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French Grammar – Answering Questions Posted by Transparent Language on May 18, 2009
Questions in French can be expressed in the negative form, which brings up a few issues when answering correctly. If you want to confirm the negative in the question, then you answer with ‘Non‘, but if you want to respond affirmatively to the question, then you answer with ‘Si‘. Here are some examples: Il n’y…
French Spelling Posted by Transparent Language on May 5, 2009
Many times when speaking to others either in person (at a hotel, at the airport, at customs, etc.) or over the telephone, we have to spell out words, especially our names. So, today I’ll try to give you some help in this area. First of all, here is how you pronounce the letters in the…
French Vocabulary – Face Riddles Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 27, 2009
I was working on some vocabulary with my daughters and I came up with an idea for a blog article that I thought might be fun. First of all, let’s go over some face vocabulary: la bouche mouth la joue / les joues one cheek / cheeks le front forehead le menton chin le nez…
French Vocabulary – Word Building Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 19, 2009
Building funny French phrases is a way to learn more vocabulary and even improve your grammar. The challenge lies in finding a root word and then expressing the same word as a noun, adverb, verb and adjective all in the same sentence. Here are some examples: La commode commode a été accommodée commodément. Le commentateur…