Verb Agreement
In French, the past participles in compound tenses and moods sometimes have to agree with another part of the sentence, either the subject or the direct object. Mistakes and Difficulties
French Mistakes and Difficulties
Erreurs, fautes, méprises, difficultés
Improve your French by looking out for and learning how to avoid some common French mistakes.
In French, the past participles in compound tenses and moods sometimes have to agree with another part of the sentence, either the subject or the direct object. agreement • B1 - Intermediate French • verbs
Verb Conjugation Translation
French and English have a number of important differences in verb tenses and moods, which can make translating all the different conjugations from one language to the other a bit tricky. Here's what to keep in mind when translating French verb conjugations into English. B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • verbs
Verb Misconjugation
In verb tables, the subject is conveniently placed right in front of the verb, which makes figuring out the correct conjugation very straightforward. But it doesn't take long to discover that other words sometimes come between them and sometimes lead to misconjugation. Verbs with Prepositions
Many French verbs require a specific preposition in front of a noun or infinitive. The choice of preposition depends on the verb before it, not whatever comes after, and there's no shortcut or trick to learning these - you just have to memorize each list. B1 - Intermediate French • prepositions • verbs
Verbs without Prepositions
While many French verbs require a specific preposition in front of a noun or infinitive, others don't - even when a preposition is needed in the English equivalent. B1 - Intermediate French • prepositions • verbs
Verlan
Vers vs Envers
The prepositions vers and envers both mean "toward," which of course leads toward confusion. Learning the difference between vers and envers will help you move toward total comprehension. Visiter vs Rendre visite
The French verb visiter is a cognate, so it's common to assume that it's a perfect equivalent for "to visit." Unfortunately, it's not. Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir ?
French in English • informalities
Years
The Subjunctivisor is an interactive tool that will advise you on whether to use the subjunctive or indicative with more than 275 French verbs, expressions, and conjunctions.
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.
The letter combination il has various pronunciations depending on what precedes it.
Le festival de Cannes is one of the most famous film festivals in the world, and it takes place every May in the beautiful south of France. This issue of Lawless French à fond is all about movies and movie festivals.
