Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions a relationship with English. Some words seem to translate very similarly between French and English. Some examples seem to be -id words in English, such as livid, lucid, or insipid. English to French: livid->livide; …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions formation of the subjunctive. The following is according to my understanding. I mention some primary ideas about the subjunctive in my post from April 15, 2026. Typically, present subjunctive is the stem from ils/elles, …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions ne…point. The following is according to my understanding. As a kid, I took French in school starting, perhaps, in grade 3. It was a subject in which I was somewhat disadvantaged, since a lot …
Self tutoring about French irregular verbs: the tutor mentions convaincre. The following is according to my understanding. In English, the word “convince” is used a lot. Hence, the French verb “to convince,” which is convaincre, is good to know. One …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions a possible connection from English. I’m not Francophone, but I live in a Francophone household. I’ve been working to improve my French lately, as some of my recent posts hopefully suggest. I particularly like …
Self-tutoring about French irregular verbs: the tutor mentions dormir with a cautious connection. The following is according to my understanding. I mention in my post from May 6 the conjugations of partir (to leave) and sortir (to go out). Conjugation-wise, …
Self-tutoring about French irregular verbs: the tutor compares a couple. The following is according to my understanding. Learners of French, like myself, might look for patterns among irregular verbs. Some irregular, yet similar verbs follow similar patterns. What about avoir …
Self-tutoring about irregular French verbs: the tutor mentions valoir. The following is according to my understanding. Valoir means to be worth. It might be as irregular a verb as you get in French. It’s the commonly-used verbs that tend to …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions the irregular verbs partir and sortir in present indicative. The following is according to my understanding. It’s been decades since I first learned about partir and sortir. I’ve always known they’re irregular; today I …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions verbs with the ending pattern -yer. The following is according to my understanding. Appuyer, which means “to support,” might seem at first to be a regular -er verb. Perhaps, unfortunately, it’s not quite that …