À Paris After a Breakup: Nicole Starts Over | 37 Feminine French Words in -tion
Par cœur | New French Learning podcast!Show Notes
Bienvenue ! Merci à Brad d'avoir rendu cet épisode possible. This episode drills one of the most reliable patterns in French: nouns ending in -tion are overwhelmingly feminine. You'll hear, repeat, and remember 37 of them — transformation, conversation, décision, motivation, libération — inside a story rather than a grammar table. Nicole vient d'arriver à Paris après une séparation difficile. Elle commence une nouvelle vie, se reconstruit, observe la ville — et, petit à petit, change de regard sur elle-même.
CE QUE VOUS ALLEZ PRATIQUER ✦ WHAT YOU'LL PRACTICE 37 noms en -tion, en contexte
L'accord des adjectifs ✦ adjective agreement : belle, douce, forte, longue, lente
De la répétition jusqu'à l'automatisme
COMMENT UTILISER CET ÉPISODE ✦ HOW TO USE THIS EPISODE Écoutez plusieurs fois — listen more than once
Répétez à voix haute, even briefly
Try to anticipate the words before Nicole says them
Revenez-y avant de dormir — sleep supports memory
Pas besoin de tout mémoriser d'un coup.
À PROPOS ✦ ABOUT Hosted by Léa Tirard-Hersant, French tutor and creator of Le Vignoble, an audio series with a companion workbook. Par cœur helps you retain French through storytelling, listening drills, and spoken rhythm. Un pas à la fois — one step at a time.
Each episode goes deep on a single element: une expression essentielle ou idiomatique
une structure grammaticale — verb patterns, prepositions, tricky verbs like manquer
un son ou une difficulté de prononciation — nasal vowels, liaison, le fameux R français
On écoute. On répète. On reconnaît. Et, peu à peu, le français devient familier. If you believe language is learned par cœur — by heart, not by endless scrolling — this podcast is for you.
💡 VOUS AIMEZ L'INNOVATION ? ✦ DO YOU LIKE INNOVATION? Par cœur uses ElevenLabs AI tools for guest voices and immersive scenes. Alongside Léa's own voice you may hear des voix masculines et féminines, différents accents, des dialogues, et les bruits d'une rue parisienne. La technologie au service de l'apprentissage — every episode is still written, structured, and paced by hand. Du français que vous comprenez. Du français que vous répétez. Du français que vous retenez.
✦ Over 10,000 hours taught since 2013. Léa also contributes to language-learning communities and conferences. Visit www.LEACAFE.org for Le Vignoble — audio series and workbook — and to schedule your first lesson. À bientôt — et surtout, continuez !
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