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Nov 2019
13m 23s

Ep. 1 - The Art of Greeting

Bäbbel
About this episode
Join Ted on his French conversational journey as he learns how to greet in French.

In this very first episode, Ted learns how to greet someone with our Babbel expert, Caroline’s help. The burning question: what on earth is this tricky cheek kiss that French people call “la bise?”

We’d love to get your feedback, suggestions or learn about your own language learning journey. Email podcasting@babbel.com

If you’d like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3KeMdBJ
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