When you reach Conditionnel Présent (conditional) it starts to get more tricky. It sounds a bit like the Future Simple and sometimes they are pronounced exactly the same way (especially nowadays). Knowing that these two tenses (and mode here) express different things can also help you with the listening skills. French people always confuse conditionnel […]
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Impératif mode just exists for two tenses, present and past. Imperative is used often in daily life. Once you know how to conjugate this tense you will be able to use it to express an order but also for other ideas. That is so useful to know and I will tell you here the different
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French Future Proche (near future) is different from Futur Simple. Although they apparently both express future events, they can also express more subtle ideas. French conjugation and tenses are always a bit tricky. But once you know how to conjugate a tense the good thing is you can use it not only to express the tense itself but for a lot of ideas. That is so useful to know and I will tell you here the different values of Fu
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Did you know that with Futur Simple in French you can express anger or politeness? French conjugation and tenses are a bit tricky. But once you know how to conjugate a tense the good thing is you can use it not only to express the tense itself but for a lot of ideas. That is
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Être and Avoir are the first verbs and the most important ones that you need to learn in French. Choosing the auxiliary is not always easy as in English it can be different. But here is a recap of what you need to know about the utilization of Auxiliaries in French. Which auxiliary to choose
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The French R is usually the sound that can cause most difficulties for French learners. According to my students it is the typical sound that we might expect in French. It is also the pronunciation of the R sound in French that scares people when it comes to learn how to make it. They completly
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My background as a French teacher made me realize a lot of things. Everyone learning a language despite of their nationality has his or her difficulties. As majority of my students are native English speakers, they face the same problems. We all know that more than 30% of English language has a French origin. Even
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My background as a French teacher made me realize a lot of things. Everyone learning a language despite of their nationality has his or her difficulties. As majority of my students are native English speakers, they face the same problems. We all know that more than 30% of English language has a French origin. Even
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Learn french by imitation I always thought that imitation is the key to a good French accent. Trying to be in others shoes, imitate their attitude in a fun way. Fake it until you make it. Listen other people bad French accent is also a good technique since you can compare and realize how (good or
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French pronunciation is sometimes (who said always?) tricky. You just learned a new word but it sounds completely different when it is feminine, plural, or even depending on other words surrounding. I often get the question with PLUS. There is three different ways to pronounce it: [ply], [plys] or [plyz] ! Let see how we
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