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Si - if - is used to create hypothetical statements, it's to say:

• an hypothesis on the future (what you will do in the future if the conditions you wish for come together)
• an hypothesis on the present (what you would be doing now in a parallel reality where things would not be as they are now...)
• an hypothesis on the past (what you would have done in a parallel reality in the past if the conditions had not be what they were).

Though more Parisians live in the 15th than any other arrondissement, its roots are in commerce and industry . . . with a bit of art in the mix.

Olivier et moi sommes allés voir "Minuit à Paris", le dernier (latest) film de Woody Allen la semaine dernière, et ça nous a beaucoup plu ( here pp of plaire, not pleuvoir...). Le film est sorti le 20 Juin, donc il est au cinéma en ce moment.

Telling or understanding the time is part of everyday life. Unfortunately, it is not so easy in French, because we have lots of different ways to tell time and lots of expressions. To add to the complexity, the heavy use of liaisons makes the pronunciation even more difficult. So make sure you listen to the audio to memorize the proper pronunciation.

What a concept! Pierre Cluizel, accomplished chocolatier, and son of maître chocolatier Michele Cluizel, has opened the world’s first ‘chocolate concept store’ in the heart of St. Germain des Près.  If you have even a slight interest in fine chocolate you should go... as soon as possible!

Le Septième Jour – Voyage de la Grande Dixence à Arolla

Nous avons passé une nuit tranquille à l’hôtel Ritz.  C’est un hôtel agréable par rapport à plusieurs autres endroits où nous sommes restés, mais qui n’a malheureusement rien de comparable avec son homonyme parisien...