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Relearning French

Is your French as rusty as an old can? Did you live in France years ago or study it in high school—and promptly forget everything upon leaving? The fact is that language ability fades with lack of practice. If you used to know French but haven't spoken it in years or decades, the bad news is that it probably won't come rushing back all at once. But the good news is that you can relearn it much more quickly than if you were starting out without that previous knowledge.

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I

When by itself or accented, the Italian letter I is pronounced “ee” as in see or fee.

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Negative de

There are three types of French articles (definite - indefinite - partitive). In negative constructions, two of them are usually required to change to de, meaning "(not) any."

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LingQ

Learn and practice Italian vocabulary and listening at any level with LingQ, an online learning system and language community.

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Si Clauses: Third Conditional

The third conditional is an if-then proposition that expresses an impossible situation: if something had happened (the condition), then something else would have happened (the result). The condition is expressed with the pluperfect subjunctive and the impossible result is indicated with the pluperfect subjunctive or else the conditional perfect.

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Imperfect Subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive is a literary verb form, meaning that it's reserved for formal, written French - mainly literature, but also history and journalism.

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Visionnage : Ici tout commence

France Channel (read my review) is offering a free screening of the first episode of Ici tout commence, a dramatic soap opera about a prestigious French culinary school. It's available on Vimeo this weekend (7 + 8 October) to give you a taste of the series, now available for the first time in the US, exclusively on France Channel.

Synopsis: The (fictional) Auguste Armand Institute is one of France's top culinary schools. Excellence, precision, and discipline are the mantras of this renowned establishment run by a team of talented and respected professionals. For Maxime and the rest of the students, the end goal is clear: becoming France's future Michelin-starred chefs. And they won't let anyone or anything stand in their way!

French audio with your choice of language for the subtitles:

French subtitles | English subtitles

Bon visionnage !

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C’est le pied !

Check out this lesson on the idiomatic French expression c'est le pied - it's great!

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Clásicos del cine – Adverbs Quiz

Test yourself on Spanish adverbs with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Clásicos del cine

Note: You must be logged into your Progress with Lawless Spanish account to take this test. If you don't have one, sign up - it's free!

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G

The letter G has two pronunciations: hard and soft.

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