2023-06-08 14:00
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2023-06-08 08:00
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2023-06-05 14:00
Subjonctif : conjugaisons irrégulières
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2023-06-05 08:00
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2023-06-04 14:00
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Informal French Expression
Meaning
to swindle
Literally
to roll in flour
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Pronunciation
[roo lay da(n) lah fah reen]
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2023-06-02 08:00
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2023-05-17 14:00
Test yourself on the passé composé with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:
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2023-05-17 08:00
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2023-05-16 14:00
The grammatical term voice refers to the relationship between a verb and its subject: whether it is active, passive, or pronominal (reflexive).
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2023-05-16 08:00
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2023-05-15 14:00
In English, there's no risk of confusion between "never" and "ever," which have opposing though not quite opposite meanings. In French, however, both terms can be translated by jamais.
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2023-05-15 08:00
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2023-05-14 13:00
Test yourself on some French vocabulary for Mother's Day with this fill-in-the-blanks quiz:
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2023-05-12 13:00
Learn how to feel normal with the informal French idiom dans son assiette.
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2023-05-12 08:00
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2023-05-11 14:00
Pendant les plus de cinq ans que mon mari et moi avons vécu dans le Midi, à Hyères et puis à Menton, nous avons déjeuné ou dîné che… Read More
2023-05-11 08:00
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2023-05-10 14:00
Practice your French listening comprehension with this B2-level dictée about a woman wondering why she hasn't heard from her date again:
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2023-05-10 08:00
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2023-05-09 14:00
Practice your French listening comprehension as Cyril's friends organize his surprise birthday party.
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2023-05-09 08:00
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2023-05-08 14:00
Tenir is an irregular -ir verb with a multitude of meanings. The most common are "to hold" and "to keep."
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2023-05-08 08:00
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2023-05-06 11:30
Vive la République is a companion expression to vive la France. While the French generally use them together, Francophiles of other nationalities only say the latter. But what's t… Read More
2023-05-05 14:00
Why barely understand the essential French expression à peine when you can read this lesson?
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2023-05-05 08:00
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2023-01-26 14:00
Very short but funny video about ordering un steak in French.
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2023-01-26 08:00
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2023-01-25 14:00
Practice French listening comprehension, writing, and spelling at the same time with dictées from Progress with Lawless French.
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2023-01-25 08:00
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2023-01-24 14:00
"Practice makes perfect." These simple words, so ubiquitous and readily accepted that you’ve probably never given them much thought, only tell part of the story. Yes, practice is vital… Read More
2023-01-24 08:00
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2023-01-23 14:00
An elision is a type of contraction that occurs when two words are combined: one or more letters are dropped and replaced with an apostrophe. In French, written elisions are required, regard… Read More
2023-01-23 08:00
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2023-01-20 14:00
This lesson on the French expression à la une should be headline news.
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2023-01-20 08:00
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2023-01-13 12:00
Bad luck or just another day? Find out in this lesson on the French expression vendredi treize.
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2023-01-13 08:00
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2023-01-12 14:00
Préfecture du Var, Toulon est la 15e plus grande ville de France et la 3e de la région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA). Le port militaire de Toulon, alias arsenal… Read More
2023-01-12 08:00
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2023-01-11 14:00
Looking for a fun way to practice writing in French? You'll love the self-scoring translation exercises on my co-branded site, Progress with Lawless French.
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2023-01-11 08:00
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2023-01-10 14:00
Practice listening to the French numbers 60 to 99, then test your comprehension.
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2023-01-10 08:00
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2023-01-09 14:00
Subject pronouns indicate who or what is performing the action of a verb. French has a total of six grammatical persons, each of which has at least one subject pronoun.
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2023-01-09 08:00
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2023-01-06 14:00
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2023-01-06 08:00
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2023-01-05 14:00
Practice your beginning French listening skills with this short dialog featuring an introductions and basic personal info.
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2023-01-04 14:00
Test yourself on the French present tense with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:
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2023-01-04 08:00
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2023-01-03 14:00
The DELF B2 will test you on the four language skills in French: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Here's some info about what to expect as well as tips on how to prepare for the te… Read More
2023-01-03 08:00
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2023-01-02 14:00
There are several hundred regular French verbs that end in -ir. To conjugate them, remove the infinitive ending and then add the appropriate verb ending.
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2023-01-02 08:00
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2022-12-30 14:00
Read this lesson on the French expression bonne année to be sure to have a happy new year.
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2022-12-30 08:00
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2022-12-29 14:00
Short and silly video about French toasting etiquette.
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2022-07-15 14:00
Once you learn the French expression un peu partout, you can use it just about anywhere.
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2022-07-15 08:00
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2022-07-14 14:00
A few words about the French flag, in French and English.
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2022-07-14 08:00
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2022-07-13 14:00
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2022-07-13 08:00
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2022-07-12 14:00
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2022-07-12 08:00
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2022-07-11 14:00
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2022-07-01 14:00
Don't wait until September to read this lesson on the French expression à la rentrée.
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2022-07-01 08:00
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2022-06-30 14:00
Personnification de la République française, Marianne fait partie du logo et du sceau officiels, et ses statues et bustes se trouvent dans les mairies, les tribunaux et des… Read More
2022-06-30 08:00
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2022-06-29 14:00
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2022-06-28 14:00
There's a bit of debate with regard to accents on capital letters. Most everyone agrees that accents are required on lower case letters, but some French speakers claim that they are unne… Read More
2022-06-28 08:00
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2022-06-27 14:00
Passé simple conjugations are easy to recognize because, quite frankly, most of them look very strange.
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2022-06-27 08:00
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2022-06-14 14:00
French phone numbers can be a little confusing at first, so here are some tips on understanding the different ways they may be recited and written, as well as how to use them.
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2022-06-14 08:00
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2022-06-13 14:00
Traveling in France often means driving, which can be a puzzling mix of unfamiliar signs and unfathomable rules of the road. But before you even get to that, you have to actually rent th… Read More
2022-06-13 08:00
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2022-06-10 13:00
Use the informal French expression mettre son grain de sel to stick your nose where it doesn't belong.
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2022-06-10 08:00
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2022-06-09 14:00
Some French verbs need the preposition dans in front of a noun.
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2022-06-09 08:00
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2022-06-08 14:00
Test yourself on prepositions with cities and countries with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:
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2022-04-01 13:00
April fool's! Find out how the French celebrate this silly holiday.
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2022-04-01 08:00
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2022-03-31 14:00
Le Limousin est connu pour ses vaches et Limoges pour sa porcelaine.
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2022-03-31 08:00
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2022-03-30 14:00
Test yourself on telling time in French with this fill-in-the-blanks quiz:
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2022-03-30 08:00
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2022-03-29 14:00
It's very common to have two verbs in a row in both English and French, as in J'aime danser. The word order can get very complicated when additional grammatical structures like object pronou… Read More
2022-03-29 08:00
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2022-03-28 14:00
There's no word stress in French, so you have two options for emphasizing a particular word. One has to do with pronunciation (affective accent) and the other is grammatical: the tonic accen… Read More
2022-02-22 14:00
Some coordinating conjunctions are used in pairs or multiples to emphasize the connection between two or more grammatically equivalent words or phrases. These emphatic coordinating conjuncti… Read More
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