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.
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- Grammar
French Plurals: The Default Rule and Its Exceptions
Most French plurals just add a silent -s - but -eau and -eu words take -x, and -al words become -aux. The complete rule set with examples.
- Greetings & Politeness
French Politeness: The Courtesy Phrases Beyond Please and Thank You
French courtesy phrases for interrupting, offering, accepting and dining politely - plus links to the full please, thank you and sorry guides.
- Grammar
French Possessive Adjectives: The Chart and the Two Rules That Matter
The full mon/ma/mes chart plus the two rules that trip everyone: French possessives agree with the thing owned, and it's mon amie - not ma amie.
- Word Differences
À vs De in French
French à and de express direction, source, possession, purpose, and verb patterns. Learn how the governing word determines the correct preposition.
- Grammar
French Prepositions Explained: à, de, en, dans, chez (Without the Headache)
The French prepositions that matter: à vs de, en vs dans, why it's en France but au Japon, and what chez really means. Rules, tables, examples.
- Conjugation
The French Present Tense: One Form Doing Three Jobs
Le présent in French does the work of three English tenses: right now, habitual actions, and near future. Full conjugation patterns and examples.
- Grammar
French Pronouns: Subject, Object and Stressed - All in One Grid
Every French pronoun in one grid - subject, object and stressed forms - plus the order rule for combining two pronouns like me le or te la.
- Grammar
Asking Questions in French: 3 Ways, Ranked by Formality
Three ways to ask questions in French - intonation, est-ce que, and inversion - ranked by formality, with est-ce que as the always-safe default.
- Learn French
French Reading Practice: How to Choose Texts and Actually Improve
French reading practice done right: the 98% rule for choosing texts, active reading technique, and a sample difficulty ladder from A1 to B1.
- Conjugation
French Reflexive Verbs: How You Describe Your Whole Day
Se lever, se laver, s'habiller - most of your daily routine is described with French reflexive verbs. The full pattern, conjugated.
Short notes on French vocabulary with nuance.
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