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All the French You Need to Know in Paris
I learned French for three years before cracking the B2 exam and getting my diploma. But while I’m eligible to teach French in institutions in my country – India – a classroom environment didn’t prepare me for the French I needed to know on a day to day basis in Paris. The only way to actually know it is to live in France and be among the French. I’ve already mentioned how to be a local in my first post. In this post, I will be focusing more on the language that you need to get by. It requires a bit of general understanding of French from your part, and…
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How to be a local in Paris in 4 steps
So, I was in Paris for not even a whole year, but all of seven months. In this post, I talk about how I carried myself like a local in such a short amount of time. Know the language I can’t stress this enough. One of the key ways of assimilating yourself in Paris in no time at all is knowing French. The reason this is a sure-fire way to get you used to being a local is because no matter where you are from, if you know French, you will feel like one of the French. I am a brown girl, but not once was I an outsider, since…
