French Vocabulary Magazine
Notes on register, verlan, memory, listening, and the words that change meaning with context - from formal vs informal French to spaced repetition and Shadowing.
Formal vs Informal French: How to Choose the Right Word
Learn how French register changes the meaning, tone, and naturalness of a word, from formal French to everyday speech.
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- Word Pairs
Conseil vs Consigne: Advice or an Instruction in French?
Distinguish conseil from consigne, read optional and required actions accurately, and ask for clarification using a complete fictional workshop brief.
- Grammar
Avant de vs Avant Que: Order Actions and Keep Their Subjects
Choose avant de or avant que while keeping the correct actor and event order. Read instructions and past reports with a worked timeline and explained answers.
- French in Context
French Clothing Alterations: Explain the Fit You Want
Explain a clothing alteration in French, distinguish shortening by an amount from a final length, and confirm the work with a fitting dialogue and exercises.
- French in Context
Paraphrase a French Sentence Without Changing Its Meaning
Paraphrase a French sentence by changing its structure while preserving actors, quantities, and logical links. Compare original rewrites and explained answers.
- Word Pairs
Admettre vs Reconnaître: Admit, Acknowledge, or Recognise?
Compare admettre and reconnaître in French. Separate recognition, acknowledgment, and a stated hypothesis with an original correction task and explained answers.
- Grammar
À Moins Que vs Sauf Si: State an Exception in French
Express an exception with à moins que or sauf si, choose the correct verb form, and interpret optional ne through an original plan-and-exception task.
- French in Context
French Cinema Listings: VO, VF, and Subtitle Languages
Read French cinema listings by separating spoken language, dubbing, and subtitle language. Compare a fictional schedule and practise precise screening questions.
- French in Context
Rewrite a French Narrative in First or Third Person
Change a French narrative from first to third person while preserving events, agreement, ownership, and what the narrator knows. Includes a complete worked rewrite.
- Word Pairs
Accepter vs Approuver: Say Yes Without Endorsing Everything
Compare accepter and approuver in French: taking up an offer, agreeing to act, and endorsing a decision. Practise with a clear scenario and explained answers.
Short notes on French vocabulary with nuance.
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