The four core French verbs (être, avoir, aller, and faire) are the most important verbs to learn and will dramatically increase your French proficiency.
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The four core French verbs (être, avoir, aller, and faire) are the most important verbs to learn and will dramatically increase your French proficiency.
Using il est versus c’est is a subtle nuance of French that native speakers use effortlessly but can require conscious effort on non-native French learners’ parts. There are some consistent rules to using these French grammar structures, and we cover some notable exceptions, as well as when using either structure implies different meanings.
Pronouns ‘y’ and ‘en’ are commonly taught later than direct and indirect object pronouns in French, and they have multiple meanings. They replace something and have different placements in sentences compared to English.
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Idioms and other expressions are where direct, literal translations from French to English fail. If you learn some of the most common French expressions, your comprehension of native speakers will increase dramatically.
Here is a list of all the immediate and extended family vocabulary words you might need to use in French, including their masculine and feminine versions.
Understanding French numbers can get complicated by gender, plural, irregular number patterns, and other complicators. Here’s everything you need to know about French figures, numbers, and math.
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