Spanish Grammar: Imperfect Past Tense with Regular [-IR] Verbs
… Identify Spanish Grammar: Imperfect Regular [-IR] Verbs la gramática española: verbos regulares [-ir] en el imperfecto Expresses a variety of actions occurring in the past. Properly frame a story and express ongoing or recurring actions. … Connect LEAF Spanish Grammar: The Imperfect Past Tense – Basics … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study […]
Folium: Does Grammar Matter via TED
… Connect TED: Does Grammar Matter? … Grammar is thought of as a set of linguistic habits. When we started out learning a language, such as English, you learn from a linguistic pattern that helps you remember what is right and what isn’t. We sometimes recognize the poor grammar of others and become so called […]
French Grammar: Irregular Past Participles
… Identify: French Grammar: Irregular Past Participles la grammaire française: le participe passé des verbes irréguliers Connect: LEAF French Grammar: The Past Participle Study: The past participle is the general equivalent of using [-ED] in English. It can be used in a variety of functions, including compound tenses and as adjectives with the verb ‘ÊTRE’. Click here to learn about the […]
French Grammar: Relative Pronouns – [QUI] and [QUE]
… Identify: French Grammar: Relative Pronouns – [QUI] and [QUE] la grammaire française: les pronoms relatifs – [qui] et [que] Study: In French as well as in English, a relative clause describes a person or thing introduced in the main clause. A relative pronoun connects a relative clause to that person or thing. The person […]
French Grammar: Relative Pronoun – [LEQUEL]
… Identify: French Grammar: Relative Pronoun – [LEQUEL] la grammaire française: le pronom relatif – [lequel] Study: In French as well as in English, a relative clause describes a person or thing introduced in the main clause. A relative pronoun connects a relative clause to that person or thing. The person or thing that precedes […]
French Grammar: More about Adjective Placement
… Identify: French Grammar: More about Adjective Placement la grammaire française: la disposition des adjectifs – suite In French, the position of adjectives (adjective placement) is very important. Most French adjectives go after the nouns they qualify. A few adjectives go before the nouns they modify. And some adjectives can go either before OR after […]
French Grammar: More about Negation
… Identify: French Grammar: More about Negation la grammaire française: la négation – suite Negation lets us say “no” to things in French! It also lets us express that things are NOT a certain way. Review: LEAF French Grammar: Basic Negation Study: Negative constructions include the following: ne … aucun(e) : no / none / […]
French Grammar: The Causative Construction – [FAIRE] + Infinitive
… Identify: French Grammar: The Causative Construction – [FAIRE] + Infinitive la grammaire française: le causatif – [FAIRE] + l’infinitif Study: The causative construction, as its name implies, is used to express the idea that one person (or thing) gets, has, makes, or causes another action to take place. A causative construction is made up […]
French Vocabulary: Idioms Related to the Life Cycle
… Identify: French Vocabulary: Idioms Related to the Life Cycle le vocabulaire français: des expressions idiomatiques reliées au cycle de vie Idioms are fixed expressions with a figurative meaning. Learn to use idioms related to the life cycle to sound more like a native speaker of French. Study: avoir le démon de midi to have […]
Spanish Grammar: The Present Progressive Tense
… Identify Spanish Grammar: The Present Progressive Tense la gramática española: el presente progresivo The verb [ESTAR] means to be. It is an irregular verb. May be used to indicate a state of ongoing action. … Connect LEAF Spanish Grammar: The Verb [ESTAR] – Basics … 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Coming Soon! … Study The verb […]
