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.
Feminine, or masculine? That is the question you often ask yourself as a French learner. After hours trying to figure out why féminisme (feminism) is masculine and masculinité (masculinity) is …
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On the surface, the French verb voler is simple and straightforward. It’s a regular verb that doesn’t bend the rules in any way. But when it comes to what it means, that’s when you discover …
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At a glance, the French verb créer looks pretty creative, with its little accent like a beret jauntily perched on an artist’s head. This may make it seem complex and complicated. But while créer can …
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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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