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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- Pronunciation
French open e vs closed e: Pronunciation Guide
Learn the French open /ɛ/ and closed /e/ vowels through spelling patterns, contrast pairs, mouth position, and a practical listening drill.
- Grammar
Du, De la, Des: The French Partitive Article, Fully Explained
Du, de la, de l' and des all mean "some" - but they all collapse to just "de" after a negative. The full partitive article rules with examples.
- Practical French
Essential French Phrases for Travelers, Organized by Situation
The French phrases you'll actually need on a trip - airport, hotel, restaurant, directions, shopping, emergencies - organized by situation, not alphabet.
- Grammar
French Plurals: The Default Rule and Its Exceptions
Most French plurals just add a silent -s - but -eau and -eu words take -x, and -al words become -aux. The complete rule set with examples.
- Greetings & Politeness
French Politeness: The Courtesy Phrases Beyond Please and Thank You
French courtesy phrases for interrupting, offering, accepting and dining politely - plus links to the full please, thank you and sorry guides.
- Grammar
French Possessive Adjectives: The Chart and the Two Rules That Matter
The full mon/ma/mes chart plus the two rules that trip everyone: French possessives agree with the thing owned, and it's mon amie - not ma amie.
- Word Differences
À vs De in French
French à and de express direction, source, possession, purpose, and verb patterns. Learn how the governing word determines the correct preposition.
- Grammar
French Prepositions Explained: à, de, en, dans, chez (Without the Headache)
The French prepositions that matter: à vs de, en vs dans, why it's en France but au Japon, and what chez really means. Rules, tables, examples.
- Conjugation
The French Present Tense: One Form Doing Three Jobs
Le présent in French does the work of three English tenses: right now, habitual actions, and near future. Full conjugation patterns and examples.
- Grammar
French Pronouns: Subject, Object and Stressed - All in One Grid
Every French pronoun in one grid - subject, object and stressed forms - plus the order rule for combining two pronouns like me le or te la.
Short notes on French vocabulary with nuance.
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