When you’re an English speaker learning French, one of the best surprises is how many words are cognates—words that look and ...

Learn French with us, one word at a time. Are you interested in taking French lessons? The Local has partnered with Gymglish to provide language lessons to readers. Start now and get 1 month free.

What keeps Vermonters from venturing to Québec more often? Whether they admit it or not, for most Anglophones, it’s the official language of: French, aka français — and not the kind you learned in ...