Today we’ll look at the informal French expression, il fait un temps de chien, which translates literally to “the weather is of a dog” and means the weather is awful or terrible. un temps de chien awful weather, dreadful weather
French Expressions
In today’s lesson we’ll learn the French expression figure-toi, which has many translations including “Guess what?” and “Would you believe it?”. Figure-toi qu’on a une super leçon aujourd’hui! (Guess what? We have a great lesson today!). Figure-toi guess what, would you believe it
Today we’ll look at the very commonly used French expression: “Fais gaffe!”. Translations include “Be careful!” and “Watch out!”. A gaffe is a blunder or silly mistake. Fais gaffe ! Be careful / watch out!
Today we’ll learn how to use and pronounce the super useful and versatile French expression ça y est. There isn’t one specific translation for ça y est in English but the underlying meaning is “Done!” or “There!”. ça y est – IPA pronunciation [sa.jɛ]
Today’s lesson explores a short and fun expression you’d likely hear when staying with a French family: À table ! Translations including “Come and get it!”, “Dinner is served” and “Dinner (or lunch) is ready!”. À table Come and get it!





