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French Grammar
Grammaire
Learn about French grammar: parts of speech, negation, verb conjugations, and a whole lot more.
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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
À
The French preposition à is generally summarized as "to, at, or in," but it has quite a few more meanings and uses than that. A1 - Beginning French • prepositions
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. B1 - Intermediate French • prepositions • quick tips
À vs De with 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
Adjective Position
French adjectives may be found before or after the nouns they modify, depending on various factors. Generally speaking, descriptive adjectives follow nouns, while limiting adjectives precede nouns. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • word order
Adjective Types
An adjective is something like "a word that describes a noun." If asked to name some adjectives, you might come up with words like small, pretty, and blue - in other words, descriptive adjectives. But did you know that there are many other types of adjectives as well? Adjectives
One of the eight parts of speech, adjectives are a type of modifier; that is, they modify or describe nouns in a certain way, letting you know the size, shape, weight, color, nationality, or any of a myriad other possible qualities of nouns. A1 - Beginning French • adjectives • agreement • lesson plans
Adjectives Functioning as Adverbs
By definition, adjectives modify nouns. But more than 30 French adjectives can sometimes modify verbs instead, thus taking on the role and characteristics of adverbs, including the fact that they are invariable. adjectives • adverbs • agreement
Adjectives Used as Nouns (Nominal Adjectives)
In both French and English, many adjectives can be used as nouns as a sort of shorthand to reference what you'd otherwise need an adjective + noun to refer to. adjectives • nouns • plurals
Adjectives vs Pronouns
There are six French adjective / pronoun pairs, where an adjective + noun can be replaced by a corresponding pronoun.