Keep your eye on the (yellow) ball
This week, we’re joining the passionate crowds as the French Open, Roland-Garros, gathers tennis fans around the world 😎🎾
If you’re in France during the French Open, you might overhear French people talk about “tennismen”… No, this isn’t an auditory hallucination, but what we call a pseudo-anglicism, i.e. a word in one language that appears to be a direct borrowing from English, but does not exist in that language or has an unrelated meaning. Here, the meaning is quite transparent, but English speakers actually use the word “tennis player”, “tennisman” being a pure French invention! The more you know… 🤓
Alors, sans plus attendre, raise your racket and serve all the ace French Kwiziq content we’ve selected for you! ☺️🏆
À la française
French Expressions and Idioms Podcast
Let’s kick start this sportive newsletter with a “bouncy” French expression about taking initiatives 🥎😉
À la française Ep. 12: “La balle est dans ton camp”
And don’t forget that these podcasts feature 1 brand-new fill-in-the-blank exercise 🤩
With each new expression, you get its meaning, some useful in-context examples and… a fun podcast to fully master it!
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Le tournoi de Roland-Garros
Bilingual Article with audio – B1 Level
Did you know that Roland-Garros is the premier clay-court tennis tournament in the world and the only Grand Slam played on this surface? Learn about it and more in the fact-filled bilingual article with audio below:
Le tournoi de Roland-Garros
Let’s fill in some blanks!
Tennis vocabulary in French – B1 Level
Finally, let’s master our Tennis vocabulary with this suspense-filled fill-in-the-blank exercise about an exciting tennis game:
Un weekend de match
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This week’s theme is Tennis.
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