A2 is low-intermediate French, consisting of survival language: family, shopping, routines – learn more.
When talking about something that happened in the past, the correct verb tense isn't always enough - sometimes you need a temporal expression to state just when it happened. The most common French temporal expressions are depuis and il y a, and they are not interchangeable. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • prepositions
Devoir is a very common French verb with irregular conjugations and an unusual relationship to some of its English equivalents. It has several meanings related to obligation, supposition, and expectation. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • verbs
A1 - Beginning French • A2 - Low-Intermediate French • B1 - Intermediate French • B2 - Upper-Intermediate French • C1 - Advanced French • spelling
A direct object is a noun, whether person or thing, that someone or something acts upon or does something to. In both French and English, direct objects are often replaced with direct object pronouns (COD): me, te, le, la, nous, vous, les. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • pronouns • word order
The preposition en can be summarized as "to or in," but it's a bit more complicated than that. A2 - Low-Intermediate French • prepositions
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. Bonjour !
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