Archive for 'Grammar'
And If We Sang – Learning Grammar Through Music Posted by John Bauer on May 2, 2018
Some things like learning les genres des mots (the gender of words) can take a long time and requires a lot of memorization. If you’re lucky sometimes there’s a catchy song that helps the process and makes practicing grammar something you can do for fun! When learning le français, there are some things that can…
French Verbs – To Take, To Learn, To Understand Posted by Tim Hildreth on May 1, 2018
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m hoping – despite the challenges – to one day teach French full time. In order to be ready for that eventuality, I have gone back to school myself to get a Master’s degree in Education. A recent assignment on learning and understanding got me thinking about those verbs in French… and…
His Or Her Cup? – Confusing Possessive Adjectives In French Posted by John Bauer on Apr 11, 2018
Continuing from la semaine dernière (last week), understanding how le genre d’un mot (the gender of a word) affects la grammaire française (French grammar) can be hard to grasp for non-native speakers. Any tips that can help with internalizing why les genres are so important and just how they work makes learning la langue (the…
French Grammar – What happened? Posted by Tim Hildreth on Apr 10, 2018
To wrap up this latest series of grammar posts, here is a little story for you to practice your reading comprehension and to test your ability to recognize the different verb tenses. Mon fils vient de partir. Nous avons diné ensemble. On était censé diner chez mon frère, mais il a décommandé au dernier moment…
Using Delicious Spaghetti To Remember The Gender Of French Words Posted by John Bauer on Apr 4, 2018
Remembering le genre d’un mot (the gender of a word) is one of the hardest parts of learning French. Getting a feel for how un chaise sounds wrong is very hard for non-native speakers. While there are countless examples les anglophones (English speakers) like myself making mistakes with French words, looking at words that les…
French Grammar – Past imperfect Posted by Tim Hildreth on Apr 3, 2018
Welcome to lesson 3 in our mini French Grammar series. After le passé récent and le futur proche, it’s time this week to look at the French tense known as l’imparfait. L’Imparfait (The imperfect) Like le passé composé, le passé simple, and the passé récent, l’imparfait is a tense for talking about things that…
Using An Chair To Understand The Importance Of Les Genres In French Posted by John Bauer on Mar 28, 2018
Learning des nouveaux mots (new words) in French means remembering a word’s definition, pronunciation, and le genre du mot (the gender of the word). For many people including myself, remembering les genres des mots is the hardest part of learning the language! Malheureusement (unfortunately), as un anglophone (an English speaker) the idea of every word…