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Essential
French
Grammar
The rules and principles clearly explained
The rules and principles clearly explained
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See
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► The French language - one of the world's major languages
► Essential French words and phrases - with audio 50 vital expressions for travellers
► A dictionary of France - people, places, terms, events and expressions.
► The French language - one of the world's major languages
► Essential French words and phrases - with audio 50 vital expressions for travellers
► A dictionary of France - people, places, terms, events and expressions.
Nouns and the noun phrase in French
- 1.1. Articles: the definite and indefinite articles in French with audio
- 1.2. Pronouns
- 1.2.1 The main pronouns in French 1 : forms and usage
- 1.2.2 Ce, ça and on - other third person pronouns
- 1.2.3 Y and en
- 1.3 Nouns
in French
- Gender, number and composition of the noun phrase.
1.3.1. FAQs - 12 essential questions and answers - 1.4. Adjectives
- 1.5. Numbers and counting with audio
- 1.5.1. Ordinals
- 1.6. Possession
- 1.7. Demonstratives - demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns
- 1.8. Relative pronouns and relative clauses
French verbs
- 2.0. An introduction to French verbs
- 2.1. The auxiliaries: être and avoir
- 2.2. The main verb families:
- 2.2.1. verbs in -er,
- 2.2.2. verbs in -ir,
- 2.2.3. verbs in -re
- 2.3. Modal verbs - vouloir, pouvoir, devoir
- 2.3.1. Conjugation table for devoir
- 2.3.2. Conjugation table for pouvoir
- 2.3.3. Conjugation table for vouloir
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2.4. Irregular verbs
- 2.4.1. Twelve vital irregular verbs
- 2.4.2. Irregular verbs in -re
- 2.4.3. Irregular verbs in -er or -ir
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2.5. Tenses, voice, mood.
- 2.5.1. Expressing present time - the present tense with audio
- 2.5.2. Past tenses in French
- 2.5.2.1. The preterite and perfect tenses
- 2.5.2.2 The imperfect and pluperfect
- 2.5.3.. Expressing the future
- 2.5.4. The infinitive in French
- 2.5.5. The passive voice
- 2.5.6. The subjunctive mood in French
- 2.5.7. Forms and tenses of the subjunctive in French
- 2.5.8. Conditional tenses and conditional clauses
3. Other pages : sentences, adverbs, prepositions,
- 3.1. Negation - expressing negatives
- 3.2. The interrogative
- 3.2.1. Questions without a question word
- 3.2.2. Question words - Qui, que, où, quand etc
- 3.3. Adverbs in French
- 3.4. French prepositions
- 3.5. Conjunctions - coordinators and subordinators
- 3.6. A short overview and history of the French language
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