French Sentence Structure – CE QUI – CE QUE – CE DONT

Don’t forget what I told you last night. N’oublie pas ce que je t’ai dit hier soir.  I don’t remember what we were talking about. Je ne me rappelle pas ce dont on parlait.  I don’t know what happened. Je ne sais pas ce qui s’est passé. Comparing French and English Sentence Structure 🎥 ScrollContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – CE QUI – CE QUE – CE DONT”

French Sentence Structure – Double Pronouns

Jeanne did not give her children ten euros.   Jeanne n’a pas donné dix euros à ses enfants.  Jeanne did not give them ten (of them). Jeanne ne leur en a pas donné dix.   Comparing French and English Sentence Structure 🎥 Scroll down to watch a mini-lesson about this sentence 🎥 It can be interesting toContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Double Pronouns”

French Sentence Structure – Indirect Object Pronouns

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. Present TenseContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Indirect Object Pronouns”

French Sentence Structure – Le Plus-Que-Parfait

Elle s’était déjà couchée. She had already gone to bed. 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 bigContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Le Plus-Que-Parfait”

French Sentence Structure – Le Futur Antérieur

Comparing French and English Sentence Structure We will have quickly answered the question. Nous aurons vite répondu à la question.   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 alsoContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Le Futur Antérieur”

French Sentence Structure – Faire Causative Construction

You are trying to make yourself understood. Vous essayez de vous faire comprendre.  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 alsoContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Faire Causative Construction”

French Sentence Structure Activity

Comparing French and English Sentence Structure This mini-course includes four videos in which I lead you progressively through texts that begin at the A1 beginner level and move up to the B2 upper-intermediate level by the end.  👇 🎥 Watch the video below to hear all of the sentences being read aloud 🎥 👇  AllContinue reading “French Sentence Structure Activity”

French Sentence Structure – Jusqu’à ce que

They laughed until their mom told them to go to bed. Ils ont rigolé jusqu’à ce que leur maman leur dise de se coucher. 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 willContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Jusqu’à ce que”

French Sentence Structure – Double Pronouns

Sandrine put her headphones in her pocket.  Sandrine a mis ses écouteurs dans sa poche. Sandrine put them there. Elle les y a mis.  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 willContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Double Pronouns”

French Sentence Structure – 3rd Conditional Si Clauses

I would have put the car in the garage if it had rained. J’aurais mis la voiture dans le garage s’il avait plu.  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 realizeContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – 3rd Conditional Si Clauses”