Joyeux Noël ! (Merry Christmas!) and Bonne Année ! (Happy New Year!) are the most common French phrases used during the holiday season. Other French holiday phrases include: 1 2 Meilleurs vœux (Best wishes) Bonnes et Heureuses Fêtes / Joyeuses Fêtes (Happy Holidays) Bonne année et bonne santé (Happy New Year and good health) Vœux de Bonheur pour un Joyeux Noël (Happy wishes for a Merry Christmas) Meilleurs Souhaits pour Le Nouvel An (Best wishes for the New Year) In French, Christmas Eve is called “le réveillon de Noël” and New Year’s Eve is called “le réveillon du Jour de l’An”....

Dialogues pratiques sur les achats C: le client (customer) V: la vendeuse (shop assistant) C: Excusez-moi, où puis-je trouver les robes dans ce magasin ? (Excuse me, where can I find the dresses in this store?) V: Les robes sont situées au deuxième étage, près de l’escalier. (The dresses are located on the second floor, near the staircase.) C: Je voudrais essayer ces chaussures dans une taille plus petite. (I would like to try these shoes in a smaller size....

L’imparfait The French imperfect tense (imparfait) is a descriptive past tense that indicates an ongoing state of being or a repeated or incomplete action. The beginning and end of the state of being or action are not indicated, and the imperfect is very often translated in English as “was” or “was ___-ing”. We use the imperfect tense to describe situations, people, properties, comments, explanations, repeated actions, and simultaneously occurring actions in the past....

accueillir qn à bras ouverts to welcome sb with open arms Quand je suis arrivé à l’aéroport, ma famille d’accueil m’a accueilli à bras ouverts et m’a emmené chez eux. When I arrived at the airport, my host family welcomed me with open arms and took me to their home. Apprends à coder et les entreprises t’accueilleront les bras ouverts ! Learn to code and companies will welcome you with open arms....

Reserving a table If you want to reserve a table, you can say (“I would like to reserve a table for two people”) Je voudrais réserver une table pour deux personnes. You can also specify the time of your arrival by saying (“We’ll arrive at 7pm”) On arrive à dix-neuf heures. If you want a table near the window or on the terrace, you can say (“I would like a table on the terrace/near the window”)...