OUIL
The letter combinations ouil and ouill are pronounced like the oo in "boo" plus a "y" sound - nothing like the French word oui.
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The letter combinations ouil and ouill are pronounced like the oo in "boo" plus a "y" sound - nothing like the French word oui.
Overused Verbs
B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • synonyms • verbs
Passé composé vs Imparfait
The trickiest aspect of the two most important French past tenses is that they often work together, juxtaposed not only throughout stories, but even within individual sentences. Understanding the contrasting relationship between the passé composé and imparfait is essential to communicating in French. B1 - Intermediate French • lesson plans • verbs
Passé composé vs Imparfait
When talking about the past in French, there are two different tenses that work together: the passé composé and the imparfait. Although English has verb forms that appear to be exact equivalents for each of these, they don't quite match up in the two languages. This video will help you understand when, why, and how to use each French tense. B1 - Intermediate French • tenses moods voices
Passer – to pass, go by
The regular -er French verb passer usually means "to pass" and may require either être or avoir as its auxiliary verb in compound tenses/moods, depending on how it's used. Passive Reflexive
The passive reflexive construction is a way to avoid naming the subject of a verb's action without using the dreaded passive voice. Personal Pronouns
Personal pronouns have different forms to match the different grammatical persons they replace. There are five kinds of French personal pronouns, some of which are identical, which can make it tricky to grasp which is which. B1 - Intermediate French • pronouns
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Plural Nouns
While most nouns, in both French and English, can be singular or plural, some can only be one or the other - and dozens of these don't "match" in the two languages. The nouns on this page are plural in French but singular in English. Plus
The French word plus has a number of different meanings, uses, and even pronunciations. Prepositions with Nouns
Generally speaking, articles are much more common in French than in English, but there are exceptions, such as when certain prepositions are followed by nouns. articles • B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • nouns • prepositions
Present Participle / Gerund
The French present participle, which always ends in -ant, may be used as a verb, gerund, noun, or adjective. Structurally, French present participles are equivalent to "verb + ing" in English, but grammatically there are many differences between them.
A2 - Low-Intermediate French • tenses moods voices
Pronominal Verbs
The grammatical term "pronominal" means "relating to a pronoun." You know that conjugated verbs (almost) always need a subject pronoun, but pronominal verbs need a reflexive pronoun as well. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • conjugation lessons • tenses moods voices
Q+A Forum
Questions about French? Get answers from native French speakers and fellow French learners on the Progress with Lawless French Q+A forum. Que and Qui – Relative Pronouns
When used as relative pronouns, qui doesn't necessarily mean "who" and que doesn't always mean "that"; depending on the context, either one can mean either one. 
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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.
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