{"id":11991,"date":"2025-08-19T13:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=11991"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:58:19","slug":"a-bit-of-french-with-ac-episode-2-souvenirs-decole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-episode-2-souvenirs-decole\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of French with A&amp;C Ep. 2: Souvenirs d&#8217;\u00e9cole"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">French Conversation Podcast<\/h2>\n<p><em>In &#8220;A Bit of French with A&amp;C&#8221; podcast series, you&#8217;ll listen to Kwiziq superstars <a href=\"\/user\/23\">Aur\u00e9lie<\/a> and <a href=\"\/user\/320616\">C\u00e9line<\/a>&#8216;s light-hearted chats in French about fun (and random) topics. 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Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\ud83c\udfa7 Today&#8217;s podcast: &#8220;Souvenirs d&#8217;\u00e9cole&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>First of all, thank you so much for your lovely comments on the previous podcasts: please keep leaving us feedback and contributing your own anecdotes, we love reading you! \ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s podcast, A&amp;C (that&#8217;s us!) are discussing their favourite (and least favourite!) <strong>school subjects<\/strong>, and reminiscing about <strong>special teachers<\/strong> that left a lasting impression. <em>Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2025\/07\/podcast-bit-of-french-ac-souvenirs-ecole-pic.jpg\" alt=\"aurelie and celine looking at pictures of classroom and teacher\" width=\"500\" align=\"center\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player audio-player--full audio-player--box kwiziq-wp-audio-override\" \n                 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Listen out for this sentence taken from the podcast:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;Une des seules choses <strong>qui<\/strong> m&#8217;<strong>est rest\u00e9e<\/strong> de mes cours de philo, c&#8217;est la <strong>fameuse<\/strong> citation de Descartes : &#8220;Je pense donc je suis&#8221;&#8230; voil\u00e0 &#8230; <strong>que<\/strong> j&#8217;<strong>ai<\/strong> d&#8217;ailleurs <strong>utilis\u00e9e<\/strong> sur [sic. dans] une dissertation quand j&#8217;<strong>ai fait<\/strong> ma formation d&#8217;enseignante au Royaume-Uni.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To help you practise your grammar, here&#8217;s a list of <strong>Kwiziq lessons<\/strong> related to this sentence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/when-to-use-qui-to-say-who-which-or-that-relative-pronouns\">Qui = Who\/which\/that (French Relative Pronouns)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/conjugate-mourir-naitre-deceder-devenir-rester-etre-in-le-passe-compose-conversational-past\">Conjugate rester (+ \u00eatre) in the compound past in French (Le Pass\u00e9 Compos\u00e9)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/adjectives-ending-in-eux-become-euse-forming-feminine-adjectives\">Adjectives ending in -eux become -euse in the feminine in French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/when-to-use-que-to-say-whom-which-or-that-relative-pronouns\">Que = Whom\/which\/that (French Relative Pronouns)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/conjugate-regular-er-verbs-avoir-in-le-passe-compose-conversational-past\">Conjugate regular -er verbs (+ avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Pass\u00e9 Compos\u00e9)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/special-cases-when-the-past-participle-agrees-in-number-and-gender-when-used-with-avoir-in-le-passe-compose-conversational-past\">Special cases when the past participle agrees (in number &amp; gender) when used with &#8216;avoir&#8217; in the compound past in French (Le Pass\u00e9 Compos\u00e9)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/passe-compose-conversational-past-conjugation-of-avoir-irregular-faire\">Conjugate faire (+ avoir) in the compound past in French (Le Pass\u00e9 Compos\u00e9)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<details open>\n<summary><strong>\u270f\ufe0f More practice! 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