The French Experience - The Arts
Culture
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French landmarks
The cultural landmarks that make France famous and peoples' opinions of them.
Museum info
Understanding museums and their opening hours, when you can view paintings and how to describe them.
Festival of laughter
A description of a festival known as the festival of laughter that takes place every summer in France.
- FrançaisEnglish
- génial, génialegreat
- séduisant, séduisanteseductive
- joli, joliepretty
- affreux, affreuseawful
- beau, bellebeautiful
- ignobledisgraceful
- magnifiquemagnificent
- drôlefun
- une œuvre d'arta piece of art
- une bonne idéea good idea
- Est-ce que vous aimez... ?Do you like...?
- Je trouve que...I think that...
- Je l'adoreI love it
- J'aime beaucoup...I really like...
- pas du toutnot at all
- FrançaisEnglish
- ouvert, ouverteopen
- un muséea museum
- la peinturepainting
- la porcelaineporcelain
- les meublesfurniture
- les renseignementsinformation
- à partir de ... jusqu'àfrom ... until
- Je voudrais visiter...I'd like to visit...
- Est-ce qu'il y a des musées intéressants ?Are there any interesting museums?
- Vous connaissez les horaires d'ouverture ?Do you know the opening times?
- Je vous le rends en partantI'll give it back to you when I leave
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