Small Talk with French Neighbors: Beyond "Bonjour" and Weather

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Small Talk with French Neighbors: Beyond "Bonjour" and Weather

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Welcome to French for Francophile Expats. I'm Matthieu, and today we focus on small talk with French neighbors beyond bonjour and weather. You have lived here long enough to handle daily errands yet conversations at the building entrance often stall after the first exchange. Textbook phrases leave you sounding polite but distant so neighbors nod and move on. The thing is real small talk here relies on brief local observations or shared building

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