Grammar Lessons

Geographical Prepositions à fond

In English, talking about geography is fairly straightforward, prepositionally speaking. Regardless of the type of place, whether it's a city or a region or a country, when talking about going somewhere ✈, being somewhere 🏨, or returning from somewhere 👋, we use just three prepositions: to, in, from. In French, geographical prepositions are orders of magnitude more complicated.

   

   

   

   

Grammar Lessons

Subjunctive

French subjunctiveThe French subjunctive is a special verb form, called a "mood," that is used in dependent clauses to indicate some sort of subjectivity, uncertainty, or unreality in the mind of the speaker.

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Expressions

Entendre Expressions

French expressions with entendre
The French verb entendre, "to hear" is found in many idiomatic expressions, including to listen to reason, to give the impression that, and to do what you think is best. Learn these and dozens of other French expressions featuring entendre.

   

Grammar Lessons

Only and Not Only

Only in FrenchThere isn't only one way to say "only" in French. (See what I did there?) The English adverb "only" is used to restrict the verb, clause, or noun it modifies, and the most common ways to translate this into French are with seulement and ne ... que. While they both mean "only," they have different grammar rules.

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Vocabulary Lists

Pharmacy

French at the pharmacy
If you don't feel well, in France you can often get away with talking to a pharmacist rather than a doctor. Here's some useful vocab for what you might need at the pharmacy.