Expressions

Opération escargot

Opération escargot
No, it's not some sort of gastropod surgery; click to learn about the idiomatic French expression opération escargot.

   

Grammar Lessons

Sortir – to leave, go out

French verb sortirSortir is one of the most common and useful French verbs and has irregular conjugations in most tenses and moods. It's one of a handful of French verbs that may need avoir or être as its helping verb, depending on what it means.

   

Grammar Lessons

Prepositions

French prepositionsPrepositions are short but essential words which are placed after a verb, noun, or adjective in order to indicate a relationship between that word and the noun or pronoun that follows.

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Listening Practice

Immigrer au Canada

Immigrer au Canada
Watch this official video about the requirements and procedures for immigrating to Canada while practicing your upper-intermediate French listening comprehension.

   

Grammar Lessons

Plural Nouns

Plural French nounsWhile 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.

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Expressions

X Expressions

French X expressions
The French letter x has a number of different meanings, including unknown, umpteen, and a particular school in France. Learn these and more meanings behind the letter x.

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