French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with VOIR
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with VOIR le vocabulaire français: des expressions idiomatiques avec VOIR Idioms are fixed expressions with a figurative meaning. Learn to use idioms with VOIR to sound more like a native speaker of French. Review: LEAF French Grammar: The Verb VOIR – Verb Conjugation Chart Study: avoir quelque chose à […]
French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with SE METTRE
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with SE METTRE le vocabulaire français: des expressions idiomatiques avec SE METTRE se metro is a very commonly used in many French idiomatic expressions. Study: Le temps se met au beau The weather is clearing up n’avoir rien à se mettre to have nothing to wear ne plus savoir où se […]
French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with METTRE
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with METTRE le vocabulaire français: des expressions idiomatiques avec METTRE Idioms are fixed expressions with a figurative meaning. Learn to use idioms with METTRE to sound more like a native speaker of French. Study: mettre à jour to bring up to date mettre au point to fine-tune / to […]
French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with PRENDRE
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with PRENDRE le vocabulaire français: des expressions idiomatiques avec PRENDRE Idioms are fixed expressions with a figurative meaning. Learn to use idioms with PRENDRE to sound more like a native speaker of French. Study: être pris pour to be taken for / to be mistaken for mal s’y prendre […]
French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with [DIRE]
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Idiomatic Expressions with [DIRE] le vocabulaire français: des expressions idiomatiques avec [dire] Idioms are fixed expressions with a figurative meaning. Learn to use idioms with DIRE to sound more like a native speaker of French. Study: aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait no sooner said than done autrement dit … in other words […]
French Grammar: The Recent Past with [VENIR DE] + Infinitive
… Identify: French Grammar: The Recent Past with [VENIR DE] + Infinitive la grammaire française: le passé récent avec [venir de] + l’infinitif VENIR is an irregular verb that normally means “to come”. However, VENIR is also a very handy verb when we want to talk about actions that have (or had) taken place in […]
French Grammar: Possession with the Verb ÊTRE (ÊTRE + À)
Identify: French Grammar: Possession with the Verb ÊTRE (ÊTRE + À) la grammaire française: la possession avec le verbe ÊTRE (ÊTRE + À) The verb ÊTRE means “to be” (I am, you are, he/she is, etc. …). ÊTRE is one of the first French verbs you’ll need to know. ÊTRE will help you indicate possession […]
French Grammar: Impersonal Expressions with the Infinitive
Identify: French Grammar: Impersonal Expressions with the Infinitive la grammaire française : les expressions impersonnelles avec l’infinitif Grammatically speaking, the word “impersonal” in the phrase “impersonal expressions” does not mean disinterested or cold; rather, impersonal expressions are those expressions which do not have a personal subject such as I, you, Johnny, he/she, we, they, the […]
