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Self-tutoring about French: the tutor notices a pair of French homonyms. I’m not even sure if French includes the concept of homonyms. If it does, however, I think it’s got a lot. I’m not French, but my wife and high-school-aged …
The tutor shows the easy trick to form the imparfait. Way back in my post from Aug 24, 2012, I mentioned when to use the imparfait vs passé composé vs plus-que-parfait. Today, it’s been brought to my attention that many …
In BC, 75% of francophone families are exogamous. Exogamy refers to the marriage of someone from a certain culture, to a spouse from outside that culture. From the francophone perspective, an exogamous family has one parent with French as the …
When you tutor French, a student might ask how to produce the accents on an English keyboard. Here are a couple of options: On a Microsoft product, every French accent has its own Alt+(4 digit code). For instance, this ç …
Whether tutoring French or learning it, these verb conjugations are critically important. The French verb to be is être. Its present tense conjugation is as follows: je suis (I am) nous sommes (we are) tu es (you [singular] are) vous êtes …
Hello: Well, today I thought we’d discuss some French: specifically, the passé composé, the imparfait, and the plus-que-parfait. In what situation do you use each? The passé composé is the first way to express the past tense that I learned in high school. It …
French: passé composé, imparfait, and plus-que-parfait: when to use them. Read more »