In “A Bit of French with A&C” podcast series, you’ll listen to KwizIQ superstars Aurélie and Céline‘s light-hearted chats in French about fun (and random) topics. To help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, and interesting links to go further! Bonne écoute !
In this week’s episode, A&C (that’s us!) are in the mood for birthday celebrations – and not because theirs are around the corner! They’re discussing their birthdays, how they like to celebrate, and what their plans are for this year’s (special?) birthdays. 🥳
We also love to thank all our wonderful Kwizzers for their contributions to the previous episode’s comment section, with a special shout-out by name in this very episode!👂😊
Bonne écoute !
Here’s some useful vocabulary featured in this podcast for you to learn and/or review:
Proper nouns and cultural references:
Ready for a little challenge? Listen out for this sentence taken from the podcast:
“Autrement, je vais passer quelques jours avec mes deux meilleures amies que j’ai d’ailleurs… que j’ai rencontrées à l’étranger quand j’étais assistante de langue dans un petit collège.”
To help you practise your grammar, test yourself with this special Notebook comprising the following KwizIQ lessons related to this sentence:
Want to practise some birthday vocabulary while sharing in Aurélie et Céline’s birthday celebrations? Then you’re going to love this Fill-in-the-Blanks exercise 😍:
Want to practise your French knowledge further? Have a go at these birthday-themed KwizIQ exercises:
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Now it’s your turn to speak/write!
Do you enjoy celebrating your birthday? Do you have any birthday rituals? What do you like/dislike most about birthdays? Do you have any special plans for your birthday?
We can’t wait to read your answers and other juicy anecdotes all in the comments below – et en français bien sûr !
Bonne rentrée à toutes et à tous, et à bientôt les Kwizzers !
Aurélie is our resident French Expert. She has created most of the wonderful content you see on the site and is usually the person answering your tricky help questions. She comes from a small village near Chartres in Central France, country of cereal fields and not much else. She left (in a hurry) to study English at the world-famous Sorbonne in Paris, before leaving France in 2007 to experience the “London lifestyle” - and never looked back! She's worked as a professional French teacher, translator and linguist in the UK since. She loves to share her love of languages and is a self-professed cinema and literature geek!
For over ten years now, Céline has been teaching French and Italian to students of all ages and abilities in the UK. This French native speaker comes from Brittany, and likes crafts, Breton dance (of course!) and Breton music which she actually played for four years. She also has a fondness for European cinema and British History.
Bonjour Rita !
Wow, quelle manière exceptionnelle de célébrer votre anniversaire, en effet 😎
Malheureusement, ici en Écosse, le temps typique (c'est-à-dire les nuages 😅) nous a empêchés d'admirer ce phénomène unique !
Merci encore de votre participation !
Bonjour à vous deux! Mon Anniversaire est le 12 aout, et cette année mon mari et moi nous sommes allés en Espagne parce que c’était l’éclipse totale. C’était un jour parfait pour mon Anniversaire!