80/20 French Learning
French grammar doesn't have to be complicated. The key is to focus on what truly matters and avoid useless grammar rules.
These French lessons help you learn the 20% of grammar rules you need to know to understand how 80% of French sentences work and quickly speak French with confidence!
Start by reading Why You Shouldn’t Study Grammar Rules and What to Do Instead to understand how to learn French grammar without going crazy.
Then, discover how to easily guess the gender of French nouns with 80% accuracy.
Sortir (to get out) is a verb full of exceptions. It’s irregular, and it can have either être or avoir as an auxiliary verb, depending on the meaning you want to convey. Like that one friend we …
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When it comes to French verbs, faire is one of the most important to learn. The fourth most frequently used verb by the French, it essentially means “to do” or “to make”. It’s also present in a number …
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So, you’ve mastered the ins and outs of speaking in the present tense and you’re an old pro at the passé composé—what could possibly be missing from your repertoire of French language skills at this …
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"Please don't use the passé simple tense in your essay." This is the first sentence our professor told us, a group of French college students, as we were about to take an exam. "Most French …
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The French present tense is the only tense you truly need to know to get by on a trip to France. You can use it to talk about the present of course but the French sometimes use it to talk about …
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If you studied French at school, your teacher probably asked you to learn the conjugation of the verb "avoir" and "être" by heart at some point. He told you that's necessary, because "you can't …
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