French verb of the day : Décoiffer

Defination 1 : to tousle/mess up/ruffle/to undo one's hair, to take one's hat off

Defination 2 : to surprise, shock

Pronunciation : [day kwa fay]

J'aime ce truc !

The word Truc is one of my favorite French word. I first heard it in 2008 while I was working at the French School of Lagos. Some group of students asked me if they could leave the permanence class that I was supervising to go to the library to study. I told them no because I had earlier got a call from the library attendant asking me not to send anymore student to them as the whole place was filled up.

My government is pro-business !

The French are talking about how impeccable their prime minister's English was during his visit to London. Funny thing is the guy only spoke a sentence in English.

French verb of the day : Raffoler

Raffoler : to love, to adore, to delight in, to be keen on, wild about, be crazy about

Pronunciation : [rah fuh lay]

Que dalle !

Que dalle in French means nothing, nothing at all, absolutely nothing, etc,. It is an informal expression that can be used with family and friends. It's a slang used mostly by young people in France and the tone of the voice determines if the speaker is being vulgar or not... It shouldn't be used in formal settings, like when talking to your boss, except you use buddy when you talking to him/her. LOL! 

French Minister of Justice makes a face on Live TV

I just watched this funny video of French Minister of Justice, Madame Christiane Taubira, who made a funny face (faire la grimace à quelqu'un - to make a face at som) on Live Television.

L' Histoire d'un amour infiniment pur

This video made me cry the very first time I watched and it still makes me cry everytime I watch it. Love can be a beautiful thing if we let it...

Jacques Chirac & his wife choose different candidates for the French 2017 presidential election

Former French president came out on Thursday in support of his former prime minister and political protégé Alain Juppé, while his wife Bernadette, is a big fan of Nicolas Sarkozy's who was Chirac’s interior minister before becoming president in 2007.

French couple, step-mum & step-son are married !

A French couple, who were once step-mother and step-son, tied the knot on Saturday 4th of October in a small village called Dabo in Alsace-Lorraine, in France.

Eiffel Tower now has transparent glass floors !!!

Eiffel Tower's first floor was unveiled to visitors this Monday with new see-through floor. Visitors can now look down through a solid glass floor to the 57 meters (187 feet) below.

I don't care !

It's unbelieveable how many different ways one has to say « I don't care »  in French. From polite, to rude, to vulgar, there are different expressions to say one isn't interested in someone or in something...

Thousands march to defend "traditional family values" in Paris

Tens of thousands took to the streets in Paris and Bordeaux yesterday to demonstrate against what they call the government’s “anti-family” policies. The protesters, including a mix of hardline Catholics and traditional conservatives, declared their opposition to assisted pregnancies such as IVF and surrogacy for same-sex families.

French verb of the day : Découdre

Découdre : to take stitches out, unpick, (literary, in jest) to fight, do battle

Pronominal: se découdre - to come unstitched, to come apart

Pronunciation : [day koodr]

Je m'en fous

The first time I heard this word was at the French School of Lagos where I was working as a supervisor. It was my first job straight out of university where I studied French Language.

French verb of the day : Effacer

Effacer : to erase, to rob out, to strike out, (informatique) to delete, to clear out

Pronunciation : [ay fa say]

French verb of the day : Décerner

Décerner : to give, award, issue

Pronunciation : [day sehr nay]

French verb of the day : Étouffer

Étouffer : to suffocate, smother, stifle, choke, muffle, deaden, suppress, hush up

Pronunciation : [ay too fay]

Guinean students arrested for spending authentic 500 € bill in France

A Guinean female student and her cousin were detained for 20 hours between Monday and Tuesday in France for trying to pay with a 500 € bill which was not a counterfeit.

French verb of the day : Délaisser

Délaisser : to abandon, quit, give up, neglect

It's october 1st...

Nigeria celebrates her independence day. Sadly as a nigerian, I see nothing to celebrate...