Expressions

Noël malin

Be a savvy shopper with the informal French expression Noël malin.

  informalities 

Holidays and Celebrations

Shopping de Noël – Family Vocab Quiz

Test yourself on French family vocabulary with this celebratory fill-in-the-blanks quiz:

   Shopping de Noël

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Expressions

Joyeuses fêtes !

Enjoy the holidays while learning about the French expression joyeuses fêtes.

Fun with French

Games, Sports, Hobbies

Even if you love working on your French, sometimes you just need to play! Learn the French equivalents of your favorite games, sports, and hobbies and the verbs to use with them.

  lesson plans 

Expressions

Envoyer sur les roses

Learn how to use the informal French idiom envoyer sur les roses before it sends you packing.

  informalities 

Writing Resources

Weekend in Lyon – Writing Challenge

Practice your French translation and writing skills with this A2-level writing challenge:

   Weekend in Lyon

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  A2 - Low-Intermediate French 

Fun with French

Verlan

Verlan is a particular type of French slang with reversed syllables. It's easy to make verlan words, but not always so easy to understand them. Take a look at this article about verlan and check out the video for some favorite terms.

Vocabulary Lists

Aphereses

A few dozen French words have a shortened form called an apheresis or aphaeresis, which is created by dropping one or more syllables at the beginning of the word. Some of these are further modified by adding an extra sound to the end.

  French Abbreviations - Acronyms - Apocopes 

Grammar Lessons

Avoir vs Être à fond

French has two auxiliary verbs (aka helping verbs): avoir and être. That means one or the other of these is the opening salvo in every compound verb conjugation, such as the passé composé and the futur antérieur.

  Lawless French à fond 

Expressions

Changer les idées

Clear your head with the idiomatic French expression changer les idées.

Quizzes and Tests

Possessive Adjectives Quiz – Où sont mes chaussures ?

Test yourself on French possessive adjectives with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Où sont mes chaussures ?

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  possession 

Listening Practice

Vive l’hiver !

Discover the many joys of winter in this beginning listening exercise from Progress with Lawless French.

  A1 - Beginning French 

Grammar Lessons

Pluperfect Subjunctive

The rarest French verb form is the pluperfect subjunctive. It's a literary tense, meaning that it's reserved for formal, written French - mainly literature, but also history and journalism.

  C1 - Advanced French • conjugation lessons • tenses moods voices 

Expressions

À consommer avec modération

There's no need for restraint when learning about the French expression à consommer avec modération.

Quizzes and Tests

Le Black Friday

Test yourself on shopping and sales vocab with this fill-in-the-blanks test:

   Le Black Friday

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