French

This is a simple blog that I hope will help other students of French to achieve fluency faster. If you want to share what has helped you to learn different aspects of French, please feel free to share.

Monday, March 25, 2013

What what?

The word for what in French is "que". You could thus ask a question such as: Que fais-tu? What are you doing. There is a ...

Build or fight

Two French words people sometimes struggle with are "battre" and "b â tir", specifically when it comes to conjugation th...

Reflecting on the Reflexive

Read the conversation below: Adam: I am going to shave. Jacques: Who are you going to shave? Adam: I am going to shave myself. Who else?...

Have need of...

People often think it is strange that the English word "need" is translated by three words in French "avoir besoin de"....

Means of Transport Prepositions

Sometimes people have difficulty remembering if they should say "en voiture" or " à pied" or which preposition should p...

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Weird for English Speakers

As I said in an earlier post, prepositions in French do not always correspond exactly to those in English. Two specific instances in French ...

Go out, Take out

The French verb "sortir" can mean both to go out and to take out. Examples Je sort ce soir. I am going out toni...

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