10 French words of the day. Love Learning Languages offers quick French vocabulary lists or 10 Mots du Jour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each set follows a different theme, today the 10 French vocabulary words are about Supermarkets.
Did you know? In French you can say je vais chez “Auchan” or je vais à “Auchan”, which is a supermarket chain. We use “chez” to mean to someone’s house, but it works for businesses whose names can be treated as someone’s name. We also use “chez” when we go to the dentist, doctor’s office or hairdresser…
With LLL, each week you get 3 downloadable lists of the words in French and English, a “Did you know?” in French and a Quizlet study set to learn, practice, and master them all. Quizlet is a platform for learning vocabulary that’s based on flashcards, but what has really made an impression on me is how fun it makes learning new language content! Click here for details.
10 French words of the day. Love Learning Languages offers quick French vocabulary lists or 10 Mots du Jour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each set follows a different theme, today the 10 French vocabulary words are about Rental cars.
Did you know? In France you can rent a car just like you do in the US or elsewhere, you can also share a ride in a car with a site like “BlabLa car” or…take the train!
With LLL, each week you get 3 downloadable lists of the words in French and English, a “Did you know?” in French and a Quizlet study set to learn, practice, and master them all. Quizlet is a platform for learning vocabulary that’s based on flashcards, but what has really made an impression on me is how fun it makes learning new language content! Click here for details.
Cette petite fille s’est fait gronder à cause de sa voisine qui bavardait.
This little girl was scolded because of her neighbor who was chatting.
Comparing French and English Sentence Structure
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.
This = Cette
Cette means this or that, and in this case it indicates a singular feminine subject.
This looks complicated, but in fact it’s just a reflexive pronoun that uses the verb faire. This is because the little girl didn’t scold herself. She got herself scolded by someone else.
In this sentence, voisine is a feminine singular noun. To show possession, we use a possessive adjective. The adjective must agree in number and gender with the noun it modifies. Remember that we use sa because the voisine is feminine, and not because she’s the little girl’s neighbor.
Qui is a relative pronoun, a word that introduces a dependent clause and connects it to an independent clause. Qui can stand in as a subject, and is followed by a verb.
When you want to say that someone is doing or was doing something, this is a good indication that you need to use the imperfect tense because you’re describing a situation in the past. It’s important to note that even though the English words is and was are used in the translation, there is no need for the verb être.
Name That Tense is an activity for advanced learners of French to practice verb tenses. This set of 200 practice cards provides a challenging review.
STEP 1 – Begin by using the cards written in French, and simply identify and name the tenses you read without translating.
STEP 2 – CHALLENGE: Use the cards written in English, name the French tense that needs to be used, then translate the sentences to French.
These practice cards provide an excellent opportunity to review why each tense is chosen for a particular sentence. Translations are included. It can be very interesting to compare French and English sentence structure. There are many similarities, and many big differences as well. That’s when it’s time to pay close attention!
The first 50 cards in each set use these tenses: le présent, l’imparfait, le futur simple, le passé composé, le conditionnel, le plus-que-parfait et le conditionnel passé.
The second 50 cards in each set use all of the tenses mentioned above, and also include cards using: le futur antérieur, le subjonctif, le subjonctif passé, l’impératif, et le passé récent. Many si clauses are included.
10 French words of the day. Love Learning Languages offers quick French vocabulary lists or 10 Mots du Jour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each set follows a different theme, today the 10 French vocabulary words are about the supermarket
Did you know? In French you can say je vais chez “Auchan” or je vais à “Auchan”, which is a supermarket chain. We use “chez” to mean to someone’s house – Je vais chez mes amis -, but it also works for businesses whose names can be treated as someone’s name. We also use “chez” when we go to the dentist, doctor’s office or hairdresser…
With LLL, each week you get 3 downloadable lists of the words in French and English, a “Did you know?” in French and a Quizlet study set to learn, practice, and master them all. Quizlet is a platform for learning vocabulary that’s based on flashcards, but what has really made an impression on me is how fun it makes learning new language content! Click here for details.
You will never travel abroad if you don’t have a passport.
Vous ne voyagerez jamais à l’étranger si vous n’avez pas de passeport.
Comparing French and English Sentence Structure
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.
You = Vous
Vous means you, and it indicates either a plural subject or a singular subject who is being spoken to on a formal level (as opposed to tu).
This is the futur simple tense. Use it when you want to say that the subject will do something. Notice now the negation ne…jamais goes around the verb.
In this sentence, we have a first conditional si clause, using the futur simple and present tenses. All si clauses follow grammar formulas, and that is how you know which tense to use given the context.
10 French words of the day. Love Learning Languages offers quick French vocabulary lists or 10 Mots du Jour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each set follows a different theme, today the 10 French vocabulary words are about Mobile phones.
Did you know? In 2019 about 95% of people in France owned a cell phone, 75% are Android devices and 25% are Apple phones.
With LLL, each week you get 3 downloadable lists of the words in French and English, a “Did you know?” in French and a Quizlet study set to learn, practice, and master them all. Quizlet is a platform for learning vocabulary that’s based on flashcards, but what has really made an impression on me is how fun it makes learning new language content! Click here for details.
10 French words of the day. Love Learning Languages offers quick French vocabulary lists or 10 Mots du Jour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Each set follows a different theme, today the 10 French vocabulary words are about cooking.
Did you know? France is a country famous for its gastronomy, some favorite dishes of the French are: Ratatouille, beef bourguignon, stuffed tomatoes, crêpes, raclette, quiche, fish soup, grilled sole, monkfish tails, mussels, profiteroles and of course the madeleine!
With LLL, each week you get 3 downloadable lists of the words in French and English, a “Did you know?” in French and a Quizlet study set to learn, practice, and master them all. Quizlet is a platform for learning vocabulary that’s based on flashcards, but what has really made an impression on me is how fun it makes learning new language content! Click here for details.
I never would have talked to her about it if I had not believed that it was good news.
Je ne lui en aurais jamais parlé si je n’avais pas cru que ce soit une bonne nouvelle.
Comparing French and English Sentence Structure
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. This one is kind of complicated, definitely upper level!
