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.
Avoir is the French verb that means “to have”. But it has so much more than that going for it! For one thing, as you probably know already, avoir is the most common auxiliary (helping) verb in …
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Être (to be) is the most common verb in the French language. But that probably doesn’t surprise you. From the time you start learning French, you see, hear, and learn to use and conjugate …
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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 college …
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