French Vocabulary: Places in the City – Basics
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Places in the City – Basics le vocabulaire français: les endroits dans la ville – une introduction Essential to navigating around a city. Modern cities often have the same kinds of basic services and resources. Study: If you want to travel to French-speaking cities around the world, you’ll need to […]
French Vocabulary: Adolescent Activities
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Adolescent Activities le vocabulaire français: les activités d’adolescence Common activities that are associated with adolescence. Discuss personal experiences in the past, present, and future. Study: aller au cinéma : to go to the movies Les amis vont au cinéma demain soir. The friends are going to the movies tomorrow night. apprendre […]
French Vocabulary: Childhood Activities
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Childhood Activities le vocabulaire français: les activités d’enfance Common activities that are associated with childhood. Discuss personal experiences in the past, present, and future. Study: aller au cirque : to go to the circus La famille va au cirque ce week-end. The family is going to the circus this weekend. aller au […]
French Grammar: Adverbs of Place
… Identify: French Grammar: Adverbs of Place la grammaire française: les adverbes de lieu Just as an adjective modifies (describes) a noun, an ADVERB modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs generally answer the question How? How well? How much? How often? or When? They help us provide more details when we’re describing actions. […]
French Grammar: Adverbs of Frequency
… Identify: French Grammar: Adverbs of Frequency la grammaire française: les adverbes de fréquence Just as an adjective modifies (describes) a noun, an ADVERB modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs generally answer the question How? How well? How much? How often? or When? They help us provide more details when we’re describing actions. […]
French Vocabulary: Measurements and Dimensions
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Measurements and Dimensions le vocabulaire français: les mesures et les dimensions Knowing how to describe sizes and distances in French can help you discuss how big or small and how near or far things are! Study: METRIC MEASUREMENTS (les mesures métriques): un centigramme : centigram Un gramme équivaut à cent centigrammes. […]
French Grammar: The Perfect Participle
… Identify: French Grammar: The Perfect Participle la grammaire française: le passé composé du participe présent (le gérondif passé) Study: The perfect participle is used in place of the present participle to discuss an action that occurred prior to the action of the principal verb. The perfect participle for all French verbs is formed with the present participle […]
French Grammar: The Present Indicative Tense
… Identify: French Grammar: The Present Indicative Tense la grammaire française: le temps présent indicatif Study: Verb tenses and moods help identify when (timeframe) or how (intent) an action occurs. Present tense action – Occurs in the present Past tense action – Occurred in the past (already happened) Future tense action – Will occur in the future The Present Tense helps us talk about actions that are […]
French Grammar: Expressing Specific Quantities
… Identify: French Grammar: Expressing Specific Quantities la grammaire française: les expressions de quantités spécifiques Specific Quantities are used to tell how much or how little of something there is. They help us provide more details when we’re describing amounts of things. Review: LEAF French Grammar: Adverbs of Quantity Study: Expressions of Specific Quantities are […]
Terra: Personal Space is a Relative Thing
… For anyone going to stay in France as more than just a tourist, it is important to realize something about the French people you may live with and befriend- they will not respect your ideals of personal space. The next time you interact with your friends, think about how far away you stand from […]
