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The preposition en can be summarized as "to or in," but it's a bit more complicated than that. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • prepositions

A2 - Low-Intermediate French • travel French
The preposition entre usually means "between" or "among." A2 - Low-Intermediate French • prepositions
French grammar is sometimes trumped by pronunciation, as in the case of euphonic adjectives. Because French does not like the hiatus created when a word ending with a vowel precedes a word that begins with a vowel or mute h, a few adjectives change their spelling—and thus their pronunciation—for purely euphonic reasons. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • adjectives • spelling
When inversion results in a hiatus (two vowel sounds together), the letter -t must be added for euphony, but only under two conditions. 
The irregular French verb falloir means "to need," "to be necessary," or "to be lacking." Since falloir is an impersonal verb, it has only one conjugation in each tense and mood: the third person singular; for example, the present tense il faut. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • verbs

A2 - Low-Intermediate French • gender • nouns




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Some liaisons are forbidden: they aren't—can't be—pronounced even in the most formal French. Sometimes this is to avoid confusion with similar expressions, sometimes it has to do with a sort of respect for names and foreign words, and other times there's no apparent logic to it. Bonjour !
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