Negation is not particularly difficult in French, but there are some rules that should be remembered. However, it becomes more complicated with passé composé. Let’s take a look together! The basic rules of negation in French The negation in French in the present tense has the following basic structure: ➠ SUBJECT + NE + VERB […]
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First of all, remember what a preposition is, it’s not very complicated. Prepositions are words that indicate relationships between different elements in a sentence. They help us understand where something is, how something is done, when something happens or the relationships between people or things. In English, they are, for example, “on”, “of”, “to”… The
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We started to see the closed questions, the ones where you can only answer yes or no questions. If you are going to ask a stranger in the street a question, the language should be different from what you use with your boss – which is also different from what you use with your family
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Vous n’arrivez toujours pas à décider si vous devez utiliser “être” ou “avoir” dans le passé composé ? Nous vous donnerons tous les conseils nécessaires pour que vous n’ayez aucun doute ! Un peu de lecture pour commencer J’ai invité les copains à venir à la maison cet après-midi pour jouer aux cow-boys. Ils sont
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The passé composé is the most commonly used past tense in French and often frightens students because of its complexity. However, with the right approach, seeing it step by step, the past tense can be easily learned! A short reading to illustrate the passé composé Ce matin, nous sommes tous arrivés à l’école bien contents,
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Les heures en français. Can you tell the time in French if someone asks you on the street? Here are some examples when you are asked what time it is? (“Quelle heure est-il ?”). 6h > Il est six heures : It’s 6 am.8h > Il est huit heures : It’s 8 am.15h > Il
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Prepositions are a group of invariable words (they never change, because they have no need to conform to gender, number or degree. They join two elements in a sentence, creating a connection between them. One of the most used prepositions in French is “de”. “De” can have different contractions: Il faut du beurre, des oeufs,
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The verb “faire” is widely used in French and has additional meanings compared to English (to do / to create). It is used for almost everything in everyday language. It could mean, for example: La conjugaison du verbe “faire” Je fais du sport Tu fais des bêtises Il / Elle / On fait de grandes
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Reflexive pronouns are pronouns used with reflexive verbs. Do you remember? “se laver, se réveiller…” Reflexive verbs describe what a person does for him/herself, meaning that it reflects the action of the verb back on the subject (the subject and the object are the same). The structure is always the same for all reflexive verbs,
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There are four types of partitive articles in French, du, de la , de l’, and des, which are used to specify unknown quantities. And they correspond to ‘some’ or ‘a little’. Choosing which one to use depends on gender, number, and the first letter of the noun that follows. Qu’est-ce que vous voulez manger
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