15.34 - Practice Your French by the Lake: Plus Gardens & Paris Teen Life
In this FREE le Bulletin there's a new French video series to help with your French language on Lake Annecy’s shores, then superb French garden imagery & story plus Paris teen slang for a full escape
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In this newsletter, you’ll find fresh articles, “Practice Your French by the Lake: Plus Gardens & Paris Teen Life”
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Judy - 23.08.2025
1. MyFrenchLife™Magazine new articles
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You take us right across France & deep into many worm-holes. We delight in discovering
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a) Série Vidéo: 7 Sites sur la Rive Droite du Lac d'Annecy
by Pierre Guernier
Cet article est le début d'une série vidéo en français - Vous trouverez la traduction anglaise ci-dessous. Merci Pierre.
La rive droite du lac d’Annecy recèle une étonnante diversité de paysages, entre reliefs escarpés, forêts mystérieuses et rives paisibles. Dans cette vidéo, Pierre suit un itinéraire inspirant à travers sept sites emblématiques, de ceux qui donnent envie de ralentir le pas et de lever les yeux.”
L’aventure commence sur les hauteurs, avec le mont Veyrier, d’où l’on embrasse du regard tout le bassin annécien.”
En contrebas, le château de Menthon-Saint-Bernard déploie ses tourelles et son élégance médiévale : un décor digne d’un conte, qui aurait même inspiré Walt Disney….” a dit Pierre Guernier.
Cliquez pour lire cet article en français et en anglais→
b) Chateau de la Ruche: July Garden notes
by Rebecca Jones
There’s a mellowing in July, the brighter colours of early summer fading and softening through the long sunny days. July swept in over hot golden fields and mercifully blew out again on a cool northerly breeze. The temperatures dipped down to a normal Sarthoise summer, and both the garden and I were grateful.”
The heat sent some flowers over fast; the sweet peas crisping in days, and brought others out early; sunflowers stretching their necks upwards, turning their smiling faces, and basking in sunshine. They’re such happy flowers, and this year I finally picked all the right varieties, so that once the main flower has been cut, the side shoots take over and give me some more…” writes Rebecca Jones.
Read the full article and see all the flowers→
c) How to play it like a French teen
by Victor Coutard
Alix, my stepdaughter, is 14. She teaches us a few things about what it’s like to be a teenage girl in Paris.
You’ll be happy to know that in Paris, teen slang, a pain (literally: bread) basically means someone hot.
Like, you’re walking in the street with one of your friends, and you see a guy or a girl who’s super good-looking, you go: meuf ! meuf ! meuf ! pain ! pain !” Alix explains.
(For the uninitiated, in France we use something called verlan, which is a kind of slang where you flip syllables around. So femme (woman), fe-me, becomes me-fe, and then meuf).
3. Merci mille fois
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Judy MacMahon
Chers amis (dear friends)
I hope you felt transported to France this week — maybe to the shimmering blue of Lake Annecy, where learning French comes not as homework but as a pleasure, a melody behind the scenery. That’s the magic of this new series: you can practise, listen, repeat… and it never feels like effort.
Pair that with Rebecca’s thoughtful garden notes and the joy of decoding Parisian slang, and you have a little world of French life gathered in your hands. May it spark curiosity, daydreams, and maybe even a little practice session of your own.
Thank you for reading and sharing the journey with me.
A bientôt
Judy
judy@myfrenchlife.org
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