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Learn French Language Easily: French Language Alphabets & Pronunciation
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Enter your search terms. French Language Alphabets and Pronunciation. É, et, and final er and ez. Shorter and more open than aw in bought. C (before e, i, y). Ç (before a, o, u). C (before a, o, u). G (before e, i, y). Ge (before a, o). G (before a, o, u). Qu, final q. Ekss, except as s in six. In liaisons, like z. 1 The "slurring" that I mentioned is called liaison. It is always made:. After a determiner (words like un, des, les, mon, ces, quels. Before or after a pronoun ( vous avez, je les ai. 5 And o...
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Learn French Language Easily: To know Peoples & Places
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Enter your search terms. To know Peoples and Places. To Know People and Places. Connaître-to know people (koh-net-truh). Savoir-to know facts (sahv-wahr). Is used when you know (are familiar with) people, places, food, movies, books, etc. and savoir. Is used when you know facts. When savoir. Is followed by an infinitive it means to know how. There is another form of savoir commonly used in the expressions que je sache. That I know (of). And pas que je sache. Not that I know (of). Je connais ton frère.
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Learn French Language Easily: Lesson 01 - French Basic Phrases
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Enter your search terms. Lesson 01 - French Basic Phrases. Hello / Good day. Thank you (very much). De rien. /. Je vous en prie. Zhuh voo zaw n. Welcome (also You're welcome in Quebec). A tout à l'heure / A plus tard. Ah too tah luhr / ah plew tahr. Très bien / mal / pas mal. Mahl / pah mahl. Very good / bad / not bad. Zhuh vay bee-ah n. I'm fine. (informal). Nice to meet you. Monsieur, Madame, Mademoiselle. Muh-syuh, mah-dahm, mahd-mwah-zell. Mister, Misses, Miss. Where are you from? Where are you from?
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Learn French Language Easily: French Language Numbers / Ordinals
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Enter your search terms. French Language Numbers / Ordinals. Trawnt ay uh n. Duh sawnt ah n. Note: French switches the use of commas and periods. 1,00 would be 1.00 in English. Belgian and Swiss French use septante, huitante and nonante in place of the standard French words for 70, 80, and 90. Also, when the numbers 5, 6, 8, and 10 are used before a word beginning with a consonant, their final consonants are not pronounced. Nouns , Articles and Demonstrative Adjectives. To be , to have , to do and to make.
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Learn French Language Easily: Irregularities in Regular Verbs
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Enter your search terms. Irregularities in Regular Verbs. Irregularities in Regular Verbs. Verbs that end in -ger. Isn't mangons, but mang e. Has to stay so the g can retain the soft sound. The nous. Isn't commencons, but commençons. The c must have the accent (called a cedilla) under it to make the c sound soft. Verbs that add or change to an accent grave. Some verbs add or change to an accent grave ( è. In all the forms except the nous. Verbs that are conjugated as -er verbs. To offer, give, ouvrir.
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Learn French Language Easily: Subject Pronouns
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Enter your search terms. You (formal and plural). Can also mean it. When they replace a noun (il replaces masculine nouns, and elle replaces feminine nouns) instead of a person's name. Ils. Can replace plural nouns as well in the same way. Notice there are two ways to say you. Tu. Is used when speaking to children, animals, or close friends and relatives. Vous. Is used when speaking to more than one person, or to someone you don't know or who is older. On. Nouns , Articles and Demonstrative Adjectives.
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Learn French Language Easily: Question & Other Useful Grammar Words
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Enter your search terms. Question and Other Useful Grammar Words. How much / many. Useful Words and General Vocabulary. Comme ci, comme ça. Kohm see kohm sah. The expression il y a. Is reduced to y a. In everyday speech. When il y a. Is followed by a number, it means ago. Il y a cinq minutes. Means five minutes ago. Some common slang words for money. Include: le fric, le pèze, le pognon, des sous. November 6, 2011 at 12:22 AM. November 6, 2011 at 12:22 AM. Nouns , Articles and Demonstrative Adjectives.
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Learn French Language Easily: Formation of Plural Nouns & Possessive Adjectives
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Enter your search terms. Formation of Plural Nouns and Possessive Adjectives. Formation of Plural Nouns. To make a noun plural, you usually add an -s. But there are some exceptions:. If a noun already ends in an -s, add nothing. If a noun ends in -eu or -eau, add an x. Noun ends in -al or -ail, change it to -aux. Some nouns ending in -ou add an -x instead of -s. There are, of course, some exceptions: un œil. Eye) - des yeux. Eyes); le ciel. Sky) - les cieux. Skies); and un jeune homme. Nouns , Articles a...
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Learn French Language Easily: To / In and From places, cities, and countries
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Enter your search terms. To / In and From places, cities, and countries. To / In and From places, cities, and countries. If the name of a country, continent, island, state or province ends with an e. The gender is feminine. If it ends in anything else, it is masculine. The exceptions are le Cambodge, le Maine, le Mexique, le Zaïre and le Mozambique. Some cities have an article as well, such as La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans). Prepositions with American States. En / dans l'. D' / de l'. To Come and to Go.
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Learn French Language Easily: The Past Indefinite Tense or Passé Composé
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Enter your search terms. The Past Indefinite Tense or Passé Composé. The Past Indefinite Tense or Passé Composé. Regular Verbs: Formation of the Past Participle. And add the past participle:. I liked the concert. He answered (or has answered) the telephone. We finished (or have finished) the project. They filled (or have filled) the cups. To make it negative, put the ne. Around the conjugated form of avoir. I didn't like the concert. He didn't answer (or hasn't answered) . To know Peoples and Places.
