palate extended downward so as to cause the air to leave through the nostrils instead of through the mouth). Furthermore, in the French language French words tend to run together when spoken, with ending consonants often being chained to the start of the next word.

Where to learn how to speak French in France?

You can find some schools in France giving French Courses following the links on my page. Since Europe is not that cheap for us Malaysians, I will add some more websites that teach French worldwide.

How to speak French from the comfort of your own home!

Study French at home and let a native French teacher visit you online! Of course this can be done for free at Learn French but to speak French in less than 2 months, we recommend you buy an Interactve French Language Package.

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Aug 27

Normally teachers just don’t want to teach their students the juicy French curse words… although you will hear them day in day out once you visit France. Of course teachers are afraid teaching you French swear words as it could be used against them :-)

 

But from time to time you do need to make an exception, otherwise you will be hearing the same words over and over again in France and wonder why your teacher never mentioned it, therefore thinking: why did I ever fork out so much money and still don’t know the daily used French phrases.

 

Most used French curse word

 

Napoleon-bonaparteThis French curse word was noted first time by one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s generals Cambronne. When he found himself outnumbered by the enemy and was asked to surrender, he lifted his sabre and attacked with the defiant syllable: Merde!

 

During a normal day in France, it seems that a lot of people are still finding themselves outnumbered by enemies… :-)

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Aug 22

french restaurant

Take the yellow pages, look for a French, Moroccan, Algerian, Haitian… restaurant: any restaurant where you can expect French speaking people and a French menu.

 

What can you learn by going to a French restaurant?

 

  1. First of all you will get a typical French menu with courses written in both French and English
     
  2. Secondly you will learn the words for starter, main dish, drinks and desserts as you would find them on a menu card in and French restaurant in France.
     
  3. Thirdly, there should be a French speaking person in the restaurant you can have a chat with. Hopefully this will be the waiter or waitress so you can try to order everything in French.
     
  4. Also you can learn about French food you most likely never have heard about before and you can ask the waiter in English what’s the meal all about. Doing this in France could become a nightmare as lots of waiters will not be able to speak English.

 

French restaurants normally attract other French speaking people, so if you happen to find a cozy French restaurant and you become a regular,chances are big you will end up with some French friends with whom you can practice your French language with.

 

Just be warned that lot of French dishes contain lots of butter and cream, do enquire well before you start eating. Bon appétit!

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Aug 18

Step 3: learn 1 Basic French phrase a day

 

Every day you probably spend a lot of time that you could use to study French:

 

  • sitting on the toilet,
     
  • watching ads on TV,
     
  • stirring your food while cooking,
     
  • waiting for the train,
     
  • lining up at the bank…

 

All this time you can use wisely to study French!

 

Learn the written form of Basic French Phrases that you can use in daily life (French words like hello, how are you, where is the post office…).

 

Write the sentence down, so you can look at it every time of the day and like that, you will also get familiar with the French writing and French spelling.

 

You can even practice in silence using these Basic French Phrases:
 

  • when you want to say thank you,
     
  • think on the same moment of its French equivalent "merci".

Go to Basic French Phrases to start learning 1 basic French phrase a day!

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Aug 14

Step 2: Find French Friends!

 

Did you already buy a French CD or download some French audio material? Did you download the Vanessa Paradis song in last post?

 

Listening to French audio is fun, but your French studies become much more fun and meaningful if you start talking to French people.

 

The Internet is great to find French speaking people, so go study French online by looking for French people. These French people will feel honoured to help you studying French and you can learn French like it is really spoken or written.

 

We tried to find some French friends already: go to our French Friends pages and start interacting with French native speakers.

 

Or start with talking all the French you learned already with other French students. Yes: it is always better to interact with another French student, than not speaking French at all!

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Aug 09

Step 1: download or buy French audio material

How to listen to French words

  • Buy a French music CD,
     
  • buy a French online course or buy one in your local shop: just make sure it includes audio. Do not buy any language course that looks the same in any language, as they re just translations of one text and have no decent pedagogical built up.
     
  • go to our French music page and download some French audio material.
     
  • French sites like TF1.fr are great when it comes to give you free French videos, yet as you are a French beginner, this could be a bit advanced to enjoy fully.
     

 

Again: French music is a great way to study French: if you like Celine Dion, go to the music shop and buy Celine Dion CD’s.

 

Other well known popular French pop music is sung by Vanessa Paradis or Alizee.

 

alizee hot

 

Alizee hot French singer
(also sings some of her French songs in English,
very practical if you learn French through music! e.g.
French version: alizee j’en ai marre
English version: alizee i’m fed up
)

 

You can download a song by Vanessa Paradis here to see if you like her: Vanessa Paradis: Joe le Taxi

 

Vanessa paradis joe le taxi

 

Vanessa Paradis Joe le Taxi

 

( Vanessa Paradis Shue le Taxi :-)  )

 

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Jul 31

Your best bet will be that you will be able to snore in French if you ask me :-)

Anyway, I always put on French music when I go to sleep. I put the music very soft so I sleep in rapidly and don’t get disturbed at night with it.

Does it work? Well, they say that it works when people want to quit smoking: they need to listen all night to a tape that keeps on repeating “you are smoke-free”.

My 2 cents is that when you make yourself a habit like putting on a French tape at night in order to learn French, you are focused on what you want to achieve when you go to bed. Being focused is always a way to success!

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Jul 26

Always remember that for the French, the French language is important, not only to get by in daily French conversations, but also as a kind of measurement of your education: the better French you talk, the higher your education must be.

French swear words about intelligence

learn french in france

Le cerveau il était en option chez toi?

By now looking at the French picture, you could have guessed what this French swear words are all about:

  • Le cerveau : The brain
  • il était : it was, he was
  • chez toi : with you?
  • en option : optional
  • Le cerveau il était en option chez toi? : "You have no brains is it?"

Learn French : the use of chez

Chez means something like "at the place of this or that person".

  • The French words Chez moi translate in English as : at my place / with me.
  • The French words Chez toi translate in English as : at your place / with you.
  • The French words Chez toi ou chez moi translate in English as : Your place or mine? If you hear these French words, you better have a clue about French love phrases

If you do have a lot of brains and you are ready to study more French, you can read further at: Basic French Phrases

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Jul 22

french vocabluary flash cards

Do you want to follow online French classes with French vocabulary French cards? Then you have to decide for yourself 2 things:

 

  • do you want to learn how to speak French fast or
     
  • do you take up French language courses to prepare yourself for enrolling in French language schools

 

Myself I have been studying French in a language school in Paris. I must say: they are very focused on grammar, so I ended up the rest of the evening studying and studying French.

 

A waste of opportunity, because if you take up French courses in Paris, you better immerse yourself with French in the streets. Exactly what I did after 1 evening studying French on my own and it paid off big time.

 

Male and female French vocabulary flash cards

 

If you want to learn how to speak French fast, then make or use any French flash cards that look appealing and amusing for you, because having fun in one of the best ways to study any language.

 

If you are preparing for French language schools, then use "male and female" French vocabulary flash cards.

 

As you can see in the flash cards above: the man is drinking coffee and the girls are drinking beer because according to French grammar:

 

  • coffee is male : un café
     
  • beer is female : une bière

 

Where "un" and "une" translate in English to "a".

 

  • Take all French words that use "un" to translate "a", and you have a bag with "male French nouns".
     
  • Take all French words that use "une" to translate "a", and you have a bag with "female French nouns".

 

If you use French flash cards similar like the ones above in your French language course, you will visually remember that :

 

  • each French word that has a guy on the flash card is a male word and
     
  • each French word that has a woman on the flash card is a female word.

 

Why call it male and female French words? Because (see also our Learn French words page):
 

  • Avez-vous des frères et des soeurs?      Oui, j’ai un frère et une soeur.
     
  • Have you some brothers and some sisters? Yes, I have a brother and a sister.

 

Brother is obviously a male and is in the bag with "un" words (un frère) so we call it the ‘male French words’ bag.

Sister is obviously a female and is in the bag with "une" words (une soeur) so we call it the ‘female French words’ bag.

 

Use only fun French vocabulary flash cards

 

I don’t use the above kind of flash cards in my French courses because I want my French students to learn French as fast as possible (see my free French flash cards).

 

My idea is that once you immerse yourself in the French language, you will hear the French words so often that you will naturally assimilate their gender.

 

My other idea is that it doesn’t make much sense making a French vocabulary flash card portraying a man wearing a bra because according to the French grammar, bra is a male word (un soutien-gorge).

 

So for me: learning French should be as fun as possible, so I advice you make or buy French vocabulary flash cards that look appealing and fun to you.

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Jul 17

free french flash cards

In our online French class of today, we continue or list of free French flash cards.

 

This time the flash card above should remind you about:

 

"Oh, it’s my grandma in a bikini saying goodbye on a river
boat trip".

 

The keywords to remember are Oh and river, as they should help you remember the French translation of the word "goodbye" : "Au revoir".

 

Au sounds exactly like ‘Oh’ .

 

Of course if you are making your own free French flash cards, use an image that makes you scream "Oh!", for me that would be seeing my grandma in a bikini :-) .

 

You might argue that it’s quite a way off from ‘Oh + river’ to "au revoir".

 

But when you study French online or follow French language courses offline, you will be confronted with lots and lots of new French words "out of the blue".

 

When you need to remember "au revoir" out of the blue or use the above free French flash card, the latter will be remembered best.

 

This is especially true when you signed up for intensive French courses. These French courses evolve so fast, that without any memory aid, you will be lost in no time.

 

How to prepare for French language immersion?

 

Once you go on holiday to France or any French speaking country for that matter, you will be immersed in the French language.

 

How to prepare yourself the best?

 

  1. French courses online are great for having access to audio material.
     
  2. Better still is having French language cds available.
     
  3. Add to that free French flash cards will help you memorizing the French vocabulary!

 

Keep an open mind that French people are very helpful once you try to speak their language!

Speak French Fast using : French Flash Cards
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Jul 13

French flash cards

We continue or list of free French flash cards with a word that’s also used in many French swear words expressions: "dirty".

 

This time we tackle the French translation for the English word: "dirty".

 

The clue in the above French flash card is obvious when you know that "sale" is the French translation of "dirty". It doesn’t get easier than that.

 

Now I can hear you say: this is cheating as the answer is already on the flash card! Although it looks like cheating, the main purpose of flash cards is "burn" the French words in your memory.

 

The idea is that when you hear the word dirty, the first images that comes into your brain is the French flash card above. Then your mind just needs to read ’sale’ and you have the translation of your English word.

 

Again, it’s not abut cheating, it’s about helping you to memorize French words in a way that’s fun and effective!

 

Purely visual French flash cards

 

French flash cards

 

The above French flash cards are a bit more difficult to memorize as they don’t provide a real clue.

 

On the other hand they are easier to memorize than a normal English to French vocabulary list because they help you to translate the image on the front of the flash card straight into French (’sale’ will be written at the back of the flash card).

 

These image French flash cards are extra useful for my students that aren’t native English speakers. With the above French flash cards, it doesn’t mater what your native language is, you only need to look at the image and memorize the French word associated to it.

 

Of course when making French image flash cards as above, you need to know the cultural background of your students. Malaysians will know that this is a dirty coffee shop table and viewers of US cable shows will know that the guy in the picture is the host of Dirty Jobs.

 

A Spanish child living in Europe only watching Spanish soaps, will need another French flash card that makes sense for him.

 

Where to find French flash cards?

 

You can buy ready made French flash cards in any better bookshop or online, but you are free to use our French flash cards we will keep on posting in our FREE French flashcards category.

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Jul 08

free French flashcards

Use the above flashcard from our extensive list of free French flashcards to memorize French words much easier and importantly: memorize while having fun with the French words.

 

    This time the English word to translate and memorize in French is poster.

     

    And what do you see on the poster? A Fish!

     

    Behold: the French word for poster is: l’affiche and sounds exactly as if you where to say ‘la-fish’.

 

It doesn’t even have to be exact. Focus on the sounds created in English and it doesn’t need much effort to link a-fish with the French word l’affiche.

 

Just imagine not having the above French flashcard: your memory has to come up "out of the blue" with l’affiche.

 

But when you have visualised the poster of the fish while learning the French word l’affiche, I think by now you even will never forget how to say poster in French ;-)

 

Find more of our free French flashcards here.

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Jul 05

If you study French, you will get quite amazed by the amount of French vocabulary related to the weather, not to mention there are "way too many" French weather expressions for comfort.

Unlike in a tropical climate where the weather is kind of dry or wet, in Europe the weather can go from hot to cold to hail to snow to icy cold rain… Especially in early spring: March and April.

On top of that, a way to start a French conversation is talking about the weather.

So on a cold and rainy day like today where it’s quite a nuisance to go out for a walk, it’s quite ideal weather to study… French words about the weather :-)

Main thing is that you try to remember a few and then as soon as there is a change in the weather, go back to your French weather expressions to see if you can name this type of weather in French. Like that you only study the most common weather expressions in stead of trying to learn a complete list of French weather expressions. If you don’t learn French in France, go to a French weather forecast on the Internet daily to check out the French weather changes!

Always learn something you can use, otherwise you forget way too fast!

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Jun 30

DVD French language instruction

If you love to watch TV, then you will love any DVD French language instruction for learning French in your sofa :-)

But to make full use of any French language DVD you have to look at children and how they learn a language:

 

  • listen,
  • play and
  • learn on autopilot!

 

Learn
French now! When you buy these 20 French language CD’s, you can be listening to French already while reading the rest of this post!

 

Use your natural language learning skills

Since you can read this, you have proven you have the skills to learn a language! That means you can use these skills again to learn French easily as well!

 

How did you learn your mother language?

You learned your language as a child, without noticing it :-)

 

Children hear the same sounds over and over again.

 

And they hear these sounds when playing, eating, traveling in the car, trying to sleep…

 

When you study the French language, you should do the same:

listen to French language CD’s over and over again.

 

That’s the way to learn French easily and learn French fast, just like you learned your first language when you were a child.

Talking about children:

  • if you child has some challenges but you would love her or him to speak French, do know that there are French language programs for children with disabilities.
  • for any children out there: French language worksheets for children are available as well, leave a comment if you want more information.

French language self study course

If you want to speak French fast, you need to put yourself on a passive French language self study course.

 

What do we mean?

 

You are no more a child and adults cannot afford so much time to playing… But you know you can multitask whatever you do with listening to the radio (some even watch TV when ironing!)

 

You need to listen to any French audio CD’s available, anytime, anywhere!

 

Even if that means you should listen to a French explanation about history of Cajun French language :-)

 

I can imagine you would prefer to listen to some French music! Listen to famous French speaking artists :

 

  • Canadian Celine Dion, (although we realise Canada’s English French language problems: what counts is you undergo a French immersion)
  • Indonesian Anggun (our "French language Asia ambassador" :-) and
  • the ‘pure’ French from France: Alizée and Vanessa Paradis.

 

To learn French fast: listen to French language CD’s anytime, anywhere:

 

  • driving your car,
  • traveling on public transport,
  • ironing clothes,
  • doing the dishes,
  • preparing dinner,
  • taking a shower,
  • when you go to sleep and
  • at breakfast!

 

Only listen to the French language – avoid rushing into the following:

 

  • No need to translate French language into English: just listen to the French language words and phrases just like children hear the French words and phrases whilst growing up.
  • No need for English to French language conversion yet either: just get yourself a French language immersion before you start using it!
  • Surely no need yet to focus on French beginners reading as a second language: children know how to speak much longer before they learn how to read!
  • Forget about how to speak the correct French language + how to write a letter in French: Rome wasn’t built in 1 day! Start from the bottom up and you will be surprised how fast you can learn how to speak French!

 

French Language Schools and French Language Courses

Any good French language school or French language course will make sure you learn French easily providing you with French learning software.

But before there was learn French software, French language training programs already know the importance of audio tapes for learning a foreign language:

 

  • my grand-dad had a language tape used to teach French in the 1940s at Yale and
  • my mom has the famous Linguaphone "suitcase" filled with French cassettes.

 

So when it comes to French language education, it is clear that the French language is better internalized when you can listen to French language lessons.

 

We add to that :

 

 

Pick up lines French language

 

What are the first words you remember the fastest when learning a foreign language?

Swear words…

 

You can learn a few French swear words here which they won’t teach you in French language schools. At least not in the French language courses Bordeaux offered to me :-) I don’ t expect French language training Ottowa Ontario having a different approach either…

 

It’s not that advisable if you want to master the business French language, unless you need to scold people for not paying their bills… :-)

 

Do you manage mastering French swearing faster than French speaking?

 

Then you should concentrate first on listening to pick up lines in the French language: they will make you much more popular than repeating French Swear Words :-)

 

Is French a good second language for Americans?

 

Of course it is!

 

Why?

Because once you know how to speak French and understand the French culture, you will understand:

 

  • how the French really felt when Bush converted "French fries" to "Freedom fries".
  • why the French show great respect for the way Bush played the words French and Freedom: both in alliteration as in Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty…

 

If you want to know more benefits of learning French language, you should watch the Bachelorette show to watch how a French accent is successful in seducing women…

 

Where to get DVD French language instruction materials?

 

You could go shopping for the famous Pimsleur French course, but you can buy equally good French Audio materials in the Rocket French 20 French language CD’s package.

 

This is what my students use and
they speak French fluently after 3 months
.

 

Maybe that’s because they have me as their French language teacher…?

 

Mainly it’s because they are motivated and I gave them a shortcut in finding the right French tools:

 

 

Note to myself: I should write a page only about reviews of other French courses to choose from, for now I know from experience the above 2 French course tools let you speak French fluently within 3 months.

 

When it comes to interactive French DVD’s with learning French language online listening tasks: a great site for English native speakers wanting to study French is http://www.bbcactive.com/languages/talk-section/ .

 

You can buy French language instruction DVD’s there or do the listening exercises online.

 

But since you won’t be online 24/7, I recommend you do buy your own French listening material for your French language immersion.

 

Summary: French language immersion

 

If possible buy French music CD’s, as that’s what you most likely feel at ease with listening to at the background.

 

If you still need to buy a French language course, choose a French language package that comes with good French language CD’s.

 

These CDs are integrated in a complete learn French experience with French language learning software.

 

French music is only giving you the much needed French language immersion.

 

If sitting in front of the TV is your strongest quality, do get yourself a DVD French language instruction and start watching it every day.

 

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Jun 24

Learn 200 French words a day!

Would you like to learn French rapidly, effortlessly and effectively? And do you want to have fun remembering French words? Then French Flash Cards are your answer!

 

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The French word for

poster is l’affiche

(which sounds like LA FISH).

 

Learn Rrench Fast with these French Flash Cards

 

Imagine a mermaid putting up a poster of a FISH.

 

Why will you easily remember this French word? because the French Flash card uses lots of memory techniques in 1:

 

  • pictures always make memorisation easier and faster than lists of words
     
  • memory triggers like this connecting "a poster of a fish" with:
     
    • similar sounds: The French word l’affiche sounds like a fish
       
    • the poster of the fish will trigger your memory like: poster – fish – l’affiche
       
  • a unique Female Mermaid will trigger your memory that ‘affiche" is a female word

 

Learn French vocab easily like this and the French Mermaid is where the real fun comes in:

 

  • things, or nouns, in French are either ‘male’ or ‘female’ – which stumps French learners without flash cards, because they can never remember which is which!
     
  • Flash cards like the above using the powerful tool of a Memory Trigger makes remembering the gender of a French easy:
     
    • use a unique female character (in this case, the mermaid – female fish) is used for this feminine word,
       
    • use an unique male character for masculine words : yes make sure the Flash card uses a different male character for each word so that you remember the word and its gender with the unique French Flash Card picture.

 

You remember fun things first

 

That’s why people pick up French swear words and especially French love words so fast: because it’s fun using them.

 

The same fast way of remembering French words occur when you use Fun French Flash Cards.

 

It’s all in the Memory Trigger picture, that snapshots itself into your brain’s subconscious.

 

The world’s great Memory Masters, people who can memorize several decks of cards, lists of thousands of items etc, teach us that to imbed something in your mind so that you will remember it, you just need to visualise it in a crazy scene in your mind’s eye. You just shoot a funny, goofy mental movie.

 

The more vivid and crazy the visualization, the more colour and spark, the more zany and off the wall, the easier it is to remember your French words!

 

That’s why you need to make your own fun French flash cards or buy a set of fun ready made French Flash cards.

 

It really works. I have done it, and so do my students who speak French fluently after 3 months following my fun courses. Oh yes, we make sure we have some French food, French music and lots of French Flash Cards to make learning French as fun as possible!

 

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Jun 21

Learn French in the car would be the name of the CD to buy if you have a car and want to learn French. Penton Overseas is said to have a good set of 9CD’s.

yet again I can imagine you don’t want to spend too much money to start with, because you need to know if studying French in the car really works for you.

For me it works perfectly as I only have to switch on a French channel and I can practice my French listening skills on the go.

this of course isn’t that inviting for beginners so for people that are starting out I have 3 suggestions:

1. Buy the cheapest Learn French in the car CD you can find.

Go to your better bookstore and buy a CD that says: Learn French in the car.

These kind of courses are especially made to be used without a textbook, which means that you can listen to what is said and are given time to repeat. I can hear you thinking: "but then I am buying a CD that’s half empty and on top of that they will be speaking my language and the French language.

Both true :-) the CD’s I have listened to so far have an English instructor introducing you on the CD how to listen and learn French in your car:

  • they read a French phrase and ask you to repeat
  • they read an English phrase, ask you to translate, give you a pause to do so, then only give their French translation and again give you a pause so you can repeat their French phrase.

It’s a real effective parrot kind of way to effectively learn French in the car..

2. Learn French in the car with music

Go to your music shop and ask for French music CD’s. Go and listen to the CD’s before you buy them for 3 reasons:

  1. do you like what you hear? (what you don’t like will never teach you French!)
  2. does the French music come with the lyrics (otherwise it will be a pain to really understand what they are saying in French, unless you have a high level of the French language already
  3. can you sing along with the French song having the lyrics in hand? If not, you need to find a singer that sings slower (rappers most likely talk way too fast in French…)

3. Learn French in the car for free

Download French Music from our website (comes with the lyrics) , download our free French lessons or if you are patient: download all the audio we already put on our learn French website.

Even better: download all the French you can find from the Internet on your iPod or MP3 player and you are ready to go and learn French in the car for free.

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Jun 17

voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soirYou most likely know the song Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? And most likely you didn’t know it was written like this…

Main thing is that this French phrase could be stuck in your brain and that’s where you need to capitalize on!

Lot’s of people don’t remember any of the French words they learned in school due to a lack of practice. If that’s the case with you as well, then you could opt to listen to French music.

We downloaded a few French songs there, included one of Celine Dion (oh yes, she is a French speaking Canadian and to be frank before she got famous with her English songs, she was oh so proud to be able to sing in French in stead of English… that’s long before she became a Las Vegas girl, we would advice her now to try the Moulin Rouge …)

Talking of Moulin Rouge: "coucher" translates in English to sleep, so if you didn’t get the hint just listing to the music: this French song Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir is quite… well… for adults :-)

But it carries a lot of useful every day French words in it, so it will pay off if you listen to the song over and over until you remember the title by heart:

  • Soir means evening and is commonly used in the greeting Bonsoir. You don’t need translation software to know that it means: good evening.
  • Voulez-vous… translates to "Do you want…" and will be heard a lot in the sentence asking: what do you want: "Qu’est-ce que vous voulez? Click the link if you want to practice how to pronounce French words 

Whatever you do: if you don’t want to end up in any stranger’s bed, don’t go to France singing Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir in the streets :-)

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Jun 13

If there is one French song that I know by hearth, then it is Aicha : a French song from Algerian-French music writer Cheb Khaled. This French song has been very popular, it has been a French hit in Malaysia as well, and my teacher those days was smart enough to incorporate it in his teachings. From him I learned that you need to incorporate anything your students love in order to let them learn the most :-)

The other reason why I love this French song is because it is inspired by the hardships felt by the young French-Algerian population in French Algeria. Although I don’t get my nose beaten up because I am not wearing a veal, the mental oppression not being allowed to say what you really feel is not good for anybody’s state of mind.

If you wonder why with one leg I am in Malaysia and with the other I want to get out of Malaysia so badly, it is because I would like to have peace of mind: you feel more accepted as a foreigner living in France than as a non Malay Malaysian in Malaysia :-(

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Jun 08

Does "Baton Rouge" ring a bell? Yes, we are talking hurricane Katrina here, but this time not because of the weather, yet because of the state Louisiana. Ages ago Louisiana was a French settlement… French kings used to be called Louis… It’s a no-brainer why this state these days is called Louisiana.

French MusicNow you will tell me: nobody I saw on TV was speaking French there during the floods, so what is this learn Cajun French all about?

Well, the old French settlers in Canada were given kind of a choice: to leave Canada for other French territories like Haiti or Louisiana. Lot’s of them settled in the harbour of arrival: New Orleans.

Yet Cajun lives on, not only in the well known Cajun foods and Cajun seasoning but especially in their French music. Unlike the language spoken in Paris which evolved to the French you hear now, Cajun is more or less a reminder how French was spoken 400 years ago. You can learn Cajun French if you listen to Cajun music like in the sample French music song Quand j’étais pauvre from Dewey Balfa , Louisiana. Violin and Cajun accordions are the music instruments of choice.(Music lyrics are included as otherwise it could become a bit difficult…)

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Jun 04

If there is one thing that drives me kind of nuts, then it is learning French verbs. I mean, what is the logic of changing your verb each time not only for:

  1. present,
  2. past and
  3. future (that’s 3 times),

but also 6 differences for:

  1. I
  2. you
  3. he
  4. we
  5. you
  6. they

3 times 6: that’s 18 different verb forms already.

That’s manageable you would say, but then for future you have you will versus you would…. yes, the list is endless!

So how to I manage learning French verbs? By speaking as much French as possible and asking people to correct me each time I make a mistake. In the beginning that meant I got interrupted after each syllable :-) But now it’s getting much better.

An other quite boring way is to list the verbs and try to study them by heart. Quite useless I find because: what is the idea of knowing all by heart if you don’t have a clue when to use the verbs?

Practice makes the master as usual, similar when it comes to learning French verbs.

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Jun 03

learn French fastThe most important of all reasons to learn French is to understand the French culture through the French language. Let me give an example:

  • a group of 999 women + 1 male is considered male or female?
    According to French grammar: it’s MALE.
    Which shows you this is quite a male society (but then, which society isn’t these days…)
  • Lots of words about the weather but only 1 word for grandfather.
    Which tells you that weather must be very important in French culture. Unlike in Asian cultures: it makes no difference whether grandfather is from father’s side or mother’s side. So that explains why grandparents get into homes and aren’t taken care of by their family.

For me learning French is not bout which word is which, it’s about what is important for these French people and what is not. And the language will just tell me: you can hide a lot, but you can never hide your language!

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May 30

How to say Hello in French

We give you the 2 most used ways of how to say hello in French: ’salut’ and ‘bonjour’.

 

How to learn French words

 

We already mentioned there are French flash cards on our site and in the shops with in built memory techniques. Another way of learning French words is using post-its.

 

On any object in the house, you can put a post-it with the French translation of the English word.

 

Since this is not going to be efficient on your daily coffee cup, you can even buy cups with French words printed on them, like the coffee cup above that greets you each morning saying "hello".

 

The easiest way how to say hello in French

 

Salut!

 

The letter t is not pronounced and you have to pucker your lips as if for a French kiss to get the correct sound out of this word :-)

 

What’s great about the French word salut is that you can use it both:

 

  • to say Hi as well as
     
  • to say Bye (both in a casual way).

 

Most used of all French greetings: bonjour

 

Good day! Good morning! Good afternoon! Hello!… All can be translated with Bonjour!

 

French greetings are some of the first phrases that will you need when learning French. Equally important are the responses to the greetings.

 

If you have a sharp ear, you can get by with just repeating the same phrase as the one you hear when French people greet you.

 

Nevertheless, when you study French in France or travel to France, you will hear these greetings and expressions on a daily basis, so they will quickly become internalized.

 

How to say hello in French summarized

 

  • Casual ‘Hi", ‘Hello’ : Salut
     
  • Casual and formal : Bonjour

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May 27

How to memorize words

Another example on how to memorize words fast and forever.

 

When learning French you have lots of options to have fun when memorizing words.

 

The picture above illustrates an easy way to memorize a French word. It is called a link-word technique, a type of memorization method that can be used to learn any language, including French.

 

The idea of the link-word technique is how a French word is linked to an English word by using matching sounds between the words:

 

  • As you read the example, try to imagine as if you are exactly where the scenario is happening.
     
  • Retain the key words in your mind, which are the capitalized words, and retain the significant details.
     
  • Think about it several times and let it sink in until you can recall it without reading.

 

Example how to memorize words in French

 

  • English word = apple
     
  • French word = la pomme

 

Picture an APPLE reciting a POEM in front of your whole family.

 

Strangely but true: a picture of an apple poem or you reciting a poem in front of your family causes your mind to remember the words.

 

As you can see, the link memory method does not even have to be exact. Focus on the sounds created when pronouncing French words, for it is the key to the link word technique.

 

To learn more about how to memorize French words easily as well as the software to practice these techniques, click here.

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May 13

Step 1: download or buy a French course

 

Buy a French textbook or go to our free online French lessons at Basic French Phrases .

 

In case you want to buy a French course: there are many French books, French CD’s and French online courses available, so do a little research to find a French book or a French program you think will work for you:

 

Make sure it has French audio, as it is impossible to study French pronunciation without listening to a native speaker, be it a real French or a French CD, or French language tapes.

 

Again, at Basic French Phrases we have French phrases including French audio.

 

Step 2: Make a French plan!

 

how to speak frenchNo, don’t start drawing a map of France :-) Make some kind of a plan as to how you are going to do the French course you have chosen:

 

  • how much time you are going to spend on your French learning? (a week is very optimistic…, once a week is very manageable, 3 times a week is ideal but could be difficult to schedule)
     
  • how often you will be studying French
     
  • where you will study French

 

Schedule your French study times on your calendar.

 

Step 3: Stick to your French plan!

 

Stick to your plan and do not miss your French lessons!

 

You will notice how creative you become in trying to skip your French classes: my sis has her birthday, I have too much work, I need to sleep some more….

 

If you want to learn French: stick to your plan!

 

Go to Basic French Phrases and if you like it, make a schedule and come back to learn French now!

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May 04

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Apr 13

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Apr 10

I already explained why I learn French in Belgium (read my post: why study French in Belgium), so I will now add a few schools in Belgium where you can get some French immersion.

learn french in BelgiumSince I am taking my French course in the northern part of Belgium, I also point out there is a cute caste in the east of Belgium where you can learn French in the city of St-Truiden : Velm Center

If you love nature, little mountains and rivers, then the south of Belgium, better known as the Ardennes is a perfect place to get an intensive French course like the one provided by Dialogue Center.

learn French in Belgium

Another beautiful city in the Ardennes is Spa: well known for its spring (the amount of Spa bottles I have drank is kind of countless …:-) ) . In Spa you can follow French classes at Ceran Languages.

As soon as I find more interesting places where you can learn French in Belgium, I will add them to this list :-)
Feel free to add a comment if you have beel learning French abroad as well!

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Apr 05

If you learn French in French courses, you probably heard these words, but nobody put them in this context. Well, let’s hope your French teacher never used these French words to you…

As-tu perdu la tête?

french immersion

Study French by immersion… but not in the sand…

By now looking at the French picture, you could have guessed what this French swear words are all about:

  • tête means head
  • perdu means lost

and together it means: Are you out of your mind?

Basic French Phrases: je suis perdu

If you are looking for directions and are lost, to say in French you are lost you use the French words: "je suis perdu".

How to ask for directions, you can read further at: Basic French words: Directions


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Apr 01

Ideal French word to learn on April fools day…

If you learn French in French courses, you probably heard the word "vous". Now if you pronounce the v like f, you get a complete different French word… It’s more or less the first French word we learned when we were kids to scold other people…

Learning French: tu es fou?

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Study French by immersion… "fou"speech bubble (speech bubble=phylactère)

Of course you are not fou when it comes to studying French, on the contrary! Looking at the picture you see a strange speech bubble that you can open and climb through… crazy no? Exactly: In the French language fou means crazy. Fun crazy, a little crazy…yet crazy.

Basic French Phrases: je ne suis pas fou

If you are not at all crazy and you are ready to study more French, you can read further at: Basic French Phrases


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Aug 12

laure manaudou nude olympics

The top French female swimmer’s 2008 will mostly be known as the year that Laure Manaudou nude pictures circulated on the Internet. Unfortunately not for her achievements on the Beijing Olympics: no medal so far and only the 200m backstroke left later this week.

 

federica pellegrini

Federica Pellegrini takes Laure Manaudou’s World Record and ex-boyfriend…

 

Not only didn’t Laure Manaudou compete in the women’s 200-meter freestyle Monday night at the Beijing Olympics.

France has always be known as the country where romance rules :-) Laure Manaudou fell in love with Luca Marin, and followed him all the way to Italy.

And now for the hot news: Italy saw their favourite Federica Pellegrini breaking Laure Manaudou’s world record from 1 minute, 55.52 seconds to … 1 minute, 55.45 seconds. And if you want to know who’s Federica’s boyfriend, then read on…

 

Laure Manaudou Gossip

 

laure manaudou freestyle

Laure Manaudou 400m Freestyle Beijing 2008

 

For those in need of seeing Laure Manaudou in bikini… Laure 4 years ago at the Athens Olympics brought home her first golden medal. Being only 17, one wonders if it’s such a great choice to bombard people to the top of adult games and industries.

I know about swimming as it’s my favourite sport. If you need training for swimming, you need to swim endless laps in a swimming pool until you know each and every little piece of dirt floating around. And since swimming pools are well maintained, you can imagine how many time you go up and down to spot one little piece that shouldn’t be in the water…

What about fun and studies? As you are only 17 years old!

Same must have gone through Laure’s mind. Although winning two golds and five medals in six races in Australia in 2007, she split from her coach who mentored her rise to the top. Manaudou said she was tired of swimming, and her heart was elsewhere…

Unfortunately at this age, people love to use their handphones to tape all the fun they do, and before Laure Manaudou could slip in a swimsuit, her nude pictures where swimming all over the Internet.

 

The hottest gossip is that wining Federica Pellegrini turned is dating Luca Marin, Laure Manaudou’s ex, the one that started exposing all the naked pictures during the Laure Manaudou nude scandal… He is also Italian so one starts to wonder if all this is a coincidence, or just playing dirty using any tactics to get rid of your swimming competition?

 

Laure Manaudou track record Beijing 2008

 

Laure Manaudou ended 7th yesterday in the 100 backstroke final and we will cheer her up in the 200m back competition later this week.

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May 21

french coursesYou most likely have noticed that this month, you get less information about how to learn French or which French courses to follow…

The only reason for that is that I am busy preparing for my French and Spanish exams like so:

french course

French course studying verbs

Actually studying French is a bit more serious than just being able to conjugate the French verbs. being an open minded person, I want to learn everything about the French and the French culture, so I have been reading the most “deepest” French books ever…

french courses

French courses :
having a profound knowledge of
the entire French language and
French culture is a must…

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May 16

celebrity chef in blackWhat has the Belgian celebrity Chef in Black in common with The Swedish Cook? Well, both are famous chefs and both make fun about the language they speak, although I am not sure which one is doing it on purpose…

"The Swedish Cook" was a funny character on the old but great Muppet Show who did everything but cooking.

Therefore they chose Sweden to be his home-country because just admit: what else do you know about Swedish cooking than what you eat in Ikea?

chef in black"The Belgian Cook"… is a chef on the AFC or Asian Food Channel. He not only knows about French food, but has  his own TV show and restaurants in Singapore. His real name is Emmanuel Stroobant but he prefers to call himself Chef in Black. Look at his picture and you will understand why :-)

Now for the odd part: Chef in Black is a Belgian yet pronouncing "iz vordz az iv he is a real French…" .

On the show I saw yesterday he really went overboard by saying: you the Chinese and we the French are the only 2 people eating frogs…

We the French … Hello Mr. Emmanuel Stroobant: you are a Belgian you know!

What do we learn from this? That it pays off to learn French accents if you want to become a French chef…

Emmanuel Stroobant is not only a good chef, but he knows how to brand himself very well.

I mean: who will look up if you say you are a Belgian Chef? Yet you get everybody’s attention when you say you are a French Chef loving French food … especially with that peculiar English-French pronunciation of his…

Especially in Singapore: nobody can see if you look French or Belgian, so use a funny accent and pretend you are French to become a celebrity chef in black.

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Mar 12

Who-ever wins the 2008 US Elections, I just want them to do something serious about the education both inside and outside the US. Unfortunately now they are just bitching around and the republicans must be laughing like never before…

Inside the US people should get educated that you cannot believe all you see on TV.

Outside the US, US should help that education is made possible for the people without much money. It’s in their own advantage: as low educated people are the ones that can be the most easy recruited by extremists. So if you want to win the war on terror, start with education first!

You don’t believe me? That’s the difference between the French and the US.

  • The US makes fast decisions based on visualisations (remember the "Anthrax" shown on TV by the Secretary of State in order to make a case for the Iraq Invasion?)
  • The French will look at a case from every angle before making any decision. Yet in order to look from every angle you need:
    • the education to do so
    • the mindset to do so: if you are hungry, you don’t care much about other angles…

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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton hopefully taking on education is a better direction!

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Mar 03

Nothing is better than studying in my garden during the summer with lots of fresh air, peace and quiet with the sounds of birds chirping in the background.

All you need is comfortable garden furniture, yet not too comfortable as you do not want to fall a sleep :-)

You can find beautiful furniture in teak, resin wicker, aluminum metal and more online if you want to buy things from your garden….

We do suggest that you do some exercise and walk around or do some sports or when it is hot: go for a swim: as your brain does need some extra oxygen to study better!

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Feb 28

french kissingReally, this is how I feel when I am watching the American elections.

If you hear Obama and Hillary Clinton: they don’t argue: it’s just about having preferences: I didn’t vote for the war yet you did…

Do you notice there is no debate at all???? WHY did you vote for the war and WHY did you vote against the war?

french friesIf you are in France and decisions need to be made, be sure you will get asked left, right and center:

POURQUOI – WHY?

Now give me a reason why Obama will be a better President than Hillary Clinton? Why?

Oh, yes, tell me what’s the benefit Mr. Bush of calling French fries "liberty fries"? Because the statue of liberty was a present from France? Hmmm… that’s a deep thought indeed…


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Feb 27

This post should go in my Spanish Words blog, which is sad for 3 reasons:

  • Alan Ledesma passed away from cancer
  • only when people die: you remember that life ends
  • tomorrow I probably forgot about both Alan Ledesma and my Spanish Words blog…

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Alan Ledesma shilling mortal picture…

Alan Ledesma

You can read more about Alan Ledesma, well, you just passed it… life is all about passing it seems…

Main thing is that Alan was only 24, suffering from stomach cancer and more than 1 secondary cancers.

Being ill, he gave up his acting job… which means he gave up his income stream. Now we are all students: how much money do you have or will you have when you are 24? Not a lot.

So there you are: enormously sick and no money…

Whatever you do: study hard :

  • to learn how to make enough money and
  • to learn how to live a healthy life

Life can already stop at 24, an age where most students just entered the working arena. So when your health is not there, then what is studying all good for?

Life is not about this or that: do I study, don’t I study, do I work, don’t I work: it’s all about trying to survive in an environment that gets polluted more and more each and every day and nor Obama, Osama, Hillary Clinton nor Bush give a sh$t…

Because for them, it’s all about $$$ and the less people study, the less they know, the more we can promise them without fulfilling our promises…


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Feb 19

Since we are on a roll about French kissing, our special youtube French kissing demonstrations and twins French kissing: let’s have a look how to French kiss when in Australia.

French kiss by DaddyP

We all know that DaddyP is a true artist on and off the Internet. He did some studies in Art School, or let’s say: he went to art school, as we have no clue what his results were.

So according to DaddyP in Australia: a French kiss involves good foreplay. And when artists talk about play, they talk about paint, lot’s of it:

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Instructions on how to French kiss
Keep it fun and keep your clothes on before the camera!

Avoid a new Edison Chen Scandal

When you hormones are raging: just keep 1 brain cell awake: the one that remembers to shut down all cameras, handphones… so you don’t end up as meat for yet another Edison Chen Scandal

And when your handphone is off, you are sure your good moments won’t be interrupted by a stupid ring of the phone!


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Feb 18

I was thinking: if I can post 2 times about furniture, I might as well post 2 times abut French kissing as well, as a follow up on our French kissing demonstrations post.

Twins French kissing

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Twins French Kissing : not a familiar sight…

Unlike you would see in France twins French kissing like this, you won’t see anybody kissing on the streets in Malaysia, unless the European tourists. You don’t even see people kissing in the further quite explicit Edison Chen Scandal pictures! Europe for sure is not Asia…

So the first time I was in Paris, I was quote shocked to see all these people licking each other as if they were dogs…

Seems my perception was a bit out, as kissing in France seems to be as common as breathing. Especially as a woman you get kissed at each encounter, be it when meeting men or women. At least women tend to kiss the air to not destroy people’s make-up. The men on the contrary are less scuttle…

But what struck me the most was that men do kiss each other as well when greeting each other.

All this is far away from my culture where we don’t even shake hands. Which I find quite sensible: you never know where somebodies’ hands have been, let alone where his mouth has been…


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Feb 18

Is it just me living in Europe that notices that in all the hot and steamy Edison Chen Scandal pictures and videos, there is not one single French kissing involved?

How to French kiss

You have no clue what French kissing is all about? Then learn how to French kiss by watching this video.

French kissing techniques

Learn how to kiss first!

For me kissing is the most erotic part of being passionate. Very different than what Edison Chen captured on tape.

And we say it once and say it again:

Keep the real fun stuff at home,
or in private anyway (your parents could be quite upset when you use their home for you know what…), wherever you are :-)

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Feb 15

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Feb 12

We already mentioned in our What each student can learn from Tammy Nyp post : do not use your hand-phone to capture your private life.

Thanks to the Edison Chen Scandal, actor Chen misses out on a new movie. Gillian Chung needed to apologize in public and has quite lost her "clean" image.

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Bobo Chan

Bobo Chan is completely banned for further acting… And these are already famous actors and singers!

So just imagine what harm your private moments captured on tape could do on your further career. And rest assure: you most likely have to change school if tapes like this would appear about your private life. That means 1 year or 2 semesters lost just because you thought it was a good idea to capture your private life on tape… THINK AGAIN!

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Tape your private life
Ruin your career!


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Jan 25
  • If you still need to learn who Tammy Nyp is: read more about this famous Singaporean student at this Tammy Nyp post.
  • If you are a student and need some extra student money, then you can learn here How Tammy Nyp can make money on the Internet.
  • If you want to stay here: Tammy Nyp is kind of the Asian cross between Paris Hilton famous video and Vanessa Hudgens: a student who made it famous for the wrong reasons!

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Tammy Nyp Sex student scandal

Cellphones could harm your life

Tammy’s life has quite been ruined from a normal student to a shame of the family. Now don’t get me wrong; students do more in life than just digging their noses in books. It’s just that the rest we do shouldn’t be revealed to the entire Internet.

That’s why you should keep your hand as far as possible from your bedroom… Like that you really can sleep in peace :-)

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Nyp Singapore Tammy advice for all:

Lose your handphone

Lose your privacy!

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Jan 22

Charlène Vanneste

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Charlene Vanneste tennis player in France

Charlène Vanneste pictures

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Charlene Vanneste pictures playing tennis in France

Charlène Vanneste Glamour

Charlène Vanneste : shooting glamour part. 2


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