Comme une Française: Practice Your French Listening Skills with Amélie

February 8, 2022

JAmélie (2001) is one of the most well-known French movies, and with good reason! It is a beautiful, poetic display of French culture. But luckily for YOU, it also gives us a fantastic example of colloquial, REAL spoken French – the kind you might actually expect to hear in a cozy café in Montmartre. In today’s lesson, we’ll explore a short dialogue between some of the movies main characters. I’ll explain some of the vocabulary you may not know, and we’ll keep revisiting the scene until you completely understand it. Are you ready? Let’s dive in! What new vocabulary did you learn today? Let me know in the comments. Take care and stay safe. 😘

Géraldine

Jesus messed up

In today’s Gospel:

“Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding at a distance from them. And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” And Jesus said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters.”

Two thoughts about this:

First, why did Jesus need to send the demons into the poor little piggies? They didn’t do anything wrong. I love pigs.
Second, imagine the poor pig farmer the next day: “Who the hell drowned all my piggies? What is my poor family gonna do for money this year? I’m ruined!”

So – I think Jesus really messed up here. Uncharacteristically.

Say Amen, somebody.