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A- Prefix

The French prefix a- is added to adjectives and nouns to create their antonyms; it's sometimes called the "alpha privative" (a privatif). The most common English equivalents are a- and non-.

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Ça marche

Want a lesson on the French expression ça marche? Coming right up!

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Samedi avec les jumeaux

Test yourself on regular -ir verbs with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Samedi avec les jumeaux

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Adjective Agreement Quiz

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

   Ay, ¡qué calor!

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-urre Verbs

Italian has a few verbs with an irregular infinitive that ends in -urre, a contraction of the original infinitive ending -ucere. Many of the conjugations for these verbs are based on that original infinitive.

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Q+A Forum

Questions about French? Get answers from native French speakers and fellow French learners on the Progress with Lawless French Q+A forum.

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Soi – Stressed Pronoun

The third person indefinite stressed pronoun soi doesn't have a straightforward English equivalent, so French students often confuse it with lui.

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Double Pronoun Order

Sometimes one pronoun just isn't enough. A Spanish sentence might need both a direct and indirect object, or a reflexive pronoun plus an object. These "double pronouns" cannot be separated, but the word order is very simple.

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Faire une croix dessus

Read this lesson on the French idiom faire une croix dessus and then you can kiss it good-bye.

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Connaître vs Savoir Quiz

Test yourself on savoir vs connaître with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Discusssion entre deux amies

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