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: French Style
… Maybe it’s a stereotype to say that the French are fashionable. Not all of them are. There are of course your average Joe’s who just wear jeans and tees all the time. The difference for me was that a larger amount of the population had higher fashion and/or beauty standards than the population in […]
French Grammar: The Pluperfect Subjunctive
… Identify: French Grammar: The Pluperfect Subjunctive la grammaire française: le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif Like the other forms of the subjunctive, the Pluperfect Subjunctive is used to express doubt, how a person feels about an action or state of being, a wish, intent, or command. It can also be used to express facts that are the […]
French Grammar: The Imperfect Subjunctive
… Identify: French Grammar: The Imperfect Subjunctive la grammaire française: l’imparfait du subjonctif Like the Present Subjunctive, the Imperfect Subjunctive is used to express doubt, how a person feels about an action or state of being, a wish, intent, or command. It can also be used to express facts that are the opposite of reality. However, the […]
French Grammar: Subjunctive after Impersonal Expressions
… Identify: French Grammar: Subjunctive after Impersonal Expressions la grammaire française: le subjonctif après les expressions impersonnelles Review: French Grammar: The Subjunctive – Basics Study: The subjunctive is used when we are uncertain whether or not an action will take place. If we know that the action is or will be a reality, the indicative […]
French Grammar: Present Subjunctive – Regular Verbs
… Identify: French Grammar: Present Subjunctive – Regular Verbs la grammaire française: les verbes réguliers au présent du subjonctif Study: The subjunctive is not a verb tense, but a mood. It is an alternative verb form that has to be used in certain circumstances. “Mood” is actually a good way to think of the subjunctive, since it […]
