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The UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights passed in 1948 is partially inspired by France’s own Déclaration des droits de l’Homme et du citoyen from 1789 and many parallels can be drawn between the two. [26] France works with the UN to advocate “the universal and indissociable nature of human rights”. [27]
Français langue étrangère (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃sɛ lɑ̃ɡ etʁɑ̃ʒɛʁ]; French for French as a foreign language, FLE) is the use of French by non-native speakers in a country where French is not normally spoken, similar to English as a foreign language.
Téléfrançais! is a Canadian French language children's television series, produced by TVOntario from 1984 until 1986. The series of 30 ten-minute episodes has become a popular teaching tool, and is used by many educators (especially in Canadian and American schools) to teach French as a second language to elementary and middle school children.
"in place (of)"; partially translated from the existing French phrase au lieu (de). léger de main (legerdemain) "light of hand": sleight of hand, usually in the context of deception or the art of stage magic tricks. Meaningless in French; the equivalent is un tour de passe-passe. maître d' translates literally as master o'.
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In French, most quantifiers are formed using a noun or adverb of quantity and the preposition de (d ' when before a vowel). Quantifiers formed with a noun of quantity and the preposition de include the following: des tas de ("lots of", lit: "piles of") trois kilogrammes de ("three kilograms of") une bouchée de ("a mouthful of")
The Diplôme d'études en langue française (English: Diploma in French Language Studies) or DELF for short, is a diploma of French-language abilities for non-native speakers of French administered by France Education International (France Éducation international or FEI) for France's Ministry of Education.
This work describes an elephant, Jumbo, who came from the French Sudan and lived briefly in the Jardin des plantes in Paris around the time of Debussy's birth. The misspelling "Jimbo" betrays the Parisian accent which often confuses the pronunciation of "um" and "un" with "im" and "in".