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Perfect Infinitive

The Spanish perfect infinitive indicates an action that occurred before the action of the main verb, but only when the subject of both verbs is the same. The perfect infinitive sounds awkward in English - we usually change it to another tense or reword the sentence completely.

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Tu Imperative

The majority of imperative conjugations are identical to their present tense conjugations - the only difference is that there's no subject pronoun. The exception is the tu form of some verbs, in some constructions.

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Bon appétit !

Enjoy your meal with the French expression bon appétit.

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Subjunctive Quiz: À la bibliothèque

Test yourself on the French subjunctive with this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   À la bibliothèque

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Stare – to be, to stay

Stare literally means "to stay," but it's also one of two Italian verbs that can mean "to be."

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Bouchons

Traffic jams are one of the worst and most inevitable parts of summer vacation in France. Learn more while practicing your French listening comprehension with this video.

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F

The letter F is pronounced similarly in French and English.

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Vendre la peau de l’ours (avant de l’avoir tué)

Instead of counting your chickens before they're hatched, learn about the French proverb vendre la peau de l'ours (avant de l'avoir tué).

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Clases de natación – Present Perfect Quiz

Test yourself on the Spanish present perfect in this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:

   Clases de natación

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Indirect Objects

An indirect object is a person that someone or something does something to indirectly. In both Italian and English, indirect objects are often replaced with indirect object pronouns.

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