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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- 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.
- 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.
Short notes on French vocabulary with nuance.
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