When to use DONT vs DUQUEL 🎥 Scroll down to watch a video lesson with examples using DONT and DUQUEL 🎥 DONT vs DUQUEL To know which relative pronoun to use, you must differentiate a prepositional phrase from a verbal phrase. Use a form of DUQUEL with prepositional phrases followed by DE. Use DONT withContinue reading “French Relative Pronouns – DONT vs DUQUEL”
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French Sentence Structure – Direct Object Pronouns
I’m looking for my shoe. Je cherche ma chaussure. I’m looking for it. Je la cherche. I looked for my shoe. J’ai cherché ma chaussure. I looked for it. Je l’ai cherchée. I am going to look for my shoe. Je vais chercher ma chaussure. I am going to look for it. Je vais laContinue reading “French Sentence Structure – Direct Object Pronouns”
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”