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French Grammar: Tips and Notes “Update”

by duolinguists 12 March 202213 March 2022

TNs, Extra: C’est/Ce sont (Nature, Forms, Usage, Figures of Speech) Il/Elle est & Ils/Elles sont

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U29: Adverbs 1(Placement, Comparatives & Superlatives, Bon/Bien/Mauvais/Mal)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U28: Verbs: Infinitive 1(Infinitive, With/Without Preps., After Nouns/Adjectives, Caus. Faire)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U27: Time (Close Future, Dates, Jour or Journée, Telling Time)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U26: Demonstratives 2(Ceci or Cela, Ce or Cela, Demonstrative Pronouns/+Relative Pronoun/+Prep

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U25: Possessives 2(Possessive Pronouns)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U24: Family(Refresher: C’est or Il est)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U23: Numbers 1(Zéro to Vingt, Uses of Un)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U22: Prepositions 1(De & À, Articles after De, Des before Adjectives)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U21: Verbs: Present 2(Group 3 Verbs, Transitive & Intransitive, Confusing Verbs)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U20: Adjectives 2 (Multiple Adjectives, Grand or Gros, Faux-Amis)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U19: Pronouns 1(On, Direct Object Pronouns, En, Y, Relative Pronouns, Reflexive Se)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U18: Questions (Inversions, Est-ce que, Intonation, Interrogative Adjectives/Pronouns/Adverbs)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U17: Conjunctions 1(Coordinating Conjunctions)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U16: Demonstratives 1 (Demonstrative Adjectives, Ça/Ça or Ce)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U15c Verbs: Present 1(Confusing Verbs, One Each or One Shared, Ah l’amour !)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U15b Verbs: Present 1(Il faut, Aller, Movement, Opinion, Ability, Perception, Il faut+

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U15a: Verbs: Present 1 (Conjugations, Pronunciation, Inf. after conjugations: Appreciation

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U14: Possessives 1 (Possessive Adjectives, Euphony, Femme & Fille)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U13: Colors (Nouns & Adjectives)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U12: Clothing (Idiomatic Plurals, Diacritics, Nasal Vowels)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U11: Plurals 2 (Nouns & Adjectives, Articles, Conjugations, Punctuation)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U10: Adjectives 1 (Agreement, Placement, Figurative, Euphony)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U09: Weather 1 (Impersonal Expressions, Il fait, Il y a)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U08: Animals 1 (Noun Genders, Feminine Animals)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U07: Food 1 (Partitive Article, Count Noun or Mass Noun, Omitted Articles, De + Definite Art.)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U06: Basics 3 (Être & Avoir, Continuous Tenses)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U05: Gallicism (C’est or Il est, Idioms with Avoir)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U04: Plurals 1 (Plurals, Plural Articles, Plural Pronouns & Verbs, Agreement, Tu or Vous)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U03: Common Phrases (Bonjour, Idioms, Liaisons, Enchaînement, Il y a)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U02: Basics 2 (Articles, Elisions, Contractions, Words beginning with H)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U01: Basics 1 (Genders, Personal Subject Pronouns, Subject-Verb Agreement)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Qu’est-ce qu’un meuble ?

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Grammar Glossary, Helpful Links, and Tips & Notes!

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

“C’est” vs “Il est” (singular) & “Ce sont” vs “Ils sont” (plural)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Overview of French grammar and vocabulary explanations [work in progress :)]

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Le passé composé: the explanation of how to choose the auxiliary verb

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

When are articles required in French?

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Les or Des?

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

‘False friends’ -Faux Amis

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

French Nasal Sounds

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

French Idioms and Popular Expressions

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

French Vowels

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

tutoyer vs vouvoyer

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

“Entendre” and “écouter” in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Basic French greetings & expressions

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Pronunciation of ‘Y’ in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Ce sont or Ces sont (Tip 3)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

De vs Des/Un/Du/De la (Tip 2)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Des vs De (Tip 1)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

French tips. How to read French?

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Having trouble with ce, ça, and cette

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Meaning of “garçon” in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

French tips: How to conjugate all the French verbs.

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

English speakers, maybe you know more French that you may think…

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Meaning of “fille” in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

“ici”, “là” and “là-bas” in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Personal pronouns in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Charts for French grammar help!

by duolinguists 12 March 202212 March 2022

A Guide to “En”

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

French tips, advanced pronounciation: final letters mute or not?

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

French tips: what is the difference between “sont” and “sommes”?

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

French “liaisons” between words

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Pronunciation Tip: ‘u’ vs. ‘ou’

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Tips to remember complex rules easily

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Accents in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Pronominal/Reflexive Verbs (A.k.a. “Why are there so many random pronouns?!?!!1!”

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Le/Les/Lui/Leur/Eux/Elles: Different Types of Object Pronouns

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Nasal vowels in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Noun genders in French

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Dealing With Sentences with “Depuis Que”

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Possessives match the thing being owned!

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

“aimer bien”, “aimer” and “adorer”

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

Être verbs

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

French conjugations (present of indicative)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Quel vs lequel (quelle vs laquelle, etc.)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

The past participle agreement

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Gros vs grand

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Adverb formation

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Regular and Irregular Plurals

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Placement of Adjectives

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Why not Je suis *un* professeur?

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

Invariable Colours

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U30: Near Time(Near Future, Recent Past)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U31: Occupations(Professions as Adjectives, Genders)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U32: Negations(Ne… Pas/Plus/Jamais/Rien/Personne/Aucun, Negative Pron. & Conj., Word Order

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U33: Conjunctions 2(Subordinating Conjunctions, Temporal/Causal, Elisions with Si & Que)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U34: Adverbs 2(Construction, Adverbs with Negations)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U35: Verbs: Compound Past 1(Auxiliaries, Past Participles, Agreement, Using the PC)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U37: Objects(Cognates, Noun of Noun)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U38: Adjectives 3(Determiners, Indefinite Adjectives, Comp. & Superlatives, Bon/Bien/Mauvais)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U39: Prepositions 2(Temporal, Duration, References, Puzzling Prepositions, Peu)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U40: Places 1(Spatial Prepositions, Special Rules: Cities & Countries)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U41: Verbs: Cmpd Past 2(Être Verbs+D.Obj., Past Part. as Adj., Adv. Part. Agreement, C’est+PC)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

TNs, U43: Irregular Plurals (Plurals ending in -x)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U44: People(Nationality Nouns & Adjectives)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U45a: Verbs: Present 3(Pronominal Verbs, Pronoun Order, Verbs+À/De)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U45b: Verbs: Present 3 (Y Replaces À + Thing, Confusing Verbs)

by duolinguists 12 March 202215 March 2022

TNs, U47: Verbs: Pronominal(Reciprocal/Subjective/Passive Pronominal Verbs, Objects & Agreement)

by duolinguists 12 March 2022

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