Couses can mean many things depending on the context.
-It can mean going grocery shopping.
ex:
Elle est allée faire les courses au supermarché. / She went grocery shopping at the supermarket.
-It also can mean races:
Des courses de voitures/ car races.
In some cases it can specifically refer to horse races:
Il joue aux courses mais ne gagne jamais. / He bets on horses but never wins.
'faire les courses' means to go out for buying all the things you need for the daily life (especially food)
you answer it
She took courses in French literature, Latin, and Shakespeare. These were her favorite courses at Vassar College. She enjoyed her study of French culture during the one year foreign trip for college she took to the Sorbonne in 1950.
des cours d'anglais
Yes, there are free online French courses available on websites such as Duolingo, FluentU, and BBC Languages. These platforms offer interactive lessons, exercises, and resources to help you learn French at your own pace.
vous partez faire les courses
les courses de Noël
"Schoolgirl French" refers to a basic or limited knowledge of the French language, typically learned in school or through introductory courses. It implies a beginner-level understanding of French vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, similar to what a schoolgirl at an early stage of language learning may possess.
I would buy a Rosetta Stone. That will teach you French in the best possible way.
High school courses don't mean sh1t. College courses are what matters.
The French word "course" means "race" in English. When used in the plural (les courses), it means the shopping.
"At the races" is an English equivalent of the French phrase aux courses.Specifically, the word auxcombines the preposition Ã? ("at, to") and the feminine/masculine plural definite article les ("the") to mean "at the" in this context. The feminine noun coursestranslates as "races." The pronunciation will be "oh koorss" in French.