Inversion with je
Inversion with the first person singular je is a little trickier than with other subject pronouns. It's also very formal and therefore rare, so one of those grammar concepts you need to recognize but not necessarily use. Grammar Lessons
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Inversion with the first person singular je is a little trickier than with other subject pronouns. It's also very formal and therefore rare, so one of those grammar concepts you need to recognize but not necessarily use. accents • C1 - Advanced French • formalities • pronouns • verbs • word order
Inversion with Nouns
Inversion is not limited to pronouns - it can also be done with nouns and proper names, though this is a bit more complicated. formalities • nouns • verbs • word order
Inversion: Word Order
Inverting subjects and verbs is easy enough - vous voyez => voyez-vous, but where do object, adverbial, and reflexive pronouns go? And what about negation? Take a look at this lesson to learn about all the possibilities. negation • pronouns • word order
Irregular -er Verbs
Technically, there is only one irregular -er verb, aller. But there are three patterns in the conjugation of so-called regular -er verbs that set them apart from the rest. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • conjugation lessons
Irregular -ir Verbs
There are around 60 irregular -ir verbs, but that doesn't mean you have to memorize 60 different verb conjugation tables. Thanks to patterns in the conjugations of most of these verbs, you only need to learn 21. B1 - Intermediate French • conjugation lessons
Irregular -re Verbs
Even though there are more than 100 irregular -re verbs, you don't have to learn a hundred conjugation tables. Since many of these verbs follow certain patterns, you only need to memorize about 20. B1 - Intermediate French • conjugation lessons
Irregular Adjectives
Five French adjectives (beau, fou, mou, nouveau, vieux) are particularly tricky because they have very irregular feminine forms as well as a special form used only for certain masculine nouns. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • adjectives • spelling
Irregular Future and Conditional Stems
All regular French verbs and many irregular ones use their infinitives as future and conditional stems. But of course there are always exceptions - here are the few dozen verbs with irregular stems. Irregular Verbs
French grammarians classify verbs into three categories, but I don't like this system at all so I use my own. B1 - Intermediate French • verbs
Jouer
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. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • prepositions • verbs
Jusque
The French preposition jusque is a little bit weird. The meaning is simple enough - "until" - but it is almost never used on its own. Instead, it is generally followed by another preposition or an adverb, and when that word begins with a vowel, the two words elide - e.g., jusqu'à. Là- Prefix
The French prefix là- can be added to nine adverbs, mostly adverbs of place, to indicate location. Laisser – to leave, let
The regular -er verb laisser means "to leave" or "to let." It's often used as a semi-auxiliary verb as well as in many expressions. Lequel
The French word lequel has several different functions and forms. Lequel – Interrogative Pronoun
Lequel, "which one," is the pronominal equivalent of the interrogative adjective quel, meaning that quel + noun can be replaced by lequel. It has different forms depending on the gender and number of the noun it replaces. 
Verb conjugation tables for more than 1,600 French verbs in all the simple and compound tenses and moods.
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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