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Past Anterior

The past anterior is the literary equivalent of the past perfect and is usually preceded by a conjunction such as après que or quand.

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Don’t Lose Your French!

Find out how to maintain your French with this reading comprehension exercise.

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Avoir l’esprit de l’escalier

Avoid afterwit with the idiomatic French expression avoir l'esprit de l'escalier.

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Greetings

Learn how to greet people in French, at any time of day or night.

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In- Prefix

The French prefix in- and its variants il-, im-, and ir- are added to adjectives, adverbs, and nouns to create antonyms. The English equivalents are un- and in-.

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Required Liaisons

Liaisons between syntactically related words, such as an article and its noun, or a subject pronoun and its verb, are required, though of course there are always exceptions.

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Essentially Pronominal Verbs

Two dozen French verbs always require a reflexive pronoun but aren't necessarily reflexive or reciprocal. These "essentially pronominal" verbs can only be used pronominally, as without the pronoun, the verb is meaningless.

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Édith Piaf

Édith Piaf was a French cabaret singer and international star. Learn about her and listen to a few of her classic songs.

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Chassé-croisé des juillettistes et des aoûtiens

Quick, read this lesson on the French expression le chassé-croisé des juillettistes et des aoûtiens before the traffic jams begin.

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Grandes vacances

C'est le moment tant attendu des écoliers, collégiens et lycéens à qui il tarde de prendre deux mois de vacances bien méritées.

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