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Moving foward with the future in French Posted by Adir on Jun 15, 2012
There are two kinds of future tense in French: le Futur Simple and le Futur Proche. Today we’re going to start talking about the Futur Simple. It is used when you are talking about plans in the future, but nothing extremely definite, things may change. This would correspond to using “will” to express the future…
How to use the verb “y avoir” (there to be) Posted by Adir on Jun 10, 2012
The verb y avoir means “there to be”, but in French it has only one form in the present: il y a. Let’s check out some examples: Dans mon salon, il y a un canapé en tissu. In my living room, there’s a fabric sofa. Dans ma cousine, il y a une cuisinière à gaz…
Song: Voyage dans le Temps Posted by Adir on Jun 8, 2012
Salut! My dear friend and also blogger Sean posted some weeks ago a song by The Lion King in French so I decided to do the same with one of the most beautiful cartoons I’ve ever watched, Anastasia. So here’s the theme song, Journey to the Past, sung in French! Follow with the lyrics below…
How to make “des noms dérivés” in French – the answers! Posted by Adir on Jun 5, 2012
Salut! Comment ça va? Here are the answers to last Friday’s vocabulary exercise. Pay attention to the articles used in each ending. 1. -ment recruter – le recrutement [recruiting] licencier – le licenciement [dismissal – at work] investir – l’investissement [investment] aboutir – l’aboutissement [culmination, outcome] renouveler – le renouvellement [renewal, replacement] percer – le…
How to make “des noms dérivés” in French Posted by Adir on Jun 1, 2012
Des noms dérivés are nouns that come from a verb and some verbs follow a pattern to do that in French. So here’s a little exercise for you: I will give you an example and you will provide the noun form, ok? Let’s try that! -ment charger (to charge) – le chargement Do the same…
Indicative or subjunctive? Posted by Adir on May 25, 2012
Last Friday we took a look at how some irregular verbs are conjugated in the Present Subjunctive in French. It is not always easy to know when to use verbs in the Indicative or Subjunctive mode in French so I gathered some key expressions to help you when to use the indicative or subjunctive in…
Le subjonctif présent – irregular verbs Posted by Adir on May 18, 2012
Salut! Comment ça va? The subjunctive is a pretty hard verb tense for English speakers who are learning French so today we are going to review the regular verb form and also some irregular verbs. On commence? The subjonctif présent is formed with the root of the third person plural of the verb in the…