{"id":13464,"date":"2026-04-23T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=13464"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:17:19","slug":"newsletter-squabbling-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/newsletter-squabbling-siblings\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter: Squabbling Siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"max-width: 600px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;background-color: #ffffff;border-radius: 0px;overflow: hidden\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"width: 100%\">\n<td>\n<div class=\"email-template-preview\" style=\"font-family: 'Inter', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Arial Nova', 'Nimbus Sans', Arial, sans-serif;color: #333333\">\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 0px 0px 16px 0px;border-radius: 0px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h1 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 2rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">Squabbling Siblings<\/h1>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">This week, we&#8217;re celebrating our best friends, worst enemies, clothes thieves, partners in crime, games buddies, confidants&#8230; Yes, we&#8217;re talking about <strong>siblings<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Actually, did you know that there isn&#8217;t really a common French equivalent to the neutral and unisex (and very convenient!) English word <strong>&#8220;siblings&#8221;<\/strong>? But <em>pas de panique<\/em>, here&#8217;s how to talk about the sis and bros! The most common option, though definitely longer, is to use <strong><em>fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs<\/em><\/strong>. You also have the word <em><strong>fratrie<\/strong><\/em>, which is more of a technical term that refers to all the children of a same family as a group. So now that you know&#8230; <em>As-tu des fr\u00e8res et s\u0153urs\u00a0?<\/em>\u00a0\ud83d\udc76\ud83d\udc76\ud83d\udc76<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><em>Alors, sans plus attendre<\/em>, call a sibling truce and share all the French Kwiziq &#8220;toys&#8221; we&#8217;ve selected for you! \ud83e\uddf8\u263a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;font-style: italic;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">Une partie de Monopoly houleuse entre fr\u00e8re et s\u0153ur<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Bilingual Article with audio &#8211; B2 Level<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"\/learn\/reading\/une-partie-de-monopoly-houleuse-entre-frere-et-soeur\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/04\/reader-monopoly-frere-soeur-280.jpg\" alt=\"Young adult siblings arguing over a board game\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">It is a truth universally acknowledged that one&#8217;s sibling will always try and cheat while playing a board game \ud83d\ude09 If you agreed heartily with the previous statement, the bilingual article below about a <strong>heated brother-and-sister rivalry over a Monopoly game<\/strong> will definitely feel familiar to you!<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/learn\/reading\/une-partie-de-monopoly-houleuse-entre-frere-et-soeur\">Une partie de Monopoly houleuse entre fr\u00e8re et s\u0153ur<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">Let&#8217;s fill in some blanks!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Verbs followed by \u00e0 or de + infinitive &#8211; B1 Level<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/04\/parablank-dispute-entre-frere-et-soeur-300.jpg\" alt=\"boy and girl having a pillow fight on a bed\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">You enjoyed the siblings arguing over board games, and you want some more useful <strong>squabbling-sibling<\/strong> vocabulary? We have you covered with the following fill-in-the-blank exercise, with which you also get to practise <a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/learn\/theme\/3907147\">verbs followed by the preposition de and an infinitive<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Que la dispute commence !<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"color: #0081cc;text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/6125288\">Dispute entre fr\u00e8re et s\u0153ur<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #e6f4fb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">French Building Blocks<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns &#8211; A1 to B1 Levels<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/04\/nl-build-blocks-siblings-possessives-280.jpg\" alt=\"brother and sister high-fiving\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Let&#8217;s finish on a sweeter note, because despite how annoying siblings can be, they are &#8220;ours&#8221; to love, share with in the most unique of ways\u00a0\u263a\ufe0f So let&#8217;s practise our <strong>possessive adjectives and pronouns<\/strong> while speaking about our beloved brothers and sisters!<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;font-style: italic;text-align: left;padding: 12px 12px 12px 12px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><span style=\"font-family: Merriweather,Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-style: italic;color: #666666\">&#8211; J&#8217;adore <strong>mon<\/strong> fr\u00e8re. <strong>Notre<\/strong> relation est tr\u00e8s importante pour moi, et <strong>son<\/strong> attention et <strong>sa<\/strong> patience m&#8217;ont toujours impressionn\u00e9e.<br \/>\n&#8211; Avec <strong>le mien<\/strong>, c&#8217;est pareil : on est comme les deux doigts de la main. Et on a la chance que <strong>nos<\/strong> partenaires s&#8217;entendent bien aussi: j&#8217;appr\u00e9cie <strong>sa<\/strong> copine autant qu&#8217;il appr\u00e9cie <strong>la mienne<\/strong> !<br \/>\n&#8211; En effet, <strong>votre<\/strong> relation ressemble beaucoup \u00e0 <strong>la n\u00f4tre<\/strong> !<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">To learn more and\/or refresh your memory on this topic, here&#8217;s a <strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/learn\/notebook\/11916233\">personalised Notebook<\/a><\/strong>, full of <strong>related Kwiziq lessons<\/strong>, to test yourself against!<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><em>Premium users can add this to their saved notebooks. Find out more about our awesome <strong><a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/faq\/notebooks\">Notebooks feature<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__container email-block-editor__section\" style=\"background-color: #fff5eb;text-align: left;padding: 28px 18px 28px 18px;border-radius: 8px;margin-bottom: 32px\">\n<h2 class=\"email-block-editor__heading\" style=\"font-weight: 800;text-align: center;padding: 0;font-size: 1.5rem;color: #262626;line-height: 1.2;margin: 0 0 0.375em 0\">Hurray for Weekend Workout Friday!<\/h2>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__subtitle\" style=\"font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;color: #6b7280;margin: 0 0 16px 0;text-align: center;line-height: 24px\">Special treat for Premium subscribers<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"text-align: center;padding: 0px 0px 12px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"email-block-editor__image\" style=\"width: 280px;height: 280px;object-fit: cover;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom: 12px;border-radius: 8px;border: none;text-decoration: none\" src=\"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/files\/french\/blog\/2024\/04\/email-ww-fr-3.png\" alt=\"weekend workout\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\"><strong>Friday is Weekend Workout day<\/strong> \u2013 a special treat just for our <strong>Premium subscribers<\/strong>, with fresh <strong>dictations and writing challenges<\/strong> to boost your <strong>listening and writing skills<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">This week&#8217;s theme is <strong>Siblings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Here&#8217;s a little taster for free: <a style=\"color: #0081cc;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/142\">My family<\/a> (level A1)<\/p>\n<p class=\"email-block-editor__text\" style=\"text-align: left;padding: 8px 0px 8px 0px;font-size: 16px;margin: 0;line-height: 1.5em\">Not Premium yet? 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