Self-tutoring with French: the tutor mentions something perhaps curious to an Anglophone. What follows is a simplification, but perhaps useful for a non-Francophone: In English, “better” can be either an adjective or an adverb: Charlotte sings better (adv) than Mary. …
Tutoring French, verb forms are important. The tutor mentions the conditional form in French. In French, the conditional form designates an event that would happen if something else happens or is in play. If it was sunny, I would walk. …
Self-tutoring about business vocabulary: the tutor makes an observation. English-speaking business people seem to think in terms of quarters. In French, it’s apparently the same, but they’re called trimestres. In this case, a trimestre is a three-month period. Source: cambridge.org
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions the idea of direct object. A direct object receives an action, but doesn’t participate. In the sentence He washes the apple., the direct object is the apple. Making it a pronoun, you’d say He …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions notre and nôtre. Sometimes, the presence of an accent changes a word’s meaning in French. For instance, notre is a possessive adjective meaning our. However, nôtre is a possessive pronoun meaning ours. Nôtre is …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions a practical difference between jusqu’à and jusqu’à ce que. In French, jusqu’à and jusqu’à ce que both mean “until.” The difference is that jusqu’à means “until [a noun]” while jusqu’à ce que means “until …
Self-tutoring about French expressions: the tutor mentions je m’attends. Je m’attends means I expect. The infinitive form is s’attendre. However, it’s not necessarily used as often in French as I expect is in English. Source: french.kwiziq.com
Self-tutoring about French vocabulary: the tutor mentions the verb s’emparer. S’emparer is a French verb that perhaps suggests not only grabbing or seizing, but also taking control of. It’s reflexive: Il s’empare de l’intrus. (He takes hold of the intruder.) …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor observes a peculiarity. In French, a “thing” is feminine – une chose. Once you get more specific, however, the gender of that “thing” can turn out to be masculine or feminine. Quelle chose a-t-il utilisé …
Self-tutoring about French: the tutor mentions an irregular pattern of a few verbs. It’s je m’appelle, (“I call myself”), but the infinitive form is appeler. Similarly, je rejette (“I reject”), when the infinitive is rejeter. Doubling the end consonant happens …
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