French Vocabulary Magazine
Notes on register, verlan, memory, listening, and the words that change meaning with context - from formal vs informal French to spaced repetition and Shadowing.
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- Conjugation
The French Imperative: Giving Commands (and the Missing S)
French commands drop the subject pronoun - and for -er verbs, they drop the tu-form s too: mange !, not manges !. The full imperative rules.
- Slang & Expressions
French Insults: From Playful Teasing to Genuinely Sharp
French insults ranked from playful (andouille) to sharp (crétin) - meanings, pronunciation and severity, so you understand banter without causing offense.
- Learn French
Fun French Games for Beginners, Organized by Setting
French learning games for solo practice, pairs and classrooms - each with clear rules, organized by the skill they train: vocabulary, listening, speaking.
- Learn French
French Learning Made Simple: The Habits That Actually Stick
Why French study plans fail isn't content, it's habit design. Habit stacking, the 2-minute rule, and identity-based habits that make French stick.
- Pronunciation & Alphabet
French Liaison Rules: When You Must, Can't, and May
French liaison isn't always optional - some are mandatory, some are forbidden. The full rule set: pronoun+verb, article+noun, and the never-liaise cases.
- Learn French
How to Improve French Listening Skills (and Why It Feels So Hard)
Why spoken French is harder than reading - liaison, elision, connected speech - and a graduated practice method to actually close the gap.
- Grammar
French Negation: Ne...Pas and Its Whole Family
French negation sandwiches the verb: ne + verb + pas. Learn the full family - jamais, rien, plus, personne - and why spoken French drops the ne.
- Grammar
Masculine or Feminine? The French Noun Gender Rules That Actually Work
Is a French noun masculine or feminine? The ending patterns that predict gender correctly most of the time, plus why you should just learn gender with the word.
- Thematic Vocabulary
French Numbers 100 and Beyond: Cent, Mille, Million
French numbers from 100 to a million: the cent pluralization rule, why mille never takes an s, and how million and milliard work as nouns.
- Thematic Vocabulary
French Numbers 1 to 100: The Full List and the Logic Behind Them
Count in French from 1 to 100: full list with easy phonetics, the logic behind soixante-dix and quatre-vingts, and how to say prices and phone numbers.
Short notes on French vocabulary with nuance.
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