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Can Accueil des Villes Françaises help me make friends in France?
Organisation aims especially to help newcomers settle in
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Bavarde, commérages: how to describe having a chat or gossip in French
One phrase has its origins in the 16th century and could easily be mistranslated
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What does a French tontine actually look like?
It may be stated in the title section of paperwork
How do I write the date in numbers in French?
The convention is as in the UK: day/month/year
Reader question: What convention is used in France to show the date as numbers?
The convention is as in the UK: day/month/year (Christmas Day is 25/12/2020). The French do not follow the American model of month/day/year.
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