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? As in ? : https://www.georgian-alphabet.com/en/alphabet.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_language which is very interesting ... "The Georgian alphabet is unique in the world: it is used only to write Georgian (and, occasionally, some minority languages of Georgia). To be precise, th...

Why can writting systems be important to assist learning ? What other ways have people used to learn and teach a language ? What about for people who are deaf, blind, not able make language to others with your mouth / voice / mute ? What other questions does this bring up ? What are the problems / a...

I also like the artistic character of Arabic, and also because of its long history.
And including its significant influence on other langauges.

What others do you like, and why ?

This is a topic that deeply fascinates me. And, of all the writing sytems I admire, it is that of the Korean Hangeul script . Especially because it : " is based on the places in the mouth where sounds are produced. The symbol ᄀ can have slightly different sounds depending on where in a word it ...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| | éclaircir |to lighten, thin| 🏃 🔍 | | 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com 🏃verb : 🪞reflexive verb Also see : https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?t=28987-%C3%A9clair%C3%A9-e-...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| | éclairé (e)|enlightened|adj 🔍 | S5 - 19.1 , 19.3 , 19.8| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com Also see https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?t=16237-%C3%A9clairer-to-provide-l...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| |un spectacle |a show| 🔍 | S4 - 15.5 , 27.10 , 27.13| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com |WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| | spec...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| |la lumière |light| 🔍 | S4 - 21.6 , 21.11 , 21.13| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com (naturelle, électrique) light Fais de la lumière. Give us some light. ; Let’s have some ...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| | jeune |young|adj, inv 🔍 | S2 - 5.1 , 5.3 , 5.6| |une jeunesse |a youth| 🔍 | S5 - 22.6 , 22.11 , 22.13| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com 🄼 : masculine | 🄵 : feminine | 🄼🄿 ...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| |une auberge de jeunesse |a youth hostel| 🔍 | S5 - 2.6 , 28.11 , 28.13| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com Une auberge de jeunesse est un établissement régi par une associati...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| | soleil |sun| 🔍 | S2 - 12.6 , 12.9 , 12.11| | ensoleillé |sunny| 🔍 | S6 - 2.1 , 2.3 , 2.8| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com au soleil in the sun Il y a du soleil. It’s sun...

To remember the word rez-de-chaussée, a bit of etymology might be useful. Une chaussée is another word for "road," and rez is Old French for ras, meaning "flat" or "level" (think of the word "razor"). The ground floor is called le rez-de-chaussée in French bec...

Mon bureau est au quatrième étage. My office is on the fourth floor. Mon appartement se situe au dernier étage de l'immeuble. My apartment is on the top floor of the building. Nous pouvons prendre l'ascenseur jusqu'au troisième étage. We can take the lift to the third floor. Le gratte-ciel comporte ...

un entresol : a mezzanine floor an intermediate floor in a building, typically resembling a balcony; most often, the floor immediately above the ground floor and below a higher floor. Word origin C18: from French, literally: between floors, from entre- inter- + sol floor, ground, from Latin solum ht...

à l'étage

À un autre étage du même bâtiment
On another floor of the same building

Also see :
https://www.lawlessfrench.com/expressions/a-letage/
https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/à_l’étage
https://frenchly.us/first-floor-france- ... r-america/

WORD / PHRASE	brief translation	description	course reference
une étagère	a shelf		S4 - 3.1 , 15.5 , 15.7

often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com

Also see :
viewtopic.php?t=28797-un-étage-a-floor-story

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| |un étage |a floor, story, [br]level in a building| 🔍 | S3 - 9.5 , 9.10 , 9.11| | à l'étage |on another floor[br] of the same building [phrase]| 🔍 | S4 - 5.1 , 17.5 , 17.8| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually ...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| |le rez-de-chaussée |ground floor| 🔍 | S3 - 9.5 , 9.10 , 9.11| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com Rez-de-Chaussee : ground floor, “floor-of-roadway” Also see : https://forum....

Un étage a floor, story, level in a building | In France | In the U.S. | In Quebec| |:-:|:-:|:-:| | le rez-de-chaussée | first floor | le rez-de-chaussée/le premier étage| | le premier étage| second floor| le deuxième étage| | le deuxième étage| third floor| le troisième étage| https://frenchly.us/f...

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| | escalier |stairs| 🔍 | S4 - 1.1 , 13.2 , 13.7| |l' escalier 🄼|stairs| 🔍 | S4 - 1.1 , 13.2 , 13.7| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com 🄼 : masculine | 🄵 : feminine | 🄼🄿 : masc...

Learn French through cooking :
suggestions

https://thelanguageskitchen.com/cook-en-french/
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/french/coo ... in-french/
https://lostincheeseland.com/podcast/
https://www.newsdle.com/blog/learn-french-cooking-shows

Do people have other recommendations, etc ?

Ustensiles de mesures - cuisine | Ustensiles | Abréviation | Équivalences métriques | Traditionelles - anglais | |:-|:-|:-|:-| | 1 cuiller à thé (Canada) | c. à thé | 5 ml | teaspoon | | 1 cuiller à café (France) | c. à café ou cc. | 5 ml | teaspoon | | 1 cuiller à soupe (France,Canada) | c. à soup...

Oh wow - I did not realize that the word :

le pull-over

was also used in French.
Thanks @MoniqueMaRie

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... /pull-over

Ahhhh .... From the popular drinking song : Chanson - Chevaliers de la Table Ronde https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevaliers_de_la_table_ronde_(chanson) Here is a childrens version with words and cute animation, though instead of wine, it is le lait. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTUQs7uSGGM And a ...

Also see :
une famille d'accueil
host family

accueil
welcome

|WORD / PHRASE|brief translation|description|course reference| |:-|:-:|:-:|:-| |le groupe |the band| 🔍 | S3 - 4.6 , 4.11 , 4.14| 🔍 often to an external dictionary link, usually https://www.collinsdictionary.com [de personne, objets] group en groupe [travail] in a group [br] cabinet de groupe group p...

être aux anges to be over the moon L'Ange pleureur ou Ange qui pleure est un symbole fréquent de la statuaire funéraire. En France, c'est l'un des éléments les plus connus de la cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens. The Weeping Angel or the Angel that weeps is a frequent symbol of funerary statuary. In Fr...

This is a great resource Saperlipopette! . Thanks for creating it and sharing. In the latest course issued by Duolingo to my account, it covers Participle Passé Past Participle at Section 5, Unit 22 : https://www.duolingo.com/guidebook/fr/79 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bfdxJxC-O8iGZRyrBX4Qqd...

s'allumer 🏃 [Tech.] ignite allumer un feu (expression) to light a fire allumer la lumière 🏃transitive switch on the light allumer la lumière (expression) to put the light on allumer la télévision 🏃transitive turn on the television allumer l'électricité 🏃 switch on the light allumer ses quinquets 🏃 k...

[lampe, phare, radio] to put on ; to turn on ; to switch on [chauffage] to put on allumer la lumière to put the light on Tu peux allumer la lumière ? Can you put the light on? Allume la radio. Put the radio on. ; Turn the radio on. ; Switch the radio on. [feu, bougie, cigare, gaz] to light Elle a a...