So If We Wanted To Watch Some French Animation, What Films Would You Suggest?

Disney Movie Titles in French

Cendrillon: Cinderella La Belle et la Bête: Beauty and the Beast La Belle au Bois Dormant: Sleeping Beauty La Petite Sirène The Little Mermaid Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Le Bossu de Notre-Dame: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Le Livre de la Jungle: The Jungle Book Le Roi Lion: The Lion King Alice au Pays des Merveilles: Alice in Wonderland Hercule: Hercules Les 101 Dalmatiens: 101 Dalmatians Les Aristochats: The Aristocats Bernard et Bianca au Pays des Kangourous (Bernard et Bianca en Australie): The Rescuers Down Under Oliver et Compagnie: Oliver & Co. Pinocchio: Pinocchio Raiponce: Tangled La Reine des Neiges: Frozen La Belle et le Clochard: Lady and the Tramp Atlantide, l'empire Perdu: Atlantis, the Lost Empire Basil, Détective Privé: The Great Mouse Detective La Planète au Trésor : Un Nouvel Univers: Treasure Planet Frère des Ours: Brother Bear Rox et Rouky: The Fox and the Hound La Princesse et la Grenouille: The Princess and the Frog Les Mondes de Ralph: Wreck-It Ralph Kuzco, l'empereur Mégalo: The Emperor’s New Groove Merlin l'Enchanteur: The Sword in the Stone Dingo et Max (Complètement Dingo): A Goofy Movie Robin des Bois: Robin Hood Aladdin: Aladdin Cars: Quatre Roues (Les Bagnoles): Cars Dumbo: Dumbo Fantasia: Fantasia Lilo et Stitch: Lilo & Stitch Mulan: Mulan Peter Pan: Peter Pan Toy Story (Histoire de Jouets) : Toy Story

*Titles in parentheses are Canadian French

Hello! I've just started learning French and I'd like to try reading something. A whole novel sounds quite intimidating, so do you know of any short stories with simple language?

Hello,

My mind goes to :

Les lettres de mon moulin by Alphonse Daudet

Trois contes by Gustave Flaubert

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès by Maurice Leblanc (ha!)

Les diaboliques by Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly (pretty)

Le sommeil de la raison by Gabrielle Wittkop

Contes de l’Absurde + Histoires perfides by Pierre Boulle (emo)

Je voudrais que quelqu’un m’attende quelque part by Anna Gavalda

Les filles du Feu by Gérard de Nerval (v pretty)

Le mur by Jean-Paul Sartre (classic)

La Fontaine aux Fées by Chantal Robillard

L’Exil et Le Royaume + L’Étranger by Albert Camus (classic)

Solitude de la Pitié by jean Giono

Des Filles bien élevées by Anne Wiazemski

La Rêveuse d’Ostende by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

La Chapelle Sextine by Hervé Le Tellier (naughty)

Le Ratichon Baigneur by Boris Vian

Poussières d’anges by Ann Scott

Contes cruels by Octave Mirbeau (weirdo)

L’arbre des Possibles by Bernard Werber

Mordre au travers by Virginie Despentes (feminist, weird)

Clair de Lune + L’Inutile Beauté + Boule de Suif + Le Horla (has a slight Dorian Gray vibe, classic) by Guy de Maupassant

Les Plaisirs et les Jours by Marcel Proust, 

L’Heptaméron by Marguerite de Navarre, 

Cantatrix sopranica by George Pérec, 

Deux et deux font cinq by Alphone Allais

Religere + Déchirures by Sir Cédric (goth)

Gloire à nos Illustres Pionniers by Romain Gary

Les Vrilles de la Ligne by Colette (badass lady)

Nouvelles sous Extasy by Frédéric Beigbeder (v weird/edgy)

La Botte Secrète by Éric Boisset

And that’s probably enough. Hope this helps! x 

Un coup de

Un coup d’arrêt: end (official)

Un coup de balai: a sweep (donner+)

Un coup de barre: sudden fatigue (2PM type)(avoir+)

Un coup de bol/pot: a lucky strike

Un coup de cafard: fit of blues (avoir+)

Un coup de chaleur: heat exhaustion

Un coup de chance: stroke of luck

Un coup de chiffon: light dusting

Un coup de coeur: infatuation

Un coup de crayon: a pencil line

Un coup d’essai: a first attempt

Un coup d’état: a coup

Un coup d’envoi: a kick-off

Un coup de feu: a gunshot (tirer+)

Un coup de fil/téléphone: a phone call (passer+)

Un coup de foudre: love at first sight

Un coup de frein: sharp braking (donner+)

Un coup de génie: a stroke of genius

Un coup de grâce: coup de grâce

Un coup de gueule: a rant (passer+)

Un coup de main: (giving) a hand (donner+)

Un coup de maître: a master stroke

Un coup de mou: a sluggish period

Un coup d’oeil: a glance (jeter+)

Un coup de pied: a kick (donner+)

Un coup de pinceau: a brush stroke

Un coup de poing: a punch

Un coup de soleil: a sunburn (attraper/prendre+)

Un coup d’un soir: a one-night stand

Un coup de tête: a head-butt

Un coup de théâtre: a dramatic turn of event

Un coup de tonnerre: a clap of thunder

Un coup de vent: a gust of wind

Un coup de vieux: feeling old (ex: when your nephew doesn’t know what a floppy disk is)(prendre+)

Un coup du lapin: whiplash

français | writing

hi friends! this list is basically a mash of literature/writing-related words…?

【 books/writing forms 】

l’anthologie (f) | anthology

le brouillon (m) | draft

le dictionnaire des synonymes (m) | thesaurus

épistolaire | epistolary

l’épopée (f) | epic

la nouvelle (f) | short-story

la pièce de théâtre (f) | play

la poésie (f) | poetry

la prose (f) | prose

la rédaction (f) | essay

le roman (m) | novel

【 literary devices 】

l’allégorie (f) | allegory

l’allitération (f) | alliteration

l’anaphore (f) | anaphora

la comparaison (f) | simile

l’hyperbate (f) | hyperbaton

l’imagerie (f) | imagery

la litote (f) | litotes/meiosis

la métaphore (f) | metaphor

l’oxymore (m) | oxymoron

la rime (f) | rhyme

【 people in the writing process 】

le/la dramaturge | playwright

l’écrivain (m) | author

l’éditeur/éditrice | publisher

l’égérie (f) | muse/creative inspiration

le rédacteur en chef/ la rédactrice en chef | editor (of a newspaper)

le réviseur/la réviseure | editor

【 punctuation 】

l’apostrophe (f) | apostrophe

les deux-points (m) | colon

les guillemets (m) | quotation marks (« »)

la parenthèse (f) | parenthesis/bracket

le point d’exclamation (m) | exclamation mark

le point d’interrogation (m) | question mark

le point (final) (m) | full stop

le point-virgule (m) | semi-colon

les points de suspension (m) | ellipsis

la ponctuation (f) | punctuation

le tiret (m) | dash

le trait d’union (m) | hyphen

la virgule (f) | comma

【 words 】

la consonne (f) | consonant

l’espace (f) | space

la lettre (f) | letter (of the alphabet)

le mot (m) | word

le paragraphe (m) | paragraph

la phrase (f) | sentence

la syllabe (f) | syllable

la voyelle (f) | vowel

【 extra 】

la bibliothèque (f) | library

la librairie (f) | bookstore

la littérature (f) | literature

la grammaire (f) | grammar

l’orthographe (f) | spelling

le stylo plume (m) | fountain pen

la tranche (f) | spine (of a book)

Must-Know French Adverbs! 🔅 PS: Learn French with the best FREE online resources, just click here https://www.frenchpod101.com/?src=tumblr_infographic_adverbs_020723

DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP

I dunno if you ever heard of this couple before but they are legendary for French langblrs and any student studying French. 

Now who are they? 

Well, it’s more like what are they. DR & MRS VANDERTRAMP is a popular acronym and mnemonic to help students remember the verbs that use être for passé composé instead of avoir.

Ex:

      J’ai reçu mes cadeaux .

      I received my presents. 

However for Vandertramp verbs, être is their player.

Ex:

      Je suis sorti mon lycée. 

      I left my highschool. 

Which verbs are Vandertramp verbs?

D - devenir ( to become ) 

R - revenir ( to come back ) 

&

M - monter ( to go up)

R - rentrer ( to return ) 

S - sortir ( to leave )

V - venir ( to come )

A - aller ( to go )

N - naître ( to be born )

D - descendre ( to descend / to go down )

E - entrer ( to enter )

R - retourner ( to return )

T - tomber ( to fall )

R - rester ( to remain )

A - arriver ( to arrive )

M - mourir ( to die )

P - partir ( to leave / to part )

When using these verbs in passé composé, remember that these verbs are être ( to be ) exempted from using avoir in this tense. I really hope this helps you guys in your language journey, trust me, this mnemonic saved me in many paragraphs and papers I had to submit in my French classes. Let me know if you have any questions or if you want to add onto this !

Hoping for better days,

Kopi <3

Cats and kittens,

Here's a link to a Google doc file I created. You'll find:

Entire classic books written or translated to French (divided by country/continent + by genre in the French section)

The first chapter FR/EN of very famous novels

Quizzes (made by yours truly)

Have fun!

🌸Human body vocab🌸

le corps - body

le cou - neck

la poitrine - chest

le ventre - belly

la hanche - hip

les organes génitaux - genitals

le tibia - shinbone

la tête - head

le sein - breast

le mamelon - nipple

la taille - waist

le nombril - navel, belly button

l’avant-bras - forearm

l’aine - groin

la cuisse - thigh

le genou - knee

la jambe - leg

le pied - foot

la nuque - nape

l’épaule - shoulder

le bras - arm

le coude - elbow

le poignet - wrist

la main - hand

la cheville - ankle

le talon - heel

le mollet - calf

la fesse - buttock

l’aisselle - armpit

how to study with a mental illness!!!! aka a guide to simultaneously caring for yourself and your academics

(disclaimer: this is from purely personal experience and is not a substitute for seeking professional help. these are just personal tips as i was formally diagnosed with depression and anxiety in the third year of college, but had been showing symptoms even in high school. different methods help for different people, but i really hope some of these things can help a struggling student out, because one of the reasons i went on studyblr in the first place was that i felt really lost and anxious.)

1. done is better than none. sometimes an assignment you have to turn in would be objectively easy to complete, but it takes longer to do so because you’re afraid that the final product won’t be as good as you want it to be, or as good as a professor expects it to be. it’s hard to remove those expectations, but it is a little easier when you remember that getting some points (no matter how many they are) are better than getting a deduction for late submissions or not turning in the project at all. many people – including myself – suffer from perfectionism in university, but it is overall more important to complete something to the best of your own ability, and learn from the feedback on the project later on. more importantly, often, you’re doing better than you think you’re doing, so surprise yourself. you can do it. just start.  2.  keep careful track of your deadlines.  much of my undergrad anxiety came from the fact that i knew something was due, but couldn’t keep track of it, or didn’t want to confront it. it’s better to confront it because you have more time to do it slowly and thoroughly. as soon as you hear about an impending exam or paper deadline, keep track of it. personally, i use google calendar. from there, you can make smaller plans and break down your goals to make it more doable! 3. don’t be afraid to ask for help.  there used to be a huge stigma against mental illness, but thankfully, many educational institutions are much kinder and more considerate about it. if you really can’t meet a deadline or come to class, let your professor know. most professors are kind, reasonable people who genuinely care about you and your well-being. even one of my scariest professors granted extensions to a girl who was genuinely struggling with serious depression, and the college of law i’m in takes mental health very seriously to the point that they instruct faculty how to deal with such cases.  if you’re not able to talk to a professor, try to ask help from a classmate or a friend who can share notes or fill you in on how they accomplished a certain assignment. many people will be happy to help. you are not a burden, love. 4. be kinder to yourself.  mental illness is like any illness. it often keeps us from doing as well as we’d like to be because it’s a genuine and serious health problem. sometimes it helps to keep this in mind when we flub a report in class (as i did several tens of times in undergrad), get a bad score, say something ridiculous during recitation, or mess up a paper. it’s okay to do your best while you heal. you know you’re trying your best, and slow growth is still growth. 5. on that note, care for your other needs.  one of my happiest and most fulfilled semesters (even though it was my busiest) was when i had time to see a psychiatrist, run, pack lunches and fruit to school to eat healthy, and have a reasonable-ish sleep schedule. this was during my thesis semester. while i had to take an incomplete, and finish my thesis the next sem, because i was attending to my own needs, i felt like a living, breathing, learning, happy person. and i finished my thesis the next semester. it’s better to look after your own physical health and needs before your academics. 6. sometimes, it’s better to do nothing and rest. you deserve it.  part of the reason i’d been doing horribly in law school was that i didn’t sleep and it was making me mildly unbalanced and incredibly suicidal; not to mention the fact that i wasn’t really retaining any information or performing well. rest days are just as important as days when you study because rest IS productivity.  7. take your meds. see your psych or therapist if you have one. avail yourself of mental health services on campus if there are any. these genuinely saved my life at a time that i thought i was beyond saving. please go seek help if you can.  BONUS: MY STUDY SETUP ON A TERRIBLE MENTAL HEALTH DAY (like today) - i try to clear the space and clean up as much as possible. it makes me feel like i have things under control, and have my work things where i can see them. - i eat something healthy, like fruit, and get a lot of water. i keep a water jug on my desk because it clears my thoughts and helps me replenish the fluids lost from crying (1/2jk). it also really keeps up my strength for the study process. - i turn on a calming playlist, like a jazz or lofi or ghibli playlist. in another window, i turn on a rain sound video on a softer volume, and it helps center me. - it helps when you have a soft or calming scent to calm you down. i use a lavender room spray, and it makes me feel cozy and productive, but in undergrad, i used this tea-tree lavender mix and it smelled like sunny afternoons and guitar coffeshop playlists. it really is nice. - there are breathing exercises and gifs all over the internet. they help calm you down when things seem Too Much.  i really hope this helps, guys. don’t hesitate to message me if you’ve been having a hard time with school or life or anything. please, please care for yourselves. you can do it.  – sam

dessiner (to draw) present tense🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

je dessine                      [i draw]

tu dessines                   [you draw]

il/elle/on dessine         [he/she/it/we draw]

nous dissinons             [we draw]

vous dessinez               [you draw]

ils/elles dessinent        [they draw]