Blog -Teaching Assistants’ Programme in France
DIRECT VS INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS IN FRENCH: A COMPLETE GUIDE
If you've ever written a sentence in French and suddenly stopped to ask yourself: “Should I use le, lui, la or leur?” You're not alone. Direct and indirect object pronouns are one of those grammar topics that seem simple when you first learn them but become confusing...
SUBJONCTIF MADE EASY: THE FRENCH SUBJUNCTIVE WITHOUT THE CONFUSION
If you are learning French, there is a good chance that the subjonctif has confused you at some point. You may have seen sentences like: Il faut que tu fasses attention. Je veux que vous veniez demain. Bien qu’il soit fatigué, il continue à travailler. And then...
Part 4: Irregular Verbs – The Ones You Simply Have to Learn by Heart
In the first three parts of this series, we covered ER, IR, and RE verbs and how recognizing these patterns lets you conjugate most French verbs without much stress. But there is a small group of verbs that refuse to follow any of those patterns, and unfortunately,...
The Most Embarrassing Mistakes French Learners Make, and Why They Actually Help
There are some French mistakes that you simply never forget. Not because they were particularly complicated, but because you remember exactly when you made them, who was standing in front of you and the expression on their face when they realised what you had just...
My Grammar Is Good, Yet I Still Can’t Speak French Confidently
There is a very particular kind of frustration that comes with learning French, and I think it is experienced by far more learners than we talk about. You have studied the grammar properly. You know how the tenses work, you understand the difference between passé...
Common Mistakes New French Learners Make (And What to Do Instead)
Starting to learn French is exciting. You learn your first greetings, understand a few sentences, and suddenly recognize words in a French song or video. For a moment, you might think, Maybe this language isn't as difficult as I thought. Then reality arrives. There...
Relative Pronouns in French Explained Simply: Qui, Que, Dont, Où and More
At some point in your French learning journey, you will come across sentences like: La personne qui parle est mon professeur.Le livre que je lis est intéressant. And you may wonder: Why "qui" in one sentence and "que" in the other? Then things become even more...
DISCOURS DIRECT VS DISCOURS INDIRECT EXPLAINED SIMPLY (WITH EXAMPLES)
Master one of the most useful grammar concepts for speaking and writing naturally in French. Imagine your friend tells you: "Je suis fatigué." I am tired. Later, someone asks you, "What did your friend say?" You don't repeat the exact sentence. Instead, you...
FRENCH GÉRONDIF EXPLAINED SIMPLY (WITH EXAMPLES): THE ONLY GUIDE YOU’LL EVER NEED
Learn one of the most natural French grammar concepts without getting confused. Have you ever come across sentences like these? Je mange en regardant la télévision. Elle est tombée en courant. Nous apprenons le français en parlant tous les jours. You probably noticed...
FRENCH CONDITIONNEL EXPLAINED SIMPLY (WITH EXAMPLES): THE ONLY GUIDE YOU’LL EVER NEED
Learn one of the most useful French tenses without feeling overwhelmed. If you've been learning French for some time, you've probably come across sentences like these: Je voudrais un café. Si j'avais plus de temps, je voyagerais davantage. Pourriez-vous m'aider ? At...
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