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 …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions a situation about which he had to seek reference. The following is according to my understanding. In French, one might hear s’il te plaît, which means “please” or “if you please.” (More about that …
Self-tutoring about French verbs: the tutor compares two French verbs in present indicative. The following is according to my understanding. Devoir (to have to) and boire (to drink) are both strongly irregular verbs in French. Yet, it occurred to me …