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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- French in Context
French Pronoun Reference: Make Your Paragraph Clear
Revise unclear French pronouns and possessives across a paragraph. Identify competing referents, preserve the intended facts, and compare explained corrections.
- Grammar
French Past Infinitive: Après Avoir and Après Être
Use the French past infinitive to connect completed actions with later events. Practise après avoir and après être with actor checks and explained answers.
- Grammar
French Gerund: Use En + -ant Without Losing the Subject
Use the French gerund for simultaneous actions and means. Form en plus a present participle, identify its actor, and repair unclear sentences with worked answers.
- Word Pairs
Éviter vs Empêcher: Avoid an Action or Prevent It?
Choose éviter or empêcher by identifying who acts and what gets prevented. Build clear French explanations with a worked message and corrected exercises.
- Word Pairs
Douter vs Se Douter: Doubt Something or Suspect It?
Understand the meaning change between douter and se douter, including negative forms. Compare viewpoints in a short French narrative and practise with answers.
- French in Context
French Device Instructions: Open, Turn On, and Shut Down
Follow French device instructions by distinguishing opening a file, turning equipment on, connecting it, and shutting down. Includes a worked classroom sequence.
- Word Pairs
Assister à vs Participer à: Attend or Take Part?
Describe attendance and involvement accurately with assister à and participer à. Ask what an event expects and practise a French account with explained answers.
- Word Pairs
Apprendre vs Enseigner: Who Learns and Who Teaches?
Track learner and teacher roles with apprendre and enseigner. Compare learning skills, teaching someone, and finding out information through worked French examples.
- Grammar
Décider de vs Se Décider à: Decisions and Hesitation
Choose décider de, se décider à, or se décider pour to report decisions and hesitation in French. Follow a worked project update and explained practice.
- Word Pairs
Annoncer vs Prévenir: Share News or Give Notice?
Choose annoncer or prévenir when sharing news and notifying people in French. Learn the different object patterns through a worked message and corrected practice.
Short notes on French vocabulary with nuance.
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