In French, you have two ways to say ‘you’: ‘tu’ and ‘vous’. It is important to know in which situation you use them as they have very specific use and they set the tone of a conversation. They also define the relationship between the people involved in the conversation. Once you work out which one […]
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Subject pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they) are often used to avoid repetitions. Marie est belle. Marie est aussi gentille. – Marie is beautiful. Marie is also nice. Marie est belle. Elle est aussi gentille. – Marie is beautiful. She is also nice. They indicate who is doing the action and influence the
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In French, accents are really important, they can influence the meaning and the pronunciation of a word. For example: ‘ou’ means ‘or’ ‘où’ means ‘where’. The acute accent (l’accent aigu) ‘é’ It is only used on ‘e’ and changes its pronunciation to a more high-pitched sound. Examples un éléphant an
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The perfect tense, also called ‘la passé compose’ in French, is used to describe an action in the past that is completely finished. The perfect tense with ‘avoir’ The majority of verbs in the perfect tense use ‘avoir’ and their past participle. To conjugate verbs in the perfect tense, you need to
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Know when to use each one The comparative In French, all the adjectives use the comparative structures below. French doesn’t differentiate between short and long adjectives so the equivalent of ‘bigger than’ is ‘plus grand que’ (‘more big than’) ► more + adjective + than ► plus + adjective + que
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Know when to use a French Direct object Pronoun (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) It replaces nouns and can be used to avoid repetitions. J’aime ton livre. Je veux ton livre. I like your book. I want your book. J’aime ton livre. Je le veux. I like your book. I want
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Position Some prepositions indicate the position of an object. devant in front of derrière behind à côté de next to sous underneath dans in sur on entre between Examples La bouteille est sur la table. The bottle is on the table. Je suis devant le magasin Next. I am in
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