Author: DavidTolman

Tunisian grocers are well-known in Paris for being open late into the evening and for lending a friendly ear to those in need. Our reporter wanted to interview Mister Halloumi because Mister Hallomi and his store make our reporter’s neighborhood a better place to live.

After listening to this interview, you are going to want to find this nice gentleman and go shop in his store! I hope you enjoy the recording.

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In this interview, Major Hensinger talks about a retirement home for members of the French Foreign Legion.

We recorded this back in 2002 for Fluent French Audio.

A warning about this interview – you will find it very challenging. On the other hand, if you work through it carefully, you’ll learn new ‘shortened’ versions for many words. For instance, there is a ‘mais avec‘ that sounds like ‘maec‘. Challenging, but that’s what you are here for, correct?

What I like about this interview is that the delivery reminds me of the French military people I know in my wife’s family: polite, but matter-of-fact. When my wife describes this style of speech, she uses an expression she picked up while living in the US: “no BS.”

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A favorite of subscribers!
Back in 2002, when we first published this interview, many subscribers wrote to tell us that they loved hearing Hélène Vié, who still runs the ‘Maison de la Violette‘ in Toulouse.

We hope you enjoy it, too!

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