People who live in Metz pronounce the city more like mess, whereas most other French people pronounce it metz.

 

Geographical Features of France:

la Loire	Loire river
la Garonne	Garonne river
le Rhône	Rhône river
la Seine	Seine river
les Alpes (f)	the Alps
le Mont-Blanc	Mont Blanc (highest mountain in W. Europe)
le Jura	the Jura
les Pyrénées (f)	the Pyrenees
le Massif Central	the Massif Central
les Vosges (f)	the Vosges
la mer Méditerranée	Mediterranean Sea
l'océan Atlantique (m)	Atlantic Ocean
la Mer du Nord	North Sea
la Manche	English Channel
le Golfe de Gascogne	Bay of Biscay

 

Writing Letters

Your name and address should be placed in the top left corner. The receiver's address is placed below yours, on the right. The city you are in and the date is placed below the addresses, and on the left. (Remember to use French date formats: le 7 octobre 2008).

Your name Your address Zip Code & City Receiver's Name Receiver's Address Zip Code & City City, le # mois 2009 Madame ou Monsieur,

Common formal endings:

• Dans l’attente de votre réponse, je vous prie d’agréer, Monsieur, l’expression de mes sentiments respectueux.

• Veuillez agréer, Madame, Monsieur, l’expression de mes salutations distinguées.

• Je vous prie de croire, Monsieur, à l'assurance de mes sentiments distingués.

Notice that you should not use sentiments with Madame because it's considered rude.

In less formal situations, such as in certain e-mails, you can just use cordialement.