French The Verb “to make” “to do”
The French verb faire means to do or to make, although it is also used in many idiomatic expressions with various different meanings. Faire is an irregular verb, and it…
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French -RE verbs (present tense)
The verb form that ends in -RE is called the infinitive (in English, the infinitive is the verb preceded by the word “to”), and -RE…
French Possession
In French whatever possession adjective is used is determined by the gender of the possessed noun. A possessive adjective in French explains the ownership attribute of…
French -IR verbs (present tense)
There are several hundred regular French verbs that end in -ir. To conjugate regular -ir French verbs, it’s best to run through an example, step by step.…
French Interrogatives
Forming a question in French requires knowledge of interrogatives (question words). It will also give you some fundamentals for asking questions in French as a…
French Possessive Adjectives
Possessive adjectives are the words used in place of articles to indicate to whom or to what something belongs. French possessive adjectives are used in similar ways…
French -ER verbs (present tense)
One thing English speakers who are learning French struggle with is learning how to conjugate all the different verbs. Most French verbs typically end in…
French Adjectives
An adjective is an important element to any language. These words tell the listener or the reader what something looks, feels, smells or sounds like. Adjectives…
French Partitive Articles
The partitive article refers to an unspecified quantity of food, liquid, or some other uncountable noun. English has no equivalent article – the partitive is…
French Zero Article
Zero Article for Professions The “zero article” is the classification for phantom articles, when nouns are used with no article at all. A common mistake when learning…