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FRENCH THAT WORKS
WHEN THE STAKES ARE REAL.

Bank accounts, lease agreements, business emails, meetings where your boss switches to French mid-sentence. Where getting it wrong costs real money or real credibility.

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French Work Culture: Email Etiquette & Office Phrases

French work culture email etiquette operates on rules that nobody writes down and everybody enforces. Your American "Hey Pierre, can you send the report? Thanks!" reads as aggressive in a French inbox. Your casual first-name greeting signals that you don't understand hierarchy. Your missing closing formula says you don't respect the person you're writing to. None of this is obvious. All of it is noticed. This B1-B2 guide covers email structure, the tu/vous minefield, office phrases for every daily situation, meeting vocabulary, phone etiquette, and the cultural norms around lunch, vacations, and hierarchy that determine whether French colleagues see you as a peer or a problem.

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📊 A1-C2

TCF vs DELF: Which French Exam Should You Take?

One is a diploma forever. The other expires in two years. One requires you to choose your level before the exam. The other tells you where you land. The decision takes two minutes if you know which question to ask first. And once the exam question is settled, the real work begins: building French that holds up under formal pressure, which is a different problem covered across the Learning Center.

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French that works when the stakes are real

Bank accounts, lease agreements, business emails, meetings where your boss switches to French mid-sentence. The kind of French where getting it wrong costs real money or real credibility.

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