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Contractions with Proper Nouns

Contractions with de / à plus a definite article are not always required when the article is part of a proper noun, such as a city, title, organization, or surname.

articles • nouns

Grammar Lessons

Feminine Noun Endings

There are some patterns that can help you determine the gender of a new word - here are noun endings that are usually feminine.

gender • nouns

Grammar Lessons

Feminine Nouns

There's no simple trick to knowing the gender of every single French noun (other than looking in a dictionary), but there are several categories of words that are always or usually feminine.

A2 - Low-Intermediate French • gender • nouns

Travel and Culture

French and France

Learn some French vocabulary for describing all things French.

adjectives • nouns

Grammar Lessons

Inversion with Nouns

Inversion is not limited to pronouns - it can also be done with nouns and proper names, though this is a bit more complicated.

B1 - Intermediate French • formalities • nouns • word order

Grammar Lessons

Masculine Noun Endings

There are some patterns that can help you determine the gender of a new word - here are noun endings that are usually masculine.

gender • nouns

Grammar Lessons

Masculine Nouns

There's no simple trick to knowing the gender of every single French noun (other than looking in a dictionary), but there are several categories of words that are always or usually masculine.

A2 - Low-Intermediate French • gender • nouns

Grammar Lessons

The French words mauvais and mal can be tricky for French students because they both belong to three different parts of speech and have similar meanings. If you have a poor understanding of the difference, it wouldn't be a bad idea to read this lesson.

adjectives • adverbs • nouns

Grammar Lessons

Meilleur vs Mieux

The French words meilleur and mieux can be tricky for French students because they are the comparative/superlative forms of the oft-confused words bon and bien, respectively. This lesson is your best bet for gaining a better understanding of this confusing pair.

adjectives • adverbs • nouns

Vocabulary Lists

Multiplicative Numbers

Multiplicative numbers are, unsurprisingly, words used to multiply nouns. The numbers themselves can be adjectives or nouns - either way, their gender agrees with the nouns they modify / replace.

adjectives • agreement • nouns

abbreviations		accents
adjectives		adverbs
agreement		articles
conjunctions		demonstratives
exclamations		faux amis
fillers		formalities
franglais		French in English
gender		indefinition
informalities		lesson plans
negation		nouns
plurals		politeness
possession		prefixes
prepositions		pronouns
proverbs		questions
spelling		suffixes
synonyms		travel French
verbs		word order