{"id":12886,"date":"2026-01-07T23:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=12886"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:58:18","slug":"a-bit-of-french-with-ac-ep-6-nos-fetes-de-fin-dannee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-ep-6-nos-fetes-de-fin-dannee\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of French with A&amp;C Ep. 6: Nos F\u00eates de Fin d&#8217;Ann\u00e9e"},"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;Nos F\u00eates de Fin d&#8217;Ann\u00e9e&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>This week&#8217;s episode was recorded on December 30th, and A&amp;C (that&#8217;s us!) are talking about their Christmas celebrations, plans for New Year&#8217;s Eve, <em>la Galette des Rois<\/em> and all the resolutions they&#8217;re taking for <em>la nouvelle ann\u00e9e<\/em> ! \ud83d\ude0a<br \/>\n<em>Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/podcast-bit-of-french-6-nos-fetes-de-fin-d-annee-fullsize-pic.jpg\" alt=\"Festive aurelie and celine looking pics from their Christmas\" 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                  data-audio-config-id=\"kwiziq-wp-audio-player-1\"\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;Et puis, la deuxi\u00e8me (r\u00e9solution), c&#8217;est&#8230; <strong>il faut que<\/strong> je <strong>me remette<\/strong> \u00e0 faire du sport, parce que \u00e7a fait \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s 6 mois que je n&#8217;<strong>en<\/strong> <strong>ai<\/strong> pas <strong>fait<\/strong>, et l\u00e0, avec <strong>tout ce qu&#8217;<\/strong>on <strong>a mang\u00e9<\/strong> \u00e0 No\u00ebl, ben, je sens, l\u00e0, que \u00e7a tire !&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To help you practise your grammar, test yourself with this <a href=\"\/learn\/notebook\/11728056\"><strong>special Notebook<\/strong><\/a> comprising the following <strong>Kwiziq lessons<\/strong> related to this sentence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Il faut que + (Le Subjonctif) in French<\/li>\n<li>Conjugate regular verbs in the subjunctive present in French<\/li>\n<li>En can replace de + [phrase]<\/li>\n<li>Conjugate faire (+ avoir) in the compound past in French<\/li>\n<li>Tout ce qui\/Tout ce que = All\/everything that<\/li>\n<li>Conjugate regular -er verbs (+ avoir) in the compound past in French<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"MailerInlineButtonCTA\" style=\"background-color: #ff6a00;color: #ffffff;font-weight: bold;border-radius: 14px \/ 50%;font-size: 16px;text-align: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;line-height: 100%;text-decoration: none;max-width: 100%;padding: 12px 24px 12px 24px;margin-top: 4px\" href=\"\/learn\/notebook\/11728056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Test yourself on this Notebook<\/a><\/div>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<details open=\"\">\n<summary><strong>\ud83e\udd29 NEW: 1 Special Fill-in-the-Blanks exercise<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to practise some of your <strong>French grammar <\/strong>while enjoying our festive chat? Then you&#8217;re going to love this<strong>\u00a0Fill-in-the-Blanks exercise \ud83d\ude0d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/18339483\"><strong>Nos f\u00eates de fin d&#8217;ann\u00e9e<\/strong><\/a> (Mixed A1 to B1 Grammar Practice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<details open=\"\">\n<summary><strong>\u270f\ufe0f More practice! More!<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to practise your French knowledge on this topic? Have a go at these festive <strong>Kwiziq exercises<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/01\/avatar-celine-noel-2-300x300-1.png\" alt=\"xmas celine avatar smiling with a gift\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fill-in-the-Blanks &#8211; <a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/4996566\">La liste au P\u00e8re No\u00ebl<\/a> (A1 &#8211; Partitive Articles)<\/li>\n<li>Writing Challenge <em>(Premium subscribers only)<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/2234\">A fresh start for the New Year<\/a>\u00a0(A2)<\/li>\n<li>Dict\u00e9e <em>(Premium subscribers only)<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/355\">Mes r\u00e9solutions pour la plan\u00e8te<\/a> (B2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Not Premium yet? 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