Char — Car / Voiture Chauffer — To drive / Conduire Peux-tu faire chauffer mon char – Can you warm up .. Peux-tu chauffer mon char – Can you drive Brake à bras — Handbrake / Frein à main J’fais du brake à bras – I’m drifting with the handbrake Du gaz — Gas / Essence Une bâtisse — Building / Bâtiment Les vidanges — Garbage / Poubelles Vidangeur – Camion de poubelle – Camion de vidages Sort les vidanges ! – Bring the trash outside Garnote — Gravel / Gravier

Salut! Today you're learning which verb to use when talking about sports and activities — and there's a simple pattern that makes it easy! Video below Jouer à — for ball sports, competitive games and team sports jouer au tennis jouer au hockey jouer au soccer jouer aux échecs Faire de — for physical activities, disciplines and practices faire du ski faire du karaté faire de la danse faire de la natation The simple rule: if it involves a ball, a team, or a board game, it's usually jouer à. If it's a physical discipline or practice, it's usually faire de. When in doubt, faire de is the safer choice!

Salut! Today you're learning some of the most common contractions you'll hear in everyday Québécois French — these are spoken shortcuts that you won't find in any textbook! Video below J' — Je J’pratique T' — Tu T'as le temps ? Dla / D'la — De la J'veux dla soupe Din / Dins — Dans les Regarde dins bacs Sul — Sur le Mon crayon est sul bureau Sa — Sur la Ma main est sa table Cé — Sur les Les élèves sont cé chaises These contractions are everywhere in spoken Québécois French — you won't need to write them, but you'll definitely need to understand them when you hear them! Can you make a few sentences using today's words? Write them in the comments below!

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