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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 49): la politesse – les usages (part deux)
Source: french.about.com When traveling in France, being polite is absolutely essential – be sure you know how to say “please” and “thank you” at the very least. please s’il vous plaît (plural or...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 50): le passé composé
Source: french.about.com The passé composé is the most common French past tense, often used in conjunction with the imperfect. The passé composé can express any of the following: 1. An action completed...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 51): Non!
Source: french.about.com Saying no in French is pretty simple, but there are quite a few synonyms and precisions to be aware of. Non – No Non is the basic, standard French word for “no.” Non, je n’aime...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 53): les prépositions (une introduction)
Source: french.about.com Prepositions are words which link two related parts of a sentence. They are placed in front of nouns in order to indicate a relationship between that noun and the verb,...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 60): les verbes et les expressions avec de
Source: french.about.com The French preposition de means “from” or “about” and is also used in many expressions. Learn how to say “first of all,” “on behalf of,” “as a result,” and more with this list...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 61): l’interrogation (adverbes...
Source: french.about.com Interrogative adverbs are used to ask for new information or facts. The most common French interrogative adverbs are: 1. combien (de) – how many / much 2. comment – how, what...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 64): l’expression – il y a
Source: french.about.com The French expression il y a (pronounced as ee lya) which can mean “there is/are” and is literally translated as “it has there,” is one of the most important expressions in the...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 65): les expressions – c’est vis-à-vis il...
Source: french.about.com The French expressions c’est and il est are extremely important impersonal expressions. They can mean things like “this is,” “that is,” “it is,” “they are,” and even “he/she...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 66): les pronoms tonique
Source: french.about.com Stressed pronouns, also known as disjunctive pronouns, are used to emphasize a noun or pronoun that refers to a person. French stressed pronouns correspond in some ways to...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 67): l’heure
Source: french.about.com Telling time in French is just a matter of knowing the French numbers and a few formulas and rules. The French word for “time,” as in “what time is it?” is l’heure, not le...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 68): le verbe – penser (l’usage et...
Source: french.about.com Penser is a regular -ER verb and means “to think.” Penser is commonly used like its English counterpart, but there are a few aspects that make it a little tricky. Here it...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 69): les verbes – savoir et connaître
Source: french.about.com French has two verbs which can be translated by the English verb “to know”: savoir and connaître. This can be confusing to English speakers, but in fact there are distinct...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 70): le préposition – dans
Source: french.about.com The French preposition dans must be followed by an article or some other determiner – it cannot be followed directly by a noun. It usually means in, but can indicate all of the...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 71): les prépositions – avec et chez
Source: french.about.com Avec is the French equivalent of with. It can express: Accompaniment J’irai avec toi. I’ll go with you. Il est d’accord avec nous. He agrees with us. Cause On oublie tout avec...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 72): le verbe – savoir (l’usage et les...
Source: french.about.com Savoir is one of the most common French verbs. It is irregular in conjugation and literally means “to know.” Savoir has different meanings in certain tenses as well as some...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 73): les verbes terminent part -ir...
Source: french.about.com Regular -IR verbs are the second largest category of French verbs. The verb form that ends in -IR is called the infinitive (in English, the infinitive is the verb preceded by...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 75): le participé passé
Source: french.about.com The past participle, called le participe passé in French, is very similar in French and English. The French past participle usually ends in -é, -i, or -u, while its English...
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Apprendre la Langue Française (Part 76): improve your french
Improve your French listening comprehension. 1) Listen first If you want to test your aural comprehension and/or you feel comfortable with your listening skills, listen to the sound file one or more...
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week enders: @____@
“About week enders, I’ll give you snippets of the highs and lows of my week.” Sorry for the late post. I got stuck in Paris and also in bed the day after. 09.05.2011 monday - I was a sleepy kid on my...
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A Glimpse of Annecy
Annecy is one of the villages at the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France and it is known for its lake, Lac d’Annecy. Together with our very own Taal Lake in the Philippines, Lake Annecy has also...
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