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In This Issue
- Ça vaut le coup
- Quiz: Stressed Pronouns
- Relearning French
- Hard and Soft Vowels
- Possessive Adjectives
- inouï - Mot du jour
- Holidays and Events
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It's worth reading this lesson on valoir le coup / ça vaut le coup.
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Is your French as rusty as an old can? Did you live in France years ago or study it in high school—and promptly forget everything upon leaving? The fact is that language ability fades with lack of practice. If you used to know French but haven't spoken it in years or decades, the bad news is that it probably won't come rushing back all at once. But the good news is that you can relearn it much more quickly than if you were starting out without that previous knowledge.
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French vowels are divided into two categories: hard and soft. Hard vowels (A, O, U) cause the consonant that precedes them to be pronounced with a hard sound, while soft vowels (E, I, Y) are preceded by a soft sound.
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French possessive adjectives (mon, ma, mes, ton, ta ...) are used in front of nouns to indicate to whom or to what those nouns belong. They are considerably more complicated than English possessive adjectives because French has several different forms depending on the gender and number of the possessed noun.
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inouï
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Features related to upcoming holidays and events in the French-speaking world.
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Plus some celebratory expressions:
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Lawless French Tips and Tools
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