الجمعة، 30 مايو 2014

About French Language: Faire un fromage ~ Ce qui, Ce que, Ce dont ~ Verbs w/ prepositions

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En faire tout un fromage
No need to make a big stink over it - just click to learn about the idiomatic French expression en faire tout un fromage.
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Indefinite relative pronouns
Indefinite relative pronouns link relative clauses to main clauses but have no antecedent. Ce qui, ce que, ce dont, and quoi are the French indefinite relative pronouns, and there's no one-to-one equivalent for these words - depending on context, the English translation may be "what" or "which."
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Quiz: Verbs with prepositions
Some French verbs must be followed by à, de, or another preposition, while others must be followed directly by a verb or direct object. Do you know which are which? Test yourself with this quiz or take a look at the master list to review.
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Beginning readers
Are you or your students ready to try reading in French? Here is a selection of French readers for beginning to intermediate students, including short stories, novel excerpts, non-fiction, and poems chosen or written especially with beginning students in mind.

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الثلاثاء، 27 مايو 2014

About French Language: Quand on parle du loup ~ Expressions w/ body ~ Tennis terms

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Quand on parle du loup...
Wondering what the French proverb quand on parle du loup means? Speak of the devil, here's a lesson.
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Expressions with parts of the body
Parts of the body are found in many idiomatic French expressions. Learn how to say irrelevant, lazy, hangover, and more.

Tennis terms
The French Open is ... open, so here's some French vocabulary related to tennis.

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الجمعة، 23 مايو 2014

About French Language: Coup d'Etat ~ Transitive verbs ~ Subjunctive v Indicative

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Un coup d'tat
Overthrow incomprehension by learning about the French expression coup d'État.
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tre verbs used transitively
Verbs that require être in the passé composé and other compound tenses are intransitive - that is, they have no direct object. But some of them can be used transitively (with a direct object), and when this happens, these verbs need avoir as the helping verb. In addition, there is a slight change in meaning.

French quiz: Subjunctive or indicative?
Test yourself on a classic French foe with this quiz: choose between the subjunctive and the indicative for each silly sentence. If you need help, take a look at the lesson or check out the Subjunctivator!

 


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الثلاثاء، 20 مايو 2014

About French Language: Impersonal verbs ~ Mon oeil ~ Facts + figures about French

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Impersonal verbs
Impersonal verbs, like falloir and neiger, have only one conjugation: the third person singular indefinite, or il, which in this case is equivalent to "it" in English.
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Mon œil !
If I told you the idiomatic French expression mon œil ! meant "my foot," would you believe me? Click to learn all about it.
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What is French? Facts and Figures about French
How many French speakers are there? Where is French spoken? How many French-speaking countries are there? In which international organizations is French an official language? Read this introduction to some facts and figures about the French language.
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The age at which you start learning French (or anything else) makes a difference - sooner is usually better, but there's nothing that says you can't learn as an adult, and there are even some advantages.* I still think it's an interesting question - when did you start learning French?

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