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While most French nouns are either masculine or feminine, some have different meanings depending on their gender. These "gender homonyms" are pronounced the same, so it's particularly important to pay attention to the article or other determiner that signals the gender and therefore meaning.
Talking about going to a country or coming from a city in French requires more than just translating the preposition; you also have to consider the gender, number, and even the type of place you're talking about. Here's everything you need to know. 
The imperative isn't the only way to give orders in French - there are several other constructions which offer different nuances and levels of politeness. 
A grammar checker can correct spelling and some grammar errors. While they can never replace a human, if all you need is a quick, automated check, they can find obvious mistakes and signal potential errors. But just how good - or bad - are they? 
Believe it or not, life in France is so great that one verb just isn't enough: "to live" may be equivalent to habiter or vivre, depending on what exactly you want to say. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • synonyms • verbs
French has two opposing families of words that indicate location: the ci family and the là family. These base units are found in a variety of words with various functions, including ici / là (adverbs), voici / voilà (presentatives), and ceci / cela (pronouns). 
When writing about history, the tenses used in French and English aren't always the same. French prefers to use the present or even the future, while English tends to favor the past tense. 
Some French verbs use a reflexive pronoun to create a meaning different from (though often related to) the meaning of their non-pronominal siblings. B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • tenses moods voices
A1 - Beginning French • informalities
Knowing whether to use the passé composé or imparfait is particularly difficult when translating certain verbs into French. Very broadly speaking, the imperfect is equivalent to was/were + ___ing, but some English verbs are not often used in this form. So when translating was, had, and liked into French, you have to think about the meaning in order to decide which tense to use. 
Talking about the past - remembering old friends, recalling great parties, reminiscing about wonderful travels 👣 - is a lot of fun, but doing it in French can be stressful, thanks to the tricky relationship between the two most common French past tenses. When it comes to the imperative, your first thought might be about bossing someone around, but there's a lot more to it than that. In addition to giving orders, the imperative is also used to provide instructions, make requests, offer advice, and more. So knowing how to use this verb form is, ahem, imperative for many everyday situations.
It's imperative to understand the imperative mood if you want to give orders, make requests, express desires, provide recommendations, offer advice, and prohibit actions. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • tenses moods voices • word order
French imperative conjugations are relatively easy, as for most verbs they're identical to their present tense conjugations (without the subject pronoun). In addition, the imperative exists only for three grammatical persons instead of the normal six. 
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.
Practice is the key to improving your French, and just 15 minutes a day on some kind of French activity can make a huge difference. Check out these ideas and draw up your own schedule.
Of the four language skills, many people find that speaking is the most difficult. Here are tips and resources to help you overcome these obstacles in order to practice French as much as you like.
Jouer is a regular -er French verb that can be a bit confusing when it comes time to decide which preposition should follow. Here's everything you need to know.Bonjour !
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