If you’re learning French, you have come across words like moi, toi, and lui. These tonic pronouns are useful for emphasis, answering questions, and making […]
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French direct object pronouns
A short presentation on the use of direct object pronouns in French. You can access the PDF file here.
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French Article
Articles are words you use before nouns (as a, an, the in English). French definite article French definite article are used similarly to their English […]
Read moreFrench comparatives
First, the words used to compare: plus…que (more…than/___er than) for superior comparisons moins…que (less…than) for inferior comparisons aussi…que (as…as) or autant que (as much/many as) for equal comparisons 1/ With […]
Read moreTo know in French: “savoir” and “connaître”
How to use savoir et connaître In French,two verbs can be translated by the English verb “to know”: savoir and connaître. Present tense conjugation: savoirje […]
Read morePassé composé – French Compound Past Tense
This tense is made up of two elements: a helping verb (often called an auxiliary verb) and a past participle of the main verb. Helping […]
Read moreParler de sport/speaking about sports
Vocabulary 2/ How to say… I like… I do…le tennis → J’aime le tennis. → Je fais du tennis.la natation → J’aime la natation. → Je fais de […]
Read moreAdjectifs possessifs | Possessive adjectives
masculin féminin pluriel myyourhis/her/itsouryourtheir montonsonnotrevotreleur ma(mon)ta(ton)sa(son)notrevotreleur mes tes mes nos vos leurs French possessive adjectives agree with the gender of the following noun. But in the plural, there is no […]
Read moreDéjeuner du Matin (French subtitles) / Breakfast (Jacques Prévert’s poem)
This beautiful poem is very useful to study the passé composé (French compound past tense) and also the use of the preposition “sans” (without). English […]
Read moreFrench Future tense
Construction Take the infinitive (for re-verbs, remove the last e) and add the following endings: er-verbsaimer ir-verbsfinir re-verbsprendre j’aimeraitu aimerasil aimeraelle aimera nous aimeronsvous aimerezils […]
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