Stressed Pronouns

French stressed pronounsAs indicated by the name, stressed/disjunctive/emphatic pronouns are used for emphasis. Stressed pronouns exist in English, but they are not always used in the same ways or for the same reasons as French stressed pronouns.

   

Ci- Prefix

French prefix ci-The French prefix ci- can be added to various parts of speech to indicate the location or inclusion of something mentioned in a document (ci-joint, ci-inclus...)

   

Contractions à fond

French contractionsA contraction is a combination of two words into a shorter form, and there are two different ways to do this in French. This issue of Lawless French à fond takes an in-depth look at the different types of contractions and other ways to shorten words.

   

   

   

Reflexive to Passive

French reflexive passiveReflexive verbs indicate that their subjects are performing some action on themselves, but what about when the subject doesn't matter so much as the action itself? You can convert the sentence into the passive voice, but in doing so, you have to lose the reflexive.

   

Free

Free - French lesson
The English word "free" can be an adjective, adverb, verb, or noun and has a number of different meanings, which can make it difficult to translate into French. Take a look at this lesson on how to say free in French.

   

   

Expressions with français

French expressions with français
You know that "French" in French is français, but did you know this word is also used in many idiomatic expressions? Learn to speak broken French, plain French, perfect French, and more with this list of expressions with français.

Les Misérables

Les Misérables
Read the first chapter of Victor Hugo's classic French novel Les Misérables, in French and English.

   

Être à fond

Être- French verbÊtre is one of the most common and important French verbs. In addition to meaning “to be,” it’s found in many idioms and creates the passive voice as well as the compound conjugations for certain verbs. Today’s issue of Lawless French à fond dives to the heart of the essential French verb être.