"Bastille Day" has been shared to the blog from the French reading practice section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills. This article also has audio for you to practice your French listening skills; you can find many more listening activities in the French listening exercises section.
Happy Bastille Day! Every year, France celebrates its National Day with fireworks, popular balls and a military parade. But do you know why it takes place on July 14th? And what is that “Bastille” we’re talking about? Learn about this and more in our bilingual article with audio below!
After listening to the audio, click any word for the English translation and links to related grammar lessons.
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HI there, just a question about this sentence in the article...
"Plus de royauté, plus de société d'ordres, plus de privilèges." is shown in the article to mean "No more royalty, no more...". I thought that"plus de" means "more" of something instead of "no more".
Any help on this is appreciated.
Thanks!!