It can be interesting to look at French sentences and their English translations while comparing the two. Once you have identified corresponding words, you will realize how many similarities there are French and English. You’ll also notice some big differences, and those are worth examining more closely.
Comparing French and English Sentence Structure
| Those shoes seem good. Buy him two pairs of them. | Ces chaussures ont l’air bien. Achetez-lui-en deux paires. |
Ces chaussures = Those shoes
Lesson: Demonstrative adjectives
ont l’air = seem
bien = good
Lesson: Bon – Bien – Meilleur – Mieux
Achetez-lui-en deux paires = Buy him two pairs of them
Lesson: French Imperative with pronouns
Lesson: French indirect object pronouns (LUI)
Lesson: French adverbial pronoun EN
