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gender • nouns • spelling • suffixes
-ci Suffix
Unlike other French suffixes, -ci does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's attached to. demonstratives • pronouns • suffixes
-ée Suffix
gender • nouns • spelling • suffixes
-issime Suffix
adjectives • spelling • suffixes
-là Suffix
Unlike other French suffixes, -là does not create new words, but rather adds additional meaning to the nouns and pronouns it's added to. demonstratives • pronouns • suffixes
-man / -woman Suffixes
gender • nouns • plurals • suffixes
Aller à fond
Aller is one of the most common and important French verbs. It generally means "to go," is key to the near future construction, and is also found in many expressions. This issue of Lawless French à fond takes an in-depth look at going everywhere with aller. Avoir à fond
Avoir is one of the most common and important French verbs. Officially it means "to have," but it's equivalent to "to be" in many daily expressions, and is found in numerous idioms as well as in compound verb conjugations. This issue of Lawless French à fond takes an in-depth look at the many faces and features of avoir. Être à fond
Être
is one of the most common and important French verbs. In addition to meaning “to be,” it’s found in many idioms and creates the passive voice as well as the compound conjugations for certain verbs. Today’s issue of Lawless French à fond dives to the heart of the essential French verb être. Faire à fond
Faire is one of the most common and important French verbs. It generally means “to do” or “to make,” but can also mean “to be” and is found in numerous idioms as well as the causative construction. Today’s issue of Lawless French à fond takes an in-depth look at everything you can do and all the phrases you can make with faire. À – Preposition
The preposition à is generally summarized as "to, at, or in," but it has quite a few more meanings and uses than that. À vs de
As if the myriad possible translations of à and de aren't enough, these two French prepositions also have complementary and contrasting uses. À vs de after Verbs
The prepositions à and de are found in many verbal constructions that look very similar, but the choice of preposition makes all the difference. A- Prefix
negation • prefixes • spelling
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In English, we say that the vowels are "a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y." The last couple of words hint at one of the keys to understanding pronunciation: a vowel is not so much a letter as the sound represented by a letter or combination of letters.
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