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A1 Future & Conditional Verified

French Near Future: I am going to... (Futur Proche)

Master the present tense of `aller` to unlock a simple, certain way to talk about future actions.

  • • Uses `aller` in present tense followed by an uncon...
  • • Expresses actions happening soon or definite plans...
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A1 Adjectives & Adverbs Verified

Basic French Adverbs: Well, Badly, Very (Bien, Mal, Très)

Adverbs describe how actions happen and, unlike adjectives, they never change their spelling for gender or number.

  • • Adverbs like `bien` and `mal` are invariable; they...
  • • Use `très` with adjectives and `beaucoup` with ver...
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A1 Sentence Structure Verified

French Pointers: Voici & Voilà (Here is / There is)

Use Voici and Voilà to instantly introduce or point out objects and people without worrying about verb conjugation.

  • • Use Voici/Voilà to point out people or things with...
  • • Voici is for things 'here' (close); Voilà is for t...
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A1 Present Tense Verified

French Commands: The Imperative (tu, nous, vous)

The French imperative is just the present tense minus the subject pronouns and the final 's' for -er verbs.

  • • Drop subject pronouns (tu, nous, vous) to form com...
  • • For -er verbs, remove the final 's' in the 'tu' fo...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

French Subject Pronoun: 'qui' (who/that)

Use `qui` as a subject connector followed by a verb to combine sentences and avoid repetition.

  • • Use `qui` to replace the subject of a sentence.
  • • It always comes before a verb in the relative clau...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

French Place Pronoun: Where & When (`où`)

Use `où` with an accent to link a location to its description without repeating the place name.

  • • Use `où` to mean 'where' when connecting two sente...
  • • Always include the accent (`ù`) to distinguish it...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

French Time Connector: 'When' (où)

In French, use `où` (not `quand`) to connect a time-related noun to a description of what happened then.

  • • Use `où` to mean 'when' after a time noun like 'da...
  • • Never use `quand` to link a time noun to a descrip...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

What... to/at (Ce à quoi)

Use `ce à quoi` to connect abstract thoughts to French verbs that naturally take the preposition `à`.

  • • Used for abstract ideas with verbs requiring the p...
  • • Literally means "that to which" or "what... to/at"...
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A1 Past Tense Verified

French Past Agreement: When 'que' Changes Everything

When `que` precedes a past tense verb with `avoir`, the participle must match the noun before `que`.

  • • Agreement happens when the direct object comes bef...
  • • The past participle matches the gender and number...
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A1 Past Tense Verified

Past Participle Agreement (le, la, les)

Add gender/number endings to past participles only when the direct object precedes the 'avoir' verb.

  • • Agreement only happens when the Direct Object (COD...
  • • Add -e for feminine, -s for masculine plural, -es...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

French Object Pronouns: Him, Her, Them (le, la, lui, leur)

Direct pronouns replace things/people directly, while indirect pronouns (lui/leur) replace people after the preposition 'à' before the verb.

  • • Use le/la/les for direct actions with no 'à' prepo...
  • • Use lui/leur for people after the preposition 'à'.
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A1 Pronouns Verified

French Commands: Giving and Asking (m'en & t'en)

In affirmative commands, 'moi' and 'toi' become 'm'' and 't'' before 'en' to keep the sentence flowing smoothly.

  • • Use m'en/t'en for 'some to me' or 'some to yoursel...
  • • Always place the pronouns AFTER the verb with a hy...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

French Imperative Pronouns: (Moi) and (Toi)

In positive French commands, `me` and `te` move after the verb and transform into `moi` and `toi`.

  • • Use `moi` and `toi` instead of `me` and `te` in po...
  • • Place the pronoun after the verb and connect them...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

Pronoun Order in Affirmative Commands (Donne-le-moi)

In affirmative commands, pronouns follow the verb in a hyphenated chain: Verb-DirectObject-IndirectObject, with 'me/te' becoming 'moi/toi'.

  • • Place pronouns AFTER the verb in affirmative comma...
  • • Use hyphens to connect every word in the verb-pron...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

Pronoun Position in Compound Tenses (Passé Composé)

Place your object pronouns immediately before the auxiliary verb ('avoir' or 'être') in all French compound tenses.

  • • Pronouns always go before the auxiliary verb in co...
  • • The order is: Subject + Pronoun + Helper Verb + Pa...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

French Pronoun Position with Negation (ne le pas)

Always keep the object pronoun glued to the front of the verb, tucked inside the `ne... pas` sandwich.

  • • Place pronouns like `le` or `me` directly before t...
  • • The negative `ne... pas` wraps around the pronoun-...
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A1 Pronouns Verified

French Reflexive Pronouns (me, te, se)

French reflexive pronouns are essential for daily routines, showing that the subject performs the action on themselves.

  • • Reflexive pronouns reflect the action back to the...
  • • They must always match the subject: me, te, se, no...
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A1 Past Tense Verified

Neutral 'It' in French: Agreement with 'Le'

When the pronoun `le` refers to an idea/clause, the past participle remains invariable (masculine singular).

  • • Neutral `le` represents an entire idea or clause.
  • • The past participle always remains masculine singu...
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A1 Past Tense Verified

French Past Tense: Agreement with 'que' (COD)

When `que` places the object before the verb, the past participle must match that object's gender and number.

  • • Agree past participle with the preceding direct ob...
  • • Only applies to verbs using the auxiliary `avoir`...
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