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One Thing In A French Day

By French with Laetitia Perraut

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Dans One Thing In A French Day, je vous raconte quelque chose qui m’est arrivé dans la journée : une balade à Paris, une discussion en famille, une rencontre. Twice a week since 2006, I’ve been sharing a small piece of my day in France, in French. Not the postcard version of Paris, but real life, seen by a Frenchwoman who lives here. I’m not passing through; I’ve always lived in the Paris area. This podcast is for anyone who wants to gain ease in French and enjoy the feeling of living in France like a French person. Improving your listening comprehension improves so much else along the way: your French, your fluency, your vocabulary, your syntax, your curiosity. From the beginning, I’ve written day by day. I choose my topics from what happened to me a few days earlier, sometimes that very day. It’s not always comfortable, and it’s a little risky, but that’s what makes it an adventure. It also gives the podcast its logbook feel: it follows my life, the seasons, my travels, my encounters. Nothing is invented. You might think that writing episodes before recording them takes them away from natural spoken French. In fact, the writing is the podcast’s main asset for learners. I take great care with my sentences: short and long, simple and complex, with all kinds of tenses, plus snippets of dialogue when I report a conversation. Spontaneous speech is fascinating, but its syntax is very different. To express an opinion or tell a story well, you need to know how a sentence is built. These aren’t textbook sentences, though, and their contexts aren’t limited. You hear well-written French again and again, you notice how words are used in context, and those sentence patterns become instinctive. For several years, I’ve also shared interviews with people who live or work in France and whom I want to meet. I prepare my questions around their work or their approach, and I meet them in person, at their workplace or in a café. Hearing other voices trains your ear to new rhythms and new ways of saying things. And because listening often to one voice already does much of the work, adapting to others becomes easier. I’m not a French teacher, and the podcast letters that come with each transcript aren’t lessons. French is the language I live, think and write in, and I like showing you what is natural or useful for a learner. In the letters you’ll find useful phrases taken from the episode, along with playful exercises inspired by writers, poetry, researchers’ books, music, the history of indexes, encounters… They’re a lively complement to more formal lessons when you’re learning on your own. Written, recorded and produced by me, Laetitia, near Paris, France. Subscribe to the letters to support this independent, homemade podcast : www.onethinginafrenchday.com Contact: [email protected] About this podcast: One Thing In A French Day is a French podcast for intermediate and advanced learners (B1–C1) who want to learn French with authentic, spoken French. Each episode is a true story about French daily life and life in Paris, with a full transcript. A good fit for French listening practice, real French vocabulary and Paris stories told by a native speaker. © Laetitia Perraut – Éditions Café Anglais. Tous droits réservés. Toute reproduction, réutilisation ou fouille de textes et de données (TDM), notamment pour l’entraînement ou l’alimentation de systèmes d’intelligence artificielle, est interdite sans autorisation écrite (art. L122-5-3 du Code de la propriété intellectuelle). All rights reserved. No reproduction, reuse or text and data mining, including for AI training or AI products, without prior written permission.

Author: French with Laetitia Perraut
Category: Education
Language: FR
Schedule: New episodes usually on Monday
Seasons: 8 seasons · 531 episodes
Website: www.onethinginafrenchday.com

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NEW Episode 2672 · Season 19 Nov 2, 2026 · 4 min

A qui fait-on la bise dans le Jura (French Bise)

C’est une bonne question. A qui faisons-nous la bise dans le Jura? Cela fait 10 ans que nous venons en vacances dans cette très belle région. This episode is entirely in French. It's made for French learners who want to hear real, everyday French, the kind of French you use to describe a walk, tell a story about your holidays or talk about the people you meet, not textbook dialogues. If you already speak some French and want to understand natural spoken French with more ease, this story is for you. Level: B1–B2. The story uses lots of everyday expressions that are essential in real life, such as "faire la bise", "se faire un câlin", "passer devant", "prendre la route" or "à l'année prochaine". It also includes a few more literary touches. You might also enjoy:1884 – Lundi 24 août 2020 – Summer in France: le sanctuaire de Villards-d’Hériahttps://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/1884-%e2%80%94-lundi-24-aout-2020-%e2%80%94-summer-in-france%c2%a0-le-sanctuaire-de-villards-d-heria/ Episode avec le fromager du Chalet Bio : https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/1577-%e2%80%94-jeudi-1er-novembre-2018-%e2%80%94-la-fruitiere-bio-de-saint-maurice-crillat-2e-partie-didier-berthod/ 2296 — La crêperie, la dame enchanteresse et François le prof d’allemand — lundi 13 novembre 2023https://onethinginafrenchday.podbean.com/e/2296-%e2%80%94-la-creperie-la-dame-enchanteresse-et-francois-le-prof-d-allemand-%e2%80%94-lundi-13%c2%a0novembre-2023/ Questions this episode answers:What is la bise in France?Who do you kiss on the cheek in France?How to say goodbye in French like a native?What is a fruitière in the Jura?Where to buy organic Comté cheese in the Jura?Best walks near Clairvaux-les-LacsWhere is the La Frasnée waterfall?How to describe a route in French?Where to go in the Jura for the Toussaint holidays?Who is Pierric Bailly? © Laetitia Perraut – Éditions Café Anglais. Tous droits réservés. Toute reproduction, réutilisation ou fouille de textes et de données (TDM), notamment pour l’entraînement ou l’alimentation de systèmes d’intelligence artificielle, est interdite sans autorisation écrite (art. L122-5-3 du Code de la propriété intellectuelle). All rights reserved. No reproduction, reuse or text and data mining, including for AI training or AI products, without prior written permission.

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