You are travelling in French-speaking Switzerland or France when something unexpected happens. A pain suddenly gets worse, you are accompanying a loved one who isn't feeling well, or you simply need t...
Monday morning, at the coffee machine, a colleague asks you: "Comment s'est passé ton week-end ?" (How was your weekend?). You understood, and you would like to tell them about your hike in the rain.
Imagine you’re at the doctor’s in French-speaking Switzerland. The doctor asks you where it hurts, and you know exactly which area you want to point to… but you just can’t find the word in French.
You walk into a restaurant in Lausanne or Paris. The waiter greets you, hands you the menu and comes back a few minutes later: Avez-vous fait votre choix ? Have you decided? To answer without stress,...
You're watching a competition on a French TV channel, or you're attending a competition in France. On the track, the sprinters settle into their starting blocks, the crowd falls silent for a few secon...
You have just moved to French-speaking Switzerland, or you have simply decided to start learning French. You recognise a few words on the signs, you can guess the beginning of an announcement at the s...
One Tuesday morning, you wake up with a 38.5 °C fever, a sore throat and a headache that won’t go away. You need to see a doctor. Your local practice opens at 8 a.m. and, before you’ve even left home,...
It's 6:30 p.m. in Lausanne. You push open the door of a gym, bag over your shoulder, ready to start your workout. At the reception desk, they speak to you in French: abonnement, séance d'essai… You re...
On a fight night, in a living room in Geneva or Paris, the atmosphere is like no other. The announcer introduces the two boxers, the room rumbles and the commentary speeds up in rhythm with the exchan...